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Monday, November 21 Acorn Singers 3:15-4:30 6th Year Parent Meeting w/ Ed. Consultant 6:30-8:00

I listened to the local news Wednesday morning and heard another story about school officials scrambling to make up what they consider lost days after Storm Alfred. The

are in a bind. This particular account pointed to the upcoming CMTs and how prepa-ration time was swallowed by the power outages. Other stories point to the 180-day demand. If we think losing power is crippling, imagine a system of education that is driven solely by numbers numbers, scores, percentiles and how crippling that can be for children and their natural, healthy development. The days after Storm Alfred were not a holiday. Families bearing the dark and cold is hardly a vacation. Granted, the aftermath was an adventure of sorts, and surely our children learned a great deal. Yet, this week was not a welcomed break for children to reenergize and refocus. Montessorians are guided by what is in the best interest of children, not by numbers. Everyone needs time to recharge, children included, and that is why we will not in-terfere with the very purposeful scheduling of our December and March holidays. Although we anticipated school closings and have already added instructional time in the most natural and useful ways, we have also generated a list of creative solutions to

need to revisit the school calendar in April. Our solutions have nothing to do with standardized tests or mandates, and for that reason, among many, you can feel confi-

to the Roxbury Mine Hill Preserve. To learn more about the granite quarry and other gems, literal and figurative, at the Preserve, click HERE.

geology studies and to see how Montessori brings learning to life, click the ACORN.

Our students are digging into their work, and our videos show

 

November 18, 2011

Wed., Nov 23-Fri., Nov 25 THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY

A Window into Their World

Click  acorn  to  view  slideshow.  

HARVEST  LUNCH  for  Extended  Day  &  EL  

Wed.,  Nov.  23  at  11am  

 

Happy  Thanksgiving!  

Respect        responsibility        

 independence        integrity  

Student Message Board

Monday, November 28 3:15-4:30 Acorn Singers Tuesday, November 29 1:00-5:00 Parent Conferences 3:15-4:30 T Art Club Make-Up Wednesday, November 30 1:00-7:00 Parent Conferences Thursday, December 1 1:00-5:00 Parent Conferences 3:15-4:30 TH Art Club Make-Up Friday, December 2 3:15-4:30 Soccer Club Make-Up 7:00pm Be sure to RSVP

Perfect Toy Fund Raiser December 5, 6 & 7 10:00am-6:00pm

On the Horizon

Enjoy your weekend! From All of Us at The Cobb School, Montessori!

The Cobb School Welcomes...

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Our Trip to the Garnet Mine By Connor Stolworthy and Michael Riley Friday, November 11th, 2011, the Upper Elementary went to a garnet mine in Roxbury, CT. Tom Alena from Talcott Mountain Science Center led our bus to the mine. Some people thought the mine might be a real cave, but it was really just a small stone hill embedded with garnets. Tom gave us all hammers and safety goggles and he showed us how to get the garnets out of the rocks using the hammers. Tom also brought his sledgehammer. He broke up the big rocks into fist size pieces to make it easier for us to extract the garnets. We ate lunch and played at a school playground nearby and then headed back to school. When we arrived we were tired miners, but our bags were heavy with treasured garnets.

Board of Trustees who volunteered their time & ex-pertise to discuss the mission & vi-sion of our school. Thank you.

...AMI Consultant Carol Alver, who spent three days ob-serving & evaluating the Primary Program. Thank you, Carol, for sharing your ex-perience & wisdom.  

...Dr. Marc Frankel, strategic planning, leader-ship & board gov-ernance consult-ant, who led our very productive trustee retreat.  

...Dr. Craig Schoon,

sulting psychologist, who joined us for

Guiding Social Devel-opment During the

 

Click here to read young people to Click here Click here

Click here tion to the Simsbury Food Closet. Thank you!