Montessori Academy of Evansville

Notes Home – Friday, August 20, 2021

Good job everyone – children and adults! We’re at the end of the first few days of school! A special shout out to the PTO Board and volunteers who helped us with the School Day drop offs this week!

Here are some updates and reminders as we get ready for the first full week of school:

The August 27^th PTO Family Picnic has been canceled. Upon reflection of our covid policies, we need to maintain our cohort groups and limit exposure to children from other school districts.

EZ School lunch reminder – On the 15^th of every month, you can sign up for the upcoming months lunches. Don’t forget to sign your child up for lunches for the first few days of September that were on the August menu.

First Day Paperwork – Please return all of the paperwork this Monday, Aug 23^rd. We need to update a variety of lists (allergy, trike, student directory, etc.)

Sunscreens, lotions, creams, over the counter medicine, chap stick, prescription medicine –

Normally, parents would fill out a form at the front desk and leave the item there, but now that’s not possible. The new protocol will be to send us an email before you drop off in the AM. Then, hand the item off to the staff person upon dropping off or put in your child’s bag; we’ll get it out before school starts. Sarah and I typically read our email before 8:30 drop off or immediately after.

The email needs to tell us:

Name of item
How much to use
What time to give or apply
If it needs to return home each day (ie) prescription medicine.

For example: Sunscreen, apply to face/arms/legs before going outside. Or, chapstick, use as needed.

Ideally you would send the email to: kgaultmontessori@gmail.com, sarahspelbring@gmail.com and the child’s teacher. This will ensure it’s retrieved ASAP.

Sending things to school via bag – If you are sending anything to school, it’s good to let us know via email. We do not regularly check the children’s bags.

School emails – Notes Home or emails addressing a specific subject (for example: Please remember to pull up to the cone when dropping off or picking up,) is being bcc to everyone, not just your family. If it’s an email only to your family, we’ll address it: Good Morning/Afternoon (specific parent name) …

Extra Masks – are for the emergency that may happen here at school-a very productive sneeze. If you want your child to or your child needs to switch out during the day, leave an additional mask in their bag.

A few reminders:

If your child is vomiting and/or has diarrhea, they must stay home for 72 hours since their last symptom; even if this happens over the weekend.

Covid – If someone in your child’s household is waiting on a Covid test or experiencing Covid symptoms, do not send your child to school until you receive the results.