Summer 2011 Montessori Monitor

Spring Scholastic Book Fair Our spring Book Fair was a huge success! Not only do the students enjoy choosing wonderful books, but the younger students look forward to working with the older students to make their “Wish Lists”. Our total sales amounted to $4000! Our profit, for MMS, totaled almost $1,600. This money will be used to supplement the teacher’s classroom book collections, add new materials to the library, purchase new software for the technology program and keep our Sunshine State Reader library current for the next school year.

The book fair would not be possible without the amazing efforts of our volunteers: Shachar Amdur, Mohini Krueger, Niya Dix, Eileen Pesantes, Michelle Kessler, Jennifer Curcio, Christina Chang, Robert Mackritis, Laura Robertson, Cedric Tealer, Chuck Callesto, Ana Mohseni, Marie Daniels, Jeanne-Marie Clune-Hrivnak, Rhea Bush, Trish Petty, Lonnie Phillips, Erin Jaszczak, Ahyea Jo,Lassie Patterson, Beth Mills and the MMS Middle School class. Going above and beyond with multiple shifts, handling finances, sending out emails and coming to Ms. Martha’s rescue include: Jeanne-Marie Clune-Hrivnak, Irma Alvarez, Rhea Bush and Amilda Clark.

A HUGE thank you to everyone that made our book sale a success!!!

Florida Writes for 4th Grade As part of the 4th grade writing program the students completed the Florida Writes exam of basic writing. This 45 minute test requires the student to write a 5 paragraph expository essay based on a given prompt. The essay is scored on four essential elements; focus, organization, support and conventions. The essay is then given an overall score between 0 and 6 with six being the highest score awarded. A score of a 3 indicates average essay writing ability. A score of a 6 is hard to obtain and is rarely achieved. The essays are evaluated by a committee of teachers at MMS who then determine the student’s final score. The students prepared throughout the year for this test and everyone worked hard to succeed.

We are proud to announce that our 4th grade group did an amazing job. Individual scores ranged from 4 to 6, with the majority scoring a 5. These are terrific scores and we are very proud of our writers!