Hello All!
Please check out our month overview for September:
Sept 13- Back to School Night, 6-8 PM. Even if you have been in my class before, please attend this. This is a time for me to give you information on my classroom, upcoming field trips, home projects, and my expectations for the year among other things. There will be two sessions during the evening put on by administration to discuss the Montessori Method if you are new to the school.
Sept 19- Dan Guthrie the weather man visits the school for our 4th graders.
Sept 21- International Day of Peace, Celebration of the Constitution field trip. Permission forms for this were due Friday. Ms. Autumn has kindly extended the deadline for this till Tuesday since so many students didn’t get me the permission form on Friday. please turn in forms to the office before Tuesday if you intend on attending this. CARPOOL: Please contact my room mom at eventhair@yahoo.com to organize rides for this field trip.
Sept 24- EARLY RELEASE (professional development)
Sept 25 – Aquarium water van visits MMA for the 4th grade
Oct 1 – End of Normalization.
Thank you all for your support with finishing work as it comes home! This year is shaping up to be a productive year and I am excited to see what it holds. No students went home with any work on Friday and I hope that continues into the school year.
Current book: In class, I read aloud a book with a strong moral during our settle in time after recess. This month, the book is “Ban this Book” by Alan Gratz. This book features a 4th grade protagonist who’s favorite book is banned from the school library. In response she starts a banned book locker library where she allows students to check out books from the banned book list. The book tackles the topics of censorship, book banning, and standing up for what you believe in. Please be aware that this book briefly mentions sex – not the act itself, but as the topic of one of the books that were banned. As the protagonist Amy Anne would say: “No one has the right to tell you what you can or cannot read, except your parents.” Please contact me and let me know if you are uncomfortable with your child being in the classroom during the reading of this book as a whole or the sections of this book that mention sex.
Any questions, comments, concerns: please email me at lhughes@mariamontessoriacademy.org