The start of the new school year is just a few days away, and we are eagerly preparing the Upper Elementary classrooms for your child's arrival. We're also looking forward to meeting all of our new families and getting reacquainted with our returning families during our virtual Hopes, Dreams, and Concerns parent-teacher conferences. These conferences are designed for us to build a partnership in nurturing and challenging your child. While your child will be invited to future parent-teacher conferences, we ask that your child not attend this conference, ensuring we have safe space to discuss your child and their needs as their adult guides.

Action Required for New Students to Our Classrooms: Prior to your Hopes, Dreams, and Concerns parent-teacher conference, please complete the "My Child as a Learner" form in Magnus Health. We will use the insights you share with us a springboard for our conference. We will also come back to this document throughout the year to help us best connect to your child and their academic, social, emotional, and physical growth.

In the coming days, ask your child about:

We look forward to meeting each of you and working together toward an engaging, successful, and joyful year! Please keep reading for information about back-to-school requirements; our classroom schedule; some nuts and bolts; snacks and lunches; and our back-to-school schedule of events. And if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to us ... no inquiry is too big or too small!

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Action Required: Prior to joining us on the first day of school, you must log in to Magnus Health and complete your child's "requirements" by this Friday, August 19. "Requirements" represent the various information and forms we collect annually during the back-to-school process and include things like health records, insurance information, emergency contacts, authorized persons to pick up your child, acknowledgment of the Family Handbook, COVID-19 waivers, Technology Acceptable Use Guidelines, School Counseling Informed Consent, etc. Once you have completed all your requirements, you will be done with all back-to-school forms.

If you did not receive an email from Greensboro Montessori School with login credentials to Magnus Health, please email Andi Bogan or call the Office at 336-668-0119.

Greensboro Montessori School is a member of the Independent School League and will participate in five sports seasons this year: cross country, soccer, flag football, volleyball, and basketball. Sixth graders may compete in all sports. Fourth and fifth graders may participate in cross country (practice and compete) and basketball (practice only).

Our director of information technology, Brandon Johnson, is also our athletic director. Brandon was a multi-sport varsity athlete in high school and has existing relationships with many of our Upper School students.

Cross country begins Tuesday, August 30 with practice from 3:45 to 5 p.m. Practice continues at this time on subsequent Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, except on days we have meets. Pickup up is at 5 p.m. in the cul-de-sac adjacent to the Gym. If your child participates in All-Inclusive or After-School CASA, we will escort them to their CASA classroom when practice ends. Our first meet is Tuesday, September 6 at 4:30 p.m. at Noble Academy. More details will be shared with participants once the team is formed.

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The main focus of our first three days of school is to build community and trust with our students. Class begins at 8 a.m. and dismisses at 12:30 p.m., so we are available in the afternoons to meet parents for our annual 30-minute Hopes, Dreams, and Concerns parent-teacher conferences.

When our classroom is operating on a normal schedule (beginning Monday, August 29), Upper Elementary is open from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and After-School CASA is open until 6 p.m. If you know ahead of time that your drop-off or pick-up schedule will be different than normal, please notify us ahead of time via email. If you are caught in unforeseen traffic delays, please call the Office at 336-668-0119 to let us know. We certainly appreciate that getting into the groove of a new routine can take some extra time and patience, and we are here to support you and your child in having a successful start to the school year!

Students participating in Early Bird or All-Inclusive CASA may join CASA in the Gym as early as 7:30 a.m. Look for an email early next week from our director of CASA, Sarah Bobo, with more information on All-Inclusive CASA.

Morning car line is from 8 to 8:15 a.m. Please drop off as close to 8 a.m. as possible. This supports your child by providing time for them to start to the day with an early morning check-in with their advisor and helps our community by keeping car line moving.

Please drop off your child by using the drive toward the Upper School, round the cul-de-sac, and pull forward to the front of the Gym. We will be there to greet your child and provide any assistance getting out of the car. From there, your child will follow the designated path to join their Advisory.

Upper Elementary car line ends promptly at 8:15 a.m., and the Primary car line begins immediately at 8:15 a.m. If you arrive after 8:15 a.m., please park your car in the lot (not in front of the Office, which will block Primary car line), walk to the Office to get a tardy slip, and then walk your child to class.

All Upper Elementary students will be dismissed at 3:30 p.m. Students will either be dismissed through car line or join CASA.

Here's a run down of the most common topics as we head into the first week of School. If you have any additional questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to me.

A healthy breakfast, including adequate protein, will help ensure your child's ability to concentrate on school activities throughout the day. Please help us establish these healthy eating routines: