Calendar:
Now – Feb 24: Swimming – Nadine (Fridays, Feb. 3, 10, Tuesday Feb. 14, and Friday, Feb. 24)
Now – Feb 22: Swimming – Sandra (Wednesdays, Feb. 1, 8, 15, 22)
Jan 31: Montessori Up Close: Identity & Resilience, 7:00-8:30 p.m. via Zoom, details here
Feb 1: Tuition Assistance application opens
Feb 1: CHiPA meeting, 8:30 - 9:30 a.m., in person and via Zoom, details here
Feb 4: Sledding Party at Twin Lakes, 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m, details here
Feb 6: Coffee with Trisha Short, 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. in the Community Room, details here
Feb 7: Be SMART Learning Opportunity with Kira Walkup on Zoom, 7:30 - 8:30 p.m., details here
Feb 7-11: Junior High Pigeon Key Trip
Feb 13: No school for Junior High
Feb 8 - Mar 1: Re-enrollment for 2023-24 school year
Feb 8 - Mar 1: Summer Program registration for enrolled students
Feb 15: Raising Our Village: Creating a Culture of Dignity with Rosalind Wiseman, registration is required
Feb 15: 100th Day of School celebration - Lower El
Feb 17: No School, Campus Closed for Staff Professional Day
Feb 20: No School, Campus Closed for Presidents Day
New Date! Feb 21 - Mar 3: Parent Visiting Days, scheduled visits, Elementary, instructions coming from guides
Feb 23: Parent Visiting Day, Primary, 8:30-9:30
Feb 23: Montessori Up Close: A conversation about creating a culture of dignity, 4 - 5:30 p.m. at TCH, details here
Feb 24: Coffee & Connect, 8 - 9 a.m. details here
Feb 28: Montessori Up Close: Social Emotional and Physical Development, 7 - 8:30 via Zoom, details here
Look further ahead...
In The Know:
New! Parent Library addition
We've added two copies of “The Child Is the Teacher: A Life of Maria Montessori” by Cristina De Stefano to our parent library. This book and other Montessori and parenting books and videos are available for parent and staff use. You may browse at your leisure and check books out at the Front Desk.
Time to Order Lunch
February Lunch Menu is now available, view menu here.
Soup for Dinner
If you’re ordering Soup-for-Dinner, please drop-off a container or multiple containers, with lids, able to hold 40oz of soup (bags will be provided for bread). If your Junior High or Elementary student is bringing the soup home with them, they can pick it from the walk-in cooler in the kitchen where it will be labeled with their name. If your Primary/YCC/NIDO student is taking it home, the soup will be at the front desk and the front desk attendant will help make sure they have it with them. If you are coming in to pick-up your student from Friends Club, you can grab your soup from the kitchen walk-in cooler.
Be SMART with Kira Walkup, February 7 at 7:30 p.m.
Kira Walkup is the local representative of the national Be SMART campaign. She will join us via Zoom on Tuesday, February 7 at 7:30 p.m. to lead an opportunity for adults to learn more about the Be SMART campaign and how our community can make a difference in keeping children safe by normalizing the expectation that guns are to be securely stored away from children. We will email the Zoom link to everyone on February 7. We hope to see you online!
Updated! Bright Futures Fund & Gala
Our Bright Futures Fund supports our school - the people and the physical space - now and well into the future. Make a gift or pledge and then celebrate with us at our Bright Futures Gala on Friday, April 21! Being an event sponsor is a great way to support our school and gain awareness for your business. Check out the sponsors who are leading the way! When you frequent these businesses, please thank them for supporting our school. To become a sponsor, click here.
Winter Sports
The registration deadline for Co-Ed 4th-5th Grade Volleyball and K-8 Wrestling are 1/27/23. Norte race team information is now available. Visit our extracurriculars page for more information.
Sign up for text alerts:
In addition to an email alerting you about school closings and delays, we notify parents by text message via Remind. Simply download the Remind app (Android / Apple) to your mobile device and set up an account. Then, Text @hg6c3f2 to the number 81010. You will receive a welcome text from Remind. The class is titled TCH Parent
Blog:
Cosmic Education
By Sandra Besselsen
Dr. Maria Montessori’s development of Cosmic Education came out of her observation of children. She recognized the characteristics of elementary children by how they interacted with one another and listened to Continue Reading...
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