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January 2012
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Committment Fee Due
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Last day to turn in reenrollment packet and receive $100 discount on commitment fee.
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February 2012
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Scholastic Book Fair
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Students and parents may browse a large selection of fabulous books to purchase during this period. Not interested in more books for your children? Each classroom also has a Wish List for books they need. The proceeds from all purchases go toward buying classroom supplies.
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Grandparents/Grand Friends Day
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9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
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This is an open house for special people, other than parents, in the students' lives. Students usually invite grandparents or other special people they would like to share their school with, introduce teachers to, show favorite works to, etc. It's a special day that the students and their grandparents or friends really enjoy.
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Conscious Discipline - MPATT Meeting
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6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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MPATT stands for Montessori Parents and Teachers Together. It is our version of a PTA, but much more interactive. MPATT meetings are opportunities for parents and staff to work together so that home and school function in tandem, creating an optimal learning environment for the child. Meetings center around topics that are important to parents and help them learn how to maximize their child’s potential, just like we do at school. Child care will be available during the meeting. This meeting, led by parent Jenny Chaffey and Mrs. Core, Monday, February 6th from 6pm to 8pm and titled Conscious Discipline. We will discuss strategies to help your child control anger and be more helpful, assertive, cooperative, and empathetic while at the same time learning self-control and problem solving skills.
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1/18/2012
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Turn It Off
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I've labored over the idea of writing about screen time for a while, but I've honestly been very worried about how it would be received. Then suddenly the courage came to me in this form: there has been much research done and many articles written documenting that the amount of screen time children are exposed to should be limited. I don't need to rewrite all that information. And if you've ignore...
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9/6/2011
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What Children Forgot
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"In their dealings with children adults do not become egotistic but egocentric. They look upon everything pertaining to a child's soul from their own point of view..."
I finished a book yesterday titled "What Alice Forgot." I found it wildly fascinating. The plot centers around a woman who faints during a workout at the gym and wakes up thinking it is 1...
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8/25/2011
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Seeing the Child
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"The adult must find within himself the still unknown error that prevents him from seeing the child as he is."
One basic idea in the Montessori philosophy is that every child carries unseen within him the man he will become. In order to develop his physical, intellectual and spiritual powers to the fullest, he must have freedom within limits. One of the first things a...
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