Hello Faith North Community,
Welcome back! The campus has been buzzing with activity as staff returns and begins preparing the environments for the children and engaging learning. I love this time of year. The joy and anticipation of coming together and creating the very best “learning school” that we can for our children and ourselves is invigorating and reaffirms our passion!
I am proud to announce that Faith North once again earned the “Performing Plus” label. This label is determined by how our children perform on the AIMS tests. Overall, we can celebrate our scores. Last year new math standards were implemented and the state saw a decline in math test scores. Our staff will be working to look at areas where our children did well and where there were challenges. I will address our scores at our first Site Council that will be held on Wednesday, August 11th at 5:00 at FNM@Shaw in the Media Center. This meeting will be followed by our PTA meeting in the cafeteria at 6:00.
Some other very important dates to remember are:
Back to School Night at FN Main is Thursday, July 29 and FNM@Shaw Monday, August 2nd. Both begin at 5:45.
Friday August 20th we will hold our annual SALAD SPECTACULAR, a community get together in the multi-use room at North beginning at 6:00. Please bring a salad and join us as we welcome new families to our school.
See you soon!
Susan Engdall
Principal

Calendar of Events for week of
August 2-6

Wednesday, August 4

School begins for K-8 students

Thursday, August 5


Friday, August 6

May 25, 2010

Dear Montessori Community,

As we close out this school year and plan for the next one, I would like to share changes in staffing.
I can announce that we are losing the following teachers and instructional assistants:
· Mrs. Heather Neiderhauser and her husband Sean Neiderhauser will be leaving the North community for a venture out of state. We wish them the best of luck in their travels.
· Miss Meg Davis who has been the instructional assistant to Ms. Leisla Church will be returning to ASU to work on her master’s degree fulltime.
· Mrs. Faith Lowe, instructional assistant to Miss Whiting will be giving birth in October and will be staying home with baby.
· Mr. Saber Hollenthoner will be relocating to sunny California.
Each of these individuals leaving has brought great value to our children and their colleagues. They will be greatly missed.

Here are the staffing plans for next year:
Faith North and Faith North@Shaw Principal: Susan Engdall
Faith North Primary Teaching Staff: Ms. Marisa Punchios, Ms. Jodi Schramm, Miss Robin Miller
Faith North Junior Elementary Teaching Staff: Mrs. GiHwa Hughes, Ms. Wendy Silver and Ms.Rosalinda Siciliano
Faith North Senior Elementary Staff: Ms. Gina Roam and Ms. Brenda Chacon
Faith North Adolescent Program 7/8: Ms.Shayne Sotelo
FNM@Shaw Montessori Primary: Ms. Jennifer Valverde, Miss Krista Whiting, Mrs. Kiran Mahli and Mrs. Megan Trezise
FNM@Shaw Junior Elementary Staff: Mr. Chris Euzarraga and Miss Paula Craig
FNM@Shaw 1-6th grade: Ms. Leisla Church
Montessori Math and Literacy Coach: Ms. Tonia Downing-Easton
Special Education Resource: Nancy Gruenich FNM@Shaw: TBD
Art: Jessica Broca FNM@Shaw: Jennifer Plowman
Music: Mr. Robert London, services to both campuses
PE: Mr. Steven Larson FNM@Shaw Patsy Harvey
Reading Intervention Specialist: Miss Crystal Graham

For children attending school on the Faith North main campus, please join us on Thursday, July 29 at 5:45 for Back to School Parent Night beginning in the multi-use room. Children attending school on FNM@Shaw campus, please join us on Monday, August 2nd at 5:45 Back to School Parent Night beginning in the cafeteria. If your child is enrolled in Ms. Church’s class, Back to School Night will be held on Tuesday, August 17 at 5:45 PM in the classroom. Ms. Church will be completing her training in Houston and will return 3 days after school has begun. Ms. Easton will open the school year for these children. This evening is designed for parent information purposes only. Children should not attend.

Should you have any questions please feel free to contact me at (602) 257-4069.
2010-2011class lists will be posted on May 25th.

Thank you,
Susan Engdall
Principal
PESD Montessori Programs

Here are some great summer reading lists from the Phoenix Public Library. Check out and participate in the summer reading program that they offer.

Suggested Reading
7th- 8th Graders
These books can be found in the Teen Central on the Fourth Floor of Burton Barr Library.

Adler, CS: Youn Hee & Me

Alcock, Vivian: The Haunting of Cassie Palmer

Avi: Nothing But the Truth

Beatty, Patricia: Lupita Manana

Boyd, Candy Dawson: Charlie Pippin

Dixon, Franklin W: The Yellow Feather Mystery

Engle, Margarita: The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom.

Fleischman, Sid: The Trouble Begins at 8: A Life of Mark Twain in the Wild, Wild West.

Graham, Kenneth: The Wind in the Willows

Hamilton, Virginia: M.C. Higgins, The Great

Hansberry, Lorraine: A Raisin in the Sun

Lowry, Lois: The Giver

Michaelis, Antonia: Tiger Moon

Orwell, George: Animal Farm

Paulson, Gary: Hatchet

Pollet, Alison: Nobody was here : 7th grade in the life of me, Penelope

Pratchett, Terry: Nation

Tan, Shaun: Tales from Outer Suburbia

Thomas B. Allen & Roger MacBride Allen: Mr. Lincoln’s High-Tech War: How the North Used the Telegraph, Railroads, Surveillance Balloons, Ironclads, High-Powered Weapons, and More to Win the Civil War

Twain, Mark: The Prince and the Pauper

Voigt, Cynthia: Izzy, Willy-Nilly

Walker, Sally: Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and
Colonial Maryland. -

Westerfeld, Scott: Leviathan

Zindel, Paul: The Pigman

Enter the “Teen Summer Reading Program” at www.phxlib.org/teenreading


For additional titles please use our online catalog.


Suggested Reading
6th Graders

These books can be found in Children’s Place
on shelves 6-10.

Alexander, Lloyd: The Black Cauldron

Burnett, Frances: The Secret Garden

Byars, Betsy: The Pinballs

Dahl, Roald: BFG

Hamilton, Virginia: The House of Dies Drear

Hunt, Irene: Across Five Aprils

Juster, Norton: The Phantom Tollbooth

L’Engle, Madeline: A Wrinkle in Time

Levine, Gail Carson: Ella Enchanted

Nixon, Joan Lowry: The Orphan Train series

O’Brien, Robert: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH

Peck, Richard: A Year Down Yonder

Perkins, Lynne Rae: All alone in the Universe

Sachar, Louis: Sixth Grade Secrets

Spinelli, Jerry: Maniac Magee

Speare, Elizabeth George: The Sign of the Beaver

Taylor, Mildred: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Taylor, Theodore: The Cay

Van Draanen, Wendelin: Flipped

These books can be found in Teen Central (4th floor).

Bauer, Joan: Hope Was Here

Creech, Susan: Walk Two Moons

Danziger, Paula: The Cat Ate My Gymsuit

McKinley, Robin: Beauty: A Retelling of Beauty and the Beast

Paulsen, Gary: Hatchet

Ryan, Pam Munoz: Esperanza Rising

Sachar, Louis: Holes

Enter the “Teen Summer Reading Program” at www.phxlib.org/teenreading

Suggested Reading
5th Graders

These books can be found in Children’s Place
on shelves 6-10.

Banks, Lynne Reid: The Indian in the Cupboard

Burnett, Frances Hodgen: The Secret Garden

Byars, Betsy Cromer: Summer of the Swans

Christopher, Matt: The Comeback Challenge

Coville, Bruce: Jeremy Thatcher: A Dragon Hatcher

Dahl, Roald: The Witches

Farley, Walter: Black Stallion (series)

Fleischman, Sid: The 13th Floor: A Ghost Story

Fitzgerald, John: The Great Brain

George, Jean: Julie of the Wolves

Hildick, E.W.: The Case of the Fantastic Footprints

Horvath, Polly: The Trolls

Jacques, Brian: Redwall series

Konigsburg, E.L.: From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

Lewis, C.S.: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
(Chronicles of Narnia)

Lowry, Lois: Number the Stars

MacDonald, Betty Bard: Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle series

O’Dell, Scott: Island of the Blue Dolphins

Osborne, May Pope: Adaline Falling Star

Rawls, Wilson: Where the Red Fern Grows

Roberts, Willo Davis: The Girl with the Silver Eyes

Sachar, Louis: Wayside School series

Snicket, Lemony: A Series of Unfortunate Events series

Spinelli, Jerry: Loser

Thorpe, Kiki: The Trouble with Tink

Van Draanen, Wendelin: Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief

Williams, Barbara: Titanic Crossing

Suggested Reading
4th Graders

These books can be found in Children’s Place
on shelves 6-10.

Byars, Betsy Cromer: Dead Letter

Blume, Judy: Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
Superfudge

Cleary, Beverly: Strider

Dahl, Roald: James and the Giant Peach
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

DiCamillo, Kate: Because of Winn-Dixie

Fleischman, Sid: Whipping Boy

Gutman, Dan: Babe and Me: A Baseball Card Adventure

Hahn, Mary Downing: Time for Andrew

Henry, Marguerite: Misty

Howe, James: Bunnicula

Lowry, Lois: Anastasia

MacLachlan, Patricia: Sarah Plain and Tall

Manes, Stephen: Chocolate Covered Ants

Mills, Claudia: You’re a Brave Man, Julius Zimmerman

Montgomery, Lucy Maud: Anne of Green Gables

Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds: The Boys Start the War
The Girls Get Even

Peterson, P.J.: White Water

Pullman, Phillip: I Was a Rat!

Rylant, Cynthia: Gooseberry Park

Spinelli, Jerry: Maniac Magee

Stein, R.L.: Goosebumps series

Warner, Gertrude Chandler: Boxcar Kids Mysteries (series)

White, E.B.: Charlotte’s Web

White, E.B.: The Trumpet of the Swans

Wilder, Laura Ingalls: Little House series

For additional titles please use our kids online catalog.

Suggested Reading
3rd Graders

These books can be found in Children’s Place
on shelves 6-10.

Abbot, Tony: Secrets of Droon
(also located in un-cataloged paperback area)

Adler, David: Cam Jansen Mysteries

Brown, Marc: Arthur Chapter Book series
(also located in un-catalogued paperback area)

Christopher, Matt: Soccer Cats series
(also by Peters, Stephanie True)

Cleary, Beverly: Dear Mr. Henshaw
Ramona Quimby, Age 8

Conford, Ellen: Jenny Archer series

Danziger, Paula: Amber Brown series

Gardiner, John Reynolds: Stone Fox

King-Smith, Dick: Jenius: The Amazing Guinea Pig

Kline, Suzy: Horrible Harry series

MacDonald, Maryann: Secondhand Star

McMullan, Kate: Dragon Slayers Academy
(also located in un-cataloged paperback area)

Meadows, Daisy: Rainbow Magic series

Osborn, Mary Pope: Magic Tree House series

Park, Barbara: Junie B. Jones series

Roy, Ron: A to Z Mysteries

St George, Judith: So You Want to be President?

Sachar, Luis: Marvin Redpost series

Scieszka, Jon: Stinky Cheese Man and
Other Fairly Stupid Tales
Summer Reading is Killing Me

Silverstein, Shel: Giving Tree

Smith, Robert Kimmel: Chocolate Fever

Sobol, Donald: Encyclopedia Brown series

Various Authors: American Girl Series

Suggested Reading
Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd Graders

These books can be found in Children’s Place area of the Public Library. Look for books by color: level 1, level 2, level 3 & level 4.

Berenstain, Stan: The Berenstain bears (series)

Capucilli, Alyssa Satin: Biscuit (series)

Eastman, P.D.: Go dog go
Are you my mother?

Hillert, Margaret: I love you, dear dragon

Lobel, Arnold: Frog and Toad (series)

McPhail, David: Dot and Bob

Meadows, Daisy: Rebecca the Rock n Roll Fairy

Parish, Peggy: Amelia Bedelia (series)

Rylant, Cynthia: Henry and Mudge (series)
Mr. Putter and Tabby (series)

Schwartz, Alvin: In a dark, dark room, and other scary
stories

Sharmat, Marjorie: Nate the great (series)

Seuss, Dr.: Cat in the hat
Green eggs and ham
One fish, two fish

Willems, Mo: My friend is sad
There is a bird on your head!

Allard, Harry: Miss Nelson is missing

Bemelmans, Ludwig: Madeline

Catalanotto, Peter: Ivan the terrier

Cronin, Doreen: Click, clack, moo: cows that type

Falconer, Ian: Olivia

Graham, Bob: Let’s get a pup, said Kate

Henkes, Kevin: A good day

Hill, Eric: Spot (series)

Lagonegro, Melissa: Just Keep Swimming (book)
Lorig, Steffanie: Such a silly baby!

Mackinnon, Mairi: The Boy Who Cried Wolf

Rey, H.A.: Curious George (series)

Seeger, Laura Vaccaro: Dog and Bear: two friends,
three stories

Teague, Mark: Dear Mrs. LaRue : letters from obedience
school

Thomas, Jan: What will fat cat sit on?

Wood, Don: The little mouse, the red ripe strawberry,
and the big hungry bear

List all the books you read this summer on your reading log
to earn fantastic prizes!!

Hello Faith North Community,

On Tuesday, May 18th the voters of Arizona chose to pass Proposition 100. With its passage, the District can now move forward with implementing its Contingency Budget approved by the Governing Board on April 8th. While there will still be an estimated 5-7% reduction or loss of funding, the district will move forward with the following:
Maintain the class size ratio at 32:1
Continue to call back staff that was affected by our reduction in force
Continue efforts to maintain salaries at current levels
Keep and fund full day kindergarten as well as preschool
Provide free PEER Club in the A.M. and P.M.
We still face an estimated 80% cut to our soft capital funding. Some of the financial loss is also contributed to a decline in enrollment as well as a decline in Proposition 301 revenues. Through all of this, our district and school remain committed to providing quality instruction while being fiscally responsible.

On Monday we had our annual Brown Bag Concert. Mr. London showcased a lot of musical talent. We heard from the beginning band and strings, advanced band and strings, our 3rd grade recorder students and a vocal performance by our 1st and 2nd graders. We enjoyed peanut butter and jelly along with some great music!

Our middle school students have spent the year working on a rite of passage called The Heroic Journey. Today they presented projects and other maximum learning experiences and memories about life to a Council of Elders. There were some great lessons about courageous and thoughtful living shared and the projects that were created/learned out of personal goal setting were diverse. Sewing projects, skateboarding tricks, the unsupported ladder, cooking, paintballing, learning to horseback ride, archery, ice skating and roller skating were just a few of the new skills presented. This journey requires an amazing amount of thought and work for our adolescents, but supports, expands and enriches their development and is an experience they will remember for a long time.

Wishing you all the best!
Susan Engdall

Calendar of Events for week of
May 24-26

Monday, May 24
Kindergarten promotion at Shaw in the cafeteria 6:00

Tuesday, May 25
Middle School Promotion Ceremony at FNM in the multi-use room

Wednesday,May 26
FULL DAY, NO EARLY RELEASE
Water Day at FNM
Primary–3rd grade 8:30-11:30
4th-8th grade 12:00-3:00
Last day of school!

Hello Faith North Community,
The 3rd years as well as Ms. Roam’s class headed to the YMCA Camp Surf in Imperial Beach, California to share S'mores around the campfire, eat terrific food, and experience school at the beach. This unique trip provides opportunities to explore beach, wetland, and intertidal communities. It also includes a hike to the Tijuana Estuary, the largest coastal wetland in San Diego County.
On Tuesday evening, Shannon Allsworth presented “Digital Literacy” which showed us how our children are affected by media both positively and negatively and offered 5 things that parents can do to establish guidelines and protect our children. Make rules, be a media critic, discuss safety, set limits and join the fun. It has some great agreements for families to adopt as well as providing an ongoing, online tool for parents to use to preview movies and video games. Shannon will re-present this information in the fall.
We have a big week coming up. We will have our first of three promotion ceremonies as well as our fantastic end of the year event the Talent Show/Basket Raffle/Potluck. Please cook up your favorite traveling dish and come join us at 5:30 to enjoy the incredible talent of the Faith North children. WARNING: This is a colorful, noisy, crowded and rowdy event, come in the spirit of family style fun!
Extra raffle tickets are still available in the Faith North School office and we have some AMAZING baskets...water fun, movie fun, green baskets and even a yoga basket just to name a few.
All the best!
Susan Engdall

Calendar of Events for week of
May 17-21

Monday, May 17
Brown Bag Lunch Concert
You may get lunches beginning at 11:15. The concert will begin at 12:00 in the multi-use room at North

Tuesday, May 18
Talent Show Rehearsal
1:00-3:00 Faith North multi-use room

Wednesday,May 19
Early release

Thursday,May 20
Kindergarten Promotion Ceremony at Faith North in the multi-use room

Friday, May 21
Water Day at Shaw K-3 in the AM 4-6 in the PM
Report cards come home!
Talent Show/Basket Raffle/Pot luck 5:30-7:30

Hello Faith North Community,
This was a BIG week for our middle school students. The beginning of the week saw them off on their adventure trip to Catalina Island. Here they worked on sustainability, hiked, learned about local marine life and snorkeled the waters around the island in the evening. Fun was the first thing on their agenda and that came in the way of the sciences. Everyone had a great time and they returned kissed by the sun and very tired!
Friday morning they were off again to the “Dare To Dream Tour” presented by the Harris Foundation and Exxon Mobil at UPSP. They listened as Dr. Bernard Harris, the first African American man to walk in space, delivered a motivational program that encourages middle schoolers to find and achieve their potential. At the same time, the goal is to encourage students to attend college and study science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) as a way of fulfilling their dreams.
This week our third years are off for their beach trip to Camp Surf where science and fun will also be found.
Please plan on joining us on Monday evening at 6:00 for an informational meeting presented by Shannon Allsworth, “Common Sense Media.” There will be some great tools for you to guide your children safely through the use of the media.
Lastly, a big thank you to all of the parents and children that have celebrated the teachers this week during “Teacher Appreciation Week.” We have had yummy treats daily along with numerous token of appreciation, the best being the great words and works of our children.
All the best!
Susan Engdall

Calendar of Events for week of
May 10-14

Monday, May 10
Galileo testing continues

Tuesday, May 11
Common Sense Media Presentation 6:00 FaithNorth Multi-Use Room

Wednesday,May 12
Early release
DIBELS Testing at North for kindergarten-1st grade
Tax Credit Planning Meeting at Faith North 9:00
3rd years leave for Camp Surf!

Thursday,May 13
DIBELS Testing at Shaw for kindergarten-1st grade

Friday, May 14
Afterschool classes end