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The Westside Story is our weekly e-newsletter to the WMS community that shares announcements for each grade level and updates on school activities and events. The Westside Story is updated weekly throughout the school year, so check back every Sunday for the latest on happenings at Westside Montessori School. 

Educational Contest Fun For Your Kids!

Building the Movement: America’s Youth Celebrate 100 Years of Women’s Suffrage is an exhibit honoring the centennial anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment, which gave American women the right to vote. The exhibit will launch this August and will showcase artwork by young Americans depicting this historic milestone. Student submissions that depict individuals, objects, and events representing the women’s suffrage movement will make up the exhibit. Student artwork will appear alongside images of women’s suffrage parades, marches, and gatherings that took place at or around the White House. Read more >>>

Entry Deadline:
July 6, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. ET.

Fill out the submission application

To learn more about the women’s suffrage movement, please visit the Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission website and review their state toolkits for more information on what happened in Texas and other states.

What to Expect When School Returns

Please view Part 2 of a series of videos to come that will discuss what WMS is doing to ensure the safety of your students as they return to school from quarantine.
 

Questions? We're here to help.
Please email wms@westsidemontessori.com or call 281.556.5970.

Back to School Survey Results are In!
Thank you for completing our back to school survey as we are gathering information for the 2020-2021 school year.
A majority of the families in every division feel we should open and follow distance guidelines. Making sure we are cleaning and sanitizing high touch areas, washing hands frequently, and temperature checks for staff and students. We are currently working on a Covid-19 handbook, which will be sent out soon to all families. 
Survey Results

Making a Difference—One Raffle Ticket at a Time

Congratulations to the Andel family for winning the Amazon gift card for selling the most raffle tickets!
 
We are grateful for your efforts to help the WMS community raise money to further our mission to provide a collaborative learning environment that fosters independent thinking, emotional growth, and a discovery of self that prepares our students for success in academics and life. We appreciate you so much!

Preschoolers Prefer Books Rich in Whys

Want to increase a young child’s motivation to read? Tap into their natural curiosity, a new study finds.

“What are antennae used for, Daddy?”

We’re sitting cozily on the couch reading a picture book, and my 5-year-old son is quick to spot animal features that he doesn’t understand—a giraffe’s neck, a turtle’s shell. And ants’ antenne. I mimic antennae on my head with my fingers—a natural, almost instinctive gesture—and explain to him that they’re sometimes called feelers and they help ants touch and smell what’s around them, especially food.

LITTLE SCIENTISTS
In the 1930s, developmental psychologist Jean Piaget coined the term “little scientists” to describe the way young children learn: They explore the world with their senses, constructing knowledge by interacting with their surroundings and observing cause and effect. When kids play in a field, they’re learning how the world works: Don’t run in the mud—it’s slippery and you can fall. If you climb a tree, avoid the thin branches—they may snap. Traction, density, stability: Kids explore these concepts long before they set foot in a physics class.

Read More >>>

SeeSaw content  and other resource links will
be available until 
Tuesday, June 30.


You can find the blogs linked on the Parent Login page of our website or by clicking the appropriate link below:

(Password: Westside2019)

Save 30% on school uniforms from June 25 - July 3.

Order on the web at landsend.com/school,
with our school code 9000-3133-7

Happy Birthday to Our Community Members Celebrating in July!⠀

Pedro S
Aria R
Miranda C
Vedya S
Nuria L
William A
Sofia C
Jacob C
Emma M
Max C
Larisa M
Stella P
Lidia SB
Eshani T
Ms. Nikki

2020 Summer Reading Lists

ALSC's Quicklists Consulting Committee has updated their Summer Reading Lists with new and exciting titles that you are able to download for FREE!

The lists are full of book titles to keep children engaged in reading throughout the summer. Four Summer Reading book lists are available for Birth-Preschool and grades K-2, 3-5, and 6-8.

Although many libraries are physically closed due to COVID-19, some of these titles may be available as digital downloads for children and families to enjoy.

Supporting Our Community

We understand that business doesn't look anything like it did three months ago, and we wanted to reach out to families in our community with a helping hand. Do you own a family business? Send us a note with your website, your logo, and a few photos and we would be happy to highlight your family business in our newsletter. We are in this together! 💛💛💛
AmazonSmile is a website operated by Amazon with the same products, prices, and shopping features as Amazon.com. The difference is that when you shop on AmazonSmile, the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price of eligible products to the charitable organization of your choice.

Please note that you must use AmazonSmile and not  Amazon.com in order to donate to Westside Montessori School. 

The ability to donate from the Android mobile app is now available—iOs is not yet available, but coming soon. 
 
Questions?

We're here to help!
Please send a note to us at wms@westsidemontessori.com
or call 281.556.5970 for more information.
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