Pines Montessori School
Connections
Fall Parade November 2026
Upcoming Events Thanksgiving Family Feast 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Friday, November 20th After school until they run out!
Required
Friday November 13th
Play in the Park After school until 4:30
NOON Dismissal Days
ALL School NOON Dismissal
3:00-5:00 pm Thursday December 17th
Thursday December 17th and Friday December 18th
December 21st - January 5th
Thanksgiving Friday, November 20th 10:30 am Bring the whole family!
Come join our feast! RVSP in the App. Chef Liz’s famous pumpkin bars will be back and Chef Eric is making “Pinesmade” cranberry sauce and gravy.
We will be collecting food items for the
Pines Night
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Thank you so very much!! Over 20 items on the teachers Wish Lists were purchased and thanks to the Calderon’s, we have store credit to go back and pick out some more!
Running Clubs will begin in
With the race after school on Friday, January 22nd Running Clubs are for Primary, Lower, & Upper. Toddlers are “day of” Flurries!
Simply go to the APP and click on the sponsorship you like. 100% of the proceeds go to the Backyard!
Fall Parade Group picture of Mexico!
A glimpse of Ireland!
Fall Parade
Middle School Ambassadors
Fun in the Sun
Turkish Coffee
Big Thank you to Dr. Ibrahim Abou-Saad for sharing his LOVE of history and coffee with folks from
The EVENT
We are still buzzing from the conversation and the caffine!
“Every year I am always so impressed with the breadth of topics and areas that our daughter is learning. I love her excitement and pride she has when telling us about her work and her day to day at Pines”.
“Happy to see her enthusiasm about her work.” ALL quotes from you...our parents! “We love the multiple modifies offered for all types of learners and the start to finish reverence instilled with each activity.”
“We love to see her grow and thrive in this space- thank you from the bottom of our hearts for this beautiful journey”
Behind the scenes... Sometimes there are pictures that just need to be shared and have nowhere to go! Chef Eric on a ladder helping Ms. Jena get our USA flag down. We had to replace all the rope and hardwear! Upper El student so excited for the first SUNNY bake sale day
We NEVER thought to invite parents to dress up for the Parade!!
Kitchen Connections
Ingredients
Seasonal vegetable
good source of protein
Corn Bread Muffins
Perfect for the season
1 cup yellow cornmeal 1 cup whole wheat flour 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder ½ teaspoon baking soda ½ teaspoon salt 2 large eggs
¾ cup plain Greek yogurt ½ cup milk ¼ cup honey or maple syrup ¼ cup olive oil or melted butter 1 teaspoon vanilla extract ½ cup corn kernels
Instructions
Preheat oven to 375 F. Grease a 12 - cup muffin pan or use liners. In a bowl, whisk together the cornmeal, flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In another bowl, whisk the eggs, greek yogurt, milk, honey, oil, and vanilla until smooth. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and gently mix until just combined. Don’t over mix. Fold in the corn kernels, if using Divide the butter evenly among the 12 muffins cups. Bake for 15 - 18 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cool for about 5 minutes before removing from the pan.
Enjoy!
What’s Cooking Imagine this with us
Three Course Meals With Infants through Middle School this will look a bit different in each environment but this is what we aim to acheive with our Wednesday 3CM (for short).
Students and teachers will arrange their one and two person tables together to form a larger table for 10-12 with a teacher seated at each grouping. They set the tables, laying out cups, silverware, plates, and napkins. Students with lunch from home, unpack their lunches onto their plates, a common pitcher of filtered, fruit infused water is passed around the table for all. “Please” and “Thank you” and “No thank you” will be heard. The first course is served from a platter and passed around with tongs and ladels. Rich conversations with classmates and teachers take place. The second course continues, and all students eat the meal on their plates. Now the third course apears. This is a small bite to finish lunch. This is offered to all at the table. The table is cleared, scraps composted and dishes washed. Their day continues... The third course, as well as all food offered, is listed on the school menu. Lunch from home students may enjoy this or bring something from home for their third course on Wednesday’s!
What’s Cooking Three Course Meals
with
F E CH
Eric
Can you help us set the table? As we are getting ready for our NEW Spring Menu we are need of different serving plates and utensils for our Three Course Meals. If you want to help please visit our Amazon wish list.
Thank you!
Just click below and these will be sent directly to Pines!
Pines 3 Course Menu List
But wait... Going on NOW We are moving forward with more backyard enhancements. Mulch for the trees, climbing poles for Elementary, a covered space for Earth Connections, a backstop for T-ball in the big field, pathways for the backyard and new, expanded Toddler yard! Lots of photos soon!
Going on over Thanksgiving We are having the entire Infant, Toddler, Primary and Front Office repainted (same color). It has been 10 years and we have dinged a few walls. We are also beginning the “rough in” work for the new HVAC system that will be installed- in phases. See Winter Break!
Going on over Winter Break We are installing a new electrical service to the main building and a new power pole between Middle School and the kitchen. (You will hopefully see the pole go in the last week of school in December). Over the “break” the entire ceiling grid in Infants and Toddlers will be removed and new trusses and duct work will be installed and connected to the new power.
...there’s MORE! Going on in January With the HVAC installed in Infants and Toddlers we will move onto Primary. This will take about 3-4 weeks and will require relocating Primary during this time.
We are really pretty good at this! Class 4- will take place in the former Lower El South Class 5- will take place in the former Lower El North Class 6- will take place in the empty back of Middle School We will hire movers and the teachers will recreate their classrooms in their temporary homes. Each of these spaces have two bathrooms each and sinks. Extended Care for Class 4 and 5 will take place in their “temp” classrooms only Class 6 EC will come back over the main campus and will join 4 and 5. Morning Care will be in Class 4 (South)
Carline remains the SAME!
Lime Tree Big thanks to Ryan Carlyle Graham and Rosie’s Dad For gifting us with a new Lime Tree.
Elementary students learned about the care of our newest citrus tree!
Now we wait!
Want to help add more? Your name here
We would LOVE to add more child-sized outdoor picnic benches for Toddlers and Primary.
Our goal is 12 we have 7 more to go! Thank you to the
Alexander family In the App
Rolling Citrus Planters
Interested in helping us add more to the backyard please visit the App an look for the . Here you can sign up to sponsor all sorts of extras as our backyard comes back to life!
With our silly winter cold snaps we can roll these into the classrooms.
Heads of School for the Day Manh and his sister Cam were co-Head of School this month.
They checked in on the day’s lunch production Earth Connections.
They looked our our school’s nearly 50 year history timeline and found their place in the Peace Garden.
Thank you Ly family for your gift to Pines through.
The EVENT
Go with the Grain with Shane
Our favorite General Contractor Shane Johnson
offered a oneon-one carpentry class as part of
The EVENT An avid pickleballer, Manh constructed a caddy to hold his paddles, balls, water bottle and towels.
Pumpkin Painting
Toddlers enjoyed adding color to their orange pumpkins at this
The EVENT Teacher Experience
Forward Towards FIFTY
We are planning for our 50th School Year... NOW! The “Party” will begin on Saturday, May 1st 2026 at Here is super quick timeline of Pines.
and will conclude on Saturday, May 2nd 2027!
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