Hi there!

We’ve had another great week!  The students were so anxious to get to work that we moved right into having regular work cycle.  Returning students were able to pick up where they left off.  New students began learning some of the works, mostly in language arts.  Next week we should be ready to get full blown into lessons and productive work.  We took our first spelling tests today, so ask your children to see their papers.  They did great!

The students have really made good friendships and seem to be happy and well.  I can tell that they are feeling more comfortable together and letting their “true colors” show more and more.  Sometimes that means that we are a little too noisy or socializing too much, but we are working on that!  I am glad that it is happy chatter and not bickering.

This summer I kept the tradition alive of bringing our classroom plants home and then killing them.  We need some plants in our room!  If you have any plants you could donate to our class, please send them to school with your child.  I would greatly appreciate it!

Just a few reminders:

There is no school on Monday!  I’ll see your wonderful children on Tuesday.

Pizza Friday orders are due by 9:00 AM on Wednesday.

Don’t forget about the 5K and Pancake Breakfast coming up on September 19th.

Next week children’s author Gary Hogg will be coming to our school to do some workshops and assemblies.  I sent a flier home with your students today in case you are interested in purchasing any of his books.  He came last year and it was wonderful, so I am excited to get the opportunity to learn from him again.

There are cute new school T-shirt designs available!  Check them out here:  MMAflyerNEW

As always, please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.  My e-mail address is kgonzales@mariamontessoriacademy.org.

Have a great 3 day weekend!

Kirsten