Seward Splash

Seward Montessori is continuing its partnership with DreamBox Learning’s Math Program. Dreambox is an Intelligent Adaptive Learning(™) program. Your student can access DreamBox Learning from any computer using this link: https://play.dreambox.com/login/ckmd/sewardm Letters with this link, instructions on how to set up a Parent Account, and student user IDs and passwords have either been sent home already or will be sent home in the next week. Dreambox is an online program - there’s no software to download. All you need is an internet connection and Adobe Flash (free and included in many browsers). You may also access DreamBox on an iPad by going to http://www.dreambox.com/ipad . When prompted in the app, use the School Code: ckmd/sewardm DreamBox learns your student’s ability level after about 1 hour of play. Please allow DreamBox to do its work by NOT HELPING your child. This can be HARD, but it is the best way to get DreamBox to work for YOUR student. If you have any questions, pleas

Good news! Families can volunteer inside the school again this year. To do this, you must attend an orientation first. (If you have done one before, you don't need to again.) There are in-person and zoom options for the orientation.   Kerry Cashman, Kerry.Cashman@mpls.k12.mn.us , Parent Liason, will be providing volunteer orientation: In-Person at the school garden: October 5th & October 13th at 9:45 AM.    Zoom : September 28th or October 12th at 5:00 PM, September 29th or October 6th at 8:00 AM.     A strong community is ESSENTIAL to Seward Montessori! The Seward Montessori Parent Teacher Association is run by volunteer parents. The PTA raises funds for programming, curriculum and community building at Seward. Potential volunteer opportunities include: room parent (organizing parent/student gatherings and communication to parents), Sharks Bike, spring plant sale, picture day, gardening, Read Around book sale in early 2022. If you are interested in volunteering for a PTA activ

  Connect with other Seward families: update your information in the Seward family directory. directory.sewardmontessori.org    Also help needed! Room Parents: Volunteering to be a room parent is a wonderful way to get involved in your child’s class, support the teacher, and help build a community outside the classroom. To learn more about PTA volunteer opportunities go to: https://www.sewardmontessori.org/home/volunteer-at-seward .   -------------------------- Do you have something to contribute to the Thursday Seward Insider, a question you would like answered, or a correction or addition to offer? Send it to splash@sewardmontessori.org!   Subscribe to the Seward Splash Blog: https://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=SewardSplash    

E2 will be biking in health class from October 4 - November 1. Volunteers to help teach students how to ride, feel confident with riding skills, and help them slow down when necessary. The plan: Day 1: Bike on the basketball court and traffic garden Day 2: Bike around the park practicing single file riding Day 3: Bike in the streets/green way. See the most up-to-date dates and volunteer needs here. Please email dates/classes you can help out to Jody Volk: jody.volk@Mpls.k12.mn.us .

Welcome to the 2021-2022 school year! My name is Jody Volk and I am the High5-5th grade Seward Health Teacher. Below is an outline of the High 5 and Kindergarten Health Curriculum. A large focus is on social emotional learning and learning ways to be a “Healthy Me.” We will also spend a lot of class time doing movement activities. Some overall topics that will be learned about are: Personal Health and Safety Medicines and Staying Well Mental, Emotional, Family and Social Health Growth and Nutrition E1 (Grades 1-3) and E2 (Grades 4-5): Each quarter we tend to go over one classroom based unit and one movement unit. Movement based units done in the past (this year will depend on COVID-19 protocols):  Quarter 1 Quarter 2 Quarter 3 Quarter 4 E1 Tagging games  Step Aerobics  Yoga Calm Team building E2 Bike Riding Step Aerobics Yoga Calm Roller skating  Classroom based units will consist of the following: Quarter 1 Quarter 2 Quarter 3 Quarter 4 Personal Health, Safety and Community Drug and

I still recall how lost I was at the start of my child’s first year at Seward, so I want to try to help others in that situation with a few fundamentals I’ve learned along the way, and that’s what this occasional column will be about. If Montessori is new to you, you may be a little puzzled by (or just getting the wrong impression from) some terms your students may be bringing home from school, like "work" and "lesson." A Montessori "work" (or "material") is a self-contained educational toy. Well, not really a toy, but like a toy it is designed to engage a child: to be something they want to interact with, and in the process learn from. A Montessori "lesson" is a demonstration of how to take out, interact with, and put away a work. While Seward students do get some formal lessons on subject matter, usually when they "get a lesson" they are just being introduced to a new work, and only beginning to learn the subject matter that

My father grew up in Italy and we have family there, so I had the rare opportunity to go visit when I was young. In preparing to visit my son's kindergarten class a few years back, to talk about Europe, I dug out some Italian money I'd kept from that trip, dating back to before the Euro when Italy still used their national currency, called the Lira. To my surprise, the 1000 Lira note (roughly equivalent to our $1 bill) had a picture of Maria Montessori on it! It made sense...in fact, one of the themes for my show-and-tell was that you could learn a lot about a country from its money—they often put important people or things from the country on the currency. Maria Montessori is revered as a national icon in Italy: she is considered a national heroine and her educational method a national treasure, one now shared with the rest of the world. In future editions of the Splash blog this school year, I'll share the story of Maria Montessori, to help you understand why Italy—and Se

Friday, September 17 from 5:30-7:00 PM Families   are invited to sit with   families   from their classroom or the 3 room team their teacher works with --there will be signs to indicate classroom names and numbers. On the blacktop and grass on the 29th Ave. side of the building. Not a potluck!!!  Each   family   should bring their own   picnic   and blankets/chairs for sitting.       ------------------------- Subscribe to the Seward Splash Blog: https://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=SewardSplash    

    Seward's School Google Calendar includes upcoming events, days off from school: https://seward.mpls.k12.mn.us/calendar_2 . School breakfast and lunches are posted on the on the MPS Nutrition Services site, at https://nutritionservices.mpls.k12.mn.us/current_menus . Seward is on "On-Site" school lunch schedule. All student will receive no cost breakfast and lunch for the entire 2021-22 school year due to a federal waiver. -------------------------- Do you have something to contribute to the Thursday Seward Insider, a question you would like answered, or a correction or addition to offer? Send it to splash@sewardmontessori.org! Subscribe to the Seward Splash Blog: https://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=SewardSplash  

  Welcome to Seward Montessori School.  We are excited to have your child join us this Friday.  We would like to invite all parents to a get to know you gathering either in person directly after drop-off at 9:30 AM or on a zoom call at noon on Friday, September 10. This is a chance to share this big day with other families experiencing similar feelings, whether you are happy, sad, nervous or excited. We want you to have the opportunity to meet other families in your Seward Community. If you are dropping your child off in person and have a few minutes join us in the Seward Garden--just head south of the main entrance on 28th Ave. and the Garden is between the parking lot and Matthews Park.  We will have coffee and donuts from 9:30 - 10AM If your child rides the bus or you don’t have time in the morning please join us online for zoom call with other Children’s House parents.  Our zoom call will start at noon on Friday, September 10th and can be access through this link .   Meeting ID: 45

Spanish and Somali translations are included after the English.   The district is transitioning to a new meal software program,  TITAN K-12 Family Portal , for the 2021-22 school year. This new system will be used for viewing menus, completing your family’s annual Application for Educational Benefits, and uploading money to your student(s)’ accounts for parent meals (students breakfast and lunch will be free for 2021-22 school year).   Please fill out the Annual Application for Educational Benefits - even if you don't think you qualify. We need all families to turn in this form. This is essential because it determines the level of State (Compensatory Education or CompEd) and Federal (Title 1) dollars that are allocated to each school to support students who need additional resources.   El distrito está cambiando a un nuevo programa de software para la comida,  TITAN K-12 Family Portal ,  para el año escolar 2021-2022. Este nuevo sistema será utilizado

Seward Montessori's September Roundtable meeting is at 6:30 pm on Tuesday, September 21. Click on the link below to join the meeting. Roundtable meetings are a great way to meet other parents and hear about goings on at Seward Montessori from teachers, administration, and volunteers. Zoom Link https://us06web.zoom.us/j/4578006016?pwd=ZmZOazlCdHRmdHllSWQxaGY1OFBlZz09 Passcode: roundtable