| Masters of Education Presentation | | You're Invited!!!
Krista Lee (Lower Elementary Directress) will be presenting "The Montessori Method - A Living Education" on Friday May, 14th in the Elementary building at 3:30-4:30pm.
A Conversation with a Montessori Teacher turned Student! |
Spring Surey
Have you filled out the Spring Survey yet?
The last day to fill it out is May 15th. So, please go to:
www.surveymonkey.com/S/TQ6956
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Silhouettes
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A few spots are left so please don't forget to sign-up
for Silhouettes by K Housel Bogue tomorrow May 14th at the Children's School.
The sign-up sheet and samples are in the office. Mrs Bogue is known across the country as America's Premier
Silhouette Artist, please visit her web site at www.silhouetteartist.biz.
Silhouettes can be done in person or from a photo "nose pointing to the
right" Just bring the photo in on the day of her visit. The Cost will be
$32/per-person-includes 2 copies of silhouettes, $12/additional
copies. Traditional oval frames are offered starting at $29 each.
Thank you,
Your PTO
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Scott Farm Organics
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Scott Farm Organics will begin delivering to the school again. If you are interested in receiving an email list of produce for sale, Please email Rebecca at: scottfarmorganics@yahoo.com
Website
www.scottfarmorganics.com
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Message Board
-5/14 Silhouettes (sign-up in the Office)
-5/15 Last call for Spring Survey (see link below)
-5/18 Board Meeting (6:30pm)
-5/22 MCS Rummage Sale
-5/24 Class Pictures (Stepping Stones East, Stepping Stones West, and Elementary) Student Attire is Denim and White
-5/26 - 5/27 Upper Elementary Class Trip
-5/27 Class Pictures (Stepping Stones East and all Primary classes) Student Attire is Denim and White
-5/27 Lower Elementary Soiree
-6/4 Bridge Ceremony (Primary at 2pm, Elementary at 2:30pm, and Ground Breaking at 3pm)
-6/9 Last Day of School
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A Letter from the Head of School
Dear Montessori Parents,
In every Montessori classroom we see the
early lessons of grace and courtesy develop positive interpersonal
skills that will serve children throughout their lives. Visitors to the
school always comment on the peaceful environment where children move
through the classrooms with a positive awareness of the other students.
Demonstrations
of Practical Life exercises include Grace and Courtesy and are
designed to nurture a child's natural qualities of grace and courtesy and
his inherent desire to contribute to the peaceful order of his
environment. The lessons include but are not limited to: greeting
someone; introducing oneself; shaking hands; receiving visitors;
apologizing/excusing oneself; watching and observing others; waiting;
blowing ones nose/sneezing; using a quiet voice; rolling a rug; being
silent; being kind; making friends and many, many more. The desire to
be gracious and courteous is naturally present in the child. The child
also absorbs manners and behaviors from their observation of the world
they live in.
As we complete another successful year at MCS we have
many opportunities for celebration. The Lower Elementary students are
having a Soiree. This special party gives the students a chance to meet
their classmates in a social environment outside the classroom and
practice manners of grace and courtesy that apply to this environment.
To
be graceful is to be pleasing, agreeable, and to demonstrate goodwill.
The classroom and the home are both ripe for teachable moments in grace
and courtesy that will help a child in situations throughout his life.
By arranging a special party, the Soiree, where each child is the
honored guest, gives us an opportunity to practice these lessons of
grace and courtesy in a prepared environment.
To be successful in any situation the child must have clear ground rules. Though the rules may differ
from culture to culture or situation to situation, they clearly spell
out the need to treat others as we would like to be treated. In other
words, they encourage children to be respectful of all creatures and
all things. As with any skill, practice makes perfect.
We look
forward to these last days of the school year and are excited about the
celebrations that we will share with you and your children.
Thank you,
Peggy Higgins
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MCS Rummage Sale
 Wow, The amount of quality items we have for the sale is astonishing! We have everything from a pair of Diamondback Mountain bikes to interior furnishings. Please, Please, Please e-mail Valerie Tuton at vjw3681@yahoo.com if you are interested in volunteering! We desperately need parents for set up on Friday night, May 21st at 8pm. If you can't make it on Friday night we still need folks on Saturday during the sale from 7am - 11am. We are really excited about the sale and believe that it will be a wonderful success!!! Please come by the office and pick up a handful of fliers to put up around town. Thank you again for supporting your PTO. |
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