We have had a great start to the school year!
Each of these ladies bring Montessori expertise to our staff and we are elated to have them.
Our wonderful PTO welcomed us with a beautiful breakfast. On Tuesday, August 21, our entire Montessori Community attended professional development at J.T. Williams Secondary Montessori School. We learned best practices from each other, shared our expertise and collaborated during this symposium. Ms. Camie, Ms. Lisa, Ms. Marilyn, Ms. Sarah, Ms. Carol, Ms. Heather and Ms. Christina were leaders in the Montessori community who presented at the symposium. I feel that we have great expertise within our Montessori Community and our very own staff amazed me. Our commitment this year is to continue to learn and grow as a Montessori staff through professional development.
Wednesday, August 22nd, the Chantilly staff, as well as other schools in CMS attended a presentation from Dr. Wilcox, CMS Superintendent, at Ovens Auditorium, where he outlined the vision, mission and Strategic Plan for the district. After this meeting, various staff members attended selected professional development opportunities around the district, specifically sessions related to the new state standards.
We welcomed our new and existing Chantilly families at our Open House on Thursday, August 23 and it was delightful to see how eager our students and parents were to begin school.
As you are visiting and traveling through the school, please thank Mr. Mike, Ms. Cassi and Ms. Cassandra for their hard work over the summer to prepare for the opening of school. It is an enormous task preparing for the start of school and we are extremely appreciative of how they support our Montessori school's culture.
We welcome your attendance at Chantilly's PTO General meeting and Curriculum Night on Thursday, September 20, 2018.
Please note this change: We will host one session for this event. Therefore, if you have multiple children attending Chantilly, we ask for your attendance at the Upper EL classroom. If both parents attend or if children are in Primary and Lower EL, parents are encouraged to separate to attend their child's respective level. Please remember, our PTO will meet at 6:00 pm prior to Curriculum Night. We need all of our parents to join PTO and to sign up for an opportunity to volunteer.
Monday, September 3rd is Labor Day Holiday—No School.
Wednesday, September 12th is an Early Release day for students. This day is used for Professional Development for our staff. Students will dismiss at 1:15 pm on this day. Please make provisions early for this day. If you need after school care, contact our After School Enrichment Program now by calling the main office.
Tuesday, September 25th, the Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts will host a recruitment meeting at the school from 6:00-7:00pm.
Wednesday, September 19, there will be no school for students as that day is a designated Teacher Workday.
Friday, September 27, fall school pictures.
As we continue to focus on safety at Chantilly and all CMS schools, please remember that any adult entering our school must sign in through Lobby Guard in the front office when school is in session. Any parent who visits for lunch, volunteers in a classroom, or chaperones a field trip must be a registered CMS volunteer. This has to be renewed every school year at https://www.cmsvolunteers.com/, so plan early. We appreciate your cooperation with these procedures as we work to keep our children safe. Our first day of building community through normalization began today with students. We look forward to inviting parents in once the normalization period ends on Monday, October 8.
Welcome back! I want to recognize some of the volunteers who helped us get 2018-19 off to a great start!
Thanks to: Kelly Martino for taking the lead on supply distribution, Trevor O'Reilly for hosting our Yahoo and BooHoo breakfasts, Kira Campbell for acing our merchandise clearance sale (new shirts coming soon!), Christine Haynes and Mark Wilson for once again running our Invest in Your Child Campaign, Krista Murphy for sprucing up the grounds, Sarah Gaither for helping with the Teachers' breakfast, and Andy Leicester and Alison Parrella for their hard work balancing our budget!
This year we are focused on increasing parental involvement at Chantilly. We need every one of you to jump in and sign up to volunteer. There will be no shortage of opportunities!
Questions, comments, or ideas? Email me any time at chantillyptopresident@gmail.com.
If you've not already done so, please take a moment to fill out the online family contact information form for each student you have attending Chantilly this school year. The form can be found at: https://goo.gl/forms/qgnqu4lKER6C86TC2. Information collected here will be used for school and classroom communications.
A big thank you to all who stopped by the IYC table at Open House to inquire about and/or contribute to this year's campaign! In your child's back-to-school envelope, you should have received a message about the campaign, with a form to contribute on the back. If you have not yet contributed, please purchase your IYC pass and/or make a donation this week, as you are completing all of the other back-to-school paperwork. An envelope is provided, so all you have to do is return it in your child's backpack. Even if you pay by Pay Pal, please return the form in that envelope, so we have the proper information for your receipt, PTO membership, and yearbook order. Also, if your company matches charitable contributions, please be sure to request that matching donation at this time, too.
To help supply the new upper elementary classroom with Montessori materials, we are increasing our school goal for IYC this year to $15,000, so we really need to maximize family and company participation as much as possible. Thank you in advance for supporting this important campaign, and here's to a great 2018-2019 school year for everyone at Chantilly!
The practical life room in the Upper El modular needs to be set up for the year. The practical life room is used for cooking, science and many other activities awesome activities throughout the year! We need 7-8 parents on September 4th and 5th from 11 until end of school day. Anytime spent helping is greatly appreciated! If you are interested in helping please contact Lesliemishoe@gmail.com.
Thankful Thursdays are a chance to bring in goodies to remind our teachers and staff how much we appreciate them and all they do for our kids. And it's simple to participate! Volunteer to bring food or supplies the first Thursday of every month. The next Thankful Thursday is next September 6 – next week! For more information or to sign up to contribute, visit: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c084da9a722a0fe3-201617. If you have any questions, please contact Lauren Sawyers (lauren_y_sawyers@gmail.com).
Chantilly Chorus begins on Tuesday, September 4 at 8 a.m. in the music room. Chorus is open to third through sixth graders and provides an opportunity for those who love to sing and want to learn to sing to make beautiful music together.
If your child would like to participate, please drop them off at the front traffic circle. They are to enter through the main door and proceed to the music room where they will remain with Ms. Lisa until the 8:45 chime signals the start of our school day.
Welcome back! Last year Chantilly Montessori raised close to our goal of $500 in Boxtops for Education thanks to the students that collected. This money goes directly back into the school to help fund events that benefit our students and staff. This is a program that helps schools earn cash by clipping the official Box Tops for Education 'Boxtops' off of the packaging of hundreds of different items. For a full list, go to boxtops4education.com.
We would love it if you would collect them and send them in with your child! You can find them on a variety of packages, anything from school supplies to taco shells. Each Boxtop clipping is worth 10 cents and that can really add up quickly! Please keep an eye out for your Boxtops and send them in with your child. If you would like to bring them in, there is a collection box in the office. Thank you in advance for your participation in this program and helping raise money for our school! If you have any questions, please contact Courtney at cyounce11@yahoo.com.
Let Me Run is a running program for 4th-8th grade boys, but it's more about the boy than the run. Counteracting the negative pressures society places on boys, the program uses running as the vehicle to inspire, teach, and reach them. Combining exercise with fun activities and lessons, our trained coaches inspire boys to be courageous enough to be themselves, build healthy relationships, and live an active lifestyle. Registration at Chantilly is now open! The Fall season starts on September 24th, meets Mondays and Wednesdays before school (7:30- 8:45) for an hour and fifteen minutes, and ends with a 5k race on November 17th. Watch this video (https://vimeo.com/166804842) to learn more and register at LetMeRun.org.