Month: October 2016

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This week

Hello!

Thank you so much to those of you who volunteered at the Fall Festival Friday night!  It was a huge success and I am so thankful for all of the help.

Thank you also to those of you who donated food for our class food drive.  We’ve filled up the barrel and it will be delivered to Catholic Community Services tomorrow!

This week we are having parent teacher conferences.  School will get out at 1:00PM on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.  There is no school on Thursday and Friday.  If you haven’t signed up for a conference yet, you can still sign up here:  https://www.wejoinin.com/sheets/mljsc.  I look forward to meeting with you!

There will be a book fair in the library during conferences.  The students always get so excited about this!  Please check it out if you get a chance.

The students have a home project due on Wednesday.  We have been studying the Tundra biome and the students are each studying a different Tundra animal.  They were given a research packet to guide their research and they are to type their actual report.  They are also doing a diorama of their animal in its environment.  I can’t wait to see them!

As always, please contact me if you have any questions or concerns.  kgonzales@mariamontessoriacademy.org

Kirsten

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Fall Festival!

Hello!

This Friday, October 14th, is our school’s annual Fall Festival!  It runs from 4-7 PM.  Our class has been asked to help out with some of the games at the festival.  There is a Ladder Golf Game that is the responsibility of the parents from our class.  There is also the Airborne blow up ride that needs to be manned by our 6th graders and their parents.  This is a wonderful opportunity to get some of the volunteer hours that are required by our school.  Please, please, please sign up to help if you can.  Here is a message from our head room mom, Shanna Klaasesz, as well as a sign up sheet.

Dear Sixth Grade parents,
We are getting ready for our annual Fall Festival. To make an event like this successful it takes team work. Our Sixth graders have the opportunity to earn their service hours by volunteering to help run a ride. You and your sixth grader get to work together in running the Airborne ride for only 20 min during the festival. This will allow everyone to have plenty of time to enjoy the festival.You will be partnered with another parent volunteer to assist you with the ride. Click the following link to pick your desired time. Please arrive at the ride 5 min. early so we explain what you will be doing and so we can keep the ride running smoothly.
Thank you for your participation in this fun activity.
Shanna Klaasesz
Room Mom
801-686-6150
Dear Parents,
We are getting ready for our annual Fall Festival. My kids always look forward to this fun event. To make an event like this successful it takes team work and participation. Our class has been given the opportunity and assignment to help run a game. We need  volunteers to help with the game called Ladder Golf. We are only asking for 20 min of your time so everyone can have plenty of time enjoying the festival.You will be partnered with another parent volunteer to assist you with the game. Click the following link to sign up for a time slot to volunteer. Please arrive a little early for your set time so we can keep the game running smoothly.
Thank you for your participation in this fun activity.
Shanna Klaasesz
Room Mom
801-686-6150

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Update

I can hardly believe that it is already October!  This year is going by so fast.  It has been a wonderful, busy, and fun first six weeks of school.  At this point, we are fully engaged in work cycle, special classes, and cultural lessons.  Your students are becoming more and more independent in planning and completing their works.  In fact, most of them are thriving under the responsibility.  We have had many math lessons over the last two weeks and it feels good to be making progress.  The fifth graders had a breakthrough during their decimals lesson last week that literally had me cheering and doing a happy dance!   Your students are working hard and learning lots!

Your children did a great job on their book reports last Friday!  It was the most students I have ever had turn a home project in on time.  It is also one of the only times I have ever had every student in the class turn in a book report.  Hooray!

I want to give one last push for our class’s food drive.  We have only filled our barrel halfway and we’d really like to fill it up before we turn it in.  Please bring in some food if you are able!

We have three field trips coming up this month.  The 4th graders have a field trip to the American West Heritage Center on the 12th.  The whole class is going to the Nature Center on the 24th from 9-11 AM.  I was also able to schedule a field trip to the Hogle Zoo on October 31st.  If you are a certified driver and would be willing to help drive for the Nature Center and Hogle Zoo trips, please let me know ASAP.

Just FYI, we ran out of time to write down our new spelling and vocabulary words in our planners on Friday.  You can check the planner for the new words tomorrow.

Thanks so much for sharing your wonderful children with me.  They are making progress and doing great!  Please e-mail me with any questions or concerns.  kgonzales@mariamontessoriacademy.org