Pines Montessori School
Connections
International Day of Peace October 2026
Upcoming Events
After school until they run out!
Friday October 9th
Required
Primary- Upper EL
Play in the Park After school until 4:30
9:30
NO SCHOOL
Monday, October 12th
Thanksgiving Family Feast 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Friday, November 20th
ALL School
Will be required
NOON Dismissal
Upcoming Events 3:00-5:00 pm Thursday December 17th
Thursday December 17th
NOON Dismissal
Friday December 18thh
NOON Dismissal December 21st January 5th
Runner Clubs will begin in With the race after school on Friday, January 22nd
YES! There will be snowballs!
That it won’t rain!
S E N I PD Y Y A A D
Join Us! Tuesday, October 27th 10 am-6 pm
*
Thank you
Calderon family
10% of all purchases made this day will be donated to Pines.
Pines teachers will pick out some of their favorite items as well! Come out for a night of fun and fundraising!
*B BO O N N U U S S 6 - 7 pm
Pines BONUS hour!
Help celebrate their 30th!
International Day of Peace
International Day of Peace
Thank you Thank you
for joining us for this special day.
When we practice PEACE with our children, in our homes, our cars, our daily life...they see the difference that a kind word can make for a kind-er world.
Fall Parade
This annual tradition really does kick off Fall!
Friday, October 30th PROMPTLY 8:45 - 9:30 am Stick around after morning arrival to find your spot, outside of the gates, in front of the school. Here is the parade order... 1. Class 1 and Class 4 2. Class 2 and Class 5 3. Class 3 and Class 6
4. ½ of Infants and Lower West 5. ½ of Infants and Lower East 6. Upper West 7. Upper East
Middle School will be on hand to help with hospitality. Infants and Toddlers only do one lap around the school all others make two laps.
Middle School
Most mornings, Middle School students begin their day walking the Greenbelts. Movement gets their brains moving and ready for big work. On Fridays, experienced 8th year MS students are partnered with Lower and Primary students to listen to them read and offer encouragement.
Middle School students will be off to Lake Houston Wilderness Park in New Caney for four days and three nights this month. This is their Ecology trip.
Behind the scenes...
Upper Elementary Bake Sale Team Advertising makes our ads for CONNECTIONS. Baking makes everything by hand. Even our drinks. Sales provides great service, even as we run from the rain and lightning! Finances counts the money and divides it up so we have money to invest in our business, money to donate and money to have fun at the end of the year.
Thank you for supporting our small business.
...Day of Bake Sale
2nd month of storms!!!
You can see the wind starting to pick up!
Kitchen Connections
Butternut Squash Mac & Cheese
Ingredients
2 cups butternut squash, peeled and cubed 12 oz whole-wheat pasta 1 cup milk 1 cup shredded chedar cheese ½ cup plain Greek yogurt
¼ cup Parmesan cheese 1 tbsp butter or olive oil ½ tsp garlic powder ½ tsp onion powder ½ tsp salt
Instructions
Steam or roast the butternut squash until very soft. Cook the pasta acording to the package directions. Blend the squash with milk until completely smooth. In a pot, warm the squash mixture with butter, garlic powder, and onion powder. Add the cheddar and Parmesan. Stir until melted. Remove from heat and stir in the Greek yogurt. Mix the cooked pasta. Add a little pasta water if you want it creamier.
Enjoy!
We congratulate Chef Liz, her husband Josh and Big Brother Xander. on the birth of baby Zane.
What’s Cooking with Here are just some of the F new things we have in store CH E Eric for next semester!
BBQ @ Pines!
Chef Eric will break out our school grill. Our menus will have one meal, each month, with a grilled component.
Three Course Meals
Each Wednesday students will pull their tables together to create a shared lunch experience. Students ordering catered lunch will eat a 3- course meal with a starter, main and dessert. Joining them will be their teachers and students who bring thier lunch from home.
Chef Table
Each month Chef Eric will invite a few Upper Elementary students to eat their lunch in the kitchen while he is cooking. He will then join them to discuss menu planning and get their input for future meals.
Our Solariums We have been very busy spreading our work to the outside! With the firm belief that Fall is on its way, we are picking up our tables and chairs and using our Solariums as extentions of our Primary classrooms.
Naturally dyeing fabrics!
Celebration of Life
More Outdoors Students aren’t the only ones who love our Backyard! Some Elementary faculty enjoyed the company of Dr. Tanya Ryskind, Montessori friend of Pines, for a conversation amongst the trees.
Ms. Veronica verses Ms. Mayra!
We tried out our NEW Pickleball/Badminton “court” for !the first time! It is located in the Kitchen laneway. Near the Pavillon and the Earth Connection shed we are installing mud sinks. Now that we have had a waterline installed we are ready to have a way to water more plants at Pines!
Upper El students Merjaan vs. Minh!
More Outdoors When inside learning is “discovered” outside! Whilst researching fossils of reptiles in Upper Elementary, 4th year Bryce “discovered” the remains of a Plesiosaur in our backyard!
Pines Paleontologist
To learn more about Plesiosaur
Want to help add more? Your name here
We would LOVE to add more child-sized outdoor picnic benches for Toddlers and Primary. This is a “mock up” of a shade structure we would like to have by the Earth Connections shed. With this in place Ms. Humaira can open the doors and make it an outdoor classroom!
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.
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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