Fernwood Family Newsletter #17 2015-16

Fernwood Montessori
2015-2016
Parent Newsletter #17
January 12, 2016
Upcoming Events
PTO Meeting
Wednesday, January 13th, 6:15 pm
Chess Clinic at Fernwood
Saturday, January 16th, 9am-3pm
Future Cities Competition
Saturday, January 16th, 7:30am – 3:45pm, Kern Center
Martin Luther King Day- No School
Monday, January 18th
Teacher PD Day- No student attendance
Friday, January 22nd
Montessori Summit
Saturday, January 23rd, MacDowell Montessori
Vision Screening (K4, K5, 5th)
January 27th, 28th, 29th
Enrollment Fair
Saturday, January 30th, 9:00 am-12:00 pm, MHSA
Three-Choice Enrollment
February 1-19
Leadership Circle
Individuals contributing $500 or more to support
Fernwood’s expansion will be acknowledged in our first
ever Leadership Circle. Your name will be included on a
commemorative plaque to be placed in the new
southern entryway to Fernwood to symbolize your
lasting support for the school.
“Lights Are On”- New Student Enrollment Fair
Wednesday, February 3rd, 6-8:00pm
“Hearts on Fire” Chili and Soup Tasting
Friday, February 19th
Assessment Windows
STAR 360 Winter Assessment
January 4th- January 29th
Personalized Bricks
Make your mark! You can have your name etched into
Fernwood history. For just $50 you can purchase a
personalized brick which will be permanently included in
our school’s new courtyard space. As a special perk, all
Leadership Circle donors will receive up to two bricks.
Purchase your personalized brick today -
www.thatsmybrick.com/fernwoodwi.
Camp Fernwood
Camp Fernwood is looking to hire 3 qualified individuals
to work in the after-school camp program.
The hours for the position are 2:30-5:00pm, Monday
through Friday.
If interested, please contact Mrs. Ceballos, Camp
Director, at ceballsl@milwaukee.k12.wi.us or 294-1350.
Click here!
“To give a child liberty is not to abandon him to himself.
~Maria Montessori
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Care Packages for the Homeless
Fernwood Grounds Coffee Cart
Please visit the Fernwood Grounds Coffee Cart between
7:15 and 7:45 am on the East playground.
We sell our personalized blend of Anodyne Coffee hot by
the cup or in one-pound bags.
Cups are $1.00 and coffee by the pound is $12.00.
Please help Room 26 go to overnight camp by
purchasing a fabulous local coffee at a great price!
Room 37 will be collecting donations and
assembling care packages for the homeless. The care
packages will be available to any adults who are
interested in placing them in their cars to be handed
out to the homeless or will be given directly to
homeless shelters.
Please see page 9 for more information.
The Children's Hospital Toy Drive
has so far been a great success!
Thanks to everyone who has helped Room 37 in this
endeavor. I dropped off 3 giant boxes of toys over
winter break and we have another giant box filling up
outside of our classroom.
Dear Parents and Guardians,
I am looking forward to returning to teaching art at
Fernwood on February 2nd, and am seeking volunteers
to help out. I will need help with preparing and
organizing art materials, and getting student art ready
for display. Please email me at
makulall@milwaukee.k12.wi.us if you are interested in
helping out.
Thank you so much in advance!
Sincerely,
Laura Makula Zimmerman
Fernwood Art Teacher
Like us on Facebook
Fernwood Montessori has a
NEW, *official* Facebook page.
“Like” the Fernwood
Montessori School page to stay
up-to-date on school
happenings and get additional
information.
The Toy Drive is not over. We want to continue our
efforts until the end of January. And, remember the
Hospital also needs gift cards in small amounts, too.
Thank you,
Ms. Stefanie Klopp, Rm. 37
Wanted: Games
Camp Fernwood is looking for donations of new or used
games in good condition and containing all the pieces.
If you are willing to help out, please deliver the games
to the Camp Office, Room 6.
Thank you.
Fernwood Montessori Website
Check out our *updated* schools
website at
http://www5.milwaukee.k12.wi.us/school/fernwood/.
This is a great resource to find staff contact
information, see a current school calendar, learn about
upcoming events, download newsletters and
documents, and see highlights of our school.
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As we continue our series to aid parents’ in
their understanding of Montessori
Education . . .
In this issue we will look at the children in
the Montessori Classroom and how they
work with the Montessori Materials as
explained by Aline D. Wolf.
Excerpts taken from: A Parents’ Guide to the
Montessori Classroom, by Aline D. Wolf, Parent
In future issues we will continue this series
Child Press, 2009.
by examining different areas and materials
in the primary classroom.
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Number 4 in Primary Series
Thank you to our
December Volunteers
Tyson Alexander
Theresa Flynn
Susie Madden
Maria Penager
Wendy Sobczyk
Tony Aquila
Gretchen Foltz
Eric Maher
Rosa Perez
Becky Storma
Julie Attermeier
Ira Garcia
Nesh Malinovic
Melissa Piaskoski
Roy Suarez
Derek Beyer
Andi Getz
Hannah Malison
Kara Pitt-D’Andrea
Elaina Sullivan
Eileen Blom
Annie Goodrum
Mike Martin
Mary Anne Pitt
Bridget Taylor
Jenny Buendia
Tony Gutowski
Nicole Martin
Sue Powell
Jean Verban
Kristin Buschmann
Mandy Herriges
Roger Masarik
Chris Quinn
Karen Wake
Jennifer Collins
Rich Hoppens
Lavender Mateos
Jan Rach
Eric Waukau
Carrie Collins Patzke
Judy Jasper
Jordan Mendez
Cookie Roang
Terry Weingrod
Teresa Connell
Amy Joyce
Gaby Mihelich
Isaac Roang
Nikoll Wencka
Lara Couture
Margery Kane
Eric Miller
Sonya Rodriguez
Gina Williams
Nina Darling-Simmerman Jim Kleinfeldt
Megan Mitchell
Maria Sagala
Diane Wilson
Darryl Davidson
Sarah Kraco
Valerie Nelson
Candace Salfer
Troy Wohlt
Jennifer Dominguez
Karen Kubacki
Jodi Nowak
Keith Salfer
Aimee Wozniak
Michelle Douglas-
Adrian Langhus
Carolyn O’Connell
John Saller
Jordan Wright
Meyer
Nevin Langhus
Roberta Odenburg
Kristin Schurk
Michelle Wright
Tamie Dudor
Jill LaSalle
Jill Ortiz
Beth Scott
Katie Zacharias
Abby Drabant
Amanda Lavoe
Anne Ovans
Meghan Sedlar
Tom Duffy
Josh Lemke
Elaine Palmer
Aphisak Senboutaraj
Robin Ferrari
Anita Liebl
Jason Parry
Sarah Sepulveda
Angee Fisher
Mel Limas
Sue Peck
Lori Smith
Sonya Fitak
*We try our best to include all volunteers on this list. Please accept our
apology if you volunteered and don’t appear on this list. Please know that we
sincerely thank you for your time.
“We rise by lifting others.”
Robert Ingersoll
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Three Choice Process
Three-Choice Enrollment is Feb. 1-19, 2016
Milwaukee Public Schools has the greatest variety of high-performing programs in the city, from strong
traditional neighborhood schools to arts, Career and Technical Education (CTE),International
Baccalaureate, language immersion and Montessori specialty schools to charter schools.
Important Dates for 2016-17
The Three-Choice Enrollment period is for families who are new to MPS, did not receive a high school
placement during early admissions or who are selecting a new school for their children.
February 1-19, 2016
Three-Choice Enrollment: The offi-cial Three-Choice Enrollment period gives families their best chance for
enrollment in their first-choice school for their children. Families can Enroll online, or at the MPS school of
your choice.
After February 19, 2016
Enrollment continues on a first-come, first-served basis.
March 14-18, 2016
Three-Choice letters mailed: Families who participate in the Three-Choice Enrollment period should expect
to receive letters during this time indicating the school(s) in which their child/children are enrolled for
2016–17.
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Care Packages for the Homeless
Room 37 will be collecting donations and assembling care packages for the homeless. The care
packages will be available to any adults who are interested in placing them in their cars to be handed
out to the homeless or will be given directly to homeless shelters.
I am not encouraging children to approach homeless adults for obvious potential safety concerns.
Details are below:
Help the Homeless: Care Packages for the Homeless
A person is a person, no matter where they live.
Many people are living only one paycheck away from homelessness, and this includes families in every
area of every state. Do you want to help the homeless in the Milwaukee area? Fernwood Students will
be collecting donations to create care packages for the homeless.
The following list of individual items are high need and have been recommended to us to be
included in care packages for the homeless:
· 1 gallon, clear plastic Ziploc bags
· clear plastic Ziploc sandwich bags
· gloves (adult sized)
· socks (adult sized)
· deodorant
· band-Aids
· chewable multivitamins
· cough drops
· tissues
· female sanitary napkins
· toothpaste and toothbrush
· Small bottles of lotion
· sun screen
· chap stick/lip balm
· wet wipes
· cans of tuna (with tab)
· cans of fruit (easy open or with tab)
· peanut butter crackers
· small bottles of water
· M•CARDs (Bus Passes) with 2-3 rides preloaded
· maps of Milwaukee (*resource centers highlighted)
In addition, students are writing inspirational notes to accompany these items in the packages. The
notes are darling!
Making care packages can be a mindfulness exercise. It is a way to practice gratitude, talk about
appreciating what we have and of course a way to be kind to others! I am personally very pleased that
the students have taken a great interest in this project as I care very deeply about the issues of hunger
and homelessness and have been volunteering and donating to these causes for many years. For
these reasons, I am very grateful.
If you would like to donate any of the above items or if you are interested in having assembled care
packages for handouts in your car, please let us know.
Thank you,
Ms. Stefanie and the Incredibly Awesome Students of Room 37
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Please be sure Fernwood has your UP-TO-DATE
EMAIL ADDRESS so we can send you the weekly
newsletter.
ALL newsletters are being sent home electronically,
no more paper copies.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Fernwood Parent Newsletter Delivery
We have a weekly Parent Newsletter; in order for us to save on the cost of paper
we would like to send all our parents the newsletter electronically. Please provide
us with your email (please print legibly):
Parent’s name: ______________________ Email: _________________________
Parent’s name: ______________________ Email: _________________________
Child’s name: ______________________ Room: _________
Note: The newsletter will also be found on our website:
http://www5.milwaukee.k12.wi.us/school/fernwood/
Return this form to Ms. Burns in the office.
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