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High Desert Montessori
WEEKLY NEWSLETTER September 22, 2021
A Message from our Principal, Mr. Eric
Upcoming Events
A Message from our Executive Director, Miss Tammie
The first “Green Team” meeting for this school year will be held on Monday, September 27th at 3:30 via Zoom. The Green Team discusses areas related to the school’s Wellness Policy
including nutrition, outdoor learning, and physical education. Please join us if you can by using this link. In addition, the week of September 27-October 1st is our “Week of Respect”. Teachers will be doing activities in the classroom which support a safe and respectful school environment.
The week will end with the schoolwide Jog-A-Thon at Rita Cannan Elementary’s field on Friday, October 1.
Running times are as follows:
• 9:45 a.m.: Crystal Peak, Upper Elementary and Middle School • 10:30: Primary/Kindergarten and Lower Elementary Thank you for choosing to be part of the HDMS community!
9/27/21: 3:30 Green Team via Zoom
9/29/21: 1:00 PM Early Release
9/29/21: 5:00 PM HDMS Board Meeting
10/1/21: Jog-a-thon
10/4/21-10/8/21: No School—Fall Break
10/14/21: 5:30 PM PTO Meeting
10/16/21: 1:00 PM Fall Festival
10/18/21-10/22/21: 1:00 Early Release—Conference Week
10/27/21: 5:00 HDMS Board Meeting
10/28/21: Nevada School Spirit Day
10/29/21: No School—Nevada Day
11/3/21: 1:00 PM Early Release
11/4/21: 3:45 PM PTO Meeting
11/10/21: 6:00PM Parent Education Workshop
11/11/21: No School—Veteran’s Day
11/17/21: 1:00 PM Early Release
11/17/21: 5:00 HDMS Board Meeting
11/22/21-11/26/21: No School—Thanksgiving Break
Warmly, Miss Tammie Stockton [email protected]
Notes from the PTO
We are sad to announce that this years Brews and Bites event will be postponed until Fall 2022. If you have ordered tick-ets, you will be receiving an email short-
ly to follow up. The PTO is hard at work planning the Fall Festival and several Parent Night Out opportunities that will happen throughout the Fall in lieu of Brews and Bites. More information on these events will be released in the newsletter shortly, so keep an eye out.
A Tenet of Maria Montessori’s philosophy was that children should be engaged in big work that gives them responsibility.
Each child in our school is responsi-ble for helping to keep their class-rooms clean, to do tasks teachers or other adults may need help with, and for maintaining their own spaces. With great freedom comes
great responsibility.
We suggest that responsibility for helping and maintaining the envi-ronment should also extend to the
home. We encourage everyone to involve children in household tasks like helping with preparing meals, cleaning up after themselves and
pets, and helping out in whatever way works for your family.
These activities will help instill a sense of pride in work and a feeling that together we can make our world a better place.
Sincerely, Mr. Eric Perez
Reach for the Stars!
Ruby Classroom
A Few Characteristics of Children 6-12
Has enormous intellectual powers accompanied by physical strength and stability;
• Atom boards
• Exponents
• Comics
Interest in EVERYTHING, can do ANYTHING
• Building materials
• Music
• History
Needs complete vision and unity, not bits and pieces; needs to
know HOW life and knowledge are interrelated
• Science experiments
Bored if not asked to do enough; cannot help but be interested
• I am trying to match desires and lessons
Theme for read aloud and music (past, present and future)
• Self
• Family
Adolescent Program
Notes from the Primary Team
Notes from the Adolescent Team
Free Breakfast & Lunch Menu
Virginia Classroom
This has been one of those great weeks where the children have been working together to solve problems. This week on Mystery Sci-ence we learned about sharks and whether or not they want to eat us. (They don't). We also are reading the novel “Frindle” as a class. I hope to see you at Montessori through my eyes. Montessori through
My Eyes Sign up.
We are still working on our studies of Space and our writing is coming
along.
If you would like to come in to
help me hang some pictures, please let me know.
Elementary
Program
Adolescent Creative Expression Hiking Class
The Truckee River is a great way to cool off while exploring some trails next to the river.
Bake Sale
Multimedia Art camp for Fall Break at the Generator. Please see their website for details.
The full breakfast and lunch menu can be found on our website here.
Jog-A-Thon
Notes from the Elementary Team
Primary Program
Pine Nut Classroom
Please remember to send silver-ware to school with your child each day!
Candelaria Classroom
Our annual Jog-A-Thon is a fun and fit activity for primary through 8th grade students. This is an adoles-cent program fundraising event
with the majority of the funds going toward playground improvement and equipment. Previous years have helped to make our play-grounds what they are today.
We hope that each family will participate in the Jog-A-Thon to the best of their ability. If each student earns $50, we will double our
goal! We are hoping to make this Jog-A-Thon more successful than years past. The more contributions you and your family raise, the clos-er we will be to achieving our goal.
Your child should come home with a pledge sheet. If you need an-other sheet, you can print one here.
Challenge Island STEAM Camp available on the HDMS campus this fall break. Please see their website for details.
Lunch Pouches are Back!
In the hopes to reduce plastic waste- we, Adolescent students from the microeconomy class, are selling lunch pouches for our school!
Pouch includes:
• A tie-dyed cloth (dyed by students)
• A fork and spoon
• A personalized and easy to clean wa-terproof pouch to hold the items
The lunch pouch costs $7 and an extra $3 for mini utensils. An added donation would also be greatly appreciated! order form here.
Thank you for supporting our business and school!
With the over-whelming suc-cess of our FUNDrive last
year, the PTO will be hosting another drive this winter. If you are cleaning out closets this fall to prepare for win-
ter, please con-sider holding on-to unwanted clothes to do-nate. Proceeds go directly to HDMS. We will
be collecting after the Christ-m a s b r e a k through January 21st. More infor-mation to come closer to the
event.
Leveled Readers
If anyone has any books that look like this on the back, they are part of leveled sets that we use for instruction. We would really appreci-ate it if they were returned to school. Thank you!
Lily C. Madison D. and Dakotah N play "Grammar Sense" with Sofia V. (not pic-
tured. This is a game where the children select a word and then determine what part of speech it would be and then make silly sentences.
What a fun way to practice grammar!
Miles D. and Michael A. Trace the continents to make a book of the continents. Many of the materials in the classroom are
used in multiple ways throughout the child's education. The puzzle maps now become a tool for learning the nomenclature, spelling, and the relationships between continents and coun-tries on Earth in Lower El.
Children of Candelaria baked bread this week!
There are a few kindergarten girls who are look-ing to form a Girl Scouts daisy troop after school. If you are interested in being a girl-Scout troop leader please contact Autumn Reeder
and she can help you through the process. She will also volunteer her room for your meetings if needed. [email protected]
Children’s Choir for Lower El Students
The study and performance of music can inspire mind and spirit; build self-esteem, self-confidence, and teach disciplines critical to academics and all other forms of achievement. Students will learn to sing in a group setting that is safe and supportive. Miss Keishla has
a Master in Music in Violin Performance and over 10 years of educa-tion experience. Her mission is to nurture the intellectual, emotional, and cultural development of children through the study and perfor-mance of music.
Who: 1st – 3rd Grade Students Space is limited to 30 students.
Where: Ruby Classroom
When: Tuesdays beginning October 12th, from 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Fee: $10 per lesson
How: register using this link.
Questions? Contact Keishla ([email protected]).
Adolescent Occupations Community Service Class
Brielle, Rubhy, Ava and Emely “Heart Attacked” a few homes in the community of people recovering from surgery and illness.
Adolescent Microeconomy Class
Students work on their business projects.
Adolescent Exploring Washoe County Creative Expression Class
Students get a behind the scenes tour at PBS.
Yearbook
Order online by going to yblive.net
Step 1: Click on “Shop Online”
Step 2: Find the school by selecting the State / City / School Name.
Step 3: Click “OK”.
Step 4: Click “Order” under the yearbook product.
Step 5: Log in to your shopping cart account or click “Sign Up” to establish an account.
Step 6: Enter the quantity of books you want to order and the re-quired Student Information.
Step 7: Click “Check Out”.
Step 8: Enter the Billing & Shipping Information, and click “Next”
Step 9: Review the order and click “Continue to Payment”.
Step 10: Enter your Visa or Master Card credit card payment infor-mation and click “Pay”.
*You will receive a receipt. Your credit card statement will reflect a transaction from “YearbookLife”.
-or-
Pay with Cash or Check using the form located here.
Fall Break Camp for Elementary Age Students
