General
Parent Education
by Maple Tree
We are planning several events for parents to attend during this coming school year. Please mark your calendars for the following events: October 7th…6:00 – 8:00 p.m. – Savor the Season will be presenting an informational evening about Nutrition and Organic Foods. Leza will be hosting this event which will also include an optional $7.00 dinner fundraiser for the Children’s Habitat. Reservations for the dinner plate are recommended! Also, Jackie Adams has arranged for samples of an upcoming fundraiser of Certified Fair Trade chocolates, coffees and teas to be available at this event. Sounds too good to miss! January 17th…1:00 ... Read more
| General, Lower El, Primary, Upper El
First Week of School
by Maple Tree
We are all happy and excited to be back at school. The students are all full of enthusiam and eager to learn, glad to see their friends and teachers. The Upper Elementary class is off to a great start and they are all working together to develop their classroom and to balance their daily schedule. The new materials in the Upper Elementary are very compelling and the students are looking forward to using these “new works”. Lower Elementary students are enjoying the new layout of the classroom and are busy welcoming their new classmates. They are also engaged in establishing ... Read more
Parent Night
by Maple Tree
We would like to thank you for the wonderful attendance and support on Parent Night. We are so pleased with your response to the many exciting new ventures for the 2008/2009 school year. If you were unable to attend, here are some highlights: Savor the Season, our new hot lunch provider, presented a wonderful tasting selection of their very high quality, home cooked lunches. The food, focused on natural, local and organic ingredients, was beautifully prepared and delicious. Their presentation was highly successful and we are looking forward to many tasty meals. Chef Leslie Owens was on hand to discuss ... Read more
| General, Lower El, News, Primary, Uncategorized, Upper El
Pizza Fridays
by Maple Tree
Fridays will be Pizza Day at Maple Tree Montessori. The Upper Elementary will organize and run a year long fundraiser for their classroom by ordering, selling and distributing pizza by the slice. We don’t have all the details yet because this is a class project and will be set up by the class. The hot lunch program from Savor the Season will be available on Mondays and Wednesdays. The pizza will be served on Fridays. The Upper Elementary class will determine how the raised money is to be spent, we will keep you posted!
| General, Lower El, News, Primary
Suzuki Violin
by Maple Tree
We are happy that many of our parents have expressed a strong interest in establishing a Suzuki Violin program at our Maple Tree Montessori. If you have not responded and are interested we encourage you to respond as soon as possible. We will be tallying up the expected price and class size for the group lessons, time needed for individual lessons and the number of instruments that need to be purchased for students. Our plan is to make equipment available for lease to students and for this we need to have a pretty close count of the number of interested ... Read more
| General, Lower El, News, Primary
Hot Lunches for 2008
by Maple Tree
We are pleased to announce that we will be offering Hot Lunch as an option on Mondays and Wednesdays this school year. The company we have chosen to provide our lunch service is “Savor The Season”. We are very excited about the choices that they are offering us and the fact they they provide natural and organic foods whenever possible,with a strong emphasis on locally grown foods. We have the menu for September and they will be emailed to all parents who have submitted their email address. (you can do so by sending it to mapletree@cac.net) The menus will also ... Read more
Children’s Habitat Project Progress
by Maple Tree
We want to thank all of the parents who came and worked with us on Saturday, June 21st, our Habitat looks great!! We installed the stump circle, the bird feeding area, developed trails, constructed and planted raised beds and even built a bridge!! Thanks to all of your hard work, our backyard is a wonderful place for children to play, learn, reflect and connect to the natural world. Thanks again to the Pearsall, Deuter, Adams, Minor, Cherry and Armstrong families for all their hard work!! Also thanks to the Deuter, Rue and Myers families we now have bracelets for sale ... Read more
| Events, General, Lower El, News, Primary, Upper El
Maple Tree Montessori’s First Post
by Maple Tree
Hello, and welcome to our blog. Through this, we hope to to provide timely, relevant and interesting information to the students and parents of Maple Tree Montessori Academy. While most of the information here will be directly related to news and upcoming events at our school, we also hope to provide information that will be useful to all parents in Brighton, Livingston County and beyond. We also welcome comments, links, and feedback through this blog and would also be happy post information on upcoming events that cater to children, parents, and families in the Brighton area. Thank you for stopping ... Read more