About Green Hedges School
Learn about Green Hedges School and what makes us such a warm and nurturing environment for your child.
Learn about Green Hedges School and what makes us such a warm and nurturing environment for your child.
Visit and apply to Green Hedges to experience how Children here get the care, nurturing, personal attention, and guidance they need to thrive as learners and as young people. The foundation children gain here stays with them in high school and for the rest of their lives.
From the moment you step onto the Green Hedges campus, you will witness the strong sense of community that exists here. We provide children a safe, secure environment while maintaining a commitment to the charming, family-friendly community so often found in a neighborhood school.
“Education begins at birth,” says Montessori Directress Ardass Khalsa, referring to the philosophical essence of Maria Montessori that she herself embraces. Over her many years as a Montessori educator, Ms. Khalsa has followed an approach to teaching that honors and supports each child’s individual path, one infused with her love for the arts and her reverence toward beauty.
Born in Mexico City, Ms. Khalsa grew up immersed in classical music and visual arts. Her interest in dance led her to a career as a professional performer and has encompassed ballet, modern dance, jazz, flamenco, and other styles of this art. When, later in her career, Ms. Khalsa began practicing and teaching Yoga and meditation, a chance encounter with a two-year old led to her teaching movement and music to very young students. “The children chose me,” she says, describing the turn in her career path that began with a sense of mutual recognition and joy.
After coming to the United States, Ms. Khalsa received Montessori training at the Northern Virginia Montessori Institute. She has worked as Montessori Lead Guide in Spanish immersion at different programs, and at the Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning, bringing performing arts into the schools. “Children can learn anything,” she says, adding, “We just have to teach them how to do it so that they can do it themselves.”
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GREEN HEDGES SCHOOL
415 Windover Avenue, N.W.
Vienna, Virginia 22180
Phone: (703) 938-8323
Email: [email protected]