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| Vol. 45, Issue 34 | May 20, 2009 |
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"The elementary child has reached a new level of development. Before he was interested in things: working with his hands, learning their names. Now he is interested mainly in the how and why... the problem of cause and effect."
~ Maria Montessori |
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May 20 - 21 (Thurs. - Fri.) 12 noon dismissal; Parent Conferences. ADM in session.
Fri., May 21 Drama presentation (end of session) ; 5:30pm in the Great Room.
May 26 - 28 (Wed. - Fri.) Camp Ockanickon; Elementary Classes.
Fri., May 28 12:00 noon dismissal. ADM in session.
Mon., May 31 School Closed; Memorial Day Holiday.
Fri., June 4 Year End Festivities; 5:30pm . See below for details.
Sat., June 5 Family Fun at the Appel Farm Arts and Music Festival. Click here for more information.
Wed., June 9 Parent Association Ice Cream Social. Rain date June 16.
Fri. June 18 Last Day of School for Students; Full Day Schedule. "Field Day" and Sing-along for all classes. ADM in session.
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MANJ Tax ID #: 22-1774-347
Target ID #: 27762 |
Group Class Photos and All School Photo sale ENDS tomorrow, Friday, May 21st. Last minute orders can be placed online at www.manj.org/photos. The following sizes of color photos will be available for ordering:
5 x 7 class and all school color photos - $10.00
12X18 all school color photo - $18.00.
Send your order form and check made payable to MANJ Parent Association to the attention of Kim Stevenson no later than tomorrow, Friday, May 21st. Prints will be sent home on or before Thursday June 3rd. Questions? Contact Kim Stevenson at 609-387-2470 or kgsteve@comcast.net.
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Feed The Children Campaign
Montessori Academy invites you to partner with us and support "Feed The Children", an organization which provides food for families in need. Donations are used locally (in the Delaware Valley Region). Please read the attached letter and join us in helping. Thank you! |
Come One, Come All to the
Year End Festivities
The Year End Festivities are scheduled for Friday, June 4th at 5:30pm (rain date, June 11th). This is a time when we get together as a school to celebrate the end of the school year. This year, our focus will be on community building with some fundraising (emphasis on the FUN): the older students will perform songs and then we will auction off the classroom items. All of our students were involved in creating these masterpieces. Pictures of these amazing creations will be in next week's newsletter. Following the auction, there will be refreshments, after which the playgrounds will be open to students, siblings and visitors. This event is open to all families and extended families. Please join us on Friday for a fun time!
Dear Parents and Friends of MANJ,
The PA will be hosting an Alex's Lemonade Stand during the Year-End Festivities as part of our Community Outreach Program. Our children will be helping to prepare and run this stand. If you are not familiar with Alex's Lemonade Stand, it is an organization started by a young girl named Alex. You can read more about her extraordinary efforts to fund research for childhood cancer at: www.alexslemonade.org/
We are looking for a few parent volunteers to aide with the stand during the festivities, and monetary donations for supplies (to purchase cups, lemonade mix, refreshments, etc.). Any surplus from the donations for supplies will be donated to Alex's Lemonade Stand. Also, we would like to sell popcorn as a refreshment. It would be nice if the kids could pop it themselves that day. If anyone has an air popcorn popper that we can borrow on June 4th, this would be very much appreciated. You can send in donations with your child in an envelope marked for : ALSF (Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation.) If interested in volunteering to help, please contact:
Jennifer Levas: jlevas@redfishsoft.com or 856-296-1075. Also, if you would like to just donate to Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation without buying the refreshments, you can do so through MANJ's fundraising page online at www.alexslemonade.org/node/63922 |
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Consultation Time
The office staff is eager to hear from you and answer any questions you may have. Unfortunately, many times parents call in with questions when we are extremely busy and cannot devote the necessary amount of time to your questions.
In an effort to improve this, the office will be starting two daily "Consultation Times."
The time between 11:00-11:30am and 2:00- 2:30pm will be set aside to answering any questions you may have.
We ask you to check the weekly bulletin and the parent manual (available on the website) prior to calling, as you may find answers in the literature. If you have remaining questions after reviewing the information , we would be delighted to talk to you. Thank you for your help in improving our communication. |
Help us help you...
when you read the newsletter, it not only helps you, but also your child to stay on top of events and happenings at school. We try to keep it brief, so it should take you less than 10 minutes to read, but doing so keeps you informed.
We'd like to thank those 80+ parents who faithfully open and read the newsbulletin; if you have suggestions on how we can improve, please send an email to manjoffice@manj.org.
We'd love to hear from you! |
Get to know the Parent Association
The Parent Association is an organization devoted to preserving and presenting meaningful and important experiences for our children. Our efforts relieve the school administration from their intensive planning and funding, so they may focus all of their efforts on providing the best experience for our children at MANJ. For additional information on what the PA does and opportunities for involvement click here and refer to page 27 of the parent handbook.
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Please click here for information regarding the
Uniform Exchange Program. |
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"In the short span of one generation, we have managed to misplace a very important tenet of childrearing. Simply stated, it is that children, from an early age, should be responsible, contributing members of their families."
From John Rosemond's Parenting Quotation of the Day |
Contact Info
Director of Admission
Doris Roman
856-461-2121 |
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