Countryside Cares 2012
'Tis the Season of Giving ...
Caring for each other and the world around us is one of the principal tenets of Montessori education. Here is a list of agencies, causes or individuals who have received support from our Countryside community this Holiday Season. Click on the links below to learn more about these organizations.
Urban Ministry Center - LE 2 and PC 3
Hinds Feet Farm - LE 3
Santa's Bag (Children's Theatre) - Middle School
Kitty City (Pet Rescue Organization) - LE 4
Cards for Caring, Presbyterian Hospital - High School
The Fishermen Relief Organization - LE 1
Chores for Charity for Behailu Academy, Charlotte - UE 2
A Child's Place - UE 4
Loaves & Fishes - All three Campuses
American Red Cross - Hurricane Sandy Relief Efforts - UE 4 and UE 3
Habitat for Humanity - PC 7
Salvation Army Adopt a Family - UE 1
Santa's Link to Kids (107.9 FM) - UE 1
Mendez-Campbell Family (victims of Hurricane Sandy) - LE 5
Debby Haugh, Founder of Countryside Montessori School still carries her Montessori spirit of helping others
into retirement. She sent us this message:
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Ms. Debby in the foyer at Lake Trafford Elementary School in Florida where she volunteers once a week.
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"For the last year I have been volunteering one day a week in an at-risk school in Immokalee, Florda. There are about 30 volunteers that are picked up at a meeting point in Naples by a school bus. We then travel east for about an hour to Immokalee, which is a town with migrant and full-time residents who work mainly in the orange groves. The classes are small but the teachers do not have teacher aides. I work as a teacher's helper with first and second graders. The students are very sweet and polite and the teachers are so appreciative of the extra hands. It is quite rewarding for all of us; some folks have been volunteering for many years."
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Grandparents' and Grandfriends' Day
Thursday, Feb. 28 and Friday, March 1
If you'll be seeing your Grandparents this holiday season, please invite them to attend Grandparents' & Grandfriends' Day at Countryside Montessori School in 2013.
We dedicate a morning of Montessori lessons, crafts, food and photos to our Grandparents and Grandfriends. Here is the schedule:
Thursday, February 28, 2013
PC Campus: Classrooms 1 - 4
JO Campus: Middle & High School
Friday, March 1, 2013
PC Campus: Classrooms 5 - 10
Toddler House
MC Campus: LE & UE
Please give us your Grandparents mailing address and we'll send them an invitation.
Email Sian Kolozvary, (Countryside Community Outreach Coordinator) with your grandparents' names, mailing address and your child's name/grade level.
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State of the School Event
January 31, 2013
Please join us for a Family Dinner and Presentation.
Place: University City United Methodist Church
Time: 6:30 pm
Enjoy a "sneak peak" of Seussical the Musical, Jr. our Spring Drama Performance.
Reservations for the meal will be open online beginning January 2, 2013.
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Destination:
2013-2014 School Year
Re-Enrollment packets for the 2013-2014 school year were sent home today with the oldest child attending Countryside. Each packet includes:
- Letter from Chuck Nusinov
 - Tuition Contract
- Program Guide
- List of Events: January - June 2013
- Info about January Curriculum Month
- 2011-2012 Annual Report
- CMPTO's Green Pages
- Countryside Luggage Tags - one per child.
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101 Dalmations,The Musical
Wednesday, December 19 @ 7:00 pm
Mallard Creek Gym
FREE
25+ first - third grade students singing and dancing, many for the first time as a member of the Countryside Drama Troupe. Don't miss it! Directed by Michele Rothschild and Meredith Swanson
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January is Curriculum Month
at Countryside
Parents (and Students) can learn about the next level classroom on designated days.
PC Campus
Tuesday, January 15th Children's House Curriculum night for rising 3 year old families
Program begins at 7:00pm with child care available
MC Campus
Thursday, January 17th Lower Elementary Curriculum night for Parents of Rising 1st year students. Program begins at 7:00pm with child care available
Week of January 28th
Rising 4th will visit Upper Elementary classes and will couple with a Big Brother/Big Sister 6th Level student for a portion of the morning.
Thursday, January 31
Observation and Parent Breakfast at MC, 8:30am
JO Campus
Week of January 14th
First set of Rising 7th visits to Middle School
Friday, January 18
Observation and Parent Breakfast at 8:30am
Week of January 22nd
Second set of Rising 7th visits to Middle School
Rising 9th begin to shadow in High School classes
Friday, January 18
Observation and Parent Breakfast at 8:30am
If you cannot attend your specified Curriculum observation day please contact Dolores Murgolo, Director of Curriculum and Instruction to set up a personal appointment or one of the campus administrators:
Kevin Pope - PC Administrator
Lynne Erickson - MC Administrator
Heide Putt - JO Administrator
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Welcome Back Alumni
Grad Night - Friday, January 4, 2013
6:30 pm
Countryside graduates from the Class of 2011 and 2012 are invited back to campus on Friday, January 4th to watch a home basketball game and be recognized at half time. We look forward to seeing everyone!
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Class of 2011 is attending:
Siena College, Wingate University, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Electrician apprenticeship at Watson Electric
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Class of 2012 is attending: Pennsylvania State University, James Madison University, University of Maryland, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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2012-2013 Campaign
 The One Fund is Countryside's annual campaign to raise funds in support of classroom needs and facility improvements.
We're asking every Countryside family to make a donation. If your employer offers a charitable gift program, please submit your contribution for a matching grant.
Please click here to download a pledge form. Thank you!
We are grateful to these Countryside difference makers for their recent donations/pledges:
Emerald: $2,500 - $4,999
Steve and Danielle Martini
Platinum: $1,000 - $2,499
Keith and Leslie Sultana (two lap tops)
Gold: $500 - $999
Don and Debi Hanson
Silver: $250 - $499
David and Jennifer Spencer
Albeda Welde
Bronze: $100 - $249
Peter and Kimberly Betz
Steve Nesbitt
Carol Valencia
Other: up to $99
Jace and Lee Darling
Leah Fairchild
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