The New School Montessori Calendar

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Oct
5
Fri
No School – Professional Development
Oct 5 all-day
Oct
8
Mon
TerraNova Testing Grade 6
Oct 8 – Oct 10 all-day

Taking the TerraNova serves as a practical life tool but also identifies student performance toward mastery of specific content objectives. It’s important to note that children’s academic progress is based on a number of factors that include, but are not limited to, the TerraNova test alone.

Oct
14
Sun
Fall Open House @ TNSM
Oct 14 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Invite family, neighbors and friends to visit. Teachers, board members and staff are available to answer questions, to give tours and to facilitate the discovery process as children explore the environment.

Oct
15
Mon
6th Grade Trip to Washington, D.C.
Oct 15 – Oct 19 all-day

Our 6th graders have the opportunity to explore Washington D.C., its monuments and other important museums and sights as they travel by plane and public transportation with teachers and chaperones. Students try new foods, learn to budget their meal allowance and enjoy the thrill of our nation’s capital.

Oct
16
Tue
Board Meeting @ The New School Montessori
Oct 16 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

We have 12 parent board members each year who meet with administrative staff to help guide the business and mission of the school. You are welcome to attend TNSM Board meetings usually held on the 3rd Tuesday of most months.

Oct
22
Mon
NO SCHOOL – Records and Curriculum Day
Oct 22 all-day
Oct
24
Wed
Picture Day Re-takes @ TNSM
Oct 24 all-day
Oct
30
Tue
Fall Evening Strings Concert @ TNSM Growing Room
Oct 30 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Please join us in celebrating the music of TNSM’s orchestra and beginning  and advanced strings. We are thrilled to have Melissa Robinson, former NKU director of strings and TNSM parent, leading our orchestra program as she challenges and engages the children in their music with great skill, creativity and love of fun.

Melissa founded our strings program in 2011, sharing her instrumental background in violin, viola, cello and base. Forty percent of the children in grades 2-6 have chosen to participate in our after-school strings program, making it one of our most successful clubs. Melissa has taught general music education K-8, as well as instrumental music K-12. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in music education and received her Bachelor of Music degree in performance.

Oct
31
Wed
Fall Daytime Strings Concert @ TNSM Growing Room
Oct 31 @ 8:30 am – 9:30 am

Please join us in celebrating the music of TNSM’s orchestra. We are thrilled to have Melissa Robinson, former NKU director of strings and TNSM parent, leading our orchestra program as she challenges and engages the children in their music.

Elementary Halloween Party – Who Am I? @ TNSM Growing Room
Oct 31 @ 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm

Each year at TNSM, elementary students celebrate Halloween in a special way. The photos below, show some of the famous characters we’ve identified from previous years through their clever costumes and spoken clues about their lives. The 6th graders share their love of anatomy in a “D’em Bones” song that lists bones from (head) parietal bone… to (toe) the distal phalanges.

We are looking forward to this year’s celebration. Our typical schedule is listed below:
  • At 12:15 the elementary children celebrate Halloween by having a party outdoors at recess. A number of volunteer parents sign up to bring healthy snacks and to help with crafts and games.
  • At 1:30 the 6th graders sing their rendition of “D’em Bones” on the porch steps, covering many of the 206 bones in the human body in song. Parents are invited to attend.
  • At 1:45 the elementary students dress up as famous historical or literary characters and parents and students guess who they might be from clues the child discloses.  Parents are also invited to attend the “Who Am I?” portion of the festivities too.