Notes Home – Wednesday, October 29, 2025
The Day of the Dead Celebration has been cancelled this year. Contact the office with any questions.
Thank You to The Crowe and Anderson Families for staff treats!
Costumes are not to be worn to school on Halloween.
Arriving on time to school – Please arrive before 8:45
- Late arrivals are disruptive to your child and their classroom.
- All Preprimary classes are outside at 8:45, at different locations.
- The office staff is not always available to answer the front door when we are getting children, who arrive late, to their correct outdoor play area.
- If arriving after 8:45, children must be accompanied to the door by an adult until a staff member opens the front door.
Scholastic Book Fair Sales – Thank you to all families who helped to support our fall book fair! The total earnings from our school were $2,579.08 and our teachers received $850.00 in Scholastic Dollars to use for new classroom books!!
Daylight Savings ends this Sunday, November 2nd. The time will fall back 1 hour Sunday morning.
School Pictures begin tomorrow:
Thursday, October 30th – The Tulip, Dogwood & Sequoia Rooms.
Friday, October 31st – The Willow, Oak & Magnolia Rooms.
- Filled out forms are due back before or on your child’s picture day.
- Make up photos will also be taken on these days (Oct. 30th & 31st).
Friday, November 7th – Preprimary Parent/Teacher Conferences
(The Magnolia, Willow, Tulip and Oak Rooms – not Dogwood)
- Look for an email from your child’s teacher regarding how to sign up for this conference (in person or Zoom).
- There will be No School for all Preprimary classes only – daycare for students with AM and/or PM care in their program.
- The Sequoia Room (Elementary) will have school.
- Children may not attend the parent teacher conferences. The teacher reserves the right to cancel a conference if your child is present.
- Information that your teacher shares with you about your child, should not be shared with your child.
- Please contact the office with any questions about conferences.
PTO Event: Moving to a New School Meeting – Wednesday, November, 12th
-The meeting consists of two parts. Come for one or both!
- Part I – 5:45-6:15 What’s next? New School after Montessori.
(A panel of past Montessori families talk about their transition and what they want you to know).
- Part II – 6:20-6:50 Why Montessori Kindergarten OR What You Want to Know About the Montessori Elementary Class. You would attend one or the other.
- Babysitting for Montessori children and their siblings begins at 5:30 and ends at 6:55. Drop off and pickup will be in the dining room.
- Click on the emailed Notes Home Link to sign up.
- Spots are limited to the first 50 children signed up.
- Pizza will be served to the children.
A few reminders –
Jackets, sweaters, etc. – It’s the time of year for colder weather in the morning, please send your child with a jacket/coat for outdoor playtime and remember to put your child’s name or initials inside to avoid any lost items. Thanks!
If your child has a fever, is vomiting and/or has diarrhea, they must stay home for 24 hours from their last symptom; even if this happened over the weekend.
Sending things to school via Montessori bag – If you are sending an item in the Montessori bag, please let us know via email. We do not regularly check the children’s bags.
PTO Volunteer Signup – If you would like to be contacted by The Montessori PTO for volunteer opportunities, click the following link to fill out the contact form. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfGV0jQqgkASF-SvN4bLVesGSJdOYOhplgLzRbI4mKpxaUz0A/viewform?usp=sf_link
