Dear Parents-
Thank you so much for the wonderful array of donations for the chili making! We made two delicious and different batches of chili. The left over cans are going to be used this week to make two batches of soup and stew for the School Community Gratitude Feast. On this day the school as invited businesses from the surrounding community who are active supporters for our school- on this day we provide a lunch for them and the choir sings. Our class is going to be making soup and also the placemats for the table setting.
This was a great natural team building exercise. The level 6’s made one batch and completely decided on their own: ingredients and recipe- while the level 4/5’s made the second batch and decided their ingredients and recipes. Both batches were different and delicious!
Our Class Gratitude feast (not to get confused with the school feast) will also be held on Thursday. This is a great opportunity for lessons of etiquette, dinner manners, grace and courtesy as well as recognizing each persons strengths and our gratitude for one another. Ms. Jen (our room mom) will be sending out a sign up sheet for food donations and parent support.
Our field trip to Mary Poppins was a magical moment. This field trip was a reminder and eye opening moment to celebrate the beauty of our students and their respect for field trips, respect for the arts and their grace and courtesy. After the field trip the students came back and they reflected on the parts the play- the story line and message. Lots of students have expressed their interest in acting or even in the behind the scenes (tech theatre).
On Friday we met with our LE peer mentor class and we have decided to make a 1,000 cranes to send some place or places to send hope, peace, wish of good luck. 
We also had the opportunity to visit with a Veteran in honor of Veterans Day. Ms. Marlenes’ husband came to visit the class. He is a mechanical engineer at Hill Air Force Base and also in New Mexico.
Level 6– Redwood Field trip money is due this Wednesday, November 16!
Rico, our class bearded dragon, is looking for a home for Thanksgiving break. If you are interested in taking him home- please email me nhouseholder@mariamontessoriacademy.org He is super low key and loves to hang out.
Reminder that there is NO SCHOOL the following week after this-it is Thanksgiving break. November 21-25
This is a friendly reminder that the last day to order your child’s Original Works is on Monday. All orders are online. Your child should have brought home their Original Works a few weeks ago. This is a classroom fundraiser for each class in the school- the money raised for each class goes toward the individual classes.
These make great gift ideas for family and friends.
Level 6’s will be bringing home their Science Fair timeline this week.
Continent Study and International Festival– the end product of their research will need to be on 3 part poster board to present for the International Festival. The following is the rubric: continent
EUROPE: Hunter- Greece, Payton- Hungary, Gavin- Iceland, Neeley- Ireland, Arael- Italy, McKenna- Kazakhstan ASIA: Carson- Mongolia, Carter- Myanmar (Burma), Rylan- Nepal, Jett- North Korea, Alex- Pakistan AFRICA: Samuel DC- Algeria, Aiden- Benin, Beckam- Botswana, Nadija- burkina Faso, Burundi- Zambia, Vitoria- Togo SOUTH AMERICA: Harely- Guyana, Jace- Chile NORTH AMERICA : Wyatt- El Salvador, Asher- Grenada, Kaycen- Guatemala AUSTRALIA: Arianna- Micronesia, Samuel S- Nauru DEPENDENT TERRITORIES: Sayge- New Caldonia (France)
If your child’s name is not on here- these are the available countries for research: ASIA- Oman, AFRICA- Angola
Poetry book report– I am postponing the Poetry book report to be due Wednesday, December 14. I feel that we have not had enough lessons regarding poetry in class for it to be fair for the book report. So they are getting a two week extension.
SNACK– This week is: Hunter
Enjoy your fall weekend, Mother Nature is suppose to turn to winter the ladder half of the week.
Ms. Nicoletta