Trilingual (International) Montessori school in Madagascar building multilingual assessments and AI-powered learning tools for inclusive, self-directed education.
# 🌟 Sekoly Kintana | Montessori Learning & Leadership in Madagascar
**Trilingual | Culturally Rooted | Future-Oriented**
Welcome to the GitHub home of **Sekoly Kintana**, a Montessori school in Taolagnaro, Madagascar dedicated to nurturing critical thinkers, joyful learners, and resilient leaders through **Culturally Responsive Education (CRE)**, **Social-Emotional Learning (SEL)**, and **STEAM**.
## 🧭 About Us
At Sekoly Kintana, we blend:
- **Montessori methodology** (18 months to age 15)
- The **Sounds & Shapes Precision Phonics™** approach for early literacy
- Trilingual instruction in **Malagasy, English, and French**
- SEL, coaching theory, and **indigenous knowledge systems**
We are building a community of lifelong learners ready to thrive both globally and locally.
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## 🎯 Our Goals on GitHub
### 1. **Multilingual Montessori Assessment Tools**
We're developing assessment frameworks based on:
- **Assessment *for*, *as*, and *of* learning** (WNCP framework)
- Differentiation across three languages
- Inclusive design to detect and support learners with dyslexia and differentiated learning abilities.
👉 `#assessments` folder will host:
- Formative rubrics
- Printable checklists
- Self-assessment tools
- Open-source multilingual diagnostics
- Guide training diagnostics
- Project Based Learning (PBL) tools
### 2. **Self-Guided Learning Tools**
We're prototyping **low-bandwidth**, **AI-powered** digital tools for:
- **Montessori shelf simulations**
- Literacy via **Sound Step phonics** levels in English, French and Malagasy
- Geography, History, Science and Literature experiences
- **Intro to Programming** through storytelling, block-based coding, and Scratch-like interfaces
👉 Future repos:
- `Montessori-LMS`
- `Letter-Box-App`
- `Montessori-Maker-Kit` (DIY, local-materials-friendly)
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## 🤖 Why AI + GitHub?
We believe technology can extend the reach of trained Montessori guides, especially where:
- Teachers lack deep subject knowledge (SME)
- Classro …