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FEBRUARY/MARCH 2016 CALENDAR

Wednesday, February 24th: The 100th day of school!
Thursday, February 25th 5:30pm: New Parent Orientation Meeting at Taylor Campus Teacher's Lounge (1400 6th St.)
Thursday, February 25th 6:15pm: Parent as a Montessori Student (presentation by Jonathan Wolff) at Taylor Campus Rooms 6 & 7 (1400 6th St.)
Monday, February 29th - Friday, March 4th: Montessori Education Week
Tuesday, March 1st: Europe Cultural Unit begins
Friday, March 11th: SCHOOL CLOSED/NO DAYCARE for Staff Development Day
Sunday, March 13th: Daylight Savings Time (clocks forward)
Friday, March 18th at 6:15pm: Spring Performance and Fundraiser at Taylor Campus - multipurpose room

Our Schools

Pacific School: Toddler-Kindergarten

Encinal School: Preschool - 1st Grade

Taylor: Preschool-5th Grade

In This Issue

:: Taylor Campus

:: Encinal Campus

:: Music with Mr. Steve

From Cindy's Desk

For anyone who has been around The Child Unique or Montessori Elementary School for a while, it is a well-known fact that Verise Jackson, our senior faculty member - hates the color red. It is not a slight dislike - we make it a point (except one year, when we forgot and she was gracious forgave us) to make sure that when we have the Grandparents' Tea in May, that Verise does not have red tablecloths in her classroom. There are few things that press Verise's button (she is one of the most even keeled people I know), as much as being given something red. Do so, and she will be 'in my face' asking why I did that. After 25 years, I now know why.

In a discussion with Verise and Fatma (our elementary classroom teacher) regarding a recently published article, "Assigning Letter Grades to Schools? The Danger of a Single Performance Indicator," about why we do not assign letter grades in a Montessori classroom, Verise exclaimed, "It's just like that red pencil! Do you know why that hurt me so much? Because I would work so hard, so hard, and then I would get my paper back with those red marks, and that red always said, 'not good enough. You didn't study well enough.' But I did. I studied as hard as I could."

And it wasn't just Verise. Way over in Egypt, Fatma experienced a similar struggle. "I didn't wear red for years," she said. " I didn't want to see another thing that was red.... and the hardest part for me was that most of the time, I felt that there was something that was wrong or at least not quite right about the problem [on the paper]. Still, the red mark made me feel even more pushed down." Yes, you were wrong, wrong, wrong.

Well, what will be the effect of another indicator - the alphabet (namely those first six letters therein)? Interestingly, when the state of Arkansas required the Department of Education to assign letter grades to schools in 2013, a professor at University of Arkansas stated:

Grading schools based on achievement (or growth) will actually be grading them on their socioeconomic status...I challenge all members of the Arkansas legislature to plop down in their cars and drive around to all of the different towns and neighborhoods in their districts, paying close attention to the size of the houses. All they have to do is count the number of garage doors they see on the houses in a particular district and then return to their offices to rank schools accordingly:

0 garage doors/carport D or F school

1 garage door D school

2 garage doors D, C, or B school

3 or more garage doors B or A school (Goering, 2015, n.p.)

Is this in fact true? And does it have any significance for our families? Let's tackle the first part:

There were three studies completed, which studied the relationship between income and student achievement. Findings indicated "a nearly perfect correlation between parental income and scores on the SAT (0.98) & ACT (0.99) standardized tests. Correlations with ethnicity (0.96) were also nearly perfect" (Orlich & Giffords, 2005, Turnamian & Tienken, 2012). They then ran three additional tests of schools with students of differing economic backgrounds (Pearson Correlation test and two statistical analyses, disaggregating the data- using as a basis of poorest students, those who are eligible for free and reduced lunch in school). I'm listing it below - hold on and continue reading past the charts for those of you who are saying, "What?"

Statistical analysis #1


Z Score	N	Mean Score	Change Over Previous Level
-3 to -4 (Wealthiest)	2	304	+33
-2 to -3	30	271	+17
-1 to -2	132	254	+10
0 to -1	327	244	+9
0 to +1	381	233	+19
+2 to +2 (Poorest)	162	214	--

Statistical analysis #2 (by letter grade)


Letter Grade	N	Average % of Students Eligible for NSLP	Change Over Previous Level
A	160	54.2%	-5.6%
B	320	59.8%	-6.1%
C	356	65.9%	-10.8
D	154	76.7%	-5.8%
F	44	82.5%	--

What do these charts mean? Yes, there is a correlation between economic status and student grades. These reports however, do not speak to the value of a school in working to meet the needs of its student population, and these charts discolor schools before a student even walks in the door. The school is wrong, wrong, wrong. There is something missing about how we turn the tide in reaching students and how we begin to move from places of wrong and blame to positions of corrections. The same wrong and blame feeling is exactly what we do to children when we assign letter grades to them, mark their papers wrong, tell them that their shoes are on the "wrong" foot (after they have worked hard to put them on), compare them to other children and become the 'value maker' of their achievement (manifested in the child who feels that they have to come to the teacher to tell them that their work is right as though the teacher's words, not the child's achievement - makes the work correct - really?- can you tell that one frustrates me?).

Some students cannot handle the pressure of continually having to measure up against others, and even young students are not immune to the pressure of student stress. In a Montessori environment, we feel that letter grades evaluate students only against each other or in comparison to a standard without regard for the student's ability (does one have to stop at 'A'?) A Montessori classroom should continually encourage the child to turn inward to think critically and rejoice in mastery. Students master to completion. The spelling words are not marked wrong - the child continues to work on the words needed, while learning new ones until they have total mastery. The teacher begins to employ other multimodal ways to teach the skill or words that the child may not be getting. We look at the barriers to learning and how we can sensorially teach that skill differently. We also look at where a child has mastered a particular area and where we can keep that area moving. If we have a child who has challenges in math, but spells and reads well, we continue to move the spelling words to higher levels, add expansive vocabulary and comprehension and deep meaning in reading, while concentrating on the serious skills needed for math, concretize the lessons more, and connect them with things that the child may be interested in (e.g.: word problems add reading and art to math skills). And what is most important is that every work, every paper is an 'A' so to speak, because we are concerned about the process and deeper understanding, not simply the product. This does not mean the child has learning disabilities - it means that children learn differently and that teaching - good teaching - is the art of taking that skill of teaching and using it as craft in neuroscience - observing how the child learns, and crafting the lessons, materials and information to teach them in such a way so that they will love learning. I love this quote: "A teacher will accommodate for a child's needs so that child can be successful in the way he or she needs to be successful. This is not always due to a learning disorder." It is due to good teaching and a pedagogy that promotes it. It promotes the process of allowing children to feel successful in school from day one, to let them have fun learning and to love, love, love the color red.

Cindy

PACIFIC CAMPUS

Toddler 1 Class
Ms. Verise & Ms. Merle

Dear Toddler 1 Parents,

This month the children are learning about the continent of Africa. We discussed where it was located on the map and globe, what animals live there, what people live there and what they eat and how they dress. We looked at pictures of the many types of houses they live in and the various languages they speak.

The letter sounds for this month are j, k and l. We are playing the "What's Missing Game?" using those letter sounds. A cloth hides one of the letter sounds and the children have to tell me exactly which one is missing, like Hide-and Seek for letter sounds!

The students learned what to do in an earthquake or fire and we get to practice those important steps during our monthly drills. The children area also enjoying improving their small muscle skills using the large and small button frames and the snapping frame. They feel very proud of their achievements!

As part of Grace & Courtesy, the children are learning how to introduce themselves and others (friends and family) and when to use the phrase, "No, thank you."

The children are learning about the numbers 0 through 9. The younger students are learning to trace those numbers and some of the older ones have started on the numbers 10 through 19 as well!

We have introduced combinations of Sensorial materials in some jobs. Children are working with the knobbed and knobless cylinders together. It is wonderful to witness their realization that these materials in fact match. It is a very rewarding moment as a teacher.

If there is anyone who can donate a CD player to the classroom, it would be greatly appreciated. We would also like children's CDs for movement and perhaps a hermit crab or two for class pets.

Thank you,

Ms. Verise & Ms. Merle

Pre-Primary Class

Ms. Mari & Ms. Zoe

Dear Pre-Primary Families,

We began this month with a unit on Groundhog Day, where the children got to learn all about the meaning of the groundhog emerging from his burrow. We learned that if the groundhog emerges from his burrow and sees his shadow, then we will be in for an early spring, but if the groundhog does not see his shadow then six more weeks of winter it will be. We made a line down our classroom and let the predictions begin. The children took a guess and had to sit on either the early spring/shadow side or the late winter/no shadow side. Eighty percent of our students predicted the groundhog would not see his shadow and we would be in four six more weeks of winter. Then we watched the actual ceremony on the computer, where we witnessed the famous groundhog Punxsutawney Phil emerge from his burrow and see his shadow. We're happy to be 80% wrong and excited for an early spring!

Gung Hay Fat Choy! In our classroom we had a great Chinese New Year celebration that lasted all day! We watched a video about The Dragon Dances and a video about the Year of The Monkey. The children made many art projects as well, including multiple types of dragons, monkey coloring's, Chinese fans and Chinese lanterns. During lunch we tried noodles and egg rolls. This was a great time to talk to the children about trying new things. Each child was willing to try these items and most ended up really enjoying the noodles and egg rolls and asking for more! For snack we had fortune cookies and oranges. Each child enjoyed breaking open their cookie to read their fortune.

We also learned that oranges are a special part of Chinese New Year because "oranges" in Chinese sound similar to the word "wealth" in Chinese. Lastly, we enjoyed the story, "Chin Chiang and The Dragon Dance," by Ian Wallace, multiple times throughout the day. Thank you to the Ramsey, Oey and Schreiber families for the donations that helped make our celebration a success.

Happy Friendship Day! On Thursday, February 11th, The Child Unique celebrated our first Friendship Day. We walked over to the Encinal campus and did friendship day body tracings together with our friends from the Primary 2 class. We also enjoyed playtime and lunch with our new friends. We hope to have another friendship date with Mr. Joseph and Ms. Isabel's class.

This month, we are looking forward to continuing our study of the continent pf Africa, celebrating the 100th day of school, and learning more about land and water forms. Stay tuned for more exciting news from our classroom!

Thank you,

Ms. Mari and Ms. Zoe

TAYLOR CAMPUS

Toddler 2 Class

Ms. Porshia & Ms. Sara

Dear Toddler Parents,

We introduced an exciting new word and concept this month, "President." The meaning was discussed at length. The students also learned the new letters sounds for this month: k, w, and z.

Currently, we are studying the continent of Africa. Children made various African flags an African animal book and enjoyed cooking Jollof rice and Puff Puff bread. We talked about former South African President Nelson Mandela and how he was an advocate for peace. Emanuel Enyinwa gave a heartfelt presentation on his homeland, Nigeria, which all of the students enjoyed. He shared pictures, stories of his childhood and his children and also sang a special song.

February is Black History Month and we discussed the following black people who made a mark on our culture: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., President Barack Obama, Thurgood Marshall, Mary McLeod, Bethune, Althea Gibson, and Alice Walker. We also looked at various paintings by Hughie Lee-Smith.

Children are cutting horizontal and vertical lines, improving their fine motor skills. We introduced the next sets of numbers: 48 through 56. Children are continuing measuring lessons. This month we introduced geometric solids. Children are having fun searching for various shapes that they now know the names of, around the classroom.

New works on the shelf are the triangle box, knob cylinder 4, and blue colored cylinder.

A fun water work was introduced called Cleaning Pigs. Children get to make their own soap solution and plain water to clean three little pigs with a brush and dry them off with a towel. Watching the children take care of the baby has also been a favorite work in the Practical Life area. Just to see how loving and caring they are with the doll is truly astonishing. Children cuddle the baby doll, dress the baby doll, and even walk around with it.

Donation Requests:

1 adult size backpack (used is okay), 4 indoor plants, 4 cans or bags of whole coffee beans

Thank you,

Ms. Porshia & Ms. Sara

Primary 3 Class

Ms. Nina & Ms. Nicole

Greetings Primary 3 Families,

It's been a busy month for us. We have been working on Grace & Courtesy everyday and the students are enjoying many new Practical Life works like test tube water transfer using a baster and bubble making using a whisk, weaving, walking on the line with a glass half filled with colored water and food preparation. The children enjoy preparing their own snacks with strawberry jam and hummus spread (not together of course). The students love to clean and scrub their lunch area everyday making sure it's ready for the next day.

We have several new Sensorial jobs on the shelves as well, like color mixing with play dough, building bridges using the brown prisms and red rods and grading the color tablets from lightest to darkest using the color box 3. They also love working with the geometric solids by finding matching shapes within the classroom.

Some students are working on simple addition and 2-digit addition and others are beginning to complete subtraction works. All of the children practice tracing and writing 1-100 on their own and continue to learn the numeral formation using the golden beads and stamp game. Many students really like the skip counting using the colored beads.

We continue to improve our language skills with the word building using the moveable alphabet and 3 letter word (cvc) reading and writing. We also have a new group work called "What's Missing?" It is a fun game to improve memory retention.

The students love science and are learning about chemical reactions by mixing baking soda and vinegar. We have also enjoyed a field trip to Crab Cove, picnic at the park, and celebrating Friendship Day by having lunch our friends in the elementary classroom and serving snacks to all our friends in the Toddler classroom. Yay friends!

We had so much fun learning about Asia. The children had the chance to taste different foods from Asia by making our own Turon (banana fritters) and Sushi. Currently, we are learning all about the continent of Africa.

We would like to say "Thank you!" to the Siv family for bringing some delicious egg tarts and the Tomasulo family for the Spanish bread. Special thanks to Sharon Hu for coming and reading us a story about the Chinese New Year, showing us how to make a fish lantern and for teaching us to say "Kung Hei Fat Choi" (Good luck)! Thank you to the Rodgers, Sadauskas, Thong and Tomasulo families for making sure that our washcloths and work rugs are always clean and ready for the upcoming week.

Thank you,

Ms. Nina and Ms. Nicole

ENCINAL CAMPUS

Primary 1 Class

Ms. Alondra & Ms. Kwang

Dear Primary 1 Parents,

Thank you to all the parents who participated in our Open House event at Encinal. We had a marvelous turnout. We are now focusing on the continent of Africa, if you have items or books related to Africa please share them with our class. It will enrich our class discussions. Our class has been discussing all the beautiful and exotic animals found in Africa. They can now identify three categories of animals within the animal kingdom: fish, birds, and mammals.

In celebration of friendship, P1 students walked to the Pacific Campus to meet students from one of our sister campuses. The visit gave students the opportunity to see an old friend whom they miss (Ms. Versie) and make new ones. Ms. Versie began her new position as Lead Teacher of the Toddler Room at Pacific in January. While at the Pacific Campus, P1 students were able to practice how to make a new friend. We thoroughly enjoyed our visit and plan to do it again real soon.

Two of the Grace and Courtesy lessons this month were how to ask a friend to make room for you during circle and introducing a family member to a friend. The Role Plays are as follows: " X will you please make room for me, I would like to sit next to my friend Ms. Kwang." The other: "Ms. Alondra, I would like you to meet my Dad. Dad this is Ms. Alondra (shake hands)." Please practice with your little one at home.

We have begun a new schedule. P1 students begin their day on the playground (8:30 - 9:00). We come in for circle and work time, and then have lunch at 12:00 noon. We are now serving more hearty snacks for children to accommodate the later lunch. Sunflower butter, cheese, and boiled eggs are greatly appreciated.

P1 is still in need of a Room Parent. If you have the time ask Ms. Alondra for details. P1 has a wish list above the sign-in sheet outside of our classroom door. Thank you to the Pham Family for supporting Ms. Kwang in her efforts to attend the American Montessori Society conference in Chicago. We would also like to thank the Love Family for the Clementine's' and delicious banana bread. Yummy! The soup from the San Francisco Soup Company was a big hit.

Thank you,

Ms. Alondra & Ms. Kwang

Primary 2 Class

Mr. Joseph & Ms. Isabella

This month is Dinosaur Month in Primary 2! We are learning about the different eras of the time of the dinosaurs. The children have been researching the different types of dinosaurs and how to pronounce their names, such as Diplodocus, Ankylosaurus, and Pterodactyl. We have also been classifying dinosaurs by what they eat, carnivores, herbivores, and omnivores which are plant and meat eaters.

This month's Practical Life focus has been on care of the environment. The children are cleaning their plates after eating snack and are completing weekly tasks to make our environment more beautiful.

How many sides does a hexagon have? In Primary 2 children are counting the sides of different shapes. What's round like a can and has two circular bases? A cylinder! We are learning geometric shapes by placing them in a mystery bag and describing what we are feeling inside.

To go along with our Dinosaur Month, we have been reading about the different professions available to those with an interest in studying dinosaurs, such as a paleontologist, an excavator, and "Dinosaur Hunters." We are also matching the names to pictures of various dinosaurs.

We have been practicing single-digit addition and single-digit subtraction. Currently, we have moved on to four-digit addition along with exchanging and carrying numbers.

A big thank you from our class to the Corica family for supplying us with the majority of our dinosaur materials!

Spanish:

This month, the children learned "El ciclo de vida de la rana" or the life cycle of a frog, to include the Spanish words for its habitat and body parts. The students made a little frog shape book as a craft.

This month, Ms. Isabel introduced two new verbs, want and need: "Quiero y necesito." Each time the children need or want something they must ask for it in Spanish. For example: "Por favor yo quiero snack or yo necesito ayuda," roughly translated, "Please, I want snack or I need help." The children also know the difference between fruit and vegetables in addition to their new vocabulary. They all really enjoy singing the Slippery Fish song in Spanish during circle time.

Thank you,

Ms. Isabel and Mr. Joseph

MESA

Ms. Fatma & Mr. Maharaj

Dear MESA Parents,

Children are having a great time with our lovely parent Anna Bach-y-Rita, who comes every Monday to teach us some new stitches. Children look forward to doing these Practical Life sessions and Anna is doing a great job teaching us the special way to fix mistakes without becoming frustrated.

Older children continue working on their times tables and they are challenging themselves by timing their work with our new assistant teacher, Mr. Shyam Mahraj. Older children were introduced to the concept of division and younger children are working on exchanging and on place value games/practice as well as dynamic addition and subtraction. We also introduced the multiplication board to one of our youngsters and she was so proud when she easily grasped the concept.

Science can be so exciting as we learn about the body parts of a monkey in celebration of the Year of the Monkey on the Chinese calendar. Students are also working on the parts of a horse and the parts of a flower. Many lessons on botany and zoology are taking place now too.

Recently, the students researched the history and story of the Chinese calendar. We came across a video of Marie Currie and her assistant demonstrating how Marie learned how to speak. Children were especially stunned especially to realize that she was deaf. This lead to an interesting class discussion.

Children had a great time working as teachers to their parents during our recent open house. I must thank all the parents who showed up and gave myself and their children the chance to observe that incredible night, full of joy, learning and understanding regarding the philosophy of Montessori education. I am so proud of all of my students and their parents.

Grammar symbols are gradually being introduced along with lessons about proper and common nouns. We started our reading log and children are very active and making great improvements (parents are great help here).

The children are working on their new piece of music with Steve as they practice their ukuleles with him every week. We have begun practicing the play "Alice in Wonderland" and the students are so excited and they love their roles. I would like to thank my mentor Mrs. Carrie Henrichs for taking the responsibility of the drama work with the children. Carrie wrote the scripts and she comes into the class once a week to practice it with the children. She also provides suggestions for me on how to incorporate daily practice with the children so that they will be well prepared for the performance.

Parents may like to glance at the song that the children are practicing with Steve and help them practice the lyrics at home too.

Special thanks to Sheri Smith, Paul and Michelle Liotsakis for all of their help. Thank you to Lorrie Ranck and Marian Ross for donating a fish tank to our class and for their willingness to provide us with anything we may need for it.

We are happy to welcome another new student Yamara Toro to our class. She is already a part of the group and we are so happy to have her. We would also like to welcome our new assistant teacher, Mr. Shyam Mahraja. Thank you Ms. Cindy Acker for hiring him! Please note, the Spring Performance is next month and we are looking forward to seeing all the parents there. Special thanks to Esmeralda Arrizon who brought a lot of new Montessori materials in to the classroom.

Still needed:

Someone to connect the printer to the computer in the class. A non-digital timer, a clock for the class room, velcro, a glue gun, story starters. The book of the story of writing ,

erasers and towels for dusting and cleaning the class

Thank you,

Ms. Fatma and Mr. Maharaj

Music with Mr. Steve

The music demo this past month was great. Stan Muncy brought his vibraphone out and demonstrated classical, jazz and latin music. It's a large instrument and I think the students were impressed with it's sound. We also played a Cal Tjader tune called Wachi Wara, the students got to participate by yelling "Wachi Wara" at the correct time. It was pretty fun.

The MESA music class has almost memorized the words for our Spring Performance. The bass players have learned their notes and are working hard on timing. They have all been working on identifying the notes on a piano. But the best part is that they have started writing their own melodies. The students should be writing short melodies and attempting to play the melodies on the keyboard. It's really great to see how excited they get when they write their own music and then have the ability to play it.

Thanks,

Steve

www.stevesdrum.com

ANNOUNCEMENTS

New Teachers at Taylor

We would like to welcome the following new teachers: Jazmin Silva is a new teacher who will be teaching Spanish at Taylor. She has been working with kids since she was 15, most recently as a tutor for an after school program in Oakland and arts and craft lead mentor. Shayam Maharaj, an experienced middle school teacher has joined the elementary room, providing strength in history and geography. Carrie Hendrichs is a dramatic arts teacher in elementary. With all of these wonderful teachers and a music teacher and soccer shots coach, MESA now has one of the most robust elementary programs in Alameda!

Thank you!

Thank you so much to Jay and Cathy Farrow for their donation of office supplies.
Thank you to Robert Tomasulo and Tanisha Fernandez of the San Francisco Soup Company who donated the warm and delicious soup last Friday.
Thank you to Brina Siv for sorting out earthquake kits at all 3 campuses and for returning the soup to San Francisco Soup Company.
Thank you to Cesar and Esmeralda Chirino for sanding and varnishing the cultural room table at the Encinal campus.

And.....better late then never (sorry)

Thank you to Ellery Samson for painting the jumper at the Encinal playground in December.
Thank you to Frank Nijenkamp for repairing a broken table leg at the Encinal campus and pumping out floodwater in the Encinal yard.

THANK YOU ALL!

The Downtown Alameda Business Association provides a wealth of information about events and opportunities in Alameda. See here for link.

Fundraising announcements

*TCU sweatshirts have arrived! Please email the office if you'd like one or mark it on the sign-in sheet at drop-off or pick-up so that we can contact you. $20 for children, $25 for adults.

*E-SCRIP - an easy way of fundraising for our school! Have you registered for e-Scrip yet? It's easy to do and costs you nothing! Through e-Scrip, merchants donate money to the school whenever you patronize their business, and use an identifying card (Safeway card, credit card, etc.) Just go to www.escrip.com. Sign up takes just a minute or two of your time. It is painless and secure. Note: Safeway users - if you don't have one, get a physical Safeway card and present it rather than giving your telephone number.

Good News Regarding Credit Card tuition payments:

Wells Fargo has offered us an excellent deal for credit card or ATM transactions (.6% rather than 2.9% for swiped transactions), and we now have a new machine in the office for credit card transactions, which will not carry a fee to the parent (although it does still carry a fee for the school). We will make it available to parents between the 25th and the 2nd of each month. It will not be available after the 2nd. Parents who wish to take advantage of the credit card transaction through our machine, must come in to the Encinal office. Phone transactions carry a higher fee and in order to avoid those higher fees, we will no longer accept payments by phone.

Thank you!

Volunteer opportunities

If you would like to volunteer, please email the office or sign up on the bulletin board.

Pacific Campus
� We need help installing a cabinet at the Pacific Campus. Please contact Tristan Flores at tflores777@gmail.com if you can help.
� Can you haul a few large items to the dump? Please contact Mari Mascorro at the Pacific Campus for details!

Encinal Campus
� We need some ceiling tiles replaced. Contact Tristan Flores at tflores777@gmail.com if you can help.
� We need someone to research a new refrigerator for Encinal campus. Please contact Joshua Abraham at jabraham@alumni.virginia.edu if you can help or contact the office
� Do you have a large (4x6) rug you can donate? Contact the office!
� Love to garden? Use your green fingers and thumbs in the Encinal courtyard which needs some sprucing up. Contact David Cody at david@upisf.com to help.

Taylor Campus
� The elementary classroom has a laptop that we can't use because we lost access to the password. If you can help us set it up again with a new password, please contact Justin Rich at justinrich@gmail.com.
� The Toddler Classroom needs some repainting! Please contact Grover Wehman at groverwehman@gmail.com to help with this project.
� The bathroom in the teacher's lounge needs some help as well. An item needs to be re-mounted to the wall and it could use a new coat of paint. Please contact Tristan Flores at tflores777@gmail.com if you can help.

Mongolian Interpreter Needed: Do any of our wonderful TCU/MESA parents speak Mongolian, or know someone who does? Please contact Cindy if you can assist us with some translation help!

The Child Unique Montessori School & The Montessori Elementary School of Alameda (MESA)

Main Office:

2226 Encinal St./Alameda/CA 94501

(510) 521- 9227 /

(510) 521-9246 fax

Taylor Office:
1400 6th St./Alameda/CA 94501
(510)521-0595

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