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Message Board
1. Flu Vaccine Update: The health department is still unable to confirm a date for vaccinations at our school. They will not set a date until they have the vaccine in hand. In the meantime, if you have the opportunity to have your child vaccinated elsewhere please do so. They are expecting their order of flu vaccines to be delivered within the next two weeks.
2. Please have Original Artwork orders turned in no later than this Friday, October 16.
Please use one order form per artwork, you may order multiple items from one artwork together on one form. If you are ordering from multiple artworks, please indicate at the top of the order form which artwork it is for. Extra order forms are located at the PTO corner.
Make all checks payable to MCS PTO.
On all artworks submitted for orders, please turn the artwork over and place a "T" in pencil to indicate the top of the artwork as well as list the childs name and classroom in pencil elsewhere on the back.
All artwork will be returned to you with the items that you ordered. Sample items are located in the PTO corner.
Any questions, feel free anytime to contact Maegan Brusaw at 910-934-7355 or maegany@hotmail.com
3. We have received notification that the Department of Transportation will be closing the Westbound Lane of NC 24 near the Main Gate to Camp Lejeune on Friday, October 16, 2009 from 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Please plan accordingly if this is included in your driving route to the school.
4. A Night Down in Dixie Organizational Meeting will be held at the Courthouse Cafe, Court Street on Monday, October 19th after drop-off. For more information please contact: Valerie Tuton 910-581-231 |
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Upcoming Events
10/16 Original Artwork due
10/20 Board Meeting, 6:30pm
10/22 International Night, 5:30-7:30pm
10/26 CiCi's Pizza Night
11/10 Parent Teacher Conferences
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A Letter from the Editor Dear Community,
This week I would like to use my column to introduce myself to those of you I haven't had the pleasure of meeting yet. This is my first year at MCS and I am so excited to be here. My wife and I moved back to Wilmington this summer from Boone, North Carolina were I taught and administered at Mountain Pathways Montessori School for three years.
This year, I am working with the Upper Elementary classroom as well as with the administration. The Upper Elementary class is a vibrant group of young people who are extremely excited about learning. The Directress, Sonia Lamont and I are very enthusiastic about this years curriculum inside and outside the classroom. Today we were scheduled to take our class on a kayaking trip through the intercoastal waterway but the weather didn't cooperate so it will be rescheduled. Our class is also working on a project called The Upper Bakery Company which will allow the students to learn about small business operations. The Upper Bakery Company will be having its Grand Opening Soon! Elementary Montessori is an unbelievable experience for children because unlike many traditional schools the students are able to see how the things they learn in the classroom can be applied in the global community.
I am so excited to be part of such a wonderful learning enviroment and a great community. I look forward to meeting each and every one of you. I will be giving an update on the elementary classrooms periodically, our students are always doing interesting projects.
Thank you,
Shane Terzaken
a.k.a Mr.T
Editor
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A note from the Head of School
 Dear Montessori Families,
Thank you for the loving attention that you have given to help your child launch a successful year. Montessori is a philosophy with the fundamental tenet that a child learns best within a social environment that supports each individual's development.
What makes Montessori education unique is the "whole child" approach. The primary goal of our Montessori program is to help each child reach full potential in all areas of life. Activities promote the development of cognitive skills, social skills, emotional growth and physical coordination. The holistic curriculum, under the guidance of a specially prepared teacher, provides children with the opportunity to enjoy the process of learning as they create their knowledge and develop their personalities.
Our curriculum extends over the first twelve years of life. Montessori programs in some communities continue through middle school and high school. Hands-on didactic materials are introduced from the beginning to the end in learning areas such as practical life, sensorial, language, math (which includes geometry and algebra), and the content areas of biology, geography, history, and science.
When your child is introduced to materials they become their basis for lifelong learning. For example, in the Primary class the student will be introduced to the geometric solids not knowing that in later years they will see the solids again as they explore area and volume. Dr. Montessori understood that the early sensorial learning sets the stage for a deeper understanding of concepts.
See you at International Night,
Peggy Higgins
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International Night
5:15-5:30-Drive through the carpool and drop off your children and your food. Continue around the circle and return to a parking place along White Oak or Forest Grove. The school parking lot will reserved for staff members who will be arriving early and leaving later. We will have parking assistants to direct you.
5:30-Parade of Nations
6:00-Dancing with Mr. Vincent and singing with Ms. Sharon
6:30-Buffet dinner of International recipes provided by the families
Bring a picnic blanket because we do not have enough picnic tables for all of our guests. Bring a jacket since this is an outdoor event.
We ask that you do not enter the classrooms since they will be set up for the following day.
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Staff Bios of the Week
Featured class of the week is:
Stepping Stones West!
Alice Nichole Hampton has been working with children for fourteen years. She joined MCS in November of 1999. Mrs. Hampton has an Associate's degree in Early Childhood Education and is a certified Infant/Toddler Montessori directress. Alice has three very loving children: Marcellous, Ossie, and Elizabeth. Ms. Hampton loves to share the Montessori philosophy with others, play tennis, volleyball, sing, and observe
-Sandra Smith-
Sandra grew up in Convington, Georgia in a family of twelve brothers and sisters. After graduation from high school, she enlisted in the USMC whe she honorably served her country for six years. In 2000 she came to MCS, and has attended the NC Center for Montessori Education. She attends evening classes part-time to earn an Associate's Degree in Science. Sandra has two teens, the oldest in her freshman year in college and youngest, a senior in high school. Sandra enjoys volunteering at Onslow Medical Hospital with the candy stripers and tending her flower garden.
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Qoute of the Week
"Free the child's potential, and you will transform him into the World"
-Maria Montessori- |
714 Bates Street
Jacksonville, North Carolina 28450
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