September 22
Group Tour for Prospective Families
September 29
Festival of Courage (in-school festival)
September 30
Stone Soup Harvest Festival 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
October 2
Urban Air Fundraising Night
October 6
Inaugural Mountain Song Adult Choir
October 13-14
Parent Enrichment Conference
October 20-23
No School - Professional Development Days
November 1-2
No School - Parent Teacher Conferences
November 3
No School - Teacher Work Day
November 6
Skate City Fundraising Night
November 17
Half Day for Kindergarten
November 20-24
Fall Break
December 1
Winter Spiral (in-school festival)
December 9
Winter Faire
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Oh be joyful! We’re just one day away from the Autumn Equinox. If you’re looking for special ways to mark the changing of the seasons, here are a couple of simple ideas, courtesy of Ms Gina, our Marigold Kindergarten teacher.
- Light a candle at dinner and tell your child an autumn story
- Make a special autumn soup, cornbread or treat
Remember, the simple celebrations are often the most impactful for the children.
We are also just over a week away from our Stone Soup Harvest Festival and kickoff to our Annual Campaign. We hope everyone who can (and feels called to) will Mark 10 Years with $10!
As the story of Stone Soup reminds us, we can do remarkable things when everyone comes together. Listen in HERE as our Ms. Alicia McCabe tells this beautiful story to her 2nd grade Huckleberry class. What a powerful message!
Speaking of pitching in, we’re still looking for volunteers for the Stone Soup Harvest Festival. We also need your help to keep children safe by signing in when you visit the school.
Thank you for putting the community in Mountain Song Community School!
Cheers to ten years,
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Teresa M. Woods, Ph.D.
Executive Director
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Please sign in at the front desk if you are visiting, volunteering, or even quickly dropping off your child’s forgotten lunch. We have seen an increase in parents buzzing in at the front door, then heading straight upstairs or downstairs without so much as a stop at the front desk. Adults roaming the halls inside our school isn’t safe or acceptable. If you’re wondering if this pertains to you, it does. Thank you for your cooperation in keeping our students safe. |
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Mountain Song Adult Choir |
If you LOVE to sing, we would LOVE for you to join the Mountain Song Adult Choir! Rehearsals are Friday mornings from 9:35-10:35 a.m. in the homeschool room beginning on October 6th. Email Ms. Lijuaco at kjlijuaco@mountainsongschool.org to register.
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You may have already met Kirsten’s partner-in-crime at the front desk! We are thrilled to welcome Natalia Rodriguez, our new administrative assistant, who comes to us from Colorado Springs Charter Academy. Natalia is also a student at UCCS studying early elementary education with minors in Spanish, Spanish translation, inclusive education, and counseling and human services.
“I just love the culture here at Mountain Song and the diversity,” said Natalia.
Make sure to give Natalia a warm welcome when you see her next!
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Parent Enrichment Conference
Featuring Kim John Payne
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Stone Soup Harvest Festival
Saturday, September 30th
11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
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We're so excited to welcome our community to Mountain Song’s Stone Soup Harvest Festival, thanks to our dedicated Parent Circle. You can expect crafts, stories, a rummage sale, and of course, delicious soup. This year, we’re celebrating 10 years of Mountain Song and kicking off our Annual Fund!
Please sign up to donate or volunteer here!
We are particularly in need of help setting up ahead of the event and cleaning up afterwards
We’re accepting donations in the gym the week prior to our Stone Soup Harvest Festival, from September 25th-September 29th. We also need…
- Butter
- Cheese
- Sour Cream
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Bread rolls & artisan breads (baguettes, ciabatta, and the like) Please label if donations are gluten-free)
- Potatoes
- Carrots
- Celery
- Onions
- Green beans
- Sweet potatoes
- Pumpkins
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Apple cider (shelf-stable, please)
After school on Friday, September 29th, bring your own pots, knives and cutting boards and come to the gym to help chop the vegetables for our Stone Soup. If you’re able, please be prepared to bring supplies home to cook the soup prior to the festival Saturday morning. Children are welcome to help!
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New to the Stone Soup Harvest Festival this year is a community-wide Rummage Sale! This is an opportunity for our Mountain Song families to clean out closets and perhaps find some "new to you" items while also raising funds for our sweet school!
If you have some good quality items to donate, we will be accepting donations every day at the school until September 29th. There will be a table set up by the front office for smaller items. For larger items or furniture, please contact Becky Mikita at bmikita@mountainsongschool.com or 719-339-1664 to make arrangements.
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Tours for Prospective Families
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Last Chance to Enroll for SY23-2024
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Believe it or not, it’s already time to offer tours to prospective families for the 2024-2025 School Year! We’re offering group tours on the following dates…
- TODAY, September 22, 8:30am
- Friday, October 13, 8:30am
- Friday, November 10, 8:30am
Interested parties must sign up HERE. Space is limited. Adults only, please.
If next school year isn’t soon enough, we still have openings in some of our classes and our homeschool programs (both in-person and online). We are accepting new students until October 1st.
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We have loved seeing so many of you at our new Coffee and Conversations on Fridays and we look forward to doing it again TODAY! Right after the weekly assembly, our executive director, Dr. Teresa Woods, will discuss rhythms and cycles as they pertain to our sensory experiences. Please make sure you check in at the front desk!
Assembly 8:20 a.m. - 8:40 a.m. (in the Gym)
Coffee & Conversation 8:45 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. (Homeschool Room)
There will be no Coffee & Conversation on Friday, September 29th as we celebrate our in-school Festival of Courage.
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Fundraiser at Urban Air Adventure Park
October 2nd
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Join your friends at Mountain Song for an evening at Urban Air Adventure Park on October 2nd! Our school receives 20% of the cost of each admission all day long, so make sure you mention Mountain Song!
The last fundraiser at Skate City raised $306 for our school… and provided a ton of fun for our 102 Mountain Song skaters! Thank you, EmmaLee Slimski, for organizing these wonderful evenings!
Mark your calendar for our other fundraising nights…
- November 6th (Skate City)
- December 4th (Urban Air)
- January 29th (Skate City)
- February 5th (Urban Air)
- March 4th (Skate City)
- April 1st (Urban Air)
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Looking for a fun way to give back this weekend? Join in at the 9th Annual Harvest Celebration supporting Food to Power on Saturday. September 23rd from 5-8 p.m. They’ll have great food, live music, a silent/live auction and more. Tickets are $35 and can be purchased HERE.
Food to Power helps cultivate a healthy, equitable food system in the greater Colorado Springs community. Be sure to say hi to Mr. Adam, one of their dedicated volunteers!
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For a peek into the classroom, we hope you'll follow along on Instagram and Facebook! (See example below.)
We also invite you all to join our Mountain Song Families Facebook Group, where parents, staff & board members can participate in the Mountain Song community online. We also invite you to share your favorite moments and memories over the past 10 years here as we compile stories to celebrate the history of our school.
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Our 8th graders are studying how form and function come together to create the uniquely efficient structure that is the human skeleton.
Chalk art by Mx. Jessie
Saturday, September 16, 2023
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VOLUNTEER/DONATE TO STONE SOUP
DONATE TO THE RUMMAGE SALE
Drop small items off at the table by the Front Desk.
VOLUNTEER IN THE GARDEN
MAKE A RECURRING DONATION
JOIN A COMMITTEE
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