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Hi, Click the above link to view a flier containing information about Literacy Night!  We hope to see you there!

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As you are aware from our school newsletter, we are having bathroom issues within the school.  Students are now logged in and out of the classroom each time they need to leave the classroom.  As you can imagine, this can be time consuming.  In order to ease some of the burden, we are doing our best to avoid having students go to the water fountain and rely on using their water bottles.  If your student does not have a water bottle at school, please help support us by providing one.  Even a plastic cup will work, since we have a sink within our classroom.  Thank you for your support.  If you have questions or concerns, please let me know.

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I wanted to let you know that your child is invited to share Valentine cards with their classmates on, Thursday, February 14th.  We currently have 25 students within our classroom, so if your child would like to provide 24 cards they may choose to do so.  We will not label who they are to, but please have them label who they are from.  This is not a requirement and is purely optional.  Any treats that are included with cards will be sent home and not available to eat within the classroom.  Students are also invited to provide a decorated bag or box to collect their cards.  If you have questions or concerns, please let me know.

Parent Teacher Conferences will be held February 13th, 14th, 15th.  These will be early out days for students.  You can find sign up times on our school Track It Forward.  The link can be found here. This will be a student led conference, so they should be present. I look forward to visiting with you and celebrating your student’s progress.  .

On January 10th from 6-7:30 PM, MMA will be screening the documentary SCREENAGERS for all interested parents, students and friends of the school in the Junior High commons area.

SCREENAGERS – The average child in America spends more time consuming electronic media than going to school, with many teenagers going online “almost constantly.” In SCREENAGERS, physician and filmmaker Delaney takes a deeply personal approach as she probes into family life to explores parental struggles over social media, video games, academics and internet addiction. Through poignant and funny stories along with insights from authors, psychologists, and brain scientists, SCREENAGERS reveals how tech time impacts kids’ development and offers solutions on how adults can empower kids to best navigate the digital world and find balance.

I want to wish everyone a wonderful New Year!  We have had a great start after our winter break.  We have been reviewing the 7 habits and setting goals for the remainder of our school year.  This week we officially make our mid-year mark.   We have been reviewing our grace and courtesy and the importance of working hard and stretching our brains.

We will not have school on Friday, January 11th.  This is a professional development day for teachers.  Reminder that our upcoming home projects are due the following Friday, January 18th.

Thank you for your continued support, especially with reading within the home.  Our goal is 20 minutes each day outside of the classroom.  I see a huge difference with those students who read outside of the classroom.

We just wanted to offer a reminder regarding illness this time of year.  It doesn’t take much for the students to spread their germs to one another in a small environment where we are sharing Montessori materials and community supplies.  We ask that students are fever free for 24 hours, without fever reducing medicines, and have not thrown up for 24 hours, before they return back to the classroom.  This allows for us to minimize the spread of illness.

We are also having a significant issue with students arriving late to class.  We start our morning line promptly at 8:30 a.m.  When students arrive late, they are missing out on key lessons and the opportunity to start their day prepared.  The weather this time of year can create additional delays.  We have had a line lesson regarding the importance of arriving on time and helping support our families at home, so we can arrive to school prepared for the day.

Thank you for your continued support.

The winter concert will be located in the new gymnasium December 17th at 6:30 pm. Orchestra students need to arrive by 5:45 pm. All other students should arrive no later than 6:15 pm.

Students should wear a solid color top and black bottoms.

If you have any questions contact clunt@mariamontessoriacademy.org

This is a reminder that Monday is early out for professional development.  Class will be dismissed at 1:00 p.m.