MMS Email Update
November 11, 2018

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NO SCHOOL
Monday, November 12th

in observance of Veteran's Day
How do you get to Carnegie Hall?
Practice, practice, practice...
 
Raphael Wu from Ms. Anita Bender's 1st grade class  placed second prize in the group of under 8 years in an international piano competition  called "Golden Classical Music Awards International Music Competition."  Raphael  played at Carnegie Hall for the recital of winners on October 31st, 2018.

Congratulations, Raphael!

You can more information at:  https://goldenclassicalmusicawards.com/
Poetry Winners!

Thank you to everyone who participated in Pumpkins & Poetry this year! All three winners from each class received a goody bag with special writing tools, and the first place winner also received a $5.00 gift certificate to the Fall Book Fair.

Ms. Anita Bender's 1st/2nd Grade Class
3rd place: Matias Castellanos "Spider and Ghost"
2nd place: Brady Ellard "Halloween Night"
1st place: Dahlia Teitelbaum "What I Love About Fall"

Mr. Richard Aslanian's 2nd/3rd Grade Class
3rd place: Megan Hoover "Harry Potter's Halloween"
2nd place: Sonya Ihnatsenka "Hungry Vampires"
1st place: Sophia Knoerle "Halloween"

Ms. Christina Miller's 4th/5th Grade Class
3rd place: Beckett Baldwin "This Is Autumn"
2nd place: Nikita Bhusari "The Big Orange Pumpkin"
1st place: Sigrid Noah "November"

Middle School:
1st place: Sienna Curcio "Please"
Second Quarter Technology is underway! 

In Technology Class Ms. Elizabeth Falls' Kindergartners received ABCMouse.com accounts.

Winner of numerous awards from national educational, parent, and media organizations, our flagship product is the leading and most comprehensive digital early learning resource for children ages 2-8. ABCmouse.com .

Early Learning Academy (the parent company of ABCMouse) offers a research-validated curriculum for preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, 1st grade, and 2nd grade with more than 9,000 individual Learning Activities and more than 850 complete lessons along our Step-by-Step Learning Path. Check out their website here: https://www.ageoflearning.com/programs/

With ABCMouse, students will enhance their academic skills and continue to become more comfortable with using computers to help them study and learn.

The word "URL" was also introduced, adding to other terms they have learned, such as: browser, Firefox, Chrome, Microsoft Edge, icon and link.

DEADLINE TO BRING IN FOODS: 
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14th
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QUICK LINKS
CLICK ON THE CALENDAR LINK TO FIND OUT DATES AND TIMES OF EVENTS IN YOUR CHILD'S CLASS
CLASSROOM INFORMATION

Click on the links below to see what's happening in your child's class!

Ms. Christina Eckstein's
November Class Calendar
Ms. Martha Dolan's
Parent Letter
Ms. Martha Dolan's
November Class Calendar
Ms. Renee Brohamer's
Parent Letter
 Ms. Elizabeth Falls' 
November Class Calendar
 
LUNCH ORDER FORMS

We are very excited to offer weekly lunch orders for Tuesday and Thursday from Moe's Southwest Grill and
Domino's Pizza. The cost is $6.25 per order. Lunch orders are organized and run as a middle school business. The small profit funds various middle school projects and trips.

Orders can be placed by the quarter or the full year. Please use one order form per child BUT you may combine payment for multiple siblings on one check. Please make checks payable to MMS. Payment can also be made through your tuition account. Please note students will not be able to participate in the lunch program if any tuition payment is past due.

Lunch orders will only be available for students in 1st - 8th grade.
Lunch orders will not be available for students  in kindergarten or younger.

Order Form DUE Thursday 11/15
Delivery Begins Tuesday 11/27

For the complete letter, click HERE.
For an order form, click HERE.
AmazonSmile is a way for customers to support MMS PTO through purchases on the site.  
 
Start at  smile.amazon.com
and Amazon will donate a portion of the price of eligible purchases to the charity of your choice.

Signing up is easy! 
Here's how to shop AmazonSmile:

1. Visit  smile.amazon.com  
2. Sign in with your Amazon.com credentials
3. Choose Millhopper Montessori School PTO  as your charity
4. Start shopping!
 
Collect box tops from many different items that you purchase and bring them to your child's classroom.  
 
Each box top logo earns our school 10ยข - which we can use for anything at our school!
 
Find out more here:

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