Weekly Update Sept. 12 - 19
September 12th, 2025
Image * Upper Elementary Children proudly displaying their 121 sided polygon.
The Discovery of the Child, p. 129
Happening this week:
Friday, Sept. 12th:
Friday Coffee Hour:
Join us after drop-off every Friday morning!
Monday, Sept. 15th:
Pizza Day - Help support the 6th year class trip as your child enjoys a slice of pizza for lunch!
Sign Up!
Community Circle - Positive Discipline
3:30PM - 4:30PM
Our first Community Circle of the year takes place Monday, September 15th.
We’ll begin with a session from the Positive Discipline program, focusing on how to support children through natural consequences, without relying on praise, rewards, or punishment. This conversation is designed to be practical, supportive, and relevant for all caregivers. We warmly encourage parents to attend and to invite grandparents or any other adults who play an important role in your child’s life.
Important Update on Lunch Options
After consulting with the parents of children with nut allergies, we’ve determined that it is safe at this time to allow almond butter as a spread option in student lunches across all classes.
To ensure everyone's safety:
- Almond butter will not be offered as a group snack in any classroom or club.
- Children with nut allergies will avoid almond butter in their own meals, but their families feel comfortable with it being included in other students’ lunches.
- Select an almond butter that does NOT contain the ingredient: sunflower oil.
We hope this provides a helpful option for those seeking healthy sources of protein for their children's lunches. Thank you for your continued care and consideration of all students in our community!
Things to know...
Fall After School Clubs are starting soon!
Join us as we offer fall clubs Monday through Thursday until 4:30pm.
Registration to be sent out soon.
October 2025
Photo Days are coming!
Tuesday Oct. 7th: YPC & Lower Elementary
Wed. Oct 8th: Children's House & Upper Elementary
A Note for Dismissal:
We ask for your help in keeping our school spaces consistent for children. After dismissal, please avoid having your child play behind the stone benches/walls or under the shrubs. Just as during the school day, this space has clear expectations, and we want to prevent confusion. Instead, feel free to use the field (or the playground, once installed). The same applies inside the building; if you’re ever unsure about expectations, your child will likely know the answer.
Also, for any aftercare changes or unexpected additions, please send your Remind message not only to your child’s guide but also to the office staff (Betsy, Diane, and Michelle). This ensures that both the aftercare list is updated and your child’s guide knows where to bring them after school.
Thank you for helping us keep things clear and smooth.
From the LMS Handbook:
Winter Illnesses -
For the members of our community who are immune compromised, and for the rest of us who appreciate not being exposed to illness, please help keep everyone well this winter.
Please read this excerpt from page 11 of our parent handbook:
Health & Safety Protocols
We rely on families to help keep everyone at school safe by doing their part to keep sick children home.
Please keep your child home if he/she has symptoms of illness. Fever, a sore throat, a cough or greenish colored discharge from the nose are clear signs of illness.
Students may return to school after they are fever-free for 24 hours without the use of fever reducers.
When students come to school sick, they jeopardize the health of their schoolmates, faculty and staff. The school may send a child exhibiting symptoms home.
Parents should notify the school in the morning if their child is sick and will not be coming to school. If your child has a communicable disease, i.e., strep throat, G.I. ailments, respiratory illnesses, etc., please notify the school.
For further information about the current expectations with regard to keeping everyone healthy this season, please refer to the 2025/26 Family Handbook.
Help keep everyone in the loop:
When calling out, please send a Remind message to both Betsy and your child's teacher.
Montessori Moment:
Where Montessori Meets Wellness
by Barbara Murphy, PhD
At its core, Montessori education is about preparing the whole child for life. What does this entail in today’s world? It means empowering children with a foundation of wellness practices that can help them build resilience by boosting their physical, emotional, and mental health.
