{"id":16661,"date":"2026-09-07T11:47:04","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T08:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imontessori.bg\/?p=16661"},"modified":"2026-09-07T11:48:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T08:48:48","slug":"pismo-do-obshtnostta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imontessori.bg\/en\/pismo-do-obshtnostta\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter to Our Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_auto\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\">Dear friends, colleagues, and fellows,<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\">This year, Montessori Society Bulgaria celebrates ten years.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\">Ten years of learning, searching, courage, and believing that education can truly become <b>an aid to life<\/b>.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\">Anniversaries naturally invite us to look back. We remember our first steps, the conferences, the training programmes, the classrooms that have flourished, the teachers who discovered their calling, and the children whose lives have been touched.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\">But today, what fills my heart most is not what we have achieved. It is <b>who we have become together<\/b>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_auto\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_auto\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\">When Montessori Society Bulgaria became affiliated with the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/montessori-ami.org\/\"><b>Association Montessori Internationale (AMI)<\/b>\u00a0<\/a><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\">ten years ago, our goal was never simply to establish an organisation.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\">We dreamed of building <b>a community<\/b>. A community of like-minded people who believe in the child; a place where educators, parents and professionals could meet, learn from one another, ask difficult questions, and continue growing throughout their lives. Today, that dream exists because of all of you. My gratitude goes to:<\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\">every teacher who chose to see the child in a new way;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\">every Children&#8217;s House and every school that, with courage and dedication, has created an environment where children can freely develop their potential;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\">every parent who dared to believe that education could look different;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\">every trainer, lecturer, and mentor who has generously shared their knowledge and experience;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\">every volunteer who has quietly and unconditionally given their time, energy, and heart;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\">every partner who believed in our mission and continues to walk alongside us;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\">and the children, who surprise us every day and remind us why we continue this work.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\">We also express our deepest gratitude to the <b>Association Montessori Internationale (AMI)<\/b>.\u00a0<\/span><span>For more than a century, AMI has preserved, developed, and carried forward Dr Maria Montessori&#8217;s scientific pedagogical legacy with fidelity to her vision.\u00a0<\/span><span>For us, being an <\/span><b>AMI Affiliated Society<\/b><span> has never been merely a formal partnership.\u00a0<\/span><span>It is a sense of belonging to a global community united by respect for the child and the understanding that human development is the foundation of a better society.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_auto\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 2\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\">Over these ten years, we have learned something very important.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\">Communities are not built through events, certificates, or social media posts. <b>Communities are built through relationships:<\/b><b><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\">the conversations that continue after lectures have ended;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\">teachers supporting one another;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\">schools opening their doors to each other;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\">parents who are not afraid to ask questions;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\">those quiet moments when someone says, <i>&#8220;I thought I was alone,&#8221;<\/i> only to discover that they are not.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\">Looking back, I realise that our greatest achievement cannot be measured by the number of conferences, training programmes, or initiatives we have organised.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\">It is measured by the people who continue to learn, who continue to serve children, and who continue to believe that education is, above all, about the development of the human being.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_auto\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 3\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\">Today, education faces challenges unlike any previous generation has known:<\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\">artificial intelligence;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\">the rapid pace of technological development;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\">the overwhelming flow of information;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\">the absence of a long-term national vision for an educational system that truly serves the child;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\">and increasing aggression within society.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\">Yet all of this reminds us of something timeless &#8211; children still need adults who know how to:<\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\">observe;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\">listen;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\">prepare environments with care and love;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\">trust the natural process of development;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\">and see in every child a future human being capable of contributing to the world.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\">That has not changed, and it is unlikely ever to change.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\">Today, as we celebrate ten years, we look forward with hope and back with gratitude.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\">The next chapter belongs to all of us. May we continue to:<\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\">build bridges between schools and Children&#8217;s Houses;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\">learn from one another;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\">ask deeper questions;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\">and place the child\u2014and the human being\u2014at the centre of education.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\"><b><\/b><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\"><b>Thank you for being part of this journey.<\/b><b><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\"><b>Thank you for helping build a community that continues to grow through trust, collaboration, and shared responsibility.<\/b><b><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\"><b>Thank you for giving us the opportunity to celebrate together on 25 September.<\/b><b><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\">If you have not yet registered for the conference, we warmly invite you to do so <a href=\"https:\/\/imontessori.bg\/events\/natsionalna-montesori-konferentsiya-2026\/\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\">May the next ten years continue to inspire us to follow the child, support the adults around them, and develop an education that remains true to Dr Maria Montessori&#8217;s vision\u2014<b>education as an aid to life<\/b>.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\">With gratitude,<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\">Anna-Mariya Yotsova<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\">Co-founder<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dear friends, colleagues, and fellows, \u00a0 This year, Montessori Society Bulgaria celebrates ten years. 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