Upcoming Dates to Remember
January 25
Futures Committee Meeting 3:30 pm
February 1
MSCS Board of Directors Meeting 6:00 pm
February 14
School Accountability Meeting 6:00 pm
February 15
MSCS Board of Directors Meeting 6:00 pm
February 22
Futures Committee Meeting 3:30 pm
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Despite our best efforts, we still faced major COVID-related staff shortages this week requiring us to close for two days. Thank you for understanding, and for the bevy of substitute applications we have received from our community! We are working through the processes of onboarding new substitutes, which will help us maintain classes when teachers need to be out. Thank you!
The herculean efforts of our teachers and staff members who have pulled out the stops to cover each other’s classes and recess duties, to fill in as assistants and paras, and to fill in at the front desk is simply awe-inspiring. These are incredibly tough times for educators throughout the country, and I am so proud and honored to be working with these amazing souls. If you have a moment to thank them and share your appreciation, it would be especially meaningful right now.
We also extend huge thanks to our board members for their tireless efforts on behalf of the school, with special gratitude to Binah Reiss and Patrick Cush who volunteered to cover the front desk this week as well.
We have so many parent volunteers who are attending and leading school committees, helping in the classroom, and chaperoning field trips. In light of the stress that families are also experiencing, we are moved by your dedication to the success of our school. Thank you so much!
Ever the optimist, I am hopeful that this latest wave of COVID that has hit so hard marks the beginning of the end of the pandemic. We shall see.
Thank you for sharing with each other the love and care of Mountain Song.
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Teresa Woods, Ph.D.
Executive Director
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IMPORTANT UPDATE: Reporting Student Absences
Covid and Non-Covid Related
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Due to the increased number of absences and Covid related reportings, we ask that you please use our online reporting forms that are also available on our Mountain Song homepage.
If your child tests positive or has been exposed to a positive COVID case, we have a new Online COVID Questionnaire that we ask you to please fill out. This will help us be more efficient.
If your children have been exposed in the home or develop symptoms such as fever, headache, body aches, congestion, sore throat, cough, diarrhea, increased fatigue, or vomiting, please keep them home and fill out the above forms immediately. COVID cases range in severity from no symptoms to all of the above-listed symptoms. Keeping children home when there is any indication of illness or exposure helps decrease the risk to others.
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Thank you to everyone in our community for continuing to make best efforts to minimize the spread of COVID. Consider ordering COVID at home test kits to have on hand in the case anyone in your family has been in close contact with, or who may be showing symptoms of COVID.
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Enrollment for 2022 - 2023 School Year |
If you intend on having your child return to Mountain Song next year, please complete this form by January 31, 2022 to save their spot!
If you are undecided about whether your child will be returning to Mountain Song, please indicate that on this form as well and discuss any questions or concerns you may have with Sarah Kreger, Director of School Performance, or your child's teacher.
All new families interested in enrolling their child(ren), or If you would like to enroll other siblings at Mountain Song next year, you must complete an Intent to Enroll form for them.
If you intend on withdrawing your child from our school, please be sure to fill out a Notice of Withdrawal form at the front office.
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The prints have been ordered and as soon as they are delivered to the Teresa Lee Photography studio, they will be sorted, bagged, and shipped to Mountain Song for distribution!
If any parents have questions or haven't received their images, you can contact photographer Teresa Lee at 870-318-7625. Thank you for your patience.
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Mountain Song Community school is thrilled to partner with Ms. Stacie Warren to offer Simplicity Parenting Classes at no cost to our families.
Simplicity Parenting is an internationally renowned program created by family counselor and former Waldorf teacher, Kim John Payne. The program will help you build a safe, warm and secure family base camp from which a child can launch out into the world with resiliency. The approach helps you in making small doable changes to worry less and enjoy more.
All Mountain Song families are invited to attend any or all of the sessions listed below, which will be hosted here at the school (2904 W Kiowa St, Colorado Springs, CO 80904). Click HERE to learn more.
Class Dates & Times:
February 8th, 6-8 p.m.
March 1st, 6-8 p.m.
March 29st, 6-8 p.m.
April 19th, 6-8 p.m.
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Alliance for Public Waldorf Education Conference |
Over the MLK holiday weekend, our teachers, administrators and board members gathered with others online in the spirit of renewal and unity for the Alliance for Public Waldorf Education’s Annual Conference. With sessions addressing Waldorf teaching during COVID, the arts as a necessity, digital literacy, cultural knowledge and inclusion, and student support services, we discovered new perspectives to bring back into the classrooms of Mountain Song. In small groups, we delved deeper into themes such as book binding, form drawing, music, restorative justice, eurythmy, handwork, and talked about how to manage screen time with compassion and flexibility as well as how to truly be a culturally responsive, inclusive school. We also gained insights and inspiration from famed Waldorf educators like Dr. Liz Beaven, Jack Petrash, and Jeff Lough, who discussed how we serve our students in the midst of so much uncertainty.
If you’d like to learn from some of our speakers, we encourage you to read these books:
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Agricultural Arts Volunteers Needed! |
We are looking for garden volunteers to help out during weekends and over the breaks! Duties include caring for the animals and watering the greenhouse.
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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2021-2022 Calendar and Schedule |
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Please find the 2021-2022 school calendars and daily schedule for grades 1-8 at the links below.
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Mountain Song Community School | 2904 West Kiowa St, Colorado Springs, CO 80904 |
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