Dec. 2, 2024

Fox and Bear Community

We hope you enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving break. We're so happy to have our students back for an exciting three weeks before the mid-year break. Throughout December, we will be doing lessons and artwork about the winter holidays celebrated throughout the world. Please see all dates below and reach out with any questions. 

Request for this week: The Foxes and Bears are sponsoring two students from the Charles Ellis Angel Tree this holiday season. We are collecting Target gift cards and/or cash to purchase gifts for a 5-year-old boy and a 6-year-old girl. If you are able to contribute, please send in all donations by this Friday, 12/6.

Important Upcoming Dates:

12/3:  Musical Explorers Field Trip

12/6 - 12/12: Ellis Book Fair in the Media Center. More info on the hours and how to set up an e-Wallet can be found here

12/7: MESS Holiday Party - see below for more information 

12/11: I-ready Winter Assessment for Math

12/12: Festival of Lights at 5:30 pm

12/13: I-ready Winter Assessment for ELA

12/20: Donation Dress Down Day and Peace and Giving Celebration from the Fox and Bear Community

Peace and Giving Celebration  

Our Ellis Families are so kind and gracious, especially at this time of the year. As you are shopping for gifts in the upcoming weeks, in lieu of teacher gifts, please keep our classroom needs in mind.

The children will be talking, writing, and learning about how sharing and thinking of the needs of the whole class makes a peaceful classroom.  To become a peacekeeper is our goal.

Please look over our wish list. If you wish to purchase a gift for the class, send the wrapped gift in by Thursday, December 19.  Please label your child’s gift with his/her name.   We will open up gifts together during our celebration. The children will gain a stronger sense of responsibility for our community resources, and will, of course, be thrilled to see “their gift” put to use.  If you are unable to send in a gift...do not worry….We will have several gifts that we have purchased on hand for the children to open so that no one is left out at gift opening time!

Fox and Bear Wish List

 

Things to make the room our home

$30 Kroger gift cards 

Hand Soap

Paper Towels

Cleaning Wipes

Ticonderoga Pencils

Tape refills

Clay

Washable Tempera Paint - all colors

Things to help us do our work

We have compiled a list on Amazon of materials that we need 

(or just really want).  The wish list 

can be accessed at the following address:

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2UPGGECW0BLWW?ref_=wl_share

M.E.S.S. (the Montessori Education Society of Savannah) is an organization of Charles Ellis families, staff, and community members who advocate for Montessori teacher training and other needs in the community. The party is free to attend and is always a fun time. We hope to see you at this adults-only party this Saturday! 

Have a great week!