Hello!

Just a few reminders…

This Friday is an early out day.  Please be sure to make arrangements for your children to be picked up at 1:00PM.

Veteran’s Day written reports are due this Friday.  Presentations are due on Monday.  Let me know if you have any questions.

Our class has been reading a book called “The Phantom Tollbooth”.   It is about a boy named Milo who visits lots of interesting places by going through a magic tollbooth that gets delivered to his house.  We are getting really close to finishing and should have it done by the end of next week.  I would love for all of the children to be able to make their own tollbooths and create an imaginary place that they would like to visit.  Our room mother, Jeannie Smith, has been collecting refrigerator boxes for us to use.  She’s amazing!  If any of you have access to large boxes or would be willing to help her collect boxes from stores, we would really appreciate it!  I have told the children about this fun way for us to celebrate finishing the book and they are really looking forward to it!

The school is hosting a Gratitude Feast on Thursday, November 21st at 12:00PM.   This is for the  Mayor, City Council, firefighters, police, EMT’s, and senior citizens from the community.  If you would like to sign up to help with the food, please use this link:  http://www.wejoinin.com/sheets/msyyf  If you would like to volunteer, use this link:  http://www.wejoinin.com/sheets/driob

Our fieldtrip to see the Nutcracker is on!  It will be on Monday, December 9th.  If you would like to make a $2 donation to help pay for the tickets, please use this link:  https://secureinstantpayments.com/sip/cart/event.php?EID=1150

The school has provided a way for you to pay for multiple things at once so that there will only be one charge.  Use this link if you ever need to pay for more than one thing at a time:  https://secureinstantpayments.com/sip/cart/event.php?EID=1126&Preview=1

That’s a lot of links!

If you are a 6th grader,  I need some CD’s for science on Monday.  If you have any scratched or old CD’s or DVD’s that you don’t need any more, please bring them on Monday.  We will be cutting them and using them for a project.

Fifth grade parents, I am looking for a couple of volunteers to come help us with a project next Tuesday.  We are studying Ancient Egypt and we will be making Egyptian masks!  I would need you to come at 1:15PM.  If you can help, please e-mail me at kgonzales@mariamontessoriacademy.org and let me know.

One last thing…  We are planning to have a formal Thanksgiving feast with Ms. Amy’s class!   Be looking for a sign up sheet to help with food and other supplies in the next few days.

Thanks for all you do!  You are amazing parents and I feel so blessed to be able to share this journey with you and your children.

Ms. Kirsten