Dobson Montessori Weekly News
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April 22-26
PRIMARY FUND RAISER HUGE SUCCESS
Our World Market was a huge success. Students raised enough money to send a girl to school and purchase a beehive plus the Dream Basket which includes a heifer, goat, rabbits, and chicks. Our students might be small in size but their hearts are big and they made a huge impact on people in need. Thank you for your support.
SUPER SUMMER SOLUTIONS
“Roxeboxen” is only taught once every three years and is so much fun! Join us as each student builds their own house from a huge appliance box and creates a community with rocks for money. There will be a store, pets, veterinarian, police officer, bakery, post office, and a job for everyone! For our older students, join Trevor in Around Town and Urban Adventure as we go on field trips everyday! Go bowling, play billiards, check out museums, splash into the waterpark and so much more! Check out the attached summer brochure and secure your summer plans now!
TEACHER APPRECIATION DAY
Our parent committee is once again hosting a special teacher appreciation day for our teachers. See the attached information for ways you can participate!
SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL
Everyone is invited to attend the annual Shakespeare Festival presented by the upper division and high school students! This is a great way to introduce our younger students to the bard and they absolutely love seeing their mentors on stage! Primary students will be invited on stage to perform songs for the green show prior to the start of the play. Both shows will sell out so get your tickets early. They go on sale at 3 PM on Monday, April 22 for $10 in the office. This year’s comedic play is “As You Like It” presented on Friday, May 3 and Saturday, May 4. It is the full original version, but this is not a dull, stuffy interpretation. We promise you will laugh till your sides hurt and be amazed by the acting, stunts, music, and energy of our students.
You are invited to attend the Shakespeare Festival
As You Like It
7 PM
Friday, May 3 and Saturday, May 4
Tickets $10
KINDERGARTEN
Our “Reptiles and Amphibians” students will learn about alligators, crocodiles, salamanders, and lizards this week. How are the same and different? Students will complete a writing exercise and illustrate our sentences about our crocodiles and alligators. We will make cute crocodile paintings using bubble wrap. Students will create frilled lizard models to bring home and make lizard magnets for our fridge. We will learn how these animals use camouflage to stay safe from predators and read The Salamander Room by Ann Mazer. Students will make salamanders from clay and then bake and paint them. Thank you to the parents who chaperoned on last week’s field trip to the Herpetological Center. Everyone had a great time learning about these fascinating animals through hands on interactions!
PRIMARY
Our “World Cultures” unit looks at the kinds of houses people build in other cultures. We will make a model of a yurt. Clothing is another interesting aspect of different cultures. We will look at clothing from around the world and then make our own Indonesian batik wall hanging using a resist design method and dye. Holidays are a fun part of all cultures. We will learn about some celebrated in different countries and then celebrate Songkran from Thailand on Thursday. This involves tossing water at one another! Students should wear their swimsuits under their clothes and wear sneakers that can get wet. (We will be running in the grass and getting muddy and water shoes and crocs are too slippery). On Friday, students will enjoy a field trip to the Musical Instrument Museum. We will go on a docent guided tour of music from cultures around the world and then participate in a drumming workshop. Drop off any needed booster seats. Students must arrive by 8:15 for this experience. We will not be able to wait for late arrivals.
INTERMEDIATE
Our “Writer’s Block” students have an exciting week ahead! We will rehearse for our Poetry Festival; each student will recite a published and original poem. Help your student practice at home using gestures and perhaps a prop! We will bake cookies to serve as refreshments for the festival. On Wednesday, we will go on a field trip to ASU for their Dia de los Ninos to participate in writing workshops and meet famous authors, artists, and illustrators. A delicious lunch will be provided for each student and every child will receive a book to keep written by one of the speakers. We were just notified that parents should disregard the photo release permission form; they will not be including any shots of students in their filming of the speakers. Students who ordered hot lunch will be given a credit. On Thursday, we invite our families to join us for the annual Poetry Festival on the amphitheater at 9:15. Refreshments will be served following the performance. Students will bind the poems they wrote into books as they conclude their poetry unit. These make wonderful keepsakes of your student’s perspectives on life.
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UPPER DIVISION
We will work on some practical life skills this week as we prepare for our end of the year study trip. Students will learn to figure tax and tip on a restaurant bill and finalize planning time management for the objective of their upcoming trip. Each day also features rehearsal of “As You Like It”. Everyone is doing a great job with their part. We will do final fittings of the costumes and continue work on the music. Tickets go on sale on Monday of this week. Remember, both shows always sell out so if you need a specific date, grab your tickets early to avoid disappointment.
HIGH SCHOOL
We continue work on our Shakespeare Festival with final costume fittings this week. We are adding stunts, songs, and dances and rehearsing line delivery and blocking scenes. Some of our students will participate in a scene competition and workshop on Tuesday with SW Shakespeare Company. If your student was selected for this event, they must arrive at school by 8:30 on Tuesday. Tickets for our play go on sale this week. Both shows always sell out so stop by the office to purchase your tickets early to avoid disappointment. Our seniors are working on their community service senior projects with the help of their peers and we are finalizing booking of our end of the year trip.