October 2015 - Kenmont, The Montessori School

2734 North Coria, Brownsville, Texas
OCTOBER, 2015
KENMONT
MONTESSORI SCHOOL
Education for a Lifetime
CALENDAR
REMINDERS
October 8- MicroSociety Job Fair
10:00-11:30 am for 3rd-5th
graders
October 9- End of the 1st nine
weeks
October 12- MicroSociety
Applications and Resumes due for
3rd-5th graders
October 13-14 Parent/ Student/
Teacher Conferences ( By
Appointment )
October 13-15 Interviews for
3rd-5th graders
October 16- Job letters received
October 20- MicroSociety CEO
parent volunteer meeting at 10:00
am.
October 23- United Nations Show
at 10:00 am. Doors open at 9:30 am
October 23- International Food
Festival 5-7 pm. Entrance through
the gym.
October 28- MicroSociety begins.
Swearing in of new Student
Council officers
October 30- Halloween parade at
10:00 am. Doors open at 9:30
am.This is only a short parade.
“Establishing lasting peace is the work of education;
all politics can do is keep us out of war.”
— Maria Montessori
From the Director…
Maria Montessori believed in peace within ourselves and
with each other. She also believed in the work of the
United Nations and their message of peace around the
world. It is for these reasons that every year we celebrate
United Nations Day! United Nations Day is officially
Saturday, October 24th.
This year our theme is “Human Rights.” Our students have
been learning during their music class as well as their
history class the concept of human rights and the
importance of understanding that human rights are rights
inherent to all human beings, whatever our nationality, place
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of residence, sex, national or ethnic origin, color, religion,
language, or any other status. We are all equally entitled to
our human rights without discrimination.
The HSA held its first meeting on
Thursday, September 10th. We
had approximately 15 parents. We
hope to grow in numbers.
Every year we celebrate this day by singing and dancing
songs to express what the UN stands for. Our show will
begin at 10:00 am. Doors will open at 9:30 am. We ask all
parents to please leave the bottom bleacher empty for our
elderly that may have a difficult time climbing. This day is
designated as a half day. Parents may take their children
home after the show.
We were able to establish four
committees:
Our jr. high students will be making a brief presentation
before the show begins. These students are delegates to the
Montessori Model United Nations Conference held in New York. We are so proud of these ladies and gentleman
already making a positive difference through awareness and
education.
1) Health and Fitness Chair: Marinda van Dalen
Co Chair: Zenia Villarreal
2) Parent Volunteer
Chair: Tally Caplan
Co Chair: Cynthia Ramirez
3) Program Awareness
Chair: Don and Enedelia Mayer
4) Executive Committee Members
of the executive board:
President, Vice President,
Secretary and Treasurer
Our celebration continues in the evening at the
International Food Festival from 5-7 pm. This event is for
Kenmont immediate families; brothers, sisters and
parents (including grandparents).
The following week, we will be having our annual
Halloween parade. All students participate in this fun and
short parade. The parade usually lasts 30 minutes.
Our book fair was a tremendous success! It would have not
been possible without the tireless efforts of our many parent
volunteers and Ms. Michelle! Thank you ladies for your
assistance! You ROCK!
Committees chairs and co chairs
will work on recruitment and start
developing goals. The next
meetings is scheduled for January
14th, 2016 at 6:00 pm at KJH.
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United Nations 2015
Countries Represented This Year
Ms. Mercedes
Ms. Lizz
Ms. Maria
Ms.Carmen
Ms. Lugo-Zamarripa
Ms. Luli
Ms. Elsy
Ms. Marigaby
Ms. Gomez
Ms. Cindy
Upper Elementary
Switzerland
Ethiopia
United States
Spain
France
Argentina
Peru
Greece
Mexico
Italy
Japan
From the President’s Desk…
My name is Alejandra Gonzalez and I am very excited to be your new Student Council President. This year I have three goals for my presidency: 1. to make Kenmontville the best city in the Rio Grande Valley;
2. to listen to our student’s needs and to communicate them to Dr. Saenz; 3. to unite all the student body so that we have great school spirit and that we are PROUD to be Kenmont Dragons! In order to accomplish these goals ,you ,the student body elected a great team. This includes Valentina Villanueva as vice-­‐president, Maria Jose Diaz as secretary, Natalia Montemayor as parliamentarian, Lucia Gonzalez as treasurer, and SoVia Ramirez as historian. The Student Council along with the student body will make this year a memorable year. See you at our Virst meeting!!! 3
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PARENT VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
The MicroSociety program acknowledges that students learn best when they
connect schoolwork with the outside world. MicroSociety promotes student
voice and choice, enabling students to learn by doing and providing real world
experiences. Students learn the power of a dollar by creating and managing
their own businesses/ventures.
Kenmontville is our MicroSociety city at Kenmont. Our student council acts as
the mayor and city officials. Kenmont started implementing MicroSociety in
2007 with the 4th-6th grade classrooms. It has since expanded to 1st grade
students. The 1st and 2nd grade students do not attend meetings, however,
they take turns selling and shopping at Kenmontville MicroSociety.
About 6 years ago we implemented a parent component to increase parental
involvement. The parent volunteers act as Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of
the different businesses/ventures. Ventures include: bank, school, yearbook,
newspaper, post office, restaurant, toy store, television station, manufacturing
plant, salon, performing arts, playground, science museum, bookstore, and
radio station.
Students in grades 3rd-6th attend MicroSociety one morning every week on
Wednesdays. Our first MicroSociety day is October 28th from 8:30-10:00. We
are looking for parent volunteers to assist us with MicroSociety. The
commitment is for the entire school year. The program runs for 18 weeks.
If you are interested in becoming a "CEO" for any of the businesses/
ventures listed above, there will be an organizational meeting on Tuesday,
October 20th at 10:00 am in room 14. If you have any questions, please
contact Dr. Saenz at [email protected]. You may also call or
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