The Elementary class would like to welcome Mr. Trevis Carmichael! Already Mr. Carmichael has given some amazing lessons to the students, including this story about Arbor Day on Friday. The students really enjoyed this lesson and look forward to his practice teaching for the next couple of weeks! ...
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School News
Egg Hunt
I hope you all had a wonderful break. I enjoyed my vacation and was able to spend time with my family and friends. WE are now coming down the "home stretch" of the school year. I can hardly believe the we have a little over a month left of school. I'm very excited about retiring, however it ...
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Spring Play
We sure hope all of you had a wonderful time at the spring play this year. The children were very excited and worked hard to make it a big success. Although this special event isn't always easy for the children, like practicing with shelves and chairs pretending they are props such as houses and ...
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Easter Has Arrived at VFKH
The children have been talking a lot about Easter and have been reading several books about the real reasons we celebrate Easter and the stories that include the also the Easter Bunny. Yesterday they all helped dye their eggs and if all goes well then the our special visitor will have hidden them ...
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Reader’s Theater in the Elementary!
Meg has been working with the younger students on reader's theater. The students were telling a story about pumpkins, using vocal expression to tell the audience a story. It was such a big hit that the older students asked if they can have their own reader's theater as well! ...
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Work in the Elementary
The elementary students are working well in the classroom. Here you see work in Cube Root, grammar boxes, volume of a pyramid, Stamp Game, and Logical Analysis or Circle and Arrow. They love working with these math, language, and geometry materials! Their concentration is wonderful ...
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Spring Play and Songfest
I am completely overwhelmed at the wonderful performance of our children last Saturday. Our afternoon children worked very hard on "The Three Piggy Opera" and I thought they performed it beautifully! I am so proud of each one of them! I was very happy to see our younger children sing their ...
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Summer Camp 2014
Planting a student gardenWe might have had snow yesterday, but summer is around the corner! Get all the information about VFKH Summer Camp here! Camp is open to our students, as well as children outside the Montessori community, so invite your friends. This year's elementary enrichments will be: ...
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