WEDNESDAY WEEKLY
February 19, 2020
UPCOMING EVENTS
February 19-22
Grades 6-8
New York City

February 19
Basketball Scrimmage
3:35 p.m.
Gym

February 20
 WMS Family Involvement Group
Third Thursday Nature Walk
Beat the winter blues with fresh air!
3:25 p.m.
WMS Woods (meet in Peace Park by 3:20)

February 27
Toddler Maker Faire
8:15-9 a.m.
Toddler Maker (STEAM) Studio (Room 1)

March 4
9-12 & Middle School Talent Show
Dress Rehearsal - 9:30 a.m.
Performance - 7 p.m.
WMS Gym

March 6
All-Staff Professional Development Day
No school or child care.

News from Camp Montessori
Greetings, WMS Community!

It may still be winter (though it's hard to tell!), but we are already looking ahead to the beautiful summer days. The school year often brings extra commitments, deadlines and a very full schedule. To get us through these long days, we look toward the summer, when we will have more time to relax, rejuvenate and explore!  

Most of the Camp Montessori you know and love will remain the same this summer, but I wanted to share a few reminders, additions and modifications to our programming. 

First, registration is now open for Camp 2020, and if you register for five or more weeks (per family) by March 31, you will receive a 10% discount.

Once again, we are offering specialty camps , but have decided to include core camp in the fee this year. This means that your camper can be at WMS from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. during the week of his or her specialty camp. Your weekly fee includes before-care and after-care and gives your camper the opportunity to enjoy a morning of core camp activities (like swimming at Windybush Swim Club on Monday, Wednesday and Friday) before his or her specialty camp.

Archery I and II are back for another summer, as is enrichment tutoring with WMS academic support specialist Trish Harkins. Additionally, we are partnering with Coderrific Academy to offer a two-week coding camp. Coderrific Academy has been working with WMS students in an after-school enrichment course this winter. Students who participated in the after-school program will be able to continue where they left off, while there will also be a solid introduction to coding for new participants. Coderrific offers our campers a 1:5 ratio to make sure each camper has a positive experience and is able to learn at his or her own pace.

We are also offering our Counselor in Training (CIT) Leadership Program to 15- and 16-year-olds who are interested in becoming camp counselors. CITs will undergo intensive training in classroom management, child development and counselor responsibilities. After completing the training, the CITs will serve as camp interns, assisting counselors and working with campers throughout the remainder of the summer.

Last, but certainly not least, is our new cell phone policy.  To help our campers fully engage in the Camp Montessori experience , cell phones will not be permitted at camp. While this has always been an "understanding," we have adopted a formal policy that you must sign while registering your child for camp. 

IMPORTANT: Last year, our toddler group (the Turtles) and Meerkat group (grades 3-5) filled up in April. If you have children in these groups in particular, I encourage you to sign up soon! Our student-to-teacher ratio is very low, so once we meet our maximum, we close the camp room. Other groups may also fill to capacity.

We are looking forward to a summer full of fun, friendship, opportunity and adventure!

Please let me know if you have any questions or need help with registration.  
Director of Montessori Enrichment
ALUMNI PROFILE
Early Passion for Math Adds Up to Opportunities for Matt Kalin (WMS '11)
Matt Kalin’s favorite subject in school has been math for as long as he can remember. 

“I’ve always been a math guy,” he said. “Lisa [Lalama] can tell you that.”

As a WMS student in the 6-9 Program, he recalls an activity in which students had a set amount of time to answer 30 math problems. If they weren’t able to complete the problems during class time, they had to complete them at home. After running out of time to finish them all in class, he vowed to tackle the problems fast enough to never have to bring them home again. And he never did.

After graduating from WMS in 2011, Matt went on to P.S. duPont Middle School and Mount Pleasant High School, where he completed the International Baccalaureate (IB) Programme. He competed in Math League from seventh grade through his senior year in high school, and his passion for math flourished as he discovered statistics.

Following his sophomore year of high school, Matt started dabbling with algorithms to make predictions about the upcoming NFL football season.

“Over the summer, I had nothing to do one day and decided to do it,” he said. “I’ve always been a numbers guy and also like sports, so I thought I’d combine the two.”


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