Montessori Moment: 

International Day of Peace

What a fun day! MSBG strives to perpetuate peace in the world through learning to respect emotions, prevent and resolve conflicts, and learn to respect the environment, both indoors and out.

Alumni Success!

Congrats to MSBG Alumnus, Vitto Brown. He has committed to playing college basketball for the University of Wisconsin.  We remember when he wore a size 12 shoe in the fourth grade. :) CLICK HERE to read an article about him.



Congrats also to MSBG Alumni, Erin Peterson and Erica Rybak, as they finish out a great golf season of their senior year! Our own Miss Paige is their coach. CLICK HERE to read an article about them. 

School Picture Day

This upcoming Tuesday is School Picture Day! Your child received information this week on ordering and pricing. Please complete the sheets and give them to either the office or your child's teachers. Please write your child's name on the outside of the envelop. We're excited to have Sherry Couch as our photographer this year. She is an independent photographer who specializes in school photos. She has taken pictures at other Montessori schools and came highly recommended. CLICK HERE for the pricing sheet. CLICK HERE for more information.

What is Peace PALS anyway?

The PEACE PAL program is a K-6 community get-together that is held twice a month on Friday mornings. Each group of PALs has a mixture of students from each grade level. The students in the upper grades act as peer leaders and advisers for their group of six to seven students. 
PEACE PALs is an acronym that stands for Promoting Excellence and Character Education through Peer Advising Leaders. Group leaders meet with teacher advisers who present topics and help the leaders brainstorm ways to teach that concept. Concepts deal with core ethical values such as fairness, honesty, compassion, responsibility, and respect for self and others.
Kindergarten teacher Cindy Brechmacher stated, "One amazing aspect of this program is that the same PALS are together throughout their years at MSBG so that the younger students in the group know that someday they will be the leaders."
Students use a variety of techniques including written expression, role-playing, graphing, scripts and technology to explore the ways in which they can learn effective communication and critical thinking skills.
Deb Reddin, who teaches grades 4-6, stated, "The goal of this program is to prepare our students to be citizens of the world. It offers a tangible way for students to learn."

Cross Country News

The cross country team traveled to Bettsville this past Saturday and competed in the Lakota Invitational.  It was a beautiful day for running!  Eleven schools participated in this race.

The most recent dispursement from Kroger has arrived and has been credited to families' FACTS accounts. We have recently been informed by Kroger that there may be some changes with their policies on this money. We will keep you informed as we learn the details.

To sign up, you simply need to login to your Kroger Plus website account and link the Kroger Community Rewards benefit to MSBG (our number is 80235).  
 

GL Scrip!

Every week our school places an order for gift cards from all types of retailers including Walmart, Home Depot, Chili’s, Amazon.com, Elder Beerman, and hundreds of other establishments.  Each purchase earns a tuition rebate from anywhere between 2% and 18% of your purchase depending on the store.  Login to www.shopwithscrip.com to check out all that is available.  Send an e-mail to Alisa.Suelzer@gmail.com if you would like to have detailed registration instructions sent to you.  Earning free money has never been easier!

CLICK HERE for the instruction sheet for Kroger Reward and GL Scrip. Earn FREE MONEY today!