Posted: July 27th, 2011 | Author: Brecca | Filed under: News | No Comments »
As you prepare to get your student ready for the school year, you might want to take advantage of the upcoming Tax Free Holiday. This year’s Tax-Free Holiday weekend begins at 12:01 am on Friday, August 5 and ends Sunday, August 7 at 11:59 pm. For more information go to the State of Tennessee website.
Mrs. Stricklin has outlined Stanford’s dress code policies, and the information is provided for you here: Standard School Attire for Stanford Montessori
And here is another document from MNPS that you might find helpful: MNPS School Attire Policy
Posted: May 19th, 2011 | Author: Brecca | Filed under: Fundraisers, News, Volunteers | No Comments »
Hello Everyone!
As we begin to check off the days towards the end of the school year I would like to touch base on a few reminders.
1. Painless Fund-raising– please turn in the box tops, labels coke tops, etc. before the last day of school. Some of the box tops will be expiring in June and we want to make sure we get credit for these. Also, keep collecting these items in the summer. You can use them for volunteer hours next school year.
2. Recipes–please send these in prior to the end of the school year. We are hoping to complete the cookbook over the summer months and if we don’t have enough recipes before summer the project will not be able to happen. For each typed recipe you email to us it will count as one volunteer hour. Many more recipes are still needed!
3. Fly Over and Fly Away is Friday May 27. If you do not have a child participating in this event, please consider volunteering a couple of hours that day and/or the day before. It is a very special and sweet time for the children and we want it to be as memorable as possible. Just remember, if you don’t have a child participating this year, you will one day, and you will want the same courtesy offered to you and your child.
4. Thank You–I want to thank each of you for all the time and effort you dedicated to Stanford this year. Without you our school would not shine as brightly and our children wouldn’t be so grand. When we all come together to give of our time and resources, phenomenal things can occur! Thank your for all of your participation.
And, REST UP, because we have a great school year planned for 2011-2012.
I hope you and your family have a safe and happy summer and I look forward to seeing you next year!
Amy Cole
PTO President
Posted: May 10th, 2011 | Author: Brecca | Filed under: News | 6 Comments »
We have always felt like Stanford was one of the best schools around, and now we have the award to prove it! Stanford has been designated as a Highly Effective School. According to the Education Consumer’s Foundation, Stanford ranked 1st place in elementary schools in Middle Tennessee and 7th for the entire state! Thank you Mrs. Stricklin, Teachers, Staff and Students for setting out to achieve what we knew to be true! Congratulations to you all–you deserve it!!
Posted: April 1st, 2011 | Author: Brecca | Filed under: News | No Comments »
Hello Stanford Family & Friends!
I wanted to send out a brief update on a few PTO happenings.
- April PTO Meeting has been canceled due to the new parent orientation that will be occurring on this night. The Executive Board will meet at 5:00 and the Committee Chairs and Co-Chairs are asked to meet as well on as needed basis. Especially if you need to do any planning for the end of the year events.
- Coke Rewards are now being collected by the PTO as a part of Painless Fund-raising.Coke rewards are found on the lids of 16oz, 20oz and 2L bottles of coke products (coke, sprite, all zero and diet). They can also be found on the inside of the tear off end of 12 and 24 packs. If you would begin to collect and send these in, it is a great way for the school to earn some of the things that are needed. We know that as the warm weather approaches more of these items will be consumed, especially over the summer months. So, start building your donations and collecting volunteer hours for next year!
- A Stanford Cookbook will begin to be compiled over the summer months, which means that we need all you fabulous Stanford Cooks to begin to send in your recipes. It never fails that after a teacher’s appreciation luncheon someone is asking for a recipe. So here is your chance to brag!! Start sending me your recipes now, any variety, any category–email is the most preferred way to receive these. We will need about 200 hundred of your BEST and most talked about recipes!
- Final Touches will be added to our water feature Saturday April 2, at 9:00 a.m. Please come out for a an hour or so to spread mulch and plant a few flowers around our water feature. The work will not be hard, but it will be rewarding for the children at our school. Plus, you can earn your end of the year volunteer hours for this much needed help!
- Be on the watch, the Monthly Newsletter will be coming shortly to a backpack near you.
- Don’t forget to record your Volunteer Hours in the volunteer book that is in the front of the office. Mrs. Stricklin calculates and turns these hours in at the end of each school year so they are important for our “show of support.”
As always, I appreciate all you do to make Stanford the wonderful environment our children have to learn in!
Many Thanks!
Amy Cole
PTO President
Posted: March 9th, 2011 | Author: Brecca | Filed under: News | No Comments »
Dr. Register will be taking live questions tonight @7 on openline news channel 5. This could be an opportunity for parents to ask questions about school issues and the new Montessori Middle School. See the information below.
Thank you,
Amy Cole
Wednesday, March 9
Metro Public Schools
Jesse Register, Metro Public Schools Director
615-737-7587
Posted: March 8th, 2011 | Author: Brecca | Filed under: News | No Comments »
Exciting News for a Montessori Middle School!
Stanford and Hull-Jackson’s fourth grade students have an opportunity to be pioneers. MNPS is committed to starting a Montessori middle school housed in Margaret Allen Middle School on Spence Lane. The 2011-2012 school year will be the beginning of this middle school and will be a school within a school. It will begin with two classes this year. Next year two more with be added and the classes will be multi-age fifth and sixth graders. While the majority of MAMS students with be traditional middle school students, there will be two classes that will be separate within the school. These classes will be taught by teachers who are either fully trained or working on their training. There has long been a request for a Montessori middle school and this is our chance. Hopefully, this is the year that we begin a new school that our students have a pathway into.
Posted: March 7th, 2011 | Author: Brecca | Filed under: Ideas, News | No Comments »
Do you want to stay informed about Metro Schools’ events? Sign up for Children First!, a weekly electronic blog that is updated everyday with MNPS news and information, with a recap of information available each Friday afternoon.
If you would like to receive this update via email, go to www.mnps.org and click on Children First! in the left-hand column of the home page. This will re direct you to the Children First! page where you can read the current posts, as well as subscribe to future updates.
Taken from the Report Home, MNPS March 2011 Edition.
Posted: March 4th, 2011 | Author: Brecca | Filed under: Events, News | No Comments »
Hello Stanford Families!
The Parent Education Committee has arranged for yet another interesting guest speaker for Monday night’s PTO meeting! Don’t miss this informative presentation. See the details below… FREE childcare will be provided in the gym by the Fun Company.
Cheers,
Amy Cole, PTO President
The parent education committee has invited Alicia Diane Durand to make a presentation about Positive Discipline. Ms. Durand is a certified Positive Discipline parent trainer. She has worked closely with Jane Nelson, the author of Positive Discipline and creator of the Positive Discipline Movement. Ms. Durand is a business owner, childrens’ book illustrator and mother to two little girls.
She will be giving a short presentation outlining strategies to smooth out morning routines and make parenting more effective.
Meet at 6PM on March 7th in the Stanford Library.
Posted: March 3rd, 2011 | Author: Brecca | Filed under: Events, News | No Comments »
Save the Date!!
Festival of Nations
Friday, May 13, 2011
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Stanford Montessori will be celebrating your children and their native cultures at our upcoming Festival of Nations.
Please join us if you would like to share your heritage and traditions!
Fill out the provided form below and return by Monday 03/07/2011. Thank you for support!
Just click on this link and it will open the form. Print out the form, fill it out then turn into your child’s teacher.
Save the Date – Festival of the Nations
Posted: January 24th, 2011 | Author: Brecca | Filed under: Fundraisers, News | No Comments »
Just a reminder that the Enjoy the City coupon book sales have been extended until this friday, 1-28-11. If you sale five books you get one free–and that is a deal by itself. But, when you take a look at the coupon book it pays for itself over and over again. There are some awesome coupons–don’t forget to get one for yourself!
