Upcoming Dates to Remember
September 09
Landshark Registration Ends
September 10
What If Festival 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
September 12
School Accountability Committee 6:00 p.m.
September 14
Y.E.S. Club Begins 3:15 p.m.
September 20
Festivals Committee 3:15 p.m.
Board Meeting 6:00 p.m.
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T-Shirt Donations Needed TODAY
for the What IF… Festival!
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What IF… children knew we don’t live in a disposable world?
Mountain Song will be at this year’s What IF… Festival tomorrow (Saturday, Sept. 10th), sharing a handwork activity of braiding old t-shirt strips into jump ropes. This activity, inspired by our Handwork teacher, Ms. Tracy Gonzalez, represents our sustainability ethos at Mountain Song.
Please bring in donations of t-shirts TODAY to the front office and help us showcase Mountain Song to the community!
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What IF… Festival
TOMORROW!
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Join Mountain Song at The What IF… Festival, TOMORROW, 10:00 - 4:00 on Tejon Street in Downtown Colorado Springs.
The What IF… Festival celebrates lifelong learning and delights the community with the innovation, creativity, and the entrepreneurial spirit of the Pikes Peak region.
With the help of an awesome team of cool creatives and essential community cooperation, The Festival offers a day of free engaging, interactive, and exciting experiences to WOW participants of all ages. The What IF… Festival, the only event of its kind, supports economic development and intellectual vitality by welcoming over 25,000 participants to discover the breakthroughs of local businesses, organizations, artists, scientists, inventors, performers, and students.
We're looking for parent volunteers to engage children and families with Waldorf-inspired crafts at our booth from 10-4 on Saturday, September 10th.
Contract Lauren Ferrara at lferrara@mountiansongschool.org if you would like to volunteer for a 2 hour slot.
Hope to see you there!
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Welcome Music Teacher
Kristine Joyce Lijauco
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We joyfully welcome Ms. Kristine Joyce Lijauco to the teaching staff at Mountain Song as our new music teacher for grades 1-8. Ms. Lijauco is a fully trained Waldorf music teacher, completing four years at the Asian Waldorf Teacher Training in Santa Elena, Philippines, and continuing professional development Waldorf training in Waldorf programs in Japan and California. She was born and raised in the Philippines, moving to the U.S. West Coast in 2018. She has taught in Waldorf schools in the Philippines, California, and Oregon before just recently moving with her family to Colorado Springs. Ms. Lijauco has a B.A. in Linguistics and a B.S. in Development Communication. She is quite accomplished musically, training in choral singing and musical theater, and held lead positions in the University of the Philippines Choral Ensemble, as well as earning multiple awards on international tours. We are most fortunate to have Ms. Lijauco on our faculty! Please join us in offering her a warm Mountain Song welcome! |
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Y.E.S Club for 4th and 5th Graders |
This school year we are happy to welcome the Young Environmental Stewards after-school club for Mountain Song’s 4th and 5th graders! The Y.E.S. Club, a Catamount Institute program, is held throughout the fall semester, giving students 11-13 weeks of hands-on experiments, field trips and guest speakers surrounding local river ecosystems!
The Club will meet every Wednesday at school, beginning next Wednesday, September 14 from 3:15 p.m.- 5:15 p.m. guided by Ms. Hannah and Ms. Maggie.
The cost of the Y.E.S. Club is dependent on the percentage of students who qualify for free and reduced lunch, which is calculated through the Family Economic Data Survey, completed during enrollment. There is also an opportunity to see if your family is eligible for scholarships or other discounts.
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Water Addition in the Garden |
We are thrilled to now have water access in our school garden!
Previously our water access was located on the exterior of our school building, and it posed a challenge to wrangle a 300-foot hose into our school garden for daily watering. We are deeply appreciative to our admin and board for prioritizing water installation as one of our first major renovation projects since purchasing our building.
We also want to thank our owner's rep, Michelle Fisher, for overseeing this project. The addition of our two new water spigots has made it significantly easier for our teachers, students, and volunteers to manage the garden, and we think that it's never looked better! This is also the first step in our plan to build a large outdoor kitchen with working sinks in the years ahead.
The large gravel pile behind the school will be filling the hole made for water installation, so stay tuned for volunteer details to help out!
Mr. Adam Wright, Ag Arts Teacher and Coordinator
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Please Join Us
Festivals Committee
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Mountain Song families, please join with MSCS teachers at our next Festivals Committee meeting, Tuesday 9/20, from 3:15-4:15pm in Ms. Gina's kindergarten room.
We are beginning to work on our autumn and winter festivals, and we need a great deal of parent support and participation to bring these festivals to life for our school community. We welcome all who want to participate!
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4th Grade Celebrates FREE Park Passes
Thank you Mr. Matt!
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This week each of our 4th grade students were surprised with FREE National Park passes, providing their family and friends free entrance to public lands. This was all made possible through the Every Kid Outdoors Program and one of our beloved Agricultural Arts teachers, Mr. Matt!
Mr. Matt’s dedication, passion, and love for the agriculture arts is cherished by our students, staff and the Mountain Song community.
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The Place
Donations Urgently Needed
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Please help one of our precious partners who just let us know of urgent donation needs. See the flier below. Ag Arts teachers will take donations until September 16th. |
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Weekend Garden Volunteers Needed |
This is a wonderful opportunity for you and your family to engage with our school garden, to get outside, and witness the impact of nurturing all living things.
With the help of our devoted summer volunteers, the greenhouse is flourishing, our garden beds are alive, and our animals are untroubled. Thank you for the abundance of love and hard work put into the garden this summer!
This school year we encourage our families to join in the fun and support our beloved garden by feeding and interacting with the animals and watering the crops.
Please email Mr. Adam (awright@mountainsongschool.com) if you have any questions or want to receive training.droppable-1662687666852
Mr. Adam Wright
Agricultural Arts Coordinator and Teacher
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We are hiring for the following positions:
Please refer to our website and/or pick up an application at the front office.
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2022-2023 Calendars and Schedule |
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Please find the 2022-2023 school calendar below.
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Mountain Song Community School | 2904 West Kiowa St, Colorado Springs, CO 80904 |
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