I am so excited to see everyone in just a few short days!  Reminder, all first graders and new second and third grade students will attend Student Orientation this Friday, August 12th, from 1:00-1:45 p.m.  When students arrive for orientation on Friday, I will be standing outside of the school with my assistant, Ms. Lindsey, holding a sign with our names.   We ask that parents drop their students off with us and meet back with your child when we come out together at 1:45 p.m.  We will wait until we have all new students with us before we enter the building.  If you know that your child will not be attending, please send me a quick email.  Student orientation is a time for students to learn the route to their locker, know the location of their classroom, meet new classmates, etc.  Please know that we will support your child through this new transition during the first few days of school.  Monday morning my assistant will be outside again, with a sign, for any students who need support finding their lockers and the classroom.  We ask that parents not come into the school with students during the first six weeks of school.  Creating independence is a key piece of what we refer to as normalization in the Montessori philosophy.  If you are a new family to our school or would like a refresher on key terms and philosophy within our school, I would recommend attending Parent Orientation or what we like to call Montessori 101 on Back to School Night starting in the gym at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, August 18th.  Our open house portion of Back to School Night starts at 7:00 p.m. and will concluded at 8:00 p.m. This is open to all families and is a great time to come visit your child’s classroom, sign up for volunteering, fill out a student information sheet, etc.  In the elementary age group we ask for this to be an adult only event.  If you have questions or concerns, please send me a quick email.

If you are interested in volunteering as our room parent, please send me a quick email.