Hello Everyone!
I hope you have all had a wonderful holiday and enjoyed time with your families and friends. We finally got some more snow. I hope you were all able to have a warm new years day with the coming of the snow. I know I have had a very relaxing couple of weeks. I have spent a lot of time with family, played games, gone sledding, got caught up on some cleaning, to name a few things. It was definitely a much needed break, but I look forward to getting back on a schedule and seeing all the kids again. Remember, we start school back up with our regular schedule this coming Monday, January 6. We will be doing a lot of grace and courtesy lessons in the next couple weeks as well as team building as the kids settle back into the swing of things. We will not have school on Friday, the 10. This is a professional development day for teachers.
I hope you all got the email from our school board about the meet and greet that is happening tomorrow with our new interim director, Mike Geilmann. In case you did not get the email or haven’t see it yet, here it is:
“Dear Maria Montessori Academy Parents,
We invite you to a Meet and Greet open house, in the school library, on Friday, January 3rd, from 4:00-6:00 pm, to meet our new interim Director, Mike Geilmann. Mr. Mike, as well as board members, will be at the school to welcome you and answer any questions you might have. As always, we appreciate your support of Maria Montessori Academy. We are committed to providing a strong learning community for all children and hope you will take this opportunity to meet Mr. Mike.
The Maria Montessori Academy Board”
I hope you can make it in to meet Mr. Mike and our board members. I am sad that Ms. Rene is no longer working at our school. She was doing great things with the teachers and the students and she will be greatly missed. I am excited that Mr. Mike will be joining us the rest of the year. The interactions and conversations I have had with him leave me with a good feeling and excitement to work with him. I will be at the school during some of the time tomorrow and hope I see you there.
We have had a change in our next home project date. Our next home project will be due the week of February 3. This will be in line with our school’s STEM week and science fair. Please watch for an email and blog post later this week regarding the details for the project.
This Thursday at 5:30 there will be a Potluck Social with MAPA. Please come if you are able. They would love to chat with you and get ideas you may have to help our school be successful with things like after school activities and parent involvement. We have some amazing parents on our MAPA team and they are excited to get more ideas from all. Please come, even if it is for just a couple of minutes.
Re-enrollment for CURRENT students for the next school year will be January 6-20. You will receive an email with instructions on January 6.
Open enrollment for NEW students opens January 21.
I am excited to share with you that my husband and I have found out the gender of our baby. I know the kids were excited to know. For the “gender reveal” I will wear a colored shirt to school on Monday. If the shirt is blue that means it is a boy, if the shirt is pink that means it is a girl. Tell your students to watch for this so they can come home and share.
Again, I hope you all had an amazing holiday and hope to see you tomorrow.
Best,
Jalee