Thursday, August 26, 2010

The North Star Community Edition
Faith North Montessori and Faith North Montessori at Shaw
602-257-3914


Calendar of Events for week of
August 30-September 3

Monday, August 30
More three year olds join us!

Tuesday, August 31
Chess at lunch on the north campus

Wednesday, September 1
Early Release
Site Council has been canceled—instead, join us for the training to dispense concessions at ASU football games. This is a fundraiser for our school! This training will be held in the media center at North
PTA at 6:00 at Faith North in the multi-use room

Thursday, September 2
“A Glimpse into Primary Montessori” will be held on the North campus beginning at 6:00. This is a very informative parent education opportunity!

Faith North vs. Shaw at UPSP
Girl’s game begins at 5:00, boys game begins at 6:00

Friday, September 3


Hello Faith North Community,
Our Salad Spectacular was a lot of fun with crafts, a plant walk and lots of yummy salads. Parents had the opportunity to reconnect and meet new members of our community. Thank you for attending and continuing to build a strong and caring bond between staff, students and children.
There was also a great turn-out for the BooHoo Breakfast held on Monday. New primary parents learned about healthy seperation practices and met returning parents to create a mentorship. Thank you to the seasoned parents that shared some great stories!
Next week we look forward to a primary parent education evening, A Glimpse into Primary Montessori. The primary teachers will present each of the areas in the classroom and discuss their importance. They will also give parents a lot of valuable takeaways to help further support the Montessori Method as it relates to the development of the whole child—physical, emotional, social, spiritual and academic. A Silent Journey will be offered and is a powerful way to experience some of the materials your child uses daily.
One of the fun new ways the PTA has decided to fundraise this year is to sell concessions at ASU football games. An hourly wage is then given to our school for our efforts. Please join us for training on Wednesday, September 1st at 5:00 in the Media Center at Faith North for this training. We will be working football games on: 9/20, 10/30 and 11/26. This is a great opportunity for football fans to earn part or all of their 10 hours of volunteer time.
Each classroom has an email parent. These parents are responsible for distributing information from your childs teacher as well as flyers and communication from the school. Please contact your email parent to be added. It is a handy way to keep on top of school happenings.

Miller: bdgalas@gmail.com
Punchios: lomanbk@gmail.com
Silver: durablemom@yahoo.com
Schramm: tonieu@hotmail.com
Chacon: sabbiad@hotmail.com
Siciliano: djdjfig@aol.com
Hughes: nitzsche@iname.com
Mahli: Sheila.deely@cox.net
Whiting: marjenn01@cox.net
Valverde: brian.d.korn@intel.com
Trezise: LGuiley@ziprealty.com
Roam: nitzsche@iname.com
Craig: crystal.macias@cplc.org
Church: donna.hinterberg@qwest.com
Euzarraga: brad.audrain@hotmail.com
Sotelo: durablemom@yahoo.com

All the best!
Susan Engdall
Principal

Friday, August 20, 2010

Hello Faith North Community,
Our 2nd year preschoolers joined us this week and they add a sweet innocence that is so beautiful. They are also some of the hardest workers in the school! They went to work as if they had not even taken the summer off. We will begin our 3 year olds on Monday. We are prepared for the tears with our Boo-Hoo Breakfast reception for parents. The meet and greet will take place in the media center of each campus at 8:30. We will link new parents with returning parents to create a mentoring relationship. Please feel free to join us for a light breakfast and a few sniffs!

We are fortunate to have found and hired Ms. Laurie Clark as the new Outdoor Environment Teacher for the Faith North Main campus. Laurie comes to us with a great deal of experience and the heart of a Montessorian. You will see her in the courtyard beginning August 30th.

We look forward to seeing you this evening at our Salad Spectacular in the multi-use room on the Faith North campus. Come, bring a salad and enjoy old friends and new friends. There will be some fun activities for the children too.
All the best!
Susan Engdall
Principal

The North Star Community Edition
Faith North Montessori and Faith North Montessori at Shaw
602-257-3914

Calendar of Events for week of
August 23-27

Monday, August 23
First year preschoolers return!
BooHoo Breakfast at 8:30 in the media centers at FNM@Shaw and FN Main
After school flyes go home

Tuesday, August 24
After school sign-ups begin in the FNM@Shaw and FN Main School offices

Wednesday, August 25
Early Release

Thursday, August 26
Faith North vs. Herrera
Girl’s game begins at 5:00, boys game begins at 6:00

Friday, August 27

Friday, August 13, 2010

The North Star Community Edition
Faith North Montessori and Faith North Montessori at Shaw
602-257-3914


Calendar of Events for week of
August 16-20

Monday, August 16
Second year preschoolers return!

Tuesday, August 17
5:45 “Back to School Night” in Ms. Church’s classroom

Wednesday, August 18
Early Release


Thursday, August 19


Friday, August 20
SALAD SPECTACULAR
Community gathering event
6:00, Faith North Multi-Use Room






Our mission is to provide a solid academic foundation employing the philosophy of Maria Montessori within a loving, respectful and supportive community.

Our Vision:
Through Cosmic Education we give the child a vision of the whole universe

Our Core Beliefs and Values:
All children experience maximum learning potential or windows of optimum learning at various times
All children are motivated to learn, multiple and divergent intelligences are honored and recognized

The celebration and respect of diversity is critical

The child’s hand is his teacher—experiential learning is essential to internalization

The prepared environment is a student centered, learner-centered environment

Self-discipline is achieved through natural consequences and peace education

The dignity of labor and purposeful movement is vital and encouraged

Hello Faith North Community,

This week we had our first PTA and Site Council Meeting. Both meetings were productive and full of information, but we missed seeing many of your faces. PTA and Site Council are excellent vehicles for staying informed. Please check our school website for the schedule of meetings for the year and mark your calendar for the next meeting on Wednesday, September 1st, pizza is served at the PTA and childcare is provided at both meetings. The job of our PTA is to add to the positive climate at Faith North by supporting and organizing events that help us build community as well as implementing fund raisers to support our outdoor environments and other extracurricular activities. You may contact the PTA via their email at faithnorthpta@gmail.com. The mission of our Site Council is to support and build the culture of excellence through work that improves instruction and student learning. The Faith North Site Council may be electronically mailed at sitecouncil@faithnorth.com .

Kym Guntermann, our garden and outdoor environment teacher at Faith North resigned this week. Kym has created some wonderful memories and grown some beautiful gardens with our children and staff. She will be so missed. Thanks Kym for all of your hard work. Your garden clogs will be hard to fill!

Please join us for our first community event, the Salad Spectacular that will be held on Friday the 20th at the Faith North Main Campus. We will enjoy the company of our new and old families while enjoying yummy salads. So whip up your favorite salad to share at this potluck event; we look forward to seeing you there.

All the best!
Susan Engdall
Principal

Friday, August 6, 2010

Hello faith North Community,
What a blissful return! The children came back so ready to be in school. There has been some great teaching and learning this week! The Great Lessons in the elementary classroom never lose their mystery. Make sure you ask your elementary children about them over the course of the next six weeks. It is so fun see the courtyard alive with activity again too.
Thank you to the families that attended "Back to School Night." It really helped foster a smooth school start. If you are a family who has a child in Ms. Church's class, please join us for a Back to School Night at 5:45 on Tuesday, August 17th. Ms. Church has finished and obtained her AMI Elementary credentials, a tremendous feat. Be sure to congratulate her when you see her next.
This week, please join us for our first Site Council and PTA meeting of the school year. It will be held on Wednesday, August 11th at 5:00 & 6:00 on the Shaw campus.
Some other important dates to remember are:
Friday, August 20th we will hold our Salad Spectacular, a community get together in the multi-use room at North beginning are 6:00. Please bring a salad and join us as we welcome new families to our school and community.
BOO HOO Breakfast for our preschool parents will be held on Monday, August 23rd at 8:30 in the media center of the campus where your child attends school. We will talk a bit about readiness, separation and some challenges that may arise.
Welcome back, we are so glad you are here!
Susan Engdall
Principal

Calendar of events for the week of August 9-13:
Tuesday, August 10th
DIBELS Testing for our kindergarten and 1st grade students
Wednesday, August 11th
Early release
Site Council/PTA Meetings at 5:00 and 6:00 on the Shaw campus

Thursday, August 5, 2010