Dear Parents,
A sincere thank you for your donation of supplies and materials for the school. Your kindness and generosity is greatly appreciated.
Gratefully yours,
Christine J. Love
Joanne DeCola
Freedom and self-discipline work well together. – Dr. Maria Montessori
PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING:
October Free Days (No School): October 12, 13, 14 – Parent/Teacher Conferences
November Free Days (No School):
November 11 – Veterans’ Day
November 23, 24, 25, 28 – Thanksgiving Break
Thank you to all who donated a basket and/or volunteered their time at the booth for the Butler Fall Festival. It was a beautiful day and our fundraiser was a success.
Thank you for your participation with the Kid’s Stuff Coupon books. Ordered books will be sent home soon.
Congratulations to the new parents who received certificates by attending the Parent Workshops. Thank you for sharing your time with us to learn more about Montessori. We were grateful to Sr. Giuseppe for being a guest instructor for one night!
The first PTG meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 4 at 7:00 PM. The guest speaker is Dr. Randon Simmons. He will be addressing childhood behavioral issues and learning disabilities. School business will be discussed as well as sign ups available for Parent/Teacher conferences. Babysitting services will be provided. Every family should be represented at the meeting.
The deadline for the General Mills Fall BoxTop Collection will be Thursday, October 20. BoxTops will continue to be accepted for the spring collection.
The children will have a Halloween Songfest and special snack on Monday, October 31. This is for the children only. No costumes, please!
Erich and Raylene Gumto, alumni parents, planted the beautiful mums in the garden in front of the school. We are grateful for their continued generosity.
The school will be participating in the Sunny D Book Spree. We will be collecting UPCs from Sunny D until November 30. See the attachment for more details.
Giant Eagle Apples for the Students program began October 1. Details are included on the attachment. If you registered last year, please log in to verify your information.
Mrs. DeCola would like to put out a request for a few items: 1). Paper tubes from aluminum foil boxes for a December project. 2). Someone with a fine tooth electric saw to cut a board. 3). Paper to be recycled for children’s drawings (offices that may recycle copy paper with mistakes or outdated manuals, must be blank on one side). Please see her if you can help!
iReadMo is a Montessori oriented iPhone application available at the Apple App Store for 99 cents. It is a beginning reading app developed by Montessori Research and Development in California. Please see Mrs. DeCola for further details.