Dear Families,

This past Wednesday, September 22, marked the moment when the Sun was precisely above our Earth's equator, causing day and night to be almost equal in length, the time of the Fall Equinox.

Drawing on their scientific backgrounds, Dr. Montessori and her son, Mario, fashioned developmentally appropriate lessons for multiple ages. Lessons to inspire and excite students' learning. Lessons to stimulate their curiosity and encourage them to ask questions and explore. Lessons to fan the flames that burn within a child in their never-ending pursuit of knowledge. At the elementary level (6 – 12-year-old), students engage in all curricular areas. One area addresses the many, many yearly changes that take place on our remarkable planet, Earth. As I mentioned the Fall Equinox above, here is a picture of just one lesson to illustrate this phenomenon.

 

As we enter the magnificent time of Autumn in New England, this is another opportunity to be thankful for our planet. I encourage you to get out into nature; there is so much wonder in the small corner of our world.

 

 Enjoy your weekend and be safe.

Warmly,

Deba

We are phasing in our Google Classrooms and Thacher student emails. Students keep the same email address from year to year, so they should be able to sign in to their account anytime. Students will be invited by email into their current Google classroom(s). If you need help logging in, don't hesitate to get in touch with Andrea Dietrich ([email protected])

Adolescents and Upper Elementary students are already in full swing, and students have been using their Thacher emails and Google classrooms.

Lower Elementary students have all been assigned Thacher email addresses and invited to join their appropriate Google Classroom. Students at this level might need your help. Please go to classroom.google.com while logged into your child's Thacher email account to accept. Parents of children new to Thacher received a separate email with instructions on setting up their child's Google account.

Children's House & Toddler students will be set up soon, and instructions emailed to new parents.

We'll be discussing "This Book is Anti-Racist" by author and former Montessori educator Tiffany Jewell. We will delve into the book's many lessons, such as Understanding and Growing into my Identities and Choosing my Path: Taking Action and Responding to Racism.

Please reach out to Amy with any questions.