(an unaffiliated organization)
The Fountainhead Institute is an educational organization dedicated to advancing knowledge and understanding by the use of reason and reality-based analysis while incorporating the principles of the Montessori Method in its approach to teaching. The Montessori Method recognizes the individual student's level of development, interests and context and aims to educate through a method of discovery. The Fountainhead Institute holds the values of
reason, individualism, and political and economic freedom as its philosophical
fundamentals.
The
Institute offers a weekend seminar,
"Ayn Rand's Vision" to help individuals learn more about understanding
and using Ayn Rand's ideas in their lives. Click
here to see a description. Contact
the Institute if you are interested in holding the seminar in your area.
Marsha Familaro Enright, M.A. in Psychology, co-founded Council Oak Montessori School in 1990 and was its Executive Director for many years. She frequently presents educational talks to parents and teachers. She is also a popular lecturer at the The Objectivist Center's Summer Seminar and is on its Speakers' Bureau. She extensively developed the curriculum for Camp Indecon, where she taught for seven years. This summer camp aims at communicating the fundamentals of a rational and practical, reality-based philosophy to children aged 9-16. Previously, Marsha taught Ayn Rand's theory of politics for the Free Market Society of Chicago. Currently, she is working on the formation of a college based on the values of reason, individualism and a free society.
Marsha runs Chicago's New Intellectual Forum, one of the oldest Objectivist Salons, which usually meets in her home. Read her interview in the Objectivist Center's monthly journal, the Navigator, for a discussion of principles that make a salon successful. She was also interviewed by Karen Reedstrom in Full Context magazine.
Read articles Marsha has published on education, psychology and neuropsychology.
The Fountainhead Institute also offers presentations on creativity, child development and independence, Flow and other psychological and educational topics.
Through The Fountainhead Institute, Marsha Enright
provides Educational Consulting services. Parents having difficulty with their child's
school placement, or who wish advice on their educational choices can contact
Ms. Enright for these services.
Marsha
F. Enright
The
Fountainhead Institute
9400
S. Damen Avenue
Chicago,
IL 60620-5637
Questions? E-mail marsha(at)fountainheadinstitute(dot)com or call 773-677-6418.
Photo credits:
Aerial View of Chicago's Lakefront, City of Chicago/Peter J. Schultz
North Michigan Avenue Aerial, City of Chicago/Peter J. Schulz
The Chicago Tribune Tower, on the right in the second cityscape, may have been the model for the Cosmo-Slotnick Building)