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Weekly Update Sept. 19 - 26

September 19th, 2025

“How touching it is that man has this instinct, this joy and sentiment for music. Through the little children these things, art and music, remain forever with humanity – over time music has been recombined and developed throughout humanity. ”

Maria Montessori
The 1946 London Lectures, p. 103
 

Happening this week:

Friday, Sept. 19th:

 Friday Coffee Hour:

Join us after drop-off every Friday morning!
Our faculty guest today will be Grail Kearney, Lower Elementary Guide.
 
Next week's faculty guest will be Gina Hepp, Music Specialist & Upper Elementary Assistant.
 

 

Monday, Sept. 15th:

Pizza Day  - Help support the 6th year class trip as your child enjoys a slice of pizza for lunch!
Sign Up!

 

 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!

 

Fall After School Clubs are starting!

Join us as we offer fall clubs Monday through Thursday until 4:30pm. 

Registration is now open.

Fall Clubs

View our calendar of events 
Link the LMS calendar to your preferred electronic calendar to stay up to date on school happenings and volunteer opportunities.

Things to know...

Friday, Oct. 3rd:

Lower Elementary Field Trip

Lower Elementary children will participate in the Since Time Immemorial: Native American Communities in the Eastern Woodlands program, at The Institute for American Indian Studies including the Regional Similarities and Differences activity option, a clay pottery added on, and lunch at the museum.

Please hand in your permission slip!

October 2025

 

Photo Days are coming!

Tuesday Oct. 7th: YPC & Lower Elementary
Wed. Oct 8th: Children's House & Upper Elementary

Montessori Moment:

Six Ways to Respond to Your Kids’ Big Feelings

When adults help children feel heard, it helps everyone feel less distressed and more calm.

By Jessica L. Borelli, Stacey N. Doan | March 17, 2022

As parents, one of our greatest motivations is to protect our children from pain and suffering—in essence, from negative emotions. Nonetheless, despite our best efforts, our children will be disappointed, feel fear and pain, and have tremendous loss and grief. But this isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

Experiencing emotions is at the heart of what it means to be alive, and emotions can provide us with information about ourselves and our environment. While we cannot strive to protect our children from difficult emotions, there are strategies we can use so that these emotions provide opportunities to learn and to feel connected to others.
 

 

 

 

Looking ahead...

 

 

 
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