Merry Christmas and Happy New Year From Brickton Montessori School
Getting to Know You: Each
week this section will highlight one staff member and what inspired them to
pursue working in a Montessori environment.
Erica Lane, Upper Elementary Directress and
Educational Coordinator
Montessori
has been a part of my life since I was very young. I had the pleasure of
starting my Montessori journey at the tender age of three, when my parents sent
me to Beverly Montessori School on the southwest side of Chicago. I still
fondly remember doing the trinomial cube, matching color tiles, scrubbing
tables and tracing sandpaper letters. I was able to attend Montessori
schools until the end of third grade. When I was in junior high school,
my mom helped to start Council Oak Montessori school in our neighborhood,
becoming a Lower Elementary teacher there. Montessori was becoming a
family affair with more and more of my younger siblings reaping the benefits of
Montessori philosophy all the way through eighth grade. By the time I started
college, I knew my goal would be to get my teaching certificate and work in a
Montessori environment. With each class I took, I realized more and more
benefits of this educational philosophy. Many of the new
"innovations" and teaching strategies I was learning about in my
classes were rooted in Maria Montessori's child development philosophy from so
many years ago. It only affirmed my commitment to this method of
education. I have been at Brickton Montessori since the fall of 1997, and
I still love and believe in what we do!
Holiday Cookie Exchange
Spread
some delicious holiday cheer and join us for the Brickton Cookie
Exchange. On the last day of school before Winter Break, December 21st, at 8:30 am, bring around
3 dozen cookies and exchange with other parents and Brickton staff
members. This is a great way to feed your holiday sweet tooth with a
wonderful variety of holiday treats. Don’t forget your empty container to
store your cookies!
Winter
Break Monday, December 24th – Monday, January 7th.
The last day of school before
winter break is tomorrow, December 21st. School will be closed from Saturday, December
22nd – Monday, January 7th. Students
resume school on Tuesday, January 8, 2013.
Volunteer
Spotlight: Thank You for Your Donations
The Brickton staff held a hat and
glove drive for the students at the Montessori School of Englewood. Thank you to everyone who donated. You can see the beautiful thank you card from
the students posted on the office bulletin board.
Operation
ChildFind
Operation ChildFind
will come to Brickton right after the winter holiday, on Wednesday and
Thursday, January 9 and 10. Operation
ChildFind is a team of early childhood experts that perform vision and hearing
screening, check large and small motor development, assess speech and language
use, and perform school readiness screening for children aged 2 through 6 years
old, for our Toddler and Children's House students. A part of the Chicago Public School system,
Operation ChildFind has been visiting Brickton each year since 1999. Their free service is optional, and
parent/guardian permission is required for each child to participate; permission forms
can be downloaded here. If you have
not filled yours out, please complete and return it to your directress.
Operation Woodchips was a Success
A school wide effort to lay new wood chips on the playground was wrapped up today. The Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary, and Middle School students used buckets, wheel barrows, shovels, rakes, and bare hands to move a dump-truck full of wood chips onto the playground. It was inspirational watching the students work vigorously and with enthusiasm to complete a project that benefits the entire Brickton community. Thank you students. Your work really paid off!
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