Montessori Minute
August 24, 2018
First full week over!
Special shout outs go to Melanie and Bonnie for helping in the office while Colleen has been away. I've heard from teachers, new parents, and returning parents that they've both done a tremendous job at our front desk during these first two weeks! Thank you, Melanie and Bonnie!
Thank you for your participation in yesterday's PLC meeting. I was happy with the discussion that we had; I felt that Beth and Heather listened to what we had to say and may have learned a little more about Montessori, just from listening. It felt good to "have a voice" in the discussion; that seemed to be a great step in the right direction.
As I was just writing that paragraph, I got an email from Beth Nelson. Are you ready for the BIG NEWS? She writes;
"I did some thinking with the help of Heather and decided that we'd order Wonders Leveled Readers for K, 1 & 2 for MO on level and above level. While approx $2,000/ grade is a bit much to swallow, Heather and I both agreed that it would be quite difficult to replicate the same type of lesson focus that the already written Leveled Readers provide."
Holy Cow! We WERE listened to!
She went on to say that Heather will communicate with Julie and Kathy about building up their classroom libraries. Since the district is picking up the tab for the leveled readers, I am thinking that we could ask PAB for money to improve the 3rd & 4th classroom libraries.
Keep up the enthusiasm!
And we get Colleen back on Monday! That will make everything even better!
Keep up the effort! It's noticeable!