Millhopper Montessori School December 2010 News

Dear MMS parents, I would like to take this opportunity to plant a seed. This seed would be a new PTO Resource committee. It would be a wonderful addition to our family at MMS to have speakers come and present topics of interest to the parents and teachers as well as to the students. In the past we have hosted several Lunch and Learns that explain in depth our lower elementary reading program, Phonographix. Ms. Elaine Manion gave parents an overview of our reading program to those attending while they ate lunch from 12:00-1:00. We could offer this again as well as bringing in others from the community to inform and enrich those who may be interested.

Presentations could also happen in the evenings. Childcare could be made available.

This committee would need to put out a questionnaire to the parents to get a feel of topics of interest. This would be your committee therefore your interests. Many topics/presenters you might choose may be on health or safety issues and easily fit in with the existing Health and Safety Committee. If that should occur, the two committees could combine efforts for topics that naturally dovetail. However, if businesses are invited to come present to the students or artists to come for an Enjoying the Arts Day, this would be best organized through a PTO Resource Committee. We live in such a diverse community that is rich with so many professionals and professions that it would be a real asset to our parent/teacher/student family to have an active Resource Committee.

As a team, we have accomplished so much since the beginning of the school year. I want to thank all of you for helping to make our Fall Festival a huge success. The children had a blast.

At the end of the event, I overheard one child say to his friend, "I can't wait until next year!"

This is what it is all about and it couldn't have happened without the team effort.

I also want to let you know that we appreciate all of your participation fundraising for such things as The Saint Jude's Children's Hospital, MMS memory brick walkway, MMS yearbook, Thespian's Dinner Theater, and Sally Foster gift wrap.

Please let us know if you would be interested in the formation of a Resource committee as a member and/or as a presenter. We will be discussing this further at our next PTO meeting in January.

Thanks again for all you do.

Sincerely, Christina Miller President; MMS LLC