The science fair is coming up on February 17th for 4th and 5th graders and February 18th for 6th and 8th graders.  I need the exact title and a brief description of your child’s project e-mailed to me ASAP.  It needs to be the title that will appear on their display board.

Also, Ms. Paula is in desperate need of volunteers to help at the science fair.  Here is a message from her:

Science Fair volunteers needed 17 and 18 February 2016.   Maria Montessori Academy will be having our annual science fair for the 4th and 5th graders on the 17th and for the 6th and 8th graders on the 18th of February.  This is always an exciting time for our students and we need your help to make this a fun and memorable event.  We need parent volunteers to help with a variety of tasks from set-up/clean-up, judging, judging coordinators, score keepers and snacks.  No experience necessary for most of the tasks.  Please contact Paula Dugan at pdugan@mariamontessoriacademy.org or your child’s teacher if you would like to volunteer. 

Also, don’t forget to sign up for parent teacher conferences!  https://www.wejoinin.com/sheets/cazxd

Thanks for all you do!

Kirsten

Its time for another round of Parent Teacher Conferences!  This is a student led conference where your child will have the opportunity to share their works and goals with you.  Please use the following link to sign up for a time that works for you.

https://www.wejoinin.com/sheets/cazxd

I look forward to meeting with you!

Kirsten

Just a reminder that the orders and money for the See’s Candy Fundraiser are due on Monday, January 25th.  Thanks for your support and participation!

Our 5^th grade students and Lindsay will be going on a field trip to JA Biztown on January 28.  This is an annual field trip that our students look forward to immensely.  In order for this field trip to run smoothly, we need 2 parent volunteers (parents are the hub of this amazing operation).  You will be responsible for overseeing a student run business.

As you consider whether or not you would like to attend, please consider the following:

• It is the policy of Discovery Gateway that parents will not be placed in the same job as their own child
• Volunteers need to arrive at Discovery Gateway by 8:30 am for an orientation prior to the start of the simulation
• Volunteers should be willing to drive students as well
• Parking fees will be assessed (Discovery Gateway gives us some validation, I believe parking was about $3 last year)
• Field Trip lasts the entire school day, plus driving time in the morning
• No siblings will be allowed

This is an amazingly fun and rewarding field trip to chaperone.  Your children learn and grow so much during this experience.

If you are interested in volunteering for this field trip, please let me know no later than Friday, January 8.

Also, be looking for a permission slip to come home in the next couple of days.

Thanks in advance!

Kirsten

The science fair is fast approaching!  I hope that you and your children have been talking about it and working on it at home.  If you are still struggling to find a topic, www.sciencebuddies.org is a great resource.  Don’t put this off until the last minute!  I know from personal experience how stressful it can be.  Remember that 6th graders also need to have a research paper to accompany their project.

Ms. Paula is in need of help from volunteers to make the science fair a success.  Here is a message from her:

Science Fair volunteers needed 17 and 18 February 2016.   Maria Montessori Academy will be having our annual science fair for the 4th and 5th graders on the 17th and for the 6th and 8th graders on the 18th of February.  This is always an exciting time for our students and we need your help to make this a fun and memorable event.  We need parent volunteers to help with a variety of tasks from set-up/clean-up, judging, judging coordinators, score keepers and snacks.  No experience necessary for most of the tasks.  Please contact Paula Dugan at pdugan@mariamontessoriacademy.org or your child’s teacher if you would like to volunteer.

Please let me know if you have questions!

Kirsten

Hello!  I hope everyone had a nice winter break!  I know I enjoyed spending time with my family and relaxing.  Its always a little hard to get back into the routine of things after a long break, but I was so excited to come in yesterday morning and see all of your beautiful children!  I want to take a moment to thank everyone for the kindness shown to Ms. Venessa and I for the holidays.  We appreciate all of the kind words and generous gifts.  Thank you also for your response to my request for help with snack!  The children really do miss snack the days we don’t have anything.

Today your children should have brought home two fliers.  One is for the school’s See’s Candy fundraiser.  Money and orders are due on January 25th.  The other is about the Open Houses planned by our school.  The Jr. High parent and student night is on January 12th from 7-8 PM.  The Open House for Early Childhood and 1st-6th grade is on January 19th from 7-8 PM.  Please invite anyone you know that might be interested in learning more about our school and the Montessori method of education.

Today your children started using Utah Compose, which is a wonderful resource to help students improve their essay writing.  We will be spending some time working on this in class, but it will also be necessary for your children to practice at home.  The website is www.utahcompose.com.  Their username is their SSID # with three 0’s in front of it.  The SSID # is written in the front of their planners.  The passwords will vary.  For most students it will either be “password”, “student1”, or their username again.  There are a few students that have unique passwords.  They should know who they are.  Every grade level has an assigned essay topic on Utah Compose that they should be working on.

Our class is going on a field trip to the Leonardo Museum on February 23rd.  We will be taking the frontrunner and will not need drivers, but if you would like to help chaperone this trip, please let me know.

I want you to know I love your children and I am grateful for the time that I get to spend with them.  While I know our class isn’t perfect and we have some struggles at times, your children are AMAZING and are doing really well.  Thanks for all of your help and support!

Kirsten