Our Cultural Festival with be held on Friday, November 16th from 1-3 p.m. This is the event where your child will present their home project school wide. Those of you who are familiar with our International Festival, the Cultural Festival will now replace that event. Please continue to work on your projects, they will be due Thursday, November 15th. I am so excited to see their project interests, imagination, and hard work come together for this amazing event. Please see our previous blog posts for more information regarding the criteria for the event.
Monthly Archives: October 2018
Thank You
It was wonderful to visit with everyone during our conferences. It is a pleasure to work with your wonderful children and I always look forward to celebrating their growth with you. I also wanted to thank you for the amazing book donations from the book fair, we received several beautiful books to use within the classroom. Thank you! I hope everyone has a nice fall break and I will see you on Monday.
Home Project for Our Cultural Festival
The next home project is on the theme of Independence, think U.S. history. This will be for the Cultural Festival in November. Here are some ideas, but not limited to: 13 colonies, Statue of Liberty, Liberty Bell, flag, presidents, states & capitals, geography research on a state, national monuments, Declaration of Independence, Native Americans, Pilgrims, historic figures, the ideas are limitless.
The students will need a visual aide to represent their project. They can use modeling clay, poster board, diorama, mobile display, power point, etc.. They will need written titles, explanations, or information. The projects will be displayed in our classroom during the festival for your child to present to parents, teachers, and students.
I will get back to you soon with more details regarding the cultural festival.
Field Trip Tomorrow
Hi,
I wanted to touch base about our field trip for tomorrow. Ms. Jalee has done a fantastic job arranging our field trips this year. We received some information regarding the trip for tomorrow. They are asking that we now arrive at 10:15 a.m., I will be meeting families at North Shore Parking lot along the fence, like last time, at 9:45 a.m. This is 15 minutes earlier than what was originally written on the cover letter. If it is not possible for you to arrive this early, I will still wait with your child here at the school. Ms. Steph will leave first to meet students at the farm.
The weather has a slight chance of rain and will be cooler, students may wear jeans tomorrow, but no holes. They will still need a school spirit shirt or collared shirt. Please have a jacket and good sturdy shoes.
Students will need a sack lunch, no warm ups. Please send a water bottle. They will need to have these in a small backpack that they will be in charge of carrying. If your child is riding with someone and uses a booster, please send the booster to school.
Our class will not be bringing money to purchase pumpkins. This has been a problem in the past with students loosing their money, upset that they too don’t have money, etc. Please be supportive in not buying pumpkins or other items at the field trip.
Chaperones will be free and we appreciate all the support we can get. Siblings who attend will be $4.00.
If you have further questions or concerns, please let me know. We look forward to seeing you tomorrow and appreciate all the support you offer in order to make these experiences a success.
Message From MAPA
Good afternoon,
This is a message from Angela, our MAPA president, to please put on your blogs:
Hi Parents,
Thank you so much to everyone who has already signed up to help at Fall Festival! October is a pretty busy month as far as MAPA and volunteering go so we need help from so many. If you haven’t had a chance to sign up yet there is still time. We need several more volunteers to keep all of the activities open. This year MAPA will be implementing the “no volunteer, no activity” moto again. This means that any time we have a volunteer need and no one has signed up that activity will be closed for the time slot.
Not only do we have Fall Festival this month we also have Parent Teacher Conference dinners and Book Fair October 15-17th.
Please, please follow the link and sign up where you are able. Please note there are multiple signups for all events on the calendar. If one is full please click on the next signup sheet. If you have any questions you can email MAPA at mapa@mariamontessoriacademy.org.
https://www.trackitforward.com/site/389525/events
Cheers,
Angela Voraotsady
Fall Festival
Reminder that Friday, October 12th, is our annual Fall Festival. This is the students chance to wear their costumes (we don’t wear them on Halloween to school) with their friends. Your child should have brought home a flier with the details. The event beginnings 4 p.m. and finishes at 7 p.m. We hope to see you there!
Field Trip Thursday
Please let me know about your child’s ride arrangements for our field trip Thursday. Even if you are providing your own ride, I need you to sign up. Thank you.
You can find the sign up sheet here.
Original Works Sent Home Today
Original Works was sent home today. The following document was included on the back of the order form. You can even order using artwork that your child has created outside of school. This is a fundraiser that helps support our very own classroom. I use the money to buy materials and supplies for work and lessons within our class. If you have questions, feel free to reach out to Rachel Bush, a fabulous volunteer, who puts this fundraiser together. Her email can be found at the bottom of this document.
Original Works Q & A:
What is Original Works?
Turn your child’s art into keepsakes (mugs, tote bags, pot holders, pillowcases, keychains, night lights, etc.). This fundraiser benefits your child’s classroom directly.
What if my child didn’t do or complete their art?
Complete it now! Art needs to be on plain 8.5”x11” paper (cardstock is best for durability). No 3-D art (glitter, pipe cleaners, etc.) and no copyrighted art. Must be original! Whatever you turn in with your payment will be considered complete.
What if my child made more than one piece of art?
You need one order form per piece of art. The order form needs to be filled out and taped to the back of your child’s art.
What if I have a child who wants to participate and isn’t at MMA?
Anyone can submit art. All you need is an order form and to designate which teacher you want to benefit!
How do I pay?
Write a check made to Original Works and attach it to the order form or write your credit card number on order form.
When are orders due?
Art, order forms, and payment must be returned to the front office by October 17th.
What needs to be on the art?
Your child’s name, teacher’s name, and a T designating the top of art must be written on the back of each piece of art.
When will keepsakes arrive?
Friday, November 30th!
Questions?
Email rachael.bush@gmail.com J