Annual Fund Update To date, 25% of GSCM Families have participated in our annual fund. Whether in prayer, financial support, or volunteer help, we are aiming for 100% participation.
Please send in your pledge today! No gift is too small!
Donate online at www.gscmontessori.org/giving
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May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind always be at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
And rains fall soft upon your fields.
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of His hand.
Old Irish Blessing
(used as closing prayer for our 8th grade graduates)
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Friday, June 1 Field Day, Last Day of School, Early dismissal at
1:00 p.m. No PM Bus Service
Extended Care & After Care are available
Eighth Grade Graduation, 5:00 p.m.
Monday, June 4 Deadline for Montessori Summer Program
Registration
Ongoing Enroll in Kroger Community Rewards Program
(see below)
2012 Graduation: June 1, 5:00 p.m.
The Good Shepherd Catholic Montessori Class of 2012 cordially invites you to its Graduation Mass and Ceremony on Friday, June 1, 2012, at 5:00 p.m. at St. John Vianney Church. A reception hosted by the class of 2013 will follow in the Middle School.
Montessori Summer Program Registration: June 4 Deadline
For Children Ages 3-6
The Summer Montessori Program provides the best of two worlds for your child: a wealth of outdoor summer activities on our beautiful 14-acre campus and the wonderful hands-on learning of the Montessori approach. Come experience Montessori in the summer as we extend the classroom to the great outdoors. Guided by Julia Damico, a trained Montessori teacher, and assisted by Carolann Perkins, your child will hike our trails, explore the creek, plant and tend a garden, crawl among the bugs, and fly with the birds. Boots and rain jackets required!
Dates, Times, and Fees
- Dates of operation: Monday, June 18 through Friday, July 13
- 8:00-9:00 a.m. arrival;12:00 noon dismissal
- $110/week
For more information ...
Friday, June 1: Field Day/Final Day of School
Last day of school is this Friday, which means Field Day will be here!! You will receive information about what color your child should wear for Field Day (either red or blue) by May 31.
The schedule for the day will be as follows:
9:00 Gathering in classrooms
9:45 - 11:30 Field Day Games and Activities
11:30 Pre-Primary Farewells/Dismissal from
Classrooms
(Parents are invited to stay with their children for
the pizza lunch)
11:30 - 1:00 Lunch
- Arrival and Bus Service On Field Day, children may come at the regular start time for school (8:00 or 8:15) or may come at 9:00 a.m. There will be morning bus service but no afternoon bus service on June 1. Early dismissal at 1:00 p.m.
- Lunch: Our lunch this year will be cheese pizza, applesauce and a dessert. If your child does not care for this please pack their lunch.
Rain Plan: If it rains, all children will be asked to bring a favorite board game to their class. Each class will then have a fun filled Board Game Day in their individual classrooms.
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Important: Volunteer Sign-Up and Enrollment
Hopefully you have had a chance to go to our website, to the Parent Portal and check the information at each tab for any of your children attending GSCM. You should also have gone onto the Parent Page to sign up for volunteer positions, get your child's class list, copy of the school calendar, and more. It is very important that you do this NOW. If you have any questions, please contact Nancy Toon ntoon@gscmontessori.org or 513-271-4171.
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GSCM has a new online community! Think of it as the bulletin board in your inbox.
- Need a ride to soccer for Little Johnny on Saturday?
- Jane Smith had a baby - bring her a meal!
- Child's bike for sale!
- Know a good plumber?
- Play date in the park after school Friday!
Posts will begin over the summer, and you need to "opt in" to be included in the email loop.
Check it out on the GSCM Parent Page!
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Preschool 3- and 4-Day Options
If your child will turn three after September 1, 2012, we are offering a 3- or 4-day option for attending our preschool in 2012-13. The Montessori Pre-Primary environment is well-suited to a child who has not yet turned three, yet has the interest and maturity to explore a broader classroom environment. The young child's absorbent mind is also well-suited to this rich, orderly, appealing learning environment.
We are offering limited opportunities for a 3- or 4-day enrollment for younger children. If interested, please contact Dan Teller: dteller@gscmontessori.org.
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Staffing News: Lower El Music
Joy France recently informed us that she will not be returning as our lower elementary music teacher next year. Joy has certainly been what her name proclaims - a source of joy for our 1st-3rd grade students for the past six years. Her classes have been dynamic in terms of song, movement, dance, and instrumentation. We thank her for her wonderful service to our school! Since the lower el music position is so part-time (4 hours/week), Joy decided to re-organize her weekly schedule to allot more time for her other endeavors, including her more substantial work at Grailville and her work as a ceramic artist.
Barb Blasch, our current upper elementary music teacher, will be taking on Joy's duties as lower el music teacher. We are pleased to have Barb take on a more substantial role in our music program. This will provide more continuity for our children, will provide a stronger integration between music classes and music in our liturgies, and will provide a greater opportunity for extended school choir and other extra-curricular music events and activities. Barb started a GSCM student choir this year and intends to continue and develop this next year. Barb attended a 5-day workshop last summer (hosted by our school) on Montessori music for the lower elementary child, including use of rhythm, singing, movement, notation, and song-writing. In addition to her skills with singing, instrumentation, and music theory, these concepts will now be brought more fully into the lower el music program.
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Baptismal Announcement
Congratulations to Dayle and Kendra De Graaf who were baptized at their church on May 20.
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Book Club Field Trip! Wednesday, June 6, 12:00-1:00 pm downtown at the Mercantile Library, 414 Walnut Street, 12th Floor Lecture Hall, Cincinnati 45202. There is a fee: No charge for library members, $5 if non-member, $8 for boxed lunch. Come see the Mercantile and discuss our recent read - Song for Night by Chris Abani. Even if you haven't read the books, come for some great topical discussion and good books. (The author will deliver the Library's Harriet Beecher Stowe Lecture on June 14 at 7:00 p.m.) RSVP to The Mercantile is a must at 513-621-0717 and if you want us to look out for you send me a note: Shea.Lawrence@gmail.com or 673-2972.
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Last Week's IPM Collection
Good Shepherd families contributed a 71 personal care items or food items last week for Inter Parish Ministry's food choice pantry. The actual total was well over 100, so a word of explanation is in order.
Trial-size packages are given to families on a 3-for-1 basis; i.e., three trial-size bottles count as one regular bottle. So using that formula, we provided 71 items for clients.
Since the beginning of the school year, Good Shepherd families contributed 522 food and other items to help our neighbors in need. Thank you-thank you-thank you!
Throughout this year, GSCM families have responded generously and faithfully to the needs of our neighbors. Thank you for all you have done.
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Order Your Yearbook
LAST DAYS TO ORDER YOUR 2011-12 GSCM YEARBOOK! The GSCM PTO and Yearbook Club will be taking PREORDERS ONLY for this year's book. No extra books will be ordered and resold. Yearbooks cost $25 for one, $44 for two and $60 for three. Make check payable to GSCM PTO. Yearbooks will be delivered to students in the fall of the following school year. Non returning families may pick up their books in the fall or pay to have the yearbooks mailed. Order forms available in the office.
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Box Tops Class Winner
Mrs. Scuglik and Ms. Leopardi's 6-9 class are the winners of the ice cream party. Their students sent in the most box tops for the month of April (577). For the 2011-12 school year GSCM collected 8,031 box tops! A total of $803.00! Great job everyone! Thank you! Keep collecting to turn in next year.
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GSCM Sports
GSCM Track Stars
Congratulations to all the students from GSCM who ran track this spring with the St. Gertrude Track Team. Included in the roster from GSCM were: Ben Charron, Caroline and Nick Widmeyer, Alec Hamall, Katie and Christopher Guarasci, Maggie,Trinity and Maria Tankersley, Isa, Mary Patrice, Maiella, Michael and Nicodemus Kaufman, Loewen, Camden and Ayden Cavill, Megan Griffin, Cynthia Rieke, Gino Listo, Armando Cabrera, Lucy Schroder, Anna Grace Stephenson, Julia and Macaira Pucci, Amy Wilkerson, and Ethan Clarke.
The Boys 5th and 6th Track Team placed 3rd at the CYO City Championship Meet and the 5th and 6th Grade Girls Team placed 5th.
Kudos to Anna Grace Stephenson who took1st place in the high jump, tying the CYO Meet Record.
GSCM Soccer
If your son or daughter would like to play soccer for GSCM for the Fall 2012 season please turn in the form that you will be receiving this week by email. If you do not receive this form and are interested, please contact Mary Burns at mbburns@gmail.com. At this time we are seeing how many players we might have so we know how many teams we can form. More information and an "official sign up" form with cost and other information will come at a later date if there is enough interest. The Fall season usually begins late August and ends the beginning of October.
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Baby Bottle Fundraiser
A huge thank you to all the families who contributed so generously to the Pregnancy Center East baby bottle fundraiser. To date, our school has raised an amazing $1000, an increase over last year's drive.
Many lives of families and babies will be affected by your wonderful gift! Thanks so much!
Mrs. Lustenberger
Middle School Religion teacher
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Kroger Rewards Program
Please enroll in the Kroger Community Rewards Program and indicate GSCM as the charitable organization of choice. Then, every time your Plus Card is used at a Kroger store, GSCM will receive a percentage of every purchase. To enroll, go to krogercommunityrewards.com; or, go to our home page at www.gscmontessori.org for a link and a complete set of directions.
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