Christmas Program

Our Christmas program was spectacular!  The preschool, kindergarten, and elementary children loved learning all the songs and performing them for parents, relatives, and friends.  There is nothing better than watching our children perform on stage!

 

 

Tuition Tax Credit

January is the perfect time to start planning for your 2008 tuition tax credit.  By Arizona law, a married couple may assign $1000 of their state tax to a private school tuition fund.  This is only $83.33 per month.  If you lower your state withholding by $83.33 each month and automatically (by direct deposit, check, or credit card) send that amount to the Arizona Scholarship Fund in the name of Sunrise Montessori School, there will be no difference in your take home pay.  Tuition tax credits allow our school to supplement the tuition of several elementary and kindergarten students.

Thanks to all of the parents who participated in the year-end drive to increase tax credit funds to Sunrise Montessori.  If you would like more specific information, please contact the school office or go to the website www.azscholarships.org.

 

 

 

 

 

For the preschool and kindergarten classes, please send in your child’s picture for each year of his life either on his birthday or on the school day closest to the birthday and we will have a special birthday ceremony at school.  Each child will receive their own birthday crown.  The elementary students need to bring in photos they can use to create a birthday book.  These will not be returned.  Scanned/color copies are OK.  PLEASE do not send in special birthday snacks or treats. 

 

 

Preschool & Kindergarten Activities

During the month of January, the preschool and kindergarten children will be studying Martin Luther King, Jr., winter in our country, penguins, land forms, snowflake cutting, and polar regions. 

 

 

Art

Kindergarten:  The kindergarten children are continuing to study the art elements of color, line and shape.  They will apply their knowledge in a lion drawing.  The elementary students are studying the following in art:

1^st years:  In art history:  Intro. to ancient Chinese art and will be making paper.  In creating art:  using the art elements of shape, color, and form to create a 3-D person out of model magic.

2^nd years:  In art history:  continue to study Islamic art.  In creating art:  using the art elements of value and color to create a cityscape with acrylic paints.

3^rd years:  In art history:  continuing Northern Renaissance art & artists, creating a painting based on a Northern Renaissance artist and introduce Italian Renaissance artists and art.  In creating art:  finishing textural animal sculpture & intro to art elements of space & shape in a city or landscape painted fabric piece. 

4^th & 5^th years:  In art history:  continuing Baroque & Rocco art & artists, creating a painting based on a Baroque or Rocco artist.  In creating art:  finishing landscapes with animals, still life, and working on drawing portraits with emphasis on proportions.

 

 

 

Elementary Go to Peoria Library

Elementary students will visit the Peoria Public Library at Sunrise Mountain High School during the month of January to do research and find some books to read for book reports. 

 

 

PSG January Meeting

The Parent Support Group will hold the January meeting at 6:30 PM on Tuesday, January 15^th, at the south campus.  Childcare will be provided.  Please get involved with the decisions and events that take place throughout the year.  The PSG hosts events which raise funds for our children’s education as well as bringing all of our families together.  Please contact Angie Casey at drtom401@cox.net if you have any questions regarding the PSG.

 

 

Parent Study

Our parent study for the month of January will be held on THURSDAY, JANUARY 17^th at 7 PM.  The topic will be “Nutrition.”  We will have a guest speaker, Anita Ramani.  She is a registered dietician and her children attend a Montessori school in the valley.  TWO HOURS OF CREDIT TOWARD THE SPRING VACATION PRIZE WILL BE OFFERED FOR ALL IN ATTENDANCE.  Child care is provided.  PLEASE COME!

 

 

 

Elementary Pizza Lunch

Elementary pizza lunch day is Friday, January 25^th.  If your child is participating in Pizza Fridays they do NOT need to bring a lunch to school on that day.  Pizza and juice will be served.

 

 

Kindergarten Field Trip

On Thursday, January 31^st, the kindergarten children will visit the Glendale Public Library.  They will hear a story and get a tour of the library.

 

 

Montessori Articles

Please find enclosed with this newsletter articles pertaining to the practical life area of the Montessori classroom.

 

 

Recycle Cartridges

‘Tis the season of giving.  One easy way to give to the PSG and help raise funds is by donating empty inkjet, laser, fax, and copier cartridges, cell phones, palm pilots, and/or iPods.  The PSG gets cash for all of the above.  Here is all you need to do:

·         bring in empty cartridges to school

·         ask your employer to sponsor the school by saving their empty cartridges

Thanks for recycling!

 

 

          Classroom Guests

          If anyone has (or knows someone with)

            a special talent or something special to share with the children, please call the school office at 602.843.6053.

 

                          

 

Homeroom Parents

The following parents have volunteered on their parent helper form to help with the Valentine's Day celebrations.  There will a special schedule for this day:

Thursday, February 14^th

All Toddler:                     9:00 AM to 10:00 AM

AM classes                       9:00 AM to 10:00 AM

PM classes &                   10:30 AM to 11:30 AM

all day preschool            10:30 AM to 11:30 AM

Kindergarten                  10:30 AM to 11:30 AM

Elementary                     8:45 AM to 10:15 AM

 

No Mother's Day Out on Thursday, February 14^th.

The homeroom parent will coordinate the special snack with the helpers. 

Parents wishing to stay during the celebration, but not participating as a helper, will be provided donuts by the Parent Support Group.  At the south campus, meet by the lunch tables.  At the north campus, meet in the lobby.

 

Class	Chairperson	Helpers
Toddler South	Richert/Emelity	Katie Adams (Schall) Joy Daugard
AM Preschool South	Pam Silliman	Christine Black Reiko Reavis
PM Preschool & All day Preschool South	Cherish Johnson	Carolyn Baldwin Chris Ranno
Kindergarten South	Lorrie Gallegos	Heather Karsten Marjorie Tague
Toddler North	Darna Davis	Lynette Bassett Marie Lockwood
AM Preschool North	Cheryl Butterworth	Thora Anderson Jennifer Sulzer
PM Preschool & All day Preschool North	Laura Bresar	Jamie Bowman Julie Tarallo
Kindergarten North	Edith Gutierrez	Rindi Harvey Amanda Swanson
Elementary	Sharon Preszler	Lisa Fortini

 

 

 

Extra Underclothes

Please check at home and see if your son or daughter has worn extra underwear home from school.  If you find some that belong to the school, please send them back.  We are also requesting extra underwear and clothing for boys and girls to have on hand here at school in case of accidents. 

 

 

Winter Clothes

Please remember to send in extra clothes for winter in a zip lock baggie (and with your child’s name on the bag and the clothes).  Thanks!

 

Cares and Concerns

Please keep the Bauman family in your prayers.  Camryn’s daddy has been hospitalized with a serious illness. 

Please keep Leisa Medrano in your prayers.  Her father passed away just before Christmas. 

 

 

 

 

To all the parents who drove the kindergarten and elementary students to the Valley Youth Theater.

 

To Angie Casey and Tracy Tauscher for coordinating the shopping boutique.

 

To Amanda Swanson for providing lunch for the shopping boutique volunteers and staff at the north campus.

 

To Monica Brown for providing a birthday cake for Jesus and reading the Christmas story to the elementary.

 

To Cheryl Butterworth, Ginger Clayton, Amanda Swanson, and Renee Osborne for providing the birthday cakes for Jesus at the north campus.

 

To Thora Anderson for telling the Christmas story to the preschool/kindergarten at the north campus.

 

To Pat Richert, Michelle Reid, and Kristen Smidt for providing the birthday cakes for Jesus for the south campus.

 

To Trish Lavigne for telling the Christmas story to the preschool/kindergarten at the south campus.

 

To Davena Ballard for cookies for the staff at the south campus.

 

To Monica Brown for staplers, pencil sharpener, cardstock, and especially a digital printer and camera! for the elementary.

 

To the Butterworth Family for cinnamon sticks at the north campus.

 

To Angie Casey for tiramisu for the staff at the south campus.

 

To Jena Clark for reading with the children at the north campus.

 

To the Gray Family for donuts for the staff at the south campus.

 

To the Gutierrez Family for coffee at the north campus.

 

To the Johnson Family for bagels and cream cheese for the staff at the south campus.

 

To the Shah Family for cinnamon sticks & Clorox wipes at the north campus.

 

To the Preszler Family for 2 pencil sharpeners, fixing the pencil sharpener for the elementary, & connecting the elementary computers to the internet.

 

To Lisa Fortini, Joanne Knox, Tracie Prall, James Preszler, and Rosalia Vallelonga for working in the elementary classroom.

 

A huge thank you to Kimberly Thompson for coordinating the elementary baking.

 

To Monica Brown, Joanne Knox, Helen Leonoard, and Tracy Tauscher for helping the elementary bake and package them for the sale.

 

To Betty Jo Gregolynskyj, Piper McElhaney, Fiona Quinlan, and Ally Winfield for working the elementary bake sale tables the night of the Christmas program.

 

To all the parents who bought the baked goods from the elementary and donated extra money for the treats!

 

To Davena Ballard, Angie Casey, Balvina Loera, James Preszler, Rosalia Vallelonga, Kimberly Thompson, Lisa Quintana, Renee Osborne, Bindu Balakrishnan, and Greta Heinemann for helping the children with their Christmas art projects.  They were OUTSTANDING!

 

A GREAT BIG THANK YOU to all the parents who were so thoughtful to give the teachers gifts at Christmas.  Not all the gifts had cards or tags, so, regretfully; we were unable to write an individual thank you note to some of you.

 

 

 

5 Tips to Keep You Cold Free

Sure, kids are germ magnets.  But you need not catch a cold every time your child is knee-deep in tissues.  Try these avoid-the-sniffles strategies.

1.         Be sure family members wash their hands often and keep their fingers away from eyes and noses – colds travel quickest through touch, says Harold Oster, M.D., infection specialist at San Diego’s Scripps Clinic.                                                                                                       

2.        Wipe down your child’s headboard and bedside table once a day with disinfectant.  Viruses can survive on hard surfaces for up to three days.                                   

3.        Drink eight eight-ounce glasses of fluid daily and be sure to follow a nutritious diet.  Both will bolster the immune system, says Flor Munoz, M.D. of Houston’s Baylor College of Medicine.                                         

4.        Try Echinacea.  Studies show it may boost your ability to fight colds by up to 20 percent.                                              

5.        Take a brisk walk daily.  Even 20 minutes will rev up your body’s defenses. 

 

 

 

 

Immunizations

Immunization clinics hosted by the Maricopa County Department of Public Health will be held at Arrowhead Mall the second Monday of each month from

12 PM to 6 PM.