Just a reminder that tomorrow, November 14th, is the last day to order Original Works.  After tomorrow, the gallery will be closed and you will no longer be able to access your artwork.  These make wonderful holiday gifts and all purchases help our classroom directly!  You can direct any questions to Rachael Bush at rachael.bush@gmail.com.

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Our school’s 3rd annual Chili Cook Off is coming up on November 10th!  Please click chili-cookoff for more information and to sign up to bring a pot of chili.  This is always a fun night with delicious food.  I hope to see you there!

Kirsten

Your children put together a great door for the Red Ribbon Week door decorating contest!  They didn’t win, but I think it looks awesome.  I like all of their personal touches.

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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

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.

Parent Teacher Conferences are coming up on October 17, 18, and 19.  I love conferences!  Please use the following link to sign up for a time.  I look forward to meeting with all of you!  https://www.wejoinin.com/sheets/mljsc

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

Here is an overview of our school year.  Be aware that this is subject to change, especially as we add more field trips.

Year at a Glance

2016-2017

Ms. Kirsten and Ms. Petra’s Class

September

16^th   Studio Friday begins

17^th   MMA 5K and Pancake Breakfast

20^th   Boxtops Store

21^st   International Peace Day

22^nd   Positive Discipline Workshop 6-8PM

23^rd   Book Reports Due (Fiction)

23^rd   Early Release 1:00PM

October

1^st   Normalization Ends

12^th   4^th Grade Field Trip to America West Heritage Center

14^th   MMA Fall Festival

17^th-19^th   Parent Teacher Conferences/Early Release Days/Book Fair

18^th   Boxtops Store

19^th   Tundra Animal or Plant Research Project Due

20^th-21^st   Fall Break

24^th   Nature Center Field Trip

November

11^th   Early Release 1:00PM

11^th   Veteran’s Day Report Due

15^th   Boxtops Store

17^th   MMA Gratitude Feast

18^th   Mustache Sales

21^st-25^th   No School

December

5^th   Nutcracker Ballet Field Trip

9^th   Early Release 1:00PM

9^th   Holiday Feast

19^th   International Festival

19^th   Continent/Country Reports Due

20^th   Boxtops Store

21^st   Winter Break Begins

January

4^th   Back to School

6^th   Studio Begins

13^th   No School

16^th   No School

17^th   Boxtops Store

25^th   5^th Grade Field Trip to JA Biztown

February

6^th-10^th   Carnation Sales

8^th   Science Fair (6^th and 8^th Grade)

15^th-17^th   Parent Teacher Conference/Early Release/Book Fair

20^th  No School

21^st   Boxtops Store

24^th   Studio Begins

27^th-March 3^rd   Literacy Week

March

6^th   Biography Book Report Due (May choose a person for Black History Month or Women’s History Month)

17^th   Early Release 1:00PM

20^th   No School

21^st   Boxtops Store

25^th   MMA Gala Fundraiser

29^th   6^th Grade Field Trip to the Planetarium

4^th Grade Utah History Project Due (date to come)

5^th Grade STEM Project Due (date to come)

April

3^rd-7^th   Spring Break

18^th   Boxtops Store

21^st   Early Release 1:00Pm

30^th-May 5^th   6^th Grade Field Trip to the Redwoods

History Fair and STEM Fair date to be announced

May

16^th   Boxtops Store

19^th   Continent/Country/State Study Due

22^nd-24^th   Parent Teacher Conference/Early Release/Book Fair

25^th-26^th   Early Release 1:00PM

26^th   Last Day of School

Just a few quick reminders…

Tomorrow is the Boxtops store!  Please send your precut Boxtops to school and your child can exchange them for some fun trinkets.

Tomorrow is also our school’s skate night at Classic Fun Center!   It is from 5-9PM.  Dinner is available for $3 per person.  This is such a fun night!

Book reports are due on Friday!  I can’t wait to see all of the students’ presentations!