Dobson Montessori Weekly News
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April 29-May 3
SUPER SUMMER 2024
An Enchanted Forest is coming to Dobson Montessori School for K-6th grade students. In this fantasy unit, you’ll get to know the forest folk—fairies, pixies, gnomes, goblins, trolls, dragons, and leprechauns! Be a knight or a princess. Live in a castle! Make your own fairy dust and magic stones. Create a leather pouch to hold your magic, make gnome hats and fairy wings, and discover the Gnomes’ Cave in our classroom. Be an actor or actress (or even a troll) in our play and develop reading and writing skills through literature focusing on these creatures. Visit our imagination center to discover elves in the tree block buildings or dress up in the enchanted costume center. Older students will also create their own stories and make a magical movie. There are lots more classes this summer; check out the attached brochure!
TEACHER APPRECIATION DAY
Our parent committee is once again hosting a special teacher appreciation day for our teachers on May 13. Sign up in the office if you can help.
SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL
You are invited to attend the Shakespeare Festival
As You Like It
7 PM
Friday, May 3 and Saturday, May 4
Guild of the Vale Auditorium
200 N. Macdonald
Tickets $10
Come support our Upper Division and High School students while enjoying a hysterical evening of merriment. A great way to introduce your students to the bard as they see their mentors on stage. This is not a stuffy version, but a play filled with sword fighting, romance, fancy costumes, revenge, hijinks, tricks, dancing, music, and much more! (It is the full original play so it may not be appropriate for those who cannot sit for two hours quietly.) Our younger students will be invited onstage to perform songs for the Green Show. Tickets are almost sold out so stop by the office now and reserve your place!
KINDERGARTEN
Our last unit of the year features “Hawaiian Luau”. Students will learn about our 50th state. We will investigate volcanoes and build a model to bring home. What is an island? How many islands make up Hawaii? If you lived in Hawaii, you might learn to surf. We will make surfboards to decorate our bulletin board. Unusual foods grow in Hawaii: pineapple, macadamia nuts, sugarcane, and coffee. We will decorate our classroom tree with pineapples and then slice open some real ones and enjoy fresh pineapple! Mark your calendar now and plan to attend Kindergarten Hawaiian Luau Graduation on Wednesday, May 22 on the amphitheater at 9:15.
PRIMARY
First, we conclude our World Cultures unit by presenting our suitcase projects featuring different countries and their cultures from around the world. Color is also a part of culture. For instance, in Japan white symbolizes mourning but European countries use black. A bride wears a red dress in India but a white one in the US. We will use magazines to make a collage showing what colors mean to us. Next, we welcome “Aerodynamics” as it soars into our classroom for the May theme. Students will learn about the history of flight and how airplanes fly. We will make gliders this week to suspend from our ceiling and learn about the Wright Brothers.
INTERMEDIATE
Our last unit of the year is “Drawing Conclusions”. We will create the story of ourselves…where we started and where we are now. How have you changed in your life so far? We will take some fun personality quizzes. Are you an extrovert? An auditory learner? Creative or more logical? Students will tell their story as a month-long project. See the attached assignment sheet. This week, our teachers will show their own baby pictures and share stories of their own childhoods. What events change us? Teach us? What do we learn from each major life event? We will be excited to hear your story on March 16th. This week, we will draw a self portrait to decorate our classroom and learn what makes a good story. Adding specific details makes the story come to life!
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UPPER DIVISION AND HIGH SCHOOL
Our production of “As You Like It” will be presented on Friday, May 3 and Saturday, May 4 at 7 PM at the Guild of the Vale auditorium. Students will finalize rehearsals this week. On Thursday and Friday, students will meet at the theater at 9 AM for set up, blocking, and dress rehearsals. They will be picked up from the Guiild of the Vale at 3 PM on Thursday. We will shuttle extended day students to and from the auditorium on Thursday. On Friday, everyone will meet at the Guild of the Vale at 9 AM but they will remain at the theater for the performance. We will go to dinner that evening prior to the show so students will need money for dinner on Friday. They will bring a sack lunch on Thursday and Friday. Students will return to the Guild of the Vale at 5:30 on Saturday. Following the Saturday evening show, we will need volunteer parents to help us clear the set and take props to the basement of the OneOhOne Gallery. Please text Suzanne at 602-318-5689 if you can help with this. We are very excited to showcase the amazing work of our students!