If your child is attending our primary level summer session, we are hosting an Open Classroom event Friday, July 6 from 9:30 - 10:30 am in the 1South class (3428 Clayton Road). Several of our primary teachers will be available to greet you and your child, answer any questions you may have and show you around the classroom. This is a "come and go" event - feel free to drop by for a few minutes to introduce yourself.
Eighth grade student Kyle Smith Hanna authored a wrap up of the middle school class trip: "This past week, our middle school went on a trip to the Teton Science School (https://www.tetonscience.org/) in western Wyoming. There, middle schoolers learned all about the environment and how abiotic, biotic, and cultural factors affect the landscape. They had a wonderful week in the Tetons and Yellowstone National Park." The middle school students would like to thank all the parents who supported their various fundraising activities throughout the school year that funded a portion of the trip: Parents' Night Out, Spaghetti Dinner, and individual businesses.
Kindly return any books you borrowed from the school library by Wednesday, May 23 to your child's teacher.
Dear MSFW Parents, Montessori Parents’ Club Volunteers, Teacher Appreciation Chair Julie Goodman and MPC President Allison Bertorelli, What an incredible week of teacher appreciation filled with happy surprises and indulgences! Our week started off with a delicious breakfast on Monday, flowers on Tuesday that were beautiful to our eyes and smelled divine, chair massages on Wednesday with willing substitutes to cover in the classrooms, heartfelt words of appreciation on Thursday and a luncheon on Friday. You are all the most thoughtful parent group any teacher or school could hope to have supporting our work with the children. All your plans were emotionally supportive and the perfect end-of-the-year gift collectively given to us. Thank you so much for your kindness, consideration and honoring our work with your children. Appreciatively, Crystal Apodaca, Cecilia Aufiero, Ashley Buchanan, Katie Brewton, Amy Brimberry, Helle Calhoun, Gail Corley, Ellen Dast, Judy Duke, Catherine Fredian, Tracy Hanna, BranDe Hayes, Lisa Hendricksen, Morgan Jansing, Cristy Lanford, Rachel Nordgren, Emily Pickell, Jaye Poland, Gaby Rea, Michelle Romero, Becca Sawyer, Kathy Schimmel, Sarla Shanthakumar, Sarah Skinner, Julie Sphar, Terri Szabo, [...]
Each middle school student selected a topic to research in depth. All MSFW families are invited to come view their original research as poster board presentations in the middle school this Thursday, May 10 from 5:30 - 7:00 pm. The variety of subjects and depth of their research is impressive. Stop by and take a look!
The middle school class is in need of magazines for a variety of collage projects. Please considering donating them to our school instead of recycling them. Magazines with a variety of large, bright photographs are perfect! You can drop off the magazines in the school office. Thank you!
Several of our teachers will be traveling to Denver later this month to attend the 2018 American Montessori Society National Conference. The conference provides the teachers opportunities to attend a wide variety of workshops gathering information, hearing about new research, honing skills specific to their age group, meet other Montessori teachers, tour other Montessori schools in the area and purchase new materials for their classrooms. The teachers will come back refreshed, reinvigorated and ready to share what they learned with their fellow teachers and students. We would like to thank the Montessori Parents' Club for providing the funds to pay for our teachers to attend the conference.
The MSFW middle school faculty welcomes Ashley Buchanan who will be joining Katie Brewton in the fall of 2018. The following is information about Ashley: Ashley was born in Springfield, MO, but grew up moving around the country every few years and attributes her flexibility and love of travel to that experience. She graduated from Wake Forest University, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Communication and a Certificate in Spanish for Business. After college, she ran her own business as a muralist and spent seven years working in marketing and retail services management. Ashley was introduced to Montessori education in Parker, Colorado, where her son attended an AMS school. From their first visit, she was hooked on the respectful communication, the confidence-building independence, and peace education found in the Montessori classroom. Since moving to Fort Worth in 2015, Ashley has filled a variety of roles at the school, including Primary Lunch Bunch, substitute teaching in the Toddler, Primary, and Middle School classes, teaching art in Upper Elementary, and working with readers in Lower Elementary. She is passionate about the community [...]
Primary parents please wait until your car is directly in front of the front door of your child's class before letting your student get out of your vehicle while in car line. It is very dangerous for the children to exit your vehicle and walk between other cars in car line. If you need to exit your vehicle for any reason - to help your child out of the vehicle, carry an umbrella, chat with a teacher, etc. - please park across the street and escort your student to the front door. We want to keep our car line moving. Thank you for helping us keep our students safe.
Valentine's Day is always a special day at MSFW. The children enjoy exchanging valentine cards with each other and their teachers. Below are a few photographs from the day's activities.