Dear Parents,

One of our lovely third year students, Emmy, will be going on an adventure with her family. This adventures takes her up and away for the remainder of the year. We would like to give Emmy a SURPRISE “See you Later” party this Friday, February 2nd, 2018. If you would like to donate a healthy snack for our class to share, you can sign up at https://www.wejoinin.com/sheets/pjhaq.  We are so grateful for Emmy and her family and we wish them all the best!

Many thanks,

Ms. Lana and Ms. Carolyn

• We are still missing a handful of home projects that were due on Monday. We would love to sill have your student present to our classroom since this is a great opportunity to 1) research something they are interested in and 2) practice their communication skills.
• Dress code needs to be followed. Please see the dress code policy: https://www.mariamontessoriacademy.org/wp-content/themes/MariaMontessoriAQ/downloads/policies/MMA_Dress_Code_Policy.pdf. If you are having difficulty meeting this policy, please contact us so that we can help.
• Chili Cookoff is next week. Check out the link to sign-up: https://www.wejoinin.com/sheets/wgkpp
• Contact Marissa Hart, marissakay90@gmail.com, to sign-up to drive/chaperone for our next field trip on Monday, February 5th, 2018.

January home projects were due today, Monday. Thank you to all of those students who had their project done. We had six presentations this morning and they all went so well! It was so fun to learn about each child’s interest and to find the similarities within the classroom. If your student has not completed this project, please have them do so.

Clickable link:https://www.wejoinin.com/sheets/wgkpp

I cannot even believe that it is that time of year to determine if your student will be returning next year! All intent forms are due THIS Friday, January 19th in order to secure your student’s place at MMA for 2018-2019. You should have all received an email about this last week. I have had so much fun getting familiar with MMA and building a strong community within our classroom. I do hope that your family decides to stay at MMA to continue your student’s Montessori education. If you have any questions. please talk to the office staff.

Our January home projects will be focused on personal interests. Your student can pick ANYTHING they are interested in to research and present on. Project ideas are endless. They can be collections made, research done, experiments conducted, models built, or demonstrations presented (i.e., teaching the class how to do something new.) The way your student presents their project may look different than another students, it just needs to meet our rubric (Home Project Rubric). All projects are due Monday, January 22nd, 2018.