Montessori Buzz – Sept. 9, 2025
Dear MA Families & Friends,
Reminders
Pick-up/Drop-off & Parking procedures
A friendly reminder: Please familiarize yourself with our parking procedures for your location, and adhere to all “No Parking” signs.
At our downtown locations, please do not block our neighbours’ driveways; there is no parking or turning around in neighbours’ or school driveways along Piccadilly. This is unsafe for the children and an inconvenience for our neighbours.
Parking procedures are now available in the MA Parent App under Notices for quick reference. Please share these notes with any family members and friends who will be responsible for driving your child(ren) to and from school this year.
We are grateful for your cooperation in ensuring a smooth, safe start and end to the school day!
Recording Absences in the app
Our list of reasons when recording Absences in the MA Parent App was updated recently. If your child is staying home sick, please record it as ‘Illness’ so that the teachers can track when your child is able to return to school; this is particularly important at the Toddler and Casa levels.
A list of Communicable Illnesses and guidelines is found under the second Yellow Tab in the printed Year at a Glance that you received last week.
Guest Speaker on Oct. 9: RSVP/Lunch form link
We’re welcoming Silvia Núñez Gutiérrez, founder of The Love Seed Consulting, to our community for an enlightening ‘lunch and learn’ on Thursday, Oct. 9.
Silvia will present a practical and inspiring 1-hour session introducing Positive Discipline principles. In this workshop, she will help families understand and reinforce the respectful, solution-focused language children are experiencing at school — while offering empowering tools to navigate everyday parenting challenges with more confidence, connection, and calm.
- Thursday, October 9, 2025
- 11:45 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
This session is ideal for parents of children in all levels of our program. Let us know you’re joining us and order lunch through this link: https://forms.gle/9jqfEhi73whbUi4u5
Photos from the week
Toddler activities
Our Toddler 2 students are settling into their school-routine groove.
Casa friendship bracelets
Waterloo Casa made friendship bracelets last week to show how they promise to care for their classmates.
Mixed-age classroom in action!
First Fri-YAY vibes!
Congratulations to our students, staff and parents for making it through the first week of school! It is always an adjustment – for all of us. You did great, and we promise that there’s more learning, fun and connection to come!
Junior High Welcome meeting with parents
Last week, our Junior High parents were invited to a welcome meeting run by our Year 8 students.
From the Community
Toddler and Casa parents: optional 5-minute survey
On behalf of Newborn Screening Ontario, The Evidence Network Inc. is seeking input from parents with children born in 2019-2025.
Did your child have the heel-prick test at birth? That’s newborn screening – a quick check for rare but treatable diseases.
Newborn Screening Ontario is asking parents of children under the age of 5 to share their experiences with the screening process in a short 5-minute survey. Take the survey here: https://online2.snapsurveys.com/ParentSurvey_PublicLink
Growing Chefs’ September Newsletter
Growing Chefs! Ontario is cooking up some fun, educational kids’ classes. Take a read through their latest newsletter for more information on their offerings.
