Dear parents,

You should be seeing planners being brought home by the students. Planners form a dual purpose of planning the day’s work and as evidence of work being completed. The students will also record their spelling words along with any important future dates. Once you have read their planner please initial it under the day. We keep track of students who are using their planners effectively, but if you could remind them that they need to show you what they have been doing it would be a great help.

Celebrations of life are where the student chooses to celebrate their birthday with their classmates. Typically, this happens with one or more parents and possibly a sibling. The school asks that families do not supply food for the celebration of life, using photographs and anecdotes is more typical. If you wanted to use a slide show, then that could also be arranged. I will be asking the students who would like to celebrate and then make arrangements.

The school is holding an Open House next week on September 7th from 6-7:30pm for parents and guardians only. This schedule has been set-up to accommodate families that want to attend early, attend later, and who have more than one child at this school. From 6-6:30pm there will a classroom tour. This is an informal arrangement where I will give a short guide of the classroom and the routine, along with any questions you may have about a Montessori education, how this differs from a traditional education and how this can work for your child.

Then, from 6:30-7pm the school will host a Montessori 101 workshop in the gym for parents of elementary students. Then, from 7-7:30pm there will be classroom tours again. This allows parents who work late to attend the Montessori 101 and then do the later classroom tour (and vice versa for parents who want to attend and leave earlier).

Please let me know if you have any further questions by email.

Many thanks – John