The Newsstand

Volume 4, Issue 3
October 2015
The Newsstand
Table of
Contents
Community
INDIANAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS
N. Sommers, Editor
1
Partner
Fall Festival
1
Hispanic Heritage 2
Month
Montessori
2
Minute
PreK/K Field
3
Trip
Peace Learning
3
Center
Rm 32 Guest
3
Speaker
PTA News
4
6th Grade
4
Writing
Community Partner: Parents as Partners
One of our greatest assets at
Montessori #56 is our parents. Our parents are responsible to get their children to
school on time, make sure
that their children have the
necessary tools to be academically successful, and help with
homework and provide a
place to do their homework.
We also have parents that
want to help the school with
their time and treasure. It is
not unusual to see parents
working in the parent center
folding clothes for the cloth-
ing pantry, preparing for a Title I
workshop, or helping to raise
funds to buy instruments or fund
other needs of the school. The
first thing to do is determine
how you would like to participate
with the school. If you want to
work directly with students or
chaperone field trips, it is important that you have a background check. You can find
these online or obtain one from
Ms. Wright. It does take about 3
weeks for these to clear.
*Help in the garden
*Prepare for Family Events or
*Title Workshops
*Help in the Media Center
*Help supervise after school
programs
*Ask your child’s teacher if they
need help
*Help in the parent center organize donations
*Help with the clothing pantry
To find out about any of these
opportunities, please contact
Maria Wright in the Parent
Other ways to volunteer include: Center.
*Food Pantry Delivery
>Maria Wright
Author Visit
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School Wish List
5
Calendar and
6
Birthdays
Contact us:
 Christine L. Rembert
Principal
 2353 N. Columbia Ave.
Indianapolis, IN
46205
 317-226-4256
[email protected]
Fall Festival is Friday, October 2nd from 6:00-7:30 at School!
Please join us for an evening of
fun! Bring your family and
friends to play games and enjoy
our chili dinner!
lollipop tree, book walk, and
decorate a pumpkin. The
games can be played using
tickets.
Tickets can be purchased during the festival for $0.25 each.
There is also a raffle! Teachers have put together baskets
of goodies to raffle off. In
order to have a chance to win
a basket, you have to put a
ticket with your name on it in
the box in front of that basket. At 7:15, a winner will be
drawn. The more tickets you
place in the box, the more
chances you have at winning
that basket!
Chili and Hot Dogs are being
served for dinner for 8 tickets.
There will be apple cider for 2
tickets and water is available as
well. The PTA will be selling
popcorn and caramel apples.
There will be games to play! We
will have corn hole, duck pond,
football toss, an art project led
by Mr. Roberts, soda pop toss,
We hope to see you there!
This is a great time to hang
out with your friends and get
to spend fun time with your
child’s teachers and Mrs.
Rembert!
If you have any questions,
please call the school (2264256) or email
Miss Sommers
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Parents: Please don’t
forget to pay book rental
for your student’s
textbooks. For more
information, please call
Ms. Cohee in the office.
317-226-4256
“The process by
which the human
personality is formed
is the secret work of
incarnation.”
-Maria Montessori
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Hispanic Heritage Month—Did you know?
In 2014, Hispanic children
made up 24% of the U.S.’s
total population—the largest
minority group in the country.
Why is Hispanic Heritage
Month September 15 through
October 15?
We begin celebrating HHM
on Sept. 15, which is the anniversary of independence for 5
countries: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras,
and Nicaragua. Mexico’s Independence Day is September 16
and Chili’s is September 18.
We extend into October because October 12 is known as
“El Dia de la Raza,” or “The
Day of the Race.” It is a day
celebrating the many nationalities present in the history of
Mexico, Central America, and
South America including Native Americans such as the
Mayas, Aztecs and Incas; and
European nationalities such as
Spanish, Portuguese, and
French.
What is the difference between
Hispanic and Latino?
Hispanic and Latino are terms
to define regions or origin, not
a person’s race. Hispanic refers
to someone whose origins are
from Mexico, Puerto Rico,
Cuba, Central America, and
countries of South America
where Spanish is the primary
language. Latinos are considered individuals from countries with in the bound of Latin America. Brazilians are considered to be Latino, but are
not considered to be Hispanic.
Latino has become used interchangeably in the United
States. Neither term should be
used to describe a person’s
race.
A Minute for Montessori: Classroom Environment
What you might find in
a Montessori
school or classroom
*Cleanliness, not clutter: Simple, uncluttered furnishings,
neatly stacked bins of learning
materials—everything has its
place in a Montessori classroom.
*Montessori learning materials: Classes are stocked with
Montessori-specific play and
learning materials that are
designed to promote selfdirected learning while stimulating a child’s senses and
building motor skills. Children
sort, stack, and manipulate
these materials, which are often from nature or made of
wood, fabric, or enameled
metal. Many learning tools are
carefully designed to teach
specific skills (e.g. buttoning
buttons) and to let children
learn through trial and error,
correcting their own missteps.
*Independent children: Children work alone or in groups
and are taught to “work” (that
is, play) on their own and to
be responsible to by taking
care of their own needs and
belongings, like preparing
their own snacks and cleaning
up their toys.
*Mixed ages: Students within a
three-year age range often
share a classroom, and children are encouraged to help
each other learn. The idea is to
create a flexible, noncompetitive peer learning environment. Most Montessori
schools have a primary program (ages 3-6) and sometimes
a lower elementary program
(ages 6-9); programs for upper
elementary (ages 9-12) are les-
son common. Montessoribased programs for middle
and high do exist, but they
are even harder to find.
*Long “work” periods: For
young children (under age
six) there are uninterrupted
activity periods of one, two,
or three hours. Kids older
than age six might do independent research, arrange
field trips to gather information, interview specialist,
and create group presentations of drama, art exhibits,
musical productions, and
science projects. Middle and
high school students typically don’t use traditional textbooks or attend adultdirected lessons.
(www.greatschools.org)
>Ms. Yates
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Preschool and Kindergarten went to Stuckey Farms
From Mrs. Alkire:
“We had a great time at Stuckey Farm! We got to taste different kinds of apples, sample
apple cider, and take a hayride
through the pumpkin patch.
We also brought apples and
cornmeal back to school. We
plan on making applesauce
and cornbread muffins in the
classroom soon!”
Peace Learning Center
The Primary classes traveled
to the Peace Learning Center
on Friday, September 11th;
very appropriate for Patriot’s
Day. The children learned
about filling each other’s
bucket, or how to compliment each other. They also
learned how to calm themselves when they are upset.
One of the exhibits challenged the children to treat
the environment more peacefully. Most of them had not
really thought about this being part of the concept of
peace. The last group we attended had the children practicing how to be an upstander.
This is a person who sees the
wrong actions and lets the
adults know so that we can
help keep each other safe. The
Peace Learning Center was an
awesome experience, and the
leaders had noting but good
things to say about our students. They would love to
have us back or even come to
our school in the future.
>Ms. Yates
Room 32’s Guest Speaker
Room 32 has spent the couple
weeks learning, reading, and
writing about dinosaurs. Elijah
Barker has made a really special friend in Mr. Bruce Flanagan. Mr. Flanagan volunteers
at the Indianapolis Children’s
Museum in the Dinosaur Exhibit. He loves dinosaurs and
gets to help clean dinosaur
bones that come from actual
digs. Mr. Flanagan came to
class and read the story of
Bucky the Dinosaur. This TRex is displayed at the Children’s Museum. The children
also got to see pictures and
touch a real dinosaur fossil.
We want to thank Mr. Flanagan and Elijah’s mom for helping set up this wonderful experience for our classroom.
>Ms. Yates
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Fall Break
Activities
Two weeks off and don’t
know how you’re going to
entertain the kids? Here
are some ideas that
WTHR put together.
*The Children’s Museum.
To avoid the crowds, the
best time to arrive is at
10:00 AM. Their “Wicked
Workshop” opened this
weekend and could be a
great Halloween activity.
Remember, the museum is
closed on Mondays.
*Conner Prairie. The
traditional Headless
Horeman rides again.
Marsh offers discount
tickets.
*The Indianapolis Public
Library. They are offering
a program that will teach
teens how to draw a
Zombie poster. The library
is partnering with Art with
a Heart for this activity.
The library is hosting free
activities this fall that is
over 39 pages long. Check
out their website for the
list. www.imcpl.org
Want to find out about
more opportunites
happening in your area?
Head to www.wthr.com/
story/19790865/fall-breakactivities for the complete
list.
>Miss Sommers
PTA News
A big thank you goes out to all
students and families who
supported our coupon book
fundraiser! There were 31 students who sold books. They
sold 35 of the $25 coupon
books and 113 of the $10
books for a total sales of
$2,005. Our PTA profits by
50%, thus it made $1,000
towards purchase more ORFF
instruments for music classes.
The top 2 sellers were Diondre
Henderson and Rachel Hack,
both in sixth grade. Again,
thank you to all who participated! The coupons in these
books are good until December 1, 2016.
Our next fundraiser will be
$10 tubs of cookie dough.
This fundraiser will run from
November 5 to November
17th.
Become a member of the PTA.
Dues are just $6 per adult for
the entire school year. You can
join at any PTA function. The
next meetings are October 26
and November 23. You can
also join by picking up a member registration form in the
Parent Center. Our goal is to
have 100 members or more
this school year.
6th Grade Writers: Reflecting on Central Library Visit
This past week, the fourth, fifth,
and sixth graders rode a bus to
the Indianapolis Public Library.
There they learned how to read
braille, went on a scavenger hunt,
made dream boards, and even got
to be movie starts in the Theatre
Room. The students had a marvelous time learning bout a book,
“Women of a New Tribe” that
was featured in the library. Overall, all the students and teachers
had a blast, including myself.
Remember, there’s nothing better
than a good book!
>Rachel Hack
Grace Rose is a 12 year old entrepreneur. She is the founder of
“Rosie G.” It is a clothing store.
She hosted a fashion show to
raise money for Cystic Fibrosis.
When they auction off the
clothes, people kept asking
where they can buy them.
That’s when she opened up
“Rosie G.” She give some of
the money to Cystic Fibrosis Foundation so that doctors can find a cure.
>Erilyn Washington
Wonder! That was the feeling I felt as my class entered
the library. My class was
visiting the library, and we
learned life helping information there; such as working together, and problem
solving. The Indianapolis
Public Library has taught
me lots of skills. My class
and I enjoyed it. I cannot
wait to do it again. I encourage you and others to
go too! We visited the
Learning Curve and did a
scavenger hunt. Then we
went to the gallery to look
at the Women of a New
Tribe exhibit. We loved the
library and can’t wait to do
it again.
>Donovan Gilder
The kid entrepreneur that I
picked is 12 year old Moziah
Bridges. He is already in a sixfigure business. Moziah started Mo’s Bows when he was 7
years old in 2011. He is now
12, and has made $150,000.
The reason he started it is
because, he went to church
and saw kids wearing plain
bow ties. Moziah has appeared
on Shark Tank and Oprah.
He makes his bow ties in his
grandmothers basement in
Tennessee.
>Quinn Sholar
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Aaron Galvin Returns to School 56
On Tuesday, September 22nd,
newest book, The Grave of
to see the students and
FWP’s favorite local author,
Lainey Grace, and then spoke
how they had grown up in
Aaron Galvin, visited again.
with students about what it is
just a year. He looks for-
Aaron spent the day meeting
like to be a writer. Aaron an-
ward to returning to FWP
with all of the students. In
swered the many great ques-
and has talked about doing
some classes, Aaron read pic-
tions our students asked. Aa-
a writer’s workshop with
ture books by other authors to
ron was proudly wearing his
the students. Thank you,
younger students. In the older
FWP sweatshirt that we gave
Aaron, for taking time to
classes, Aaron read part of his
him last year and was excited
inspire our students!
>Miss Sommers
School Wish List
If you would like to donate to
our school, the following items
are on our teacher’s wish lists.
*#2 pencils
*Disinfectant Wipes
*Glue Sticks
*Underwear (boys and girls all
sizes)
*Socks
*Baby Wipes
*Juice boxes/bottled water for
*Family Nights and after
school programs
*Construction Paper
*Copy Paper
*Stamp Pads
*Dot Art
*Water Colors
*Large Fat Chalk
Want to know what is for
*Shaving Cream
*Flour
*Bubbles
*1/2 gal acrylic paint
*Hygiene items for young ladies
*Chart Paper
*Large Post It Note Paper
*Colored Pencils
*Card Stock
Needs for our Sensory Room:
*Splash and Play 5’x15” Fast
Set Swimming Pool
*Flaghouse Deluxe Rainbow
Mat 12”x6”
*Isokinetics Exercise Ball Base
*Step 2 Naturally Playful Sand
Table
Needs for Developmental
Preschool
*Doll House with People and
Furniture
Needs for Middle School:
*Electric Pencil Sharpeners
*3 hole punch
*Playdough
*Electric balance or scale
*Materials to start an aquarium
*Full Sized Scissors
Financial donations are needed ot purchase Orff Instruments for Music Class.
Please contact Maria Wright in
the Parent Center for any
questions at 226-4256.
lunch? Visit the district’s
website at www.myips.org.
There is a button to the
link at the top of the page!
Select Lunch Schedule B
for our school. Students
may join their student for
lunch. Please make
arrangements with your
child’s teacher.
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Our Media Center is
looking for volunteers! If
you would like to help
with shelving books (any
day of the week) or copy-
October 2015
ing/stapling the Newsstand (once a month,)
please contact Maria
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Wright at 226-4256.
Miss Sommers thanks
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Fri
Sat
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6:00-7:30 PM
you in advance for your
help!
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October
Birthdays
1: Derrick Parton
2: Tre’Zohn Furr
3: Damara Sisk
4: Amiya Howard
6: Miss Sommers
8: Quinton Henry
10: Brenna Twyman,
Amoreana Young
13: Emily Jimenez
14: Torian Smith
16: Consuelo and Jessica Avila, Evan and Katy
Lieber
17: Michael Martinez,
Phillip Bibbs
21: Da’Rya Chandler
26: Abimael MartinezEstrada
28: Jaiiden Dillon
29: Phillip Davis
30: Ms. Cassidy, Frank
and Patrick Phillips,
Ceven Holder
31: Jai’ana Furr
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Picture Day!
Read for the
Record
and Conversation 9:00 am
Pumpkin Drop
2:00 PM
**There will be no Food Pantry this month because of Fall Break.
**Indiana Sports Corp is donating P.E. Equipment to all IPS schools on
October 20th. The event will take place a Banker Life Fieldhouse.
**IPS is excited to extend the opportunity for students to meet their
friend for a meal when school is out. Our foodservice staff will be at 14
schools throughout Fall Break 2015; all IPS students are invited to enjoy
free meals provided as an extension of the USDA’s Summer Food Service
Program. Breakfast and Lunch will be served at select schools weekdays
from October 5-October 16; for details on dates, times, and locations,
check the school website.