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| December 11, 2002 |
CALENDAR:
Wed, Dec. 11th – Joanne’s Teacher Conferences
Thurs., Dec. 12th – Marion’s Teacher Conferences
Thurs. Dec. 12th - Chess Match at Milford Lewis Libby School
Fri., Dec. 13th - Al’s Teacher Conferences
Weds. Dec. 18th – OT School Board Mtg. At 7:00 p.m.
Thurs. Dec. 19th – Chess Match at Holbrook Middle School
Thurs., Dec. 19th – School Holiday Concert at Anderson Community Center in Orono at 6:30 p.m.
Fri., Dec. 20th – Holiday Party at Elementary for ALL Students. Student pick-up at 11:30 p.m.
Fri., Dec. 20th - 11:30 a.m. HOLIDAY VACATION starts
Thurs., Jan. 2nd 2003 – School Resumes
REMEMBER TEACHER CONFERENCES! Teacher Conferences will be held on the following days, a sign up sheet will be posted at both sites for timing of the conferences. Wed., Dec 11th Joanne’s Class; Thurs., Dec 12th Marion’s Class; Fri., Dec. 13th Al’s Class Please sign up for a conference if you have not done so yet. Parents of Extended Day children from Marion’s Room- If you would like to speak with Joanne about your child’s afternoon work; PLEASE see Joanne to set up a time.
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING The Old Town School has been asked to vote on our proposed lease of the Herbert Sargent School for the 2002-2003 school year. We expect a vote on this matter at the Weds. Dec. 18th, , 7 p.m. meeting at Leonard Middle School. Your support at the meeting would be welcome.
HOLIDAYS FOR KIDS: Every year at this time Stillwater Montessori School takes up a collection of unwanted toys, books etc. that your child has outgrown or no longer wants. These toys go to the less fortunate children in the community. We at the same time will be collecting food this project. There will be a box at both sites in which you may drop them off. We have filled our box a couple times so far. Thanks! We will need to have all donations in NO later than December 13th, so that they can be distributed before the Holidays. Catherine DesPrez (Pieter’s Mom) will be delivering the food and the toys to Manna for the Christmas season. Thank you, Catherine.
HOLIDAY CONCERT. At Anderson Community Center in Orono on Thursday, December 19th at 6:30 p.m. Students need to be there by 6:15 p.m. so we can start the program on time. Violin, singing and dancing and Art show by Primary through Middle School Students.
HOLIDAY PARTY On Friday, Dec. 20th at the Elementary location for ALL students. The Party theme is “Holiday Celebrations Around The World”. Please see sign up sheet in hall at School. Parents are welcome to help out. Please see the staff if you’d like to volunteer that morning. Thanks.
THANK YOU PARENTS: At Stillwater Montessori School we realize that this is a very hectic and busy time of year. We, the School and Staff, would like to say thank you for every thing you have provided for, helped on, and for enrolling your child(ren) in our school. Special thanks to Mary Bird for organizing the recent Nutcracker Party at Page Farm followed by the show at MCA. It was a really fun time! Also, the “Donate a Book” fundraiser was a total success as all 20-encyclopedia volumes have been adopted! Thank you all and Happy Holidays to you and your family.
PRIMARY NEWS:
JOANNE’S CLASSROOM:
We are enjoying our latest unit “Holidays Around the World”. It has been fun to see how people around the world celebrate different customs and traditions. We have traveled to Norway with Kathrina’s Grammie, Anita and made woven heart baskets, we’ve been to Israel with Tom and his mom Leigh and heard about Hanukkah. We made candle hats and learned the candle dance. We explored Germany and the Nutcracker as well as counting the days until Christmas (Advent Calendars). We learned about St. Nicholas in the Netherlands and Belgium and Pere Noel (France). This week we learned about Italy and Befana -The Christmas Witch, Kwanzaa (African American) and St. Lucia Day (Sweden). Next week, Lydia and her mom (Susan) will share England’s traditions with us. Shira and her mom (Sandra) will also share B’Hai holiday Ayyami-Ha with us. Pieter’s mom Catherine, will take us to Mexico and we will visit Russia with Allyeshka and his mom Laura. We continue to learn many new things. Thank you all for contributing to our class with your time, snacks and resources-we’ve all benefited!! After the holidays, we will explore the Arctic, Antarctica and animals in winter. - Joanne
Extended Day: We have been reading Pippi Longstocking (Sweden) and enjoying her antics. We have continued in depth many of the morning projects as we continue to work on our reading, writing and math. If you have questions please ask. Important Reminder: Please return ALL Readers to school before Vacation! Thanks!
MARION’S CLASSROOM:
Happy Holidays to all! The children have been busy exploring the new unit, Holidays Around the World. We have talked about Hanukkah and Christmas with Kwanzaa on the way. We have traveled to Norway, Germany, France, and Mexico and will continue with Russia and England. If you have any information to share about the holidays, please let me know. When we return from vacation we will be studying snow, animals in winter, the Arctic and Antarctic. PLEASE remember to also bring take home bags back to school by Thursday, Dec. 19th , it really helps the teachers out if you can return these bags. - Marion
LOWER ELEMENTARY NEWS: (Al Duplessis)
John Martel, an entomologist on a National Science Foundation Fellowship is visiting the classroom on the next two Wednesdays. He brings lots of interesting insects and great slide shows. Tiffany (our student teacher) has sponsored a trip to the YMCA pool for this Thursday, Dec. 12th from 1-2 p.m. Transportation is all set, however, we need permission slips signed and students need to bring swimming suit and towel.
UPPER ELEMENTARY / MIDDLE SCHOOL (Irene Jackson)
The class has recently visited the Old Town canoe factory and the Veazie Hydro-electric power plant. These are in conjunction with their study unit on industry. They were lots of fun and informative. The students will design and build their own vehicles / machines using the recently purchased LINX building kit. The funds used for this kit were provided by the parent curriculum fundraising effort. Thank you very much! Both Al and Irene’s classrooms will use this kit. Next week , Peter Zak of the Maine Energy Education Program (MEEP) will be instructing students at the Elementary location to become members of an Energy Patrol, checking the energy efficiency of our school. Lots of great learning going on!!
NOTE 1: Parents, please check to make sure we have your correct address, telephone number and email. If you have moved or changed email addresses, please let the school know. Thanks.
NOTE 2: We have finished collecting our “School dollar” certificates from ShopN’Save. Please turn in any you may have no later than Friday, 12/13. Thanks for your support!
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