Country Montessori School
Admin Corner
May 23, 2023
“There is a great sense of community within the Montessori classroom, where children of differing ages work together in an atmosphere of cooperation rather than competitiveness. There is respect for the environment and for the individuals within it, which comes through experience of freedom within the community. ”
Dr. Maria Montessori
Upcoming Dates/Events:
- May 26 – Friday – Pajama Day!
- Auction Success!
- Spring Fling Video Available
- May 29 – Memorial Day – No school or child care
- June 8 – CMS to Close Child Care at 5pm
- June 8 – Kindergarten / 5th Level Graduation Ceremonies
- June 9 – Last Day of School-Half Day-School Ends at 12:00
- June 12-16 – Downtime Child Care Available
- Fall Calendar Now Available – See end of Admin Corner
CMS Annual Auction
Not only did we raise over $31k to be put right back into CMS, we all had an amazing evening together!
CMS is very fortunate to have so many amazing families supporting CMS. We are very thankful for your participation and wanted to say thank you again for all your support for helping make CMS a wonderful community for your children.
Thank you to our Director of Development
A special thank you to Susan Kolle for all of her hard work and dedication to this year’s auction! It was a wonderful event, well organized and all done with so much heart!!
Spring Fling Video
Our professional photographer made a video of the performances. A USB drive with the video is available NOW! Along with the digital copy on a USB drive, you will receive access to the online version on the CMS website. Watch their performance for years to come! At just $10 per digital copy and the online version, it’s a deal!
To secure your personal copy, just email Susan Kolle at susank@countrymontessori.org to inform her how many copies you would like. Your order will be added to your RenWeb account.
Downtime Child Care
CMS will be closed June 12-16. Child Care will be available 7:30am – 6pm.
Please let Susan at susank@countrymontessori.org know if you would like to sign up, full-day is $50. Half day is not available. Please note that arrival times remain the same, with 7:30-8:40 being the window for drop off. Due to scheduling and staffing – drop in’s are not allowed. Deadline to sign up: Friday, June 2nd.
Parent Alert Text Messages
CMS uses a parent alert text message system when we need to alert our community of situations that may arise. It will show up as Parent_Alert and in the future we will have our school name on the message.
Graduation Ceremonies for Kindergarten and 5th Level Students
On Thursday, June 8, we will be honoring our graduates by hosting graduation ceremonies. These are for graduates and their families only. The Kindergarten ceremony will be at 9:00 and the 5th level ceremony will be at 10:30. Short classroom gatherings will immediately follow graduation.
Last Day of School
Our last day of school is on Friday, June 9th. It is a day of fun and excitement for all our students. There will be activities, an animal show and music fun! Lunch will be provided by CMS and all students go home half day, at 12:00. More information will be coming soon.
Lost & Found
Please come and take a look and see if you recognize any jackets, shirts, umbrellas or water bottles! I’ll have the Lost & Found container outside the office.
Re-Enrollment
CMS Re-Enrollment and open enrollment is in full swing. Families who are returning to the fall please complete your re-enrollment packet at your earliest convenience. If your family does not intend to return in the Fall please notify Jose joseb@countrymontessori.org
CMS Summer Camp
All Early Childhood Camps are full with a waiting list. Elementary Camps are filling fast, if you are interested in registering for any summer camp weeks please fill out our camp registration form.
Summer camps will start on Tuesday June 20th and run through Friday August 4th.
Monthly Attendance and Timely Attendance Emails
Regular and timely attendance is valued and expected at Country Montessori School. At the end of the month emails will be sent if your student/s have had multiple absences and tardies. We understand that students will miss or be late to school due to Illnesses or appointments throughout the school year and that is taken into account. Please notify the office if your student will be late or absent.
Illnesses
Please do not send your student to school with any symptoms or if they are not feeling well and to be able to return to school their symptoms need to be improving. If your student has a fever, is vomiting, has diarrhea or is on an antibiotic they may not return to school for 24 hours and be symptom free. We appreciate your support and understanding.
All illnesses need to be reported to Susank@countrymontessori.org. Negative Covid tests are still required for symptoms; however please have your child stay at home for the following:
- Runny noses
- Wet cough
- Vomiting-Students need to be vomit free for 24 hours (without medication)
- Fever-Students need to be fever free for 24 hours (without medication)
- Tired/Not feeling 100%-We want our students to feel well while at school
- Diarrhea-Students need to be diarrhea free for 24 hours (without medication)
Communication Directory
Morning Parking Lot Procedures
- Curbside – 1st level-5th level students-If your student is late and it is before 8:40, you need to drive through the parking lot. Your student will be marked tardy
- Two Lanes in Parking Lot- Ladybug,Bumblebee and Dragonfly students-Please stop at the crosswalk and wait to be moved forward
- Please do not get out of your car, your teacher will take your student from or to the car
- Please take a right hand turn only out of parking lot
***If you have students in elementary and early childhood please use the curb drop off unless it is full please use lane 2 or 3.
Half Day Dismissals-12:30
- Please pull up in front of the office. Walk to the front office gate to pick up your student.
Early Childhood 2:30-2:45 Dismissals
- Please use 2 lanes and stop at the crosswalk and wait to be moved forward and your student will be brought out to you
- If the parking lot is full please use the curb and your student will be taken to you
**If you have children in both EC and Elementary your EC student will be dismissed at the 3:00 dismissal.
Elementary 3:00-3:15 Dismissals
- 4th and 5th level students will be dismissed from the curb
- 1st-3rd level students will be dismissed in the parking lot using 2 lanes
- Please wait at the crosswalk until you are moved forward
Attendance and Tardiness
Country Montessori puts an emphasis on the importance of students being to school on time not only for themselves but for their classmates and classroom. All students should be in class by 8:30.
There is a grace period until 8:40 for our Early Childhood students to accommodate car seats. This does not apply to elementary students. Daily attendance is taken each morning and recorded. Absences and tardies will be reflected on the students report card and we discourage excessive tardiness and absences.
Late Arrival Procedures
If your student is late to school you need to park and accompany them and wait outside the office in the enclosed area. Administration will take all tardy students to class at 9:00 AM. Please make every effort to have your student to school on time. This applies to both Early Childhood and elementary students.
Child Care
Morning child care is offered every morning at 7:30 and after school child care is from 2:45-6:00 PM. If you are interested in our unlimited child care please contact Jose at Joseb@countrymontessori.org. Please wait outside the front gate with your child when dropping off for child care and a teacher will greet you at the gate. Follow the same procedure when picking up your child from afternoon child care.
Parking
For visitor parking please use the spots in front of the school. The parking spots located by the dumpster are employee parking and certain staff arrive at different times of the day.
Masking
Masking is optional at this time.
COVID-19 Vaccination Record-Please Provide a Copy
If your child is vaccinated please provide a copy of their COVID-19 vaccination card.
Please send your COVID-19 vaccination card to Jose Bolanos joseb@countrymontessori.org so that this information can be documented with the school.
Head Injury Policy
In the event of an injury above the neck we will call the student’s parents to inform them of the incident and require them to come to the school and check them out and make the decision to take their student home or leave them at school. The student is monitored until the parent comes to school. If the staff member notices any changes to the student’s condition, 911 will be called and the parent is immediately called to let them know.
2023-2024 School Calendar
Updated Decision Tree Guidance – Testing
Cheers,
The CMS Family