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Mrs. Hood’s Class: And So the Adventure Begins!

Posted on by Andrea Hood

Welcome families!

As we end our first week of the phase-in period, we couldn’t be happier and more amazed with the progress we have already observed in each of your toddlers! It has been a pleasure getting to know each new student and a true joy watching our returning students settling so beautifully. This continues to be a special time of striving to create a peaceful and welcoming environment for your child as this is an important stabilizing period where the children and Guides get to know one another.

Children have been exploring the learning environment and getting familiar with the physical space. Our environment is a place where independence, freedom, and choice of materials are the rule. The children will gradually learn how to handle this choice and freedom while respecting and caring for each other, the materials, and the classroom!

We want to thank you for all your support and for entrusting us with your precious jewels. It’s going to be an awesome school year!

Enjoy the photos!

Warmly,

Mrs. Hood and Ms. Maria

Middle School: A Great Beginning

Posted on by Michelle Lamb

What a great first (short) week back to school. We would like to welcome all new Middle School students and families and say, “Welcome back!” to those returning. It is exciting to have middle schoolers safely back at lockers, rotating classrooms, and becoming one cohort. We worked this week on forming the group and making connections.

Please look for an email from Ms. Sutherland regarding the flower schedule. Part of a Montessori classroom is maintaining its beauty. We have fresh flowers in the classrooms throughout the school, provided by students in each class. When it is your child’s week to bring in flowers, we ask for two bouquets that will be divided and arranged by your child in school among the three MS classrooms.

Enjoy the pictures from these first few days! We are pumped for this school year!

Have a great weekend,

Mrs. Lamb, Mr. Brown, & Ms. Sutherland

Mrs. Wilson’s Class: New Beginnings

Posted on by Cynthia Wilson

 

New beginnings can be scary, exciting, and full of wonder. Taking that step into a new beginning takes trust. For your child, whether this is a new school or their first school experience, they are developing trust. Trust in themselves in a new environment, trust with their peers, and trust in their teachers. Phase-In is a great opportunity to start building this trust. That is why you will often hear me say, “Trust the process.”

For the past three days, the children have been exploring their new environment, taking in all this newness. I am incredibly impressed with how they are adapting. Thank you for entrusting us with your child. We are here together to help support the development of your child.

Enjoy the photos,
Mrs. Wilson

The Lower Elementary Family

Posted on by Ashley O'Connell

I can’t believe the first week of school has already come to an end! The children came in energized and ready to go. They are quickly settling into our routines, rekindling old friendships, and making new ones each day. Our third year group has been such an asset to our class by mentoring and guiding the younger and new students through this transition period. It’s heartwarming to see the connections being made. If this is any indication for the year to come, we are all in for a spectacular school year! I cannot wait for more learning and exploring to come!

It is important to intentionally build community at the beginning of the school year. This year, one of our community building activities was reading “Our Class is Family” and then then each child drew a self portrait of themselves. They will be placed on a wall for the rest of the year to help set a sense of community in our classroom. 

Happy Summer!

Posted on by Gina Tryforos

Now that the end of the school year is here and I take a moment to reflect on all that we have accomplished over the last nine months, I am humbled by all we achieved.  Our community came together, protected each other, and flourished. For our children, our teachers, and our families, this has been a year of triumph, a year of success, and a year of growth. Our students were adaptable, responsible, and absolutely overjoyed to be together at school every day.

This time of year is certainly a happy time. The weather becomes more pleasant and we are all able to enjoy some time relaxing without being tied to the strict schedule of school, sports, dance, music lessons, scouts, etc.

As my first year as interim head of school comes to a close, I would like to thank all of you for your support, feedback and encouragement throughout this year. I look forward to next year and all of the promise and excitement a new school year brings. I am grateful for your dedication to FWM.

 Here is some information for you as the school year ends:

  • FWM teachers will send Summer Learning Resources and a Suggested Summer Reading List to all families next week.
  • Please encourage your children to read over the summer. Summer vacation allows us to relax, but is also a critical time to ensure students keep learning.
  • New school year instructions and supplies lists will be emailed to families in August. 

Wishing you and your family a happy, healthy, and fun-filled summer!

Stay safe, 

Gina

Middle School: Wrapping Up & Spirit Week

Posted on by Michelle Lamb

It is an emotional time in Middle School during the last weeks. There is excitement for the upcoming summer and a break from school work, but there is also sadness over leaving friends and even the school. For our 8th graders, this was their last week at Fraser Woods. Some students joined the community in Middle School, and some in Kindergarten or Lower Elementary. While the anticipation of bigger high schools and new environments is something to look forward to, for some there is sadness and a feeling of leaving “home”.

We hope you enjoy your summer and, as always, we thank you for sharing your incredible children with us. It is truly a joy.

 

Peace & Love,

Michelle, Zak, & Megan

Mrs. Lopes’s Class: Happy Summer!

Posted on by Amanda Lopes

In the blink of an eye this challenging, as well as rewarding, school year has come to a close.  As we watch each child leave our classroom for the summer Mrs. Sharlene and I can’t help but remember their first days with us. It is always humbling to be a witness of the children’s growth and development throughout the school year.

While many of our children and families are returning, some will be moving on. To everyone, we wish you the best of summer and the best in the years ahead. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts for all your help and cooperation throughout this journey of a school year that has been unlike any other.  We are so thankful to have gotten to spend this time with your children and know they will always have a special place in our hearts.  I will leave you with a poem that sums up our feelings at the end of the school year:

I have worked with your flower, and helped it to grow.

I’m returning it now, but I want you to know

This flower is precious, as dear as can be.

Take care of it, and you will see

A bright new bloom, with every day.

It grew and blossomed, in such a wonderful way.

In August, just a bud, then January, a bloom, now a lovely blossom

I’m returning to you.

Remember, this flower,

As dear as can be.

Though rightfully yours,

Part will always be with me!

Wishing you a peaceful, restful summer full of unforgettable memories!

Love,

Amanda and Sharlene

Mrs. Doyle’s Class: What A Year!!!

Posted on by Michelle Handibode

The end of each school year is always an emotional time filled with wonder and pride at all that we accomplished and how much each child has grown.  This year it was nothing short of amazing!!!  The 2020-21 school year was a historic one and we all deserve a summer with time to just be. We wish all of you a summer filled with peace, love, happiness and the chance to make beautiful memories.  Enjoy the time with your loved ones and may you all have a chance to relax and enjoy a calmer time of year.  Thank you for sharing your children with us and thank you for all the behind the scenes help that made our year so much smoother!

We leave you with a poem that resonates deeply with us every single year.

Whose Child Is This?      

“Whose child is this?” I asked one day
Seeing a little one out at play.
“Mine,” said the parent with a tender smile.
“Mine to keep a little while
To bathe his hands and comb his hair
To tell him what he is to wear
To prepare him that he may always be good
And each day do the things he should.”

“Whose child is this?” I asked again
As the door opened and someone came in.
“Mine,” said the teacher with the same tender smile.
“Mine, to keep just for a little while
To teach him how to be gentle and kind
To train and direct his dear little mind
To help him live by every rule
And get the best he can from school.”

“Whose child is this?” I ask once more
Just as the little one entered the door.
“Ours,” said the parent and the teacher as they smiled
And each took the hand of the little child.
“Ours to love and train together
Ours this blessed task forever.”

—–Author Unknown

With much love,

Michelle & Lizette