Racine
Montessori School is part of a global community that guides the whole
child toward a life-long love of learning. Children develop
independence, confidence, moral responsibility, social purpose and
inner peace through teacher guidance on self-directed work in a
non-competitive atmosphere. Our school strives to offer strong
academics and support in a setting of self-respect, respect for others
and respect for our environment. | |
Calendar of Events
* Note about recurring calendar items: Growing Power & SCRIP
Growing Power Market Basket orders are due each Tuesday by 4:00 p.m., with payment by Thursday and pick-up each Friday, 6:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., unless otherwise noted.
SCRIP orders are due Monday mornings by 9:00 a.m. with deliveries on Fridays, unless otherwise noted.
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Thursday, May 20
Full Staff meeting
7:45 a.m.
School lounge
Deadline for Girl Scout
donations to Humane Society
Friday, May 21
Plant sale (hanging basket &
flower flats): CJ's Flowers
Southwest corner of campus
8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 22
Market Day orders due
11:00 p.m. online
Monday, May 24
1st level Daisy Scouts & Junior
Scouts
After school
Wednesday, May 26
Spring Musical Rehearsal
1:15 p.m.
Pole Barn
Market Day pick-up
2:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Brownie Scouts
After school
Thursday, May 27
Spring Musical
6:00 p.m.
Pole Barn
Friday, May 28
LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!
Games Day
Pledge forms & pledges due
Family Fun Run/Walk tomorrow
Saturday, May 29
Family Fun Run/Walk
Colonial Park
10:00 a.m.
Tuesday, June 1-
Wednesday, June 2
Spring Conferences
CCP available (reservations
required)
HAPPY SUMMER EVERYONE!!
Monday, June 21
Summer School begins! Join us
for the fun! It's "All About
Wisconsin"!
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Get Involved!
Humane Society DonationsDue TODAY!Help our Girl Scout Troop by dropping items off in the bin outside the school office by the end of the day today:
- Bleach
- Old towels
- Dog & cat food/treats
- Dog & cat toys
Buy Your Flowers at RMS
CJ's Plants returns to RMS on Friday with tons of beautiful hanging baskets and flats. Come prepared to fill up your car for your upcoming Spring planting.
Snacks for Childcare
Our Childcare staff is always grateful for donations of healthy snacks to serve the dozens of children they typically care for each afternoon.
Participate in Family Fun Run/Walk on May 29
Sign up and collect pledges for this event being held on Saturday, May 29. Sponsored by RACINEkids.com.
Support "Relay For Life"
Know someone who has been affected by cancer? Of course you do. It's not too late to support RMS' Relay for Life team! Either join us in the relay or pledge a donation. It's at Case High School starting at 6:00 p.m. on June 11 and ending at 10:00 a.m. on June 12. (You don't have to walk the entire time!)
It's a fun time for a great cause.
Your Throw-aways = $$
For RMS
Please keep in mind that RMS earns money toward its fundraising budget (which helps cover operating expenses) on items that would normally end up in the garbage:
Please keep these items coming in! Every little bit matters. The Easy Ones
Lest you forget, please keep RMS in mind in these other (mindless!) ways: - Earn rebates for RMS through Roundy's/Pick 'N Save's We Care program by designating us as your non-profit "beneficiary" when grocery shopping with your Advantage card.
- Use your Red Card at Target and earn money through their Take Charge of Education program.
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Montessori Spotlight
"The land is where our roots are. The children must be
taught to feel and live in harmony with the Earth." Maria Montessori
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Here Comes the Sun, do-di-do-do
We're well on our way and it's pretty exciting! The guys from H&H Solar have begun the installation. If all goes as planned, the work should be complete around the end of the month. 72 panels are being installed on the pole barn roof and 8 panels above the big door. One additional panel will be installed between the 1st & 2nd floors of the school building which will run fans being installed at the south end of each hallway so the children will be able to see for themselves that when the sun shines, the fans will spin! Take a walk back to the pole barn for a close-up view of the installation as it's happening.
A Few Spots Left
Seven days of school left and we still have a few spots left for summer school in our primary and elementary levels.
Diane Kelly and Nicole Fuentes will be sharing the five weeks of Primary, assisted by Debbe Burdick. Diane will teach on Mondays and Wednesdays and Nicole on Tuesdays and Thursdays. They will rotate on Fridays. Debbe will be assisting for the entire five weeks. In the Elementary, Cara Lewis will teach the first two weeks (June 21 and June 28) and Melissa Winklebleck will teach the last three weeks (July 12, July 19 and July 26). There is no summer session during the week
of July 5.
The cost for summer sessions are $75 per week from 8:30 until 11:30. a.m. Our Child Care Program will be available after the summer school sessions each day, from 11:30 until 5:00 p.m. No deposit is required, but we do ask you to sign a contract to hold your child's space in class. You will see the billing for summer school on your August statement. Join us for a very informational and exciting summer of learning all about our wonderful state of Wisconsin!
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Environmental Stewardship
Thanks to Racine Montessori's continued commitment to environmental stewardship by way of installing a solar electric system at the school, tonight RMS will receive the Southeast Gateway Group of the Sierra Club Green Award. For those not already aware, we already have several existing examples of environmental care and awareness, all of which are tightly woven into our Montessori curriculum and culture: a Nature Center with fruit trees, an herb garden and a labyrinth (and soon to have large seating boulders arranged in a circle to complement our outdoor classroom); a rain garden; a greenhouse; Adolescent students producing rain collection barrels for sale.
Solar Celebration
Yesterday, we had a Solar Celebration to mark the commencement of the installation (think lots of kids wearing yellow and singing songs about the sun!). Also present were our four very generous benefactors, Charles & Kathryn Heide and Clif & (our very own) Gladys Peterson who are paying the out-of-pocket costs not covered by any WE Energies rebates or grants. If you are so inclined, Rita will happily deliver thank you notes for the Heide's and the Peterson's.
Warm Congratulations to Rita Lewis
Join us in congratulating Rita Lewis who, along with other educators and administrators, will be honored by the Phi Delta Kappa Honor Society of Educators on Sunday, May 23, at a banquet at Meadow Brook Country Club. Of course, we all know how awesome Rita is and how much of herself she gives to our school and our children. Despite her humble nature (she has, by now, turned six shades of red!), we are thrilled at this very much deserved recognition.
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Spring Plant Sale-Tomorrow!
The southwest corner of our school yard will be in bloom tomorrow as CJ's will deliver a truckload of beautiful hanging baskets and flats of annuals! Plan to make your purchases at RMS for your Memorial Day planting! Thanks to Cindy Westman, Darlene Feldpausch, Cathy Ulrich and Jennifer McClendon for volunteering to help us out with the sale during the day.
Last Meadow Soup Lunch of the Year
The Meadow
will be preparing and serving its final Soup Lunch of the year next
Wednesday, May 26, for interested students, staff and teachers. On the
menu will be chicken tortellini soup, fruit kabobs and homemade soft
pretzels. Yummm! Make sure to submit your order and payment soon. The "share" proceeds from this month's lunch
will benefit the American Cancer Society.
Annual Spring Musical
Join us on Thursday, May 27, at 6 p.m. in the Pole Barn as our Elementary students entertain us with a half-hour songfest. Please bring your own chairs, if you have them. A free will offering will be accepted.
Family Fun Run & Walk--It's Not Too LateJoin us for RACINEkids.com's First Annual Family Fun Run & Walk on Saturday, May 29, 2010, at 10:00 a.m.
The 3k & 7k Run/Walk will start at Colonial Park, 2300 West High St., and travel along the Root River Parkway. Parking will be available at Gilmore Middle School and the RUSD building. For routes & details, see RACINEkids.com. Registration fees are $15/individual or $35/family of four.
This is a great way to meet up with other RMS families, do something healthy with your kids and raise money for our school! RMS will receive a portion of any pledges you collect. Sign-up by May 14 and receive a free t-shirt & water bottle! - Return registration forms to the school.
- Pledge sheets and pledges due in the office by 11:30 a.m. on Friday, May 28.
For questions, please contact Stacey Day Kocian.
Conference sign-up sheets are now available. Sign up for your end-of-year conference either by stopping by the school office or giving us a call. Conferences are scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, June 1st and 2nd.
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Missing Library Books
Please help out our school library by searching high and low throughout your home, your car, grandma's house, etc., for any library books belonging to the school. We have an unusually high number of books missing and children who are claiming they can't find them!
If, after searching thoroughly you still can't find them, please consider making a cash donation to the school directed at "library replenishment". We want to make sure our kids continue to have a great selection of reading materials from which to borrow, read and learn.
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Summer Fun in Southeastern Wisconsin
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Did you know...
that solar energy is dependent upon nuclear
power? Solar energy's nuclear power plant, though, is 93 million miles
away. The
earth receives more energy from the sun in just one hour
than the
world uses in a whole year.
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