WAUWATOSA MONTESSORI SCHOOL

Dear Wauwatosa Montessori School Community:

Next week on Friday, November 15th in the afternoon our school is proudly hosting the American Montessori Society Director of Teacher Education, Melina Papadimitrou and Global Montessori Educators Institute Program Director, Linda Loomis for lunch, a tour, and classroom observations. Following this on November 16th, several members of our team are participating in deep Montessori professional learning at the AMS Regional Symposium including Yifan Zheng, Shannon Kobinsky, Courtney Brown, Susan Starkman, and myself! We are looking forward to bringing our learning back to our school to grow our Montessori practices and further our impact on our students and community.

Additionally, next week we have our Upper Elementary and Adolescent Program Nature's Classroom Institute Trip! We are very excited for the environmental educational experiences that the students will engage in while on the trip, and we are thrilled about the environmental educational experiences students will engage in at school as well! Thank you to all the staff who have been so engaged in planning, especially Ms. Dawson, Ms. Emily, and Ms. Susan! Thank you very much to all the parent chaperones!

I have a fun fact to share if you haven't heard about this yet. Our amazing LE1 Teacher, Ms. Yifan Zheng, has a shop called Buzz Montessori. She has generously offered to run a fundraiser for the Green Team and the Nature's Classroom Institute trip. Here is a link to the shop. From now until November 18th, any orders placed through the Buzz Montessori shop will contribute 25% of sales directly to our school’s sustainability educational programs. After November 18th, Ms. Yifan and her students will personally help with delivering all orders, adding a nice, hands-on element for them as well. Here’s the order link: Order Form. On a related note, our Adolescent Program is continuing to take orders on their calendar sales. AP is selling special 2025 calendars to raise money for NCI! Pre-order yours today here.

Check out the latest edition of the American Montessori Society Family Newsletter: AMS Family Newsletter November Edition

Staff Members of the Week: Ms. Isa and Ms. Finch

Virtue: Gratitude

Club Opportunities!

Game Club (led by Henry Huschen, Olivia Jacobs and Addy Kowalske)

Open to Lower Elementary Students

Art room during lower elementary lunch 11:30-12 Nov. 13th and 20th, open to up to 10 lower elementary students on each of those dates

Advisor: Ms. Pallin

Please email Ms. Pallin if you would like your student to participate

Book Club (led by Leigh Hancock, Norah Kirschbaum and Olive Jordan)

Open to Lower Elementary Students

Art room during lower elementary lunch 11:30-12 Nov. 13th and 20th, open to up to 10 lower elementary students on each of those dates

Advisor: Ms. Pallin

Please email Ms. Pallin if you would like your student to participate

Engineering Club (started by Harrison Fischer)

Open to Adolescent Program and Upper Elementary

October Wednesdays from 11:30-12 (during UE and AP recess) Nov. 13th, and 20th

Please email Ms. Pallin if you would like your student to participate

Have a great weekend!

Melissa Pallin

Principal