Week of September 30, 2019

Week of September 30, 2019 

Hello Parents,

We just finished the last of our peace lessons but will continue practicing the skills that we have learned. We will now begin learning the skills from The 7 Habits of Happy Kids by Sean Covey. For the month of October, we will be working on Habit One- Be Proactive. In geography, we will learn about maps. In biology, we will introduce the concept of vertebrates and invertebrates and also learn about leaves. In science, we will learn about what makes day and night. Friday, we will be at Oaklawn Park for a day filled with fun activities (more info below). Later that night at the school will be our annual Fall Festival for families and friends.

Oaklawn Park

 The address to Oaklawn Park is 1200 E. 2500 N. North Ogden, UT 84414. Please send your child with a jacket and a water bottle. Drop off AM students at 9:00 and pick them up at 11:30. Drop off PM students at 12:00 and pick them up at 2:30. If you have not already signed and returned the permission slip, please do so. Your child may not attend if we don’t have a signed permission slip. We will have a small snack on the fieldtrip. If you would like to sign up to donate something towards it, here is the link (remember you can count 1 hour towards your donated hours every time you donate): https://www.trackitforward.com/site/389525/event/502948/edit

 

Fall Festival information I copied and pasted (please share this information and invitation with your family and friends): Hey everyone, With fall festival being next week we wanted to touch base with everyone really quick, and give you some information you may have missed! The link to purchase wristbands and tickets is here: https://checkout.square.site/buy/I6V2IBMZG2U276NOXMYGFQNN Wristbands will get you onto the custom event rides (not including the obstacle courses, rock wall, and some slides), the tickets can also be purchased at the same website separately or in packages with wristbands. Tickets are good for carnival games, rock wall, slides, etc. Some vendors will only be taking cash (Jr. Artisan Fair and food trucks). We are still looking for a lot of help with carnival games! Please sign up on track it forward here: https://www.trackitforward.com/site/389525/event/501254 If you are able to help out with that but can’t figure out how to sign up on track-it-forward, email me at this address and I will be happy to find a place for you: mapa@mariamontessoriacademy.org Without enough volunteers not only will games not be able to stay open to raise money, but rides will also shut down. I will be getting in touch with room parents and students that signed up for Jr. Artisan Fair to confirm this next week so we can get everything handled before the fair. If anyone has any further questions please feel free to contact the mapa email. Thank you so much for your support this year guys! We appreciate it!

One more thing, we are looking for someone with a pet tarantula. We will soon be learning about invertebrates and then later in October we will begin our study of spiders. What better way to learn about anything than to have a real live specimen?  If you know where we can get our hands on a tarantula, please let us know. We will need it on October 30.

Thank you for your support and have a good weekend!

Ms. Martha and Ms. Valerie