Country Montessori School
Admin Corner
October 27, 2023
“”The greatest gifts we can give our children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.”
Dr. Maria Montessori
Upcoming Dates/Events:
- October 28 – Halloween Carnival
- November 2 and 3 – Parent/Teacher Conferences
- November 2 – 3 – School Closed. Child Care Available – Deadline Today!
- November 8 – Trot-a-thon!
Parent Education Night – Thank you
Thank you to all of our families and staff that joined us. It was a successful evening with information filled presentations from our classroom and enrichment teachers. Our next parent education night will be in early spring called Moving Up Night.
Parent/Teacher Conferences
November 2-3rd are parent teacher conferences. This is a special time for you to meet with your teachers and hear about their school experience. Report cards will be available on November 1 at 3pm on your parent portal. If your conference is before that date, you will receive an email with your students report card prior to your meeting.
November 2-3 – Parent Teacher Conferences – No School. Child Care Available.
Thursday & Friday child care is available 7:30am-6pm. Deadline to sign up is today, Friday, October 27th. Please let Susan at susank@countrymontessori.org know if you would like to sign up. Full-day $50. 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. Unlimited Child care does not apply on Conference days.
Halloween Carnival
We are thrilled that our traditional Halloween Carnival is being brought back and is on Saturday, October 28 from 11:00-1:00. Not only is this a wonderful family event, it is a special time for all of our students to wear their Halloween costumes as we do not dress up on October 31st. All classrooms will have fun Halloween celebrations and special snacks on the actual day.
The Halloween committee is already in planning mode for this exciting day. There will be a haunted house, carnival games, a jumpy house, treats and more!
CMS Trot-a-thon!
We are very excited to have our families come and support all the students in our first school Fundraiser of the year! We are adding even more fun & creative elements than last year to create a fun and exciting event for all the students during the Trot-a-thon! We will start off with Early Childhood at 9:30am, and Elementary at 10:30am. Each will run approximately 20 minutes.
All donations will be used to install new turf on our Serengeti Playground & update our outdoor learning spaces!
Watch this fun video to get you started!
Daily Sign In
We hope that everyone is having a great start to the school year. We wanted to remind everyone to please Sign In and Sign Out every day when you pick up and drop off at Country Montessori School.
This is done through the CMS App, if you do not have the CMS app, click here.
From there, you can click Daily Sign-In or Daily Sign-Out when you pick up and drop off from school
Parent Participation Hours
The CMS Parent Participation Policy provides parents and extended family members the opportunity to get involved with and support CMS.
Each family is required to provide 20 hours of service per school year. Single parent families are required to provide 10 hours. Families may also elect to pay $25 per hour of service ($500) in lieu of providing service hours.
Morning Arrivals
We are reminding families to please stay in your cars and wait for a teacher to come to get your student. Our arrival procedure is to ensure the safety of our students, to be as efficient as we can, getting our students to class on time and preventing traffic on Monte Vista Road. Thank you for your support and understanding.
Morning Parking Lot Procedures-Elementary Students 8:15-8:30-Use Curb Unless Full
- 1st level-5th level students-Curbside
If there is no room on the curb please pull into the parking lot to avoid backing up the traffic on Monte Vista Road-Please stop at the crosswalk and wait to be moved forward
- 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-Please stop at the crosswalk and wait to be moved forward
Early Childhood Students 8:15-8:30
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 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;however we encourage all of our EC students to arrive by 8:30. 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.
Morning Child Care
Morning child care is offered every morning at 7:30-8:00 . Please park your car in a parking spot and wait outside the front gate with your child when dropping off and a teacher will greet you at the gate. We ask that parents using morning childcare be at the gate with their student at 8:00. Families driving in at 8:00 will not be admitted and need to join the arrival line for 8:15 arrivals. The teachers from all classrooms get their students and escort them to their classrooms at that time. If you are interested in our unlimited child care please contact Jose at Joseb@countrymontessori.org
After School Child Care
After school child care is from 2:45-6:00 PM. Please park your car in a parking spot and go to the front gate and your child will be brought to you. If you are interested in our unlimited child care please contact Jose at Joseb@countrymontessori.org
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 not 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)
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.
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.