6/14/2013
Directions – The Elementary Building is located high on a hill in Ken Gar Park: 4140 Wexford Drive, Kensington, MD 20895 - The GPS will not lead you there. From our school: Take Tilden/Nicholson towards Rockville Pike. Right turn on Rockville Pike. Left turn on Strathmore. Left turn on Beach Drive. Pass the bridge covered in ivy, it’s the first right into Ken Gar Park PLEASE NOTE the building is off Beach Dr., not Wexford. Do not follow your GPS! The building is in between Wexford and Strathmore on Beach Dr. There is a small brown park sign on the left, when you turn into the parking lot. If there is no room in the parking lot, you can park along Beach Drive. Climb the steps or driveway hill when you arrive, the Picnic is behind the building. See you there, The Alef Bet Montessori Staff and PTO Feedback from our Parents This year, we intend to send a Parents' Survey to ask you how are we doing, and improve our ability to communicate and serve our parent community. As we are currently drafting the questions, we would greatly appreciate your comments and your input. Sometimes drafting the questions is the most important part of the process. If you have suggestions - please contact us at info@alefbet... Both Ellie and Golda Rivkah will be reading this and looking for your input. Thank you so much for being such wonderful parents to our school. Inclement Weather Policy Yesterday we experienced a storm in our area. Our school follows the Inclement Weather Policy published in our Parents Handbook. We follow the public schools on the first day of inclement weather. Please let us know if there are any questions in this regard. Next Year Full Calender Updated The calendar for next year fall 2013 - 14 is now posted on our web under Forms & Handouts. click here. PJ Party, with Sifriyat Pijama books. Many of our children, and their parents and grandparents, had a chance to learn about the PJ Library program this week on Tuesday. We had a wonderful program, where the children listened, in their pjs, to a book in English, read by Morah Sorah Rivkah, and a Hebrew book, read by Morah Sandra. The Hebrew book was a story about flags- and so the children then got a chance to color their own flags after listening to the story. If you didn't get a chance to come, you can still sign up to receive free books, on a monthly basis- to keep (you don't have to return them!). Please contact the office for information. We will also have other exciting activities next year, for the PJ Library program. Take a peek at the pictures! Thanks to Morah Sandra for organizing this event & Thank you to all the participants. Calender Items June 18 - School Picnic. Last Day of school is celebrated at a picnic 10 a.m. - noon. We will be meeting at Ken Gar Park (Elementary classroom) for a wonderful Summer picnic. See Flier Below.To print flier click here. June 24 - Summer Camp starts. Make sure to send in your forms. 6/7/2013 Privacy and Safety Concern Parents, please take a look at this clip. http://www.youtube.com/embed/N2vARzvWxwY?rel=0 This Sunday, June 9 - Israel @65 Celebration - Community Wide. See below.
PJ Party, this Tuesday, June 11. (After Care)  Join us for a wonderful PJ Party, with Sifriyat Pijama books. This party is geared for the Primary Class's children. We will start the party at 3:00 p.m. - 3:45 p.m., dress up in PJs and read some stories. We plan to have story telling in Hebrew and English, arts and crafts incorporating the flags of Israel, and lots of fun. If you plan to send your child, please have them bring their PJs with them. Please let Golda Rivkah at info@alef....org know if your child will participate. This party invitation is also intended for the school parents. Join us for fantastic book reading of Sifriyat Pijama. June 18 - School Picnic. Last Day of school is celebrated at a picnic 10 a.m. - noon. We will be meeting at Ken Gar Park (Elementary classroom) for a wonderful Summer picnic. See Flier Below.To print flier click here. June 24 - Summer Camp starts. Make sure to send in your forms. This is a very exciting time for Alef Bet Montessori School as we are launching a new venture, namely Israel Montessori Association (IMA). www.IsraelMA.org. 5/31/13 Calender Items June 9 - Israel @65 Celebration - Community Wide. See below. June 11 - SAVE the DATE - Tuesday during after care. We are planning a PJ Party, with Sifriyat Pyjama books. This party is geared for the Primary Classes. We will start the party at 3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. If you plan to send your child, please have them bring their PJ with them. We plan to have story telling in Hebrew and English, arts and crafts about the flags of Israel, and lots of fun. Please let Golda at info@alef....org know if your child will participate. This party invitation is also intended for the school parents. Join us for fantastic book reading of Sifriyat Pyjama. June 18 - School Picnic. Last Day of school is celebrated at a picnic 10 a.m. - noon. We will be meeting at Ken Gar Park (Elementary classroom) for a wonderful Summer picnic. See Flier Below.To print flier click here. June 24 - Summer Camp starts. Make sure to send in your forms. Click on flier to enlarge 
Reminder: Sign up for our Super Fun Summer Program - SUMMER CAMP Here is a calendar of this year's camp highlights. If you have not yet signed up, please take a flier from upstairs by the front door on the wall, or click here to connect to the camp page with the application form attached. To enlarge the flyer, please click on it.  Ice Cream Party Next Week - Wednesday Next week all children are invited to the fun ice cream party Wednesday afternoon in after care. You may sign up your child just for that day. Please e-mail info@alefbet... if you'd like your child to attend. There will be ice cream sundaes with fun toppings, water play, and bubble popping galore. All toppings are Parve and there is Cholov Yisroel ice cream available for those who need. Primary and Toddler Field Trips last week Last Friday, the Primary and Toddler classes had lovely trips to Brookside Gardens. The toddlers saw beautiful butterflies in a greenhouse flying all around and then had a nice picnic lunch on the grass. The Primary classes saw the beautiful butterflies as well, had a wonderful Nature Center visit and walk with a guide, a fun picnic lunch, topped off with a train ride and Wheaton park. Click here for pictures of our Dvash class on the trip. If any parents of Rimon or the Toddler class have photos, please send them to info@alefbet...Thank you to all the parents who chaperoned and helped out on this wonderful trip. This is one of the most exciting invitations that I wish to extend to you, and hope you can honor me with your presence. It has been some time that I have been working on efforts to bring Montessori Teachers' Academic training to Israel. As part of the process, I applied to the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington’s ConnectGens project. This special program is a Federation initiative to support entrepreneurial ideas that benefit our community and the community at large. I am pleased and proud to advise you that I have been named one of the ten candidates who has been awarded a Federation Fellowship. Since January 2013, I have been working with coaches and mentors to initiate this wonderful venture. Our project is called Israel Montessori Association (IMA אמא). You can find a brief overview of our Vision and Mission right here. The Federation’s Annual meeting takes place on Thursday, June 6, 2013 at 7 p.m. @ Carnegie Institution for Science, at 1530 P Street NW, Washington DC. At that meeting each of the ten Fellows will have a chance to pitch (very very shortly) their innovative projects. It is my pleasure to invite you to attend the meeting and share in our success. Please let me know if you can attend by May 31, 2013. I would love to have your support and can surely use some familiar faces in the crowd. See here for further details about the Fellowship. |