Maria Montessori Academy
Education for a Better World
Mission
The mission of Maria Montessori Academy is to provide an individualized education that promotes academic excellence founded on the authentic philosophy of Dr. Maria Montessori.
Maria Montessori Academy will craft each child’s education in partnership with educators and parents to achieve higher levels of academic, personal and social achievement, thereby preparing students to become constructive contributors to their community.
Family Newsletter October 31, 2024
Dear Families,
What an incredible week it has been! We want to thank Erica Larsen for her wonderful involvement in Red Ribbon Week assemblies, where students explored emotions and learned healthy ways to manage feelings as alternatives to drugs and alcohol. Thank you, Ms. Nicoletta and Ms. Tiffany and the HOPE Squad members for helping out with the events.
A huge shout-out to Ms. Nicoletta, Ms. Heather and the Junior High Students for creating an engaging Haunted House experience! Thank you all for supporting our Trunk or Treat event as well—we raised over $3,700 to support junior high field experiences and microeconomy!
Special thanks to Ms. Mikala, our nurse, who attended The Focused Student Project this week. Did you know:
On average, kids receive 10-15 notifications per class period.
A 3-second glance at a notification can impact focus for the next hour.
A “No Phone” policy at lunch encourages face-to-face interactions, helping students build stronger relationships.
We appreciate your support of MMA’s cell phone and smartwatch policy!
Our attendance remains at 90% for the year! Thank you for making school a priority. Here’s the breakdown by grade:
Kindergarten: 92%
1st grade: 90%
2nd grade: 91%
3rd grade: 92%
4th grade: 93%
5th grade: 90%
6th grade: 88%
7th grade: 90%
8th grade: 89%
9th grade: 91%
Your feedback is invaluable as we strive to continuously improve. Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts via our anonymous survey, which will also help in developing the 2025-26 school calendar. The survey is open until November 15th: Survey Link.
Looking ahead:
On Monday, Stand4Kind will present to our students.
Thursday: Lower Elementary classes will head to the Hogle Zoo, and Ms. Lisa’s Musical Theater class will attend Weber High’s performance of High School Musical.
FTA Spirit Night at Pizza Pie Cafe from 11am-9pm (North Ogden location only)
Thank you for your support of our students and faculty. We love working with your children!
Warmly,
Ms. Kacee Weaver
HALLOWEEN AT MMA VIDEO RECAP
For working families and grandparents who are far away who didn't get a chance to celebrate our Halloween festivities, here's a video recap for you! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5fhsje2dYk
STAFF SPOTLIGHT
ORIGINAL WORKS ORDERS
We are so happy to share with you that we are doing original works again this year. For those of you who do not know what this is, the students make artwork and we send it to a company that will put it on all sorts of things you can purchase. These things include magnets, cards, bags, cups, ornaments, towels, pillow cases, to name a few. These can be used as holiday gifts for children's grandparents and other loved ones. The proceeds from this go to your child's classroom to be used for their class. This is a wonderful way to help get money for the classroom and things teachers and students may need. In the past some teachers have used the money for art supplies, field trips, more materials, and even a class pets.
You will be able to order these things online. Please watch for the order form. The online ordering deadline will be Monday, November 11. Any orders made after this will be processed separately and may not be delivered before the holidays.
Some children may also bring home a physical copy of the order form and their artwork. This is because they needed a bit more time to finish their artwork. If your child brings home a paper order form, please have it and the artwork returned to the school no later than November 4. There are no exceptions for this date.
If you have any questions please reach out to our Original Works school coordinator, Ms. Jalee at jschofield@mmautah.org.
FTA FUNDRAISING SPIRIT NIGHT
NOVEMBER PIZZA ORDER PROCEDURE
We are experiencing some difficulty with receiving payments without the order forms being completed. Please read the following carefully:
You must submit the Google Order Form to have your student on the list for pizza. Once you have submitted the form you should automatically receive a copy of your order form to your email as confirmation.
Square payments are not creating the order, they are a separate process.
Square payments must contain the student name so we can verify who the payment is for
The payment link will now be sent out via email only AFTER we have received your Google Order Form for pizza and put you on the pizza order list. Please allow time to complete this process…it may take us several days to process everyone's orders. Payments links for November pizza orders will be emailed between October 26th-October 29th. FTA needs to receive payment by November 3rd so they can get orders prepared for November 8th.
A GRIMM NIGHT PERFORMANCE
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL
Click HERE to contribute a dish or two!
MMA's CHRISTMAS CONCERT
HOLIDAY MARKET
Please register using this link : https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdf-4LSX4IbHX4B98I-WwhVBAc6ccze9b3erOQ_w1iXXh-Egg/viewform
FOR YOUR INFORMATION...
More detailed information here about the MMA Illness Policy here : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ulf1qsSa0iXsu99mNpHcxmkV7zcRzTpy/view
ORDER YOUR YEARBOOKS EARLY!
Use this link to order, school prepay code MariaMontessoriYB25
JUNIOR HIGH NEWSLETTER
SEL RESOURCES
Thanks to Ms. Nicoletta for gathering these SEL Resources. You can view them here.
BOYS' BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
Please note that November 18th is an AWAY game, and December 19th is a HOME game. Go MMA Lions!
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL FEES AND SPORTS FEES
You may pay your Junior High School Fees and Sports Fees using this link . Go all the way to the bottom of the page and you will see links and QR Codes.
Maria Montessori Academy
Email: kweaver@mmautah.org
Website: www.mariamontessoriacademy.org
Location: 2505 North 200 East, North Ogden, UT, USA
Phone: 801-827-0150
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MMAofUT
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mmamountainlions/