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Important Dates
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9/17
K-3rd Grade Conditioning Club
3-4pm
9/18
Upper Elementary
Field Trip,
8:45am-2:45pm
Board Meeting, 5:45pm
9/19
4th-6th Grade
Conditioning Club
3-4pm
9/20
First Pizza Friday!
9/21
International Peace Day
9/22
4th Annual Best of Both Worlds Road Race & Fun Run,
9am @SNHU
9/25
All-School Service
@NH Food Bank
8:34-12
10/2
Picture Day!
10/5
Read-In: Glacier & Everglades
8:15-8:45am
10/7-10/11
Scholastic Book Fair
10/11
Bring Your Parents to School Night
6:30-7:30pm
10/14
Columbus Day, School Closed
10/15
Staff Professional Development Workshop
School Closed
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CORPORATE SPONSORS
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We gratefully acknowledge the ongoing contributions from the following corporate partners:
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Community Building...and the start of Work Cycles!
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"Kindness is a work of art.
Kindness pours out of your heart.
You can make someone feel warm inside;
Walk up to them, they won't hide!
One kind word can make someone's day. Go do something nice now, don't stay away!"
~ Victoria, 5th year student
writing prompt about kindness
As we close out week two of the 2019/20 School Year it's exciting to note that alongside the important ongoing work of community building, mini-Montessori Work Cycles were in play this week!
The work cycle - a critical component to the Montessori setting - is an extended and uninterrupted period of time (usually about 3 hours) when students focus on their academics. During work-cycle the students practice what they have learned, and are often introduced to new concepts.
Please enjoy some photographs below of the creative projects and activities related to the important work of community building, as well as other moments from the week.
It was GREAT to see so many of you at our 2019/20 Open House earlier this week. That annual event is geared toward discussions around classroom operations - details large and small about your children's school day and the expectations at the various levels. Parents sit with their children's teaching teams for an intense and focused conversation about how our public Montessori classrooms work.
Mark your calendar now for next month's Bring a Parent/Guardian to School Night on Thursday, October 10th, one of the most important nights of the year! On that night, you will play the role of student, as your child/children walk you through a mini Montessori work cycle. There will be plenty of 'ah-ha!' moments for you as you come to understand aspects of the unique Montessori approach, which you have chosen for your child/children.
A reminder that our Read Ins will begin in October. Please take a moment to review the Read In Schedule to know which Friday morning of the month your child's classroom will have the 8:15-8:45am Read In! Parents, Guardians or other people special in the lives of our students are invited to visit during the assigned Read In times:
- 1st Friday of each month: Glacier & Everglades
- 2nd Friday of each month: Acadia, Yosemite & Zion
- 3rd Friday of each month: Denali & Olympic
Thanks to
so many of you
who have filled out our
Count Me In! Form
to let us know more about you and how you'd like to lend a hand to support our school, staff and students. If you haven't had the chance to fill out the form yet, please click here to download it and then please return it to school.
Each year the children in Glacier Room create their own set of Community Expectations. Those are then signed, and hung on the wall as constant reminder, and referred to throughout the year.
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Annual Family Fun Run & Road Race Next Weekend!
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**JOIN US NEXT SUNDAY!**
4th Annual
Best of Both Worlds
Family Fun & Road Race
Sunday, September 22nd
Fun begins at 8:30am!
THANK YOU to the families who pledged their support by being T-shirt sponsors and to those of you who have signed up so far. But there is still plenty of room for participation!
Besides the runs, there will be free food, music, games, face painting and more! You won't want to miss it!
If you haven't registered yet,
We need YOU to make the event a true success.
See you at the starting line!!!
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Safety First!
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A few important reminders for pick up and drop off:
- Please approach and depart the school parking lot with extreme care. There are often cars moving in many directions and with you help and care everyone can remain safe!
- Please be mindful of any direction provided by staff during drop off and pick up.
- During active drop off and pick up times, after making a right at the stop sign, please go all the way to the bottom of the parking lot and come back to the circle, as per the designated route. Please DO NOT cut people off by approaching the circle directly.
- If you have arrived for drop off AFTER 8:30am, please park in the parking lot and walk your child in to school.
- Please do not block buses from entering or leaving the parking lot.
- If you are arriving late after dismissal has been completed, please park your car and come in to retrieve your child/children.
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Please Take Note...
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Changes in your child's usual Dismissal Plan
must be shared with the front office by 2pm, as per our Handbook.
We need your help! We'd like to ask each family to please
write your child's First Name on your car tags to facilitate the dismissal process.
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From the Front Office
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Please click
here
to view our
2019-20 Family Handbook
! Once you have read it with your child, please
sign and return
this form
to the from office
by next Friday, September 27th.
Please be sure that the phone number and address we have on file is up to date! Not sure? Please check in with Jen by email or by phone. A reminder that our emergency message system utilizes your cell phone, home phone and/or email addresses on file, so it is imperative that they be kept up to date. Thanks!
Please also be aware that we will soon be distributing the
2019/20 MFCS Family Directory. Our enrollment forms kept in your child's student folder included a question regarding inclusion in the Directory. ONLY those who agree to be included will have access to the Directory.
A reminder that we ask ALL of our MFCS families to complete the
Free & Reduced Paperwork
sent home last week. We aim each year to have 100% reporting. We are able to access funds in support of our at risk kids through accurate reporting. If you haven't yet returned the form, please do! Need another copy? Please contact Grace by email Grace.Eaton@millfalls.org.
Help us Count You In, by completing the form that went home recently. When you complete that form, you help us know more about you and about the strength and skills you would like to share with our School Community.
Please click here to download the form. Once you complete, please return it to school. Thank you!
Hannaford Helps
 Hannaford continues to help us raise funds via their Hannaford Helps Program. All collected school dollars, must be turned in to the Hannaford Store on Hanover Street in Manchester, or you can drop your receipts here and we will drop them off for you.
This is an easy way for Mill Falls Families & Friends to help support for our School! If you have any questions or want to know more about this program,
please click here.
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Help Needed at our Fall Book Fair
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Can you lend a hand at our Fall Book Fair which will be set up on October 4th and will run the week of October 7th?
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Important Busing Info for our Bus Families
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If you would need to know the
location of the bus
because it is running late or you're not sure if it has serviced your child's bus stop
, please call Kelly
at the Manchester School District (603) 624-6300 ext. 163
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We do not have that information here at school.
Please remember if you'd like to request a bus
route change or have any general busing questions/concerns
, please contact Jen in our Front Office
at (603) 232-5176 or office@millfalls.org.
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Pizza Friday Kicks Off next Friday!
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 Just a reminder that our
Pizza Friday will begin on September 20th. If you've not returned your order form for Sept-Nov, you must do so by Monday to have your order included!
Thanks to
Jay and his team at
Pizza Man on East Industrial Drive, for once again partnering with us for this program and a shout out to MFCS Parent, Sarah Duffley, who works with the Upper Elementary students to organize the orders and hone their math, accounting and organizational skills, along the way!.
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Soccer Rebounders Available...
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Soccer Rebounders...
Free to a Good Home!
We are looking for a new home for the 4 practice nets/rebounders we have. They are currently by the front doors. If you would like them, or know someone who would, please send an email to Jen at the Front Desk. We are offering these practice nets (shown here), free of charge, on a first come/first served basis.
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Montessori Moments...
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Below: Items prepared by the students and shared with guests at
our 8th Annual Open House held earlier this week.
 
Below: This week many classrooms began Montessori work cycles, even as they continued to firm up their community expectations, and explore their responsibilities to one another.
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