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Shaw Montessori Newsletter - September 8th, 2024

In This Issue

Principal Engdall
Letter From Dr. Gonzalez
Passport To Montessori
School Pick-Up
Volleyball Schedule
YMCA Before & After School Care
Fall After-School Classes
School Photo Day
Elementary Garden
Shaw PTA
Shaw Calendar
Meal Menus
District Information
School Hours & Contact Info

Principal Engdall

Greetings Shaw Montessori,

Afterschool classes begin on Monday, September 16th. Take a look at the class offerings below and follow the link to sign your child up for one of these incredible opportunities! Sign up closes at 5 PM on Friday, September 13th.

Competitive Volleyball season starts his week. Our first game will be held at Hererra School at 4:50 where Shaw will take on Edison School. Go Shaw Stars!

This Friday we will hold our annual Spaghetti Dinner & Bingo! There is an assortment of fabulous prizes to be won and the PTA will sponsor a 50/50 raffle too! Dessert will also be available for sale. Come have fun with friends and perhaps be a lucky winner! Dinner service begins at 5:00, Bingo begins at 6:00. We still need parent volunteers for the event. You may sign up here: https://signup.com/group/788607448014 or on the Shaw Montessori PTA website, just click the link “Looking for Volunteer Opportunities” on the opening page. Each family must complete 10 hours of volunteer opportunities for our community. This event is a great way to start!

All the best,

Principal Engdall

Letter From Dr. Gonzalez

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Passport to Montessori

This a great opportunity to get a head start

on your 10 required volunteer hours!

Sign up HERE (listed as Site Council)

School Pick-Up

Volleyball Schedule

YMCA Before & After School Care

Hello everybody! I wanted to provide some information to our YMCA Before/After School Childcare parents addressing some questions.

First, I would like to inform you of our Homework Procedures:

Each group has 30 minutes per day set aside specifically for homework. The YMCA also participates in SCALED learning, which are lesson plans focused on youth development but not all kids in our care want to participate. This is another 30-minute block of time that they can use for homework if they prefer. One note I would like to make is that we are unable to “force” a child to do anything and require multiple options to be offered. For example, during a SCALED Lesson, if they do not wish to participate, they can read, do homework, color, some form of activity that is not taking away from the main lesson being taught. The same is true with Homework time; if they do not wish to do homework, they can read, draw, or continue their SCALED activity.

Second, we are coming up on our licensing inspection and have finalized how sign in/out will work as of September 16th:

Parents will need to park their cars and come to the white gate, where you will be let into the courtyard by myself or another YMCA Staff member. Once you are in the courtyard, you will physically have to sign your child out and I will call for them once we have your signature. Parents are not allowed to explore the campus and must stay in the courtyard at the sign in/out table until you have your child. My phone number will still be available in the event a situation is being handled and you are waiting to be let in at the gate. This will be the last time the sign in/out process changes and I appreciate you all being patient with us as we get our license finalized. If you are picking up a child from an extracurricular or tutoring, you will remain in your car and call the appropriate teacher.

Finally, I sent out an email to our Before/After care parents regarding Immunizations:

We need to have your child's immunization records BEFORE September 15th, as without them as a licensed program we will be unable to provide childcare. You can either email me your child's immunization records, hand them to me at pick up, drop off, or contact the school nurse to allow the school to share the information with me. Without parent consent, the school cannot provide me with your child's medical information.

If you all have any questions, comments, or concerns do not hesitate in contacting me. My phone number is (623)777-9512 and my email address is dylan.whitt@vosymca.org

Program Director | Shaw Montessori

School Services

VALLEY OF THE SUN YMCA

350 N. 1st Ave. Phoenix, AZ 85003

Fall After-School Classes

Sign up closes at 5 PM on Friday, September 13th

To view class descriptions and flyers, please visit:

https://secure.smore.com/n/5vxhr-shaw

School Photo Day

Sign up at: tara.photo/register

for your photo proofs and free class picture.

You must complete photo register NO LATER than Wednesday, October 8th to include sibling photos. Students listed in the same registration will be photographed together.

Elementary Garden

Greetings!

Six weeks into the school year (yes, I’m keeping track)! Temps soared to 110 this week, but it looks like we will get some double-digit temperatures beginning next week. We are all ready for it. Despite the heat, Chan’s class and a couple of 8th graders helped disperse the wood chips along the learning area in the garden. They finished nearly half of the work!

We wrapped our verdolagas block. Next week we will begin our watermelon block. The students will enjoy this block. What is not to love about watermelon popsicles? One watermelon yields about 50 popsicles so we will have a surplus. When it cools down, we will host a market stand outside the gate during parent pickup. There will be transplants, flowers, and yes, popsicles. Some items will be free to parents. Stay tuned for that!

SHOUT OUT TO THE SHAW STARS THAT READ THIS NEWSLETTER! One of our 8th graders, Amerie, informed me that she reads our newsletter and I thought that was soooo cool! You are an inspiration, Amerie! Keep reading Shaw Stars!

WE NEED PARENT VOLUNTEERS FOR OUR NATIVE PLANTING DAY ON SEPTEMBER 14th.

Please click the link to register to help us move rock, dig holes and plant.

The following volunteer dates are on the calendar:

· September 14th (native planting day)

· September 28th (parent workday)

· December 3rd & 5th (holiday concert afterparty)

· February 22nd (2nd parent workday)

You can access the volunteer signup site by clicking on this link: https://signup.com/group/1135044326099

We are always seeking coffee grounds, seeds, aluminum cans and MASON JARS. PLEASE, NO MORE EGGSHELLS. If you have anything that might benefit our garden program, please contact me via email. Otherwise, the front table outside of the office is our designated drop-off location for garden essentials. james.obrien-moench@phxschools.org

Enjoy your holiday!

Mr. Moench

Shaw PTA

Get ready for an epic Bingo Night this Friday! We've got amazing prizes, raffle items, and even a glow-in-the-dark round planned. We still need 13 volunteers to help pull it off, and we want you to be one of them. Our incredible community is what makes events like this possible, and we can't do it without you. Let's pack the room with enthusiastic bingo players and make this night one to remember. Ready to join in on the fun? Sign up here and let's make it happen together!

Here is the link: https://signup.com/go/sqjThXA