THE MONTESSORI APPROACH TO EDUCATION INTEGRATES THE WORK OF THE HEAD, HAND, AND HEART; INTRODUCING STUDENTS NOT ONLY TO THE FUNDAMENTALS OF ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE, BUT ALSO TO THE CONNECTIONS ACROSS DISCIPLINES, AND IN THE END, TO THE APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE TO THEIR LIVES WITHIN THEIR HOMES, SCHOOLS, WORK AND COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES. GUIDED BY SELF-DISCOVERY AND SELF-IMPROVEMENT, STUDENTS AT THE MONTESSORI SCHOOL OF ENGLEWOOD EXPRESS THE INTEGRATION OF THE THREE H'S THROUGH EXERCISING CORE STRENGTHS LIKE CURIOSITY, SELF-CONTROL, PERSISTENCE AND OPTIMISM.