Dear Little Elk River families,
It's been a great week and a half getting to know your children! We are well on our way towards building a supportive community. We've been discussing what principles and beliefs we value as a community of learners, as well as doing a lot of assessments of students' skills and knowledge. We've even had time to thrown in a few lessons! This is normal for the first couple weeks of school, especially when you start a brand new environment and almost half of us are new to the Montessori method. But slow and steady wins the race!
I hope to see all of you again tomorrow night for Parent Information Night, at 6:30 pm. (Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018). I will be talking a lot about what we do here and will try to answer as many questions as possible.
I also want to introduce Seth Waite, my classroom Assistant this year. Seth will work with us for 1.5 hours each morning, as well as the program Physical Education instructor in the afternoons. He has a good number of years as a Montessorian under his belt, so it will be great having his support this year!
I also want to share the Little Elk River Anthology, Vol. 1 that was completed in the last week of school in June, but not published until now! Please enjoy last year's 4th years' hard work and creative writing!
Feel free to reach out with any questions. Know that you are welcome to visit the classroom during Wednesday office hours from 3:15-4:00.
In partnership,
John
