The North Star Community Edition
Faith North Montessori and Faith North Montessori at Shaw
602-257-3914
Calendar of Events for week of
January 31-February 4
Monday, January 31
Tuesday, February 1
Faith North Stars Soccer Team vs. Shaw Sharks, 5:30 at Garfield School
Wednesday, February 2
5:00 Site Council in the media center and 6:00 PTA Meeting in the cafeteria at FNM@Shaw
Early release
Thursday, February 3
Faith North Stars Soccer Team vs. Garfield Cats, 5:00 at Edison School
Friday, February 4
Our mission is to provide a solid academic foundation employing the philosophy of Maria Montessori within a loving, respectful and supportive community.
Through Cosmic Education we give the child a vision of the whole universe
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
Dear Faith North Community,
The new after school classes started last week and what a great new line up of fun there is. Some of the new classes are Sabakiball, a high intensity ball game played with soccer like goals that encourages tremendous amounts of running, throwing and team work. Stop by on Thursday afternoon to view this new sport. Ms. Hancock has joined us with her manners class. The children learned about place settings at a formal table as well as how to properly greet someone. Super Singing and Music and Drama were full of voice and enthusiasm and in woodworking the children learned tool names and tool safety; they also received their very own tape measure that will hitch to their belts for easy access. We did not have to cancel any classes due to lack of enrollment this time. There are still spaces available in our Monday Chess Club as well as a few other classes. You may still sign up in the Faith North School office.
I wish to thank all of the families that participated in our Tax Credit Donation program. This was the biggest year for our school. We collected over $30,000.00. This money is used to help support our outdoor environments, our field trips and offset the cost of after school classes.I would like to recognize Shannon Allsworth for her huge effort in getting information out as to the benefits of this program. I know that her work is one of the major reasons for the increase in donations.
We held a Prospective Parent Meeting last week and had about 100 new parents in attendance. Our next meeting is scheduled at FNM@Shaw on Thursday, February 24th at 10:00. If you know of parents that are interested in hearing about our preschool program and touring the campus, this is a great opportunity.
Wishing you all the best,
Susan Engdall
Principal
