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New Message from Michele:

Calendar: 

Nov 3: Spirit Wear orders due, see below
Nov 4-15: Boots for Kids Sock Drive, Student Council Service Project, see below
Nov 6: CHiPA meeting, 8:30 a.m. in person and online, details here
Nov 7: Kindergarten Special Guests: Food Rescue
Nov 7: Karen Circle luncheon, Noon - 1 p.m., details here
Nov 9: Horizon Books Day, see below
Nov 9: Shop Your Community Day, see below
Nov 14: Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day, see below
Nov 14: Conferences, Half Day, School closes after lunch. Carline: Nido/YCC 12:20; Primary and Jr. High 12:30; Elem. 12:40
Nov 15: Conferences, No School on Friday, see below
Nov 19: School Photo Retakes
Nov 19:  Never Enough: When Achievement Pressure Becomes Toxic—And What We Can Do About It, 7:30 p.m. on Zoom, details here
Nov 20: Coffee with Trisha, 8:30 a.m. at The Children's House, details here
Nov 21: TCH Parent Night Out, 6 – 7:30 pm at NoBo Riverside Food & Drink, details here
Nov 26: Nido, YCC, Primary Harvest Feasts in Classroom
Nov 26: Elementary & Junior High Harvest Feast/Stone Soup in the Barn
Nov 27-29: Thanksgiving Break, No School 

Look further ahead… 

Family Calendar  

In The Know:

Parent Teacher ConferencesParent Teacher Conferences, Nov 14 & 15 - Sign up here
Conferences are an important connection point between you and your child's school experience. Your child’s guide looks forward to connecting with you. Please come prepared with any questions you might have.  Reminders: Thursday, Nov 14, School closes after lunch. Carline: Nido/YCC 12:20; Primary and Jr. High 12:30; Elem. 12:40. Friday, Nov 15, there is no school. 

We’re hiring!
Director of Operations and Auxiliary Programming
The Director of Operations and Auxiliary Programs is responsible for the care, maintenance, and security of our school's physical campuses as well as the day-to-day operations of the school including the coordination of extra-curriculars and the summer program. For more information and how to apply, see the job posting here.

Time to Order Lunch
November Lunch Menu is now available, view menu here.

Horizon Books Day The Children's HouseHorizon Books Day, Saturday, Nov 9
Horizon Books will host our annual book fair AND give a percentage of all sales that day directly to The Children’s House - even when you purchase gift certificates! Stop by our table at Horizon Books to purchase pre-selected books for your child’s classroom. This annual book sale helps build our school library and collection of books in each classroom.

Shop Your Community Day, Saturday, Nov 9
Support The Children’s House on Saturday, November 9 just by shopping in Downtown TC! For every purchase you make at participating stores, 15% of the sale will be donated to the non-profit of your choice - please select The Children’s House when you check out! We were selected as one of the 30 non-profits because we consistently have one of the highest donation amounts at the end of the day. Let’s keep this trend going! Learn more here.

Spirit Wear 40th Anniversary

Spirit Wear store is open – order by Nov 3! 
The Spirit Wear store is back open! You can check out samples of the products in the lobby at school. Thank you to this year’s artist, Erika Wynn, for the beautiful 40th Anniversary sunflower graphic tee design! Place your order online by November 3

Boots for Kids Student Council

Student Council Sock Drive, Nov 4-15
Student council is proudly collaborating with the Boots for Kids organization to ensure that every child in our region has warm winter gear. This year, we have committed to supporting this effort by donating thick cotton crew socks for infants (size 5-13) and youth (1-7) shoe size. Your child may deliver socks to the basket by the front desk from November 4-15.
- Padraig, Bode, Ariana, Trey, Fiona, Riley, Violet and Margaret

Ruby Bridges Walk to School day at The Children's House

Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day, Nov 14
Three years ago, one of our students brought Ruby Bridges to our school via Zoom to teach us about bravery, community service, and how we can all contribute toward a more peaceful and harmonious future. From this began the tradition of walking around our campus as a community. We will start in the Barn with an all-school assembly where Elementary students will talk about Ruby Bridges and how she has inspired them. Primary students will be paired with Elementary students for the walk. 

Blog:

Compass Montessori Junior High Travel Blog Detroit Michigan

New! Detroit trip 2024!
by Compass Junior High Students
On Tuesday, October 22nd our class took our annual trip to Detroit. We stayed in Hostel Detroit for the week. The first day consisted of visiting The Detroit Institute of Arts and getting groceries at Meijer. The Detroit Institute of Arts came with many cool experiences. We split into van groups to tour the museum with our guides.  Continue Reading...

Harmony in the Home, by Chelsea Seals, Montessori Primary Guide

Harmony in the Home
by Chelsea Seals
If you were able to join us this past week for our Primary Deep Dive, you heard Alison Breithaupt mention the trio of elements that allow the Montessori ‘magic’ to flow in a classroom. Those essential elements are…  Continue Reading...

Extracurriculars:

Afterschool Club Opportunities
Navigators Chess Club (4th - 8th), D&D Club (4th - 6th), plus Comets and Navigators Robotics Club are all happening now! See our Clubs page for more details.

New! Drama Club playwright announced!
Grandma doesn’t really like fairy tales — she prefers adventure stories about pirates and astronauts.  So when her grandkids ask for fairy tale bedtime stories, Grandma puts some pretty silly twists on them!

“Twice upon a time...”  Grandma begins each goofy retelling of a once-familiar classic.  Cindy-Rella is now an insufferable neat freak not inclined to leave her chores to attend the prince’s barbecue, even if there will be a bouncy castle there. Grandma seems to have forgotten about the Big Bad Wolf, so her stories pull Big Bad Bear away from his porridge to threaten both the Three Little Pigs and Little Red Riding Pants.  Even Goldilocks is confused as to why she has cameo appearances in both stories!

Sign-up starts February 1, 2025. See our Clubs page for more information.

Athletic Opportunities

Boys Basketball (4th-5th) Comets
Registration deadline:  Friday, December 13
Registration: LEAP website
COACHES NEEDED! Fill out this form if you are willing to coach or assist.
Learn more

Girls Basketball (6th-8th) Navigators
Registration deadline:  Friday, December 13
Registration: FinalForms
COACHES NEEDED! Fill out this form if you are willing to coach or assist.
Learn more

Extracurriculars

Community Bulletin:

Welcome to the Community Bulletin! This is your space to share activities, events, and extracurriculars that your family is involved in outside of school. To submit a message for the bulletin, email Arielle@traversechildrenshouse.org. 

Updated! Room for rent in Slabtown! "Leave your leaves", a request from an elementary student, and more.

Community Ski and Snowboard opportunities and more on Community Bulletin.

Community Bulletin

Waypoints back-issues  

This Week in Photos:

See the link below for more photos not seen in the Waypoints!
Pass Gallery allows us to share high resolution images with you. Sign in with an email or Facebook account to download photos. Once logged in you can click on the photo you want to download and then click the download icon. If you're downloading to a mobile device, you will then have to hold down on the photo and choose to save it to your photos. 

New! Parent Visiting Days Gallery: https://traversechildrenshouse.passgallery.com/kULccrxveabTq

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Created on Friday, November 1, 2024