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