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The Cobb School, Montessori • 112 Sand Hill Road • Simsbury, CT • 06070 • 860.658.1144 • www.cobbschool.com

A Window into our World

Every year our Upper Elementary head into the world for an overnight adventure. This year our daring explorers traveled to Mystic Seaport. Please enjoy this collection of pictures from their “going 0ut” into the world!Click HERE to watch.

The Cobb Taleso u r w e e k l y n e w s l e t t e r

Next weekend at The Cobb School

Parent Education is an essential element of a Montessori experience.

At The Cobb School we invite parents into the Montessori experience in a variety of ways: from evening events that include the children, such as Parent Night (November 7) and the Elementary Expo (February 6) to drop-in coffee talks to guest speaker events to the Silent Journey and more.

Our first Parent Coffee of the year is next week. If you can carve out some time Wednesday morning, we’d love to see you.

Mary Lou

Parent Coffee this Wednesday, October 9 at 8:30amParents discover Montessori down various paths. Please join us for an engaging and revealing discussion of the journeys current Cobb School parents travelled before finding and settling on Montessori. Hear the reasons why they chose it then and why they’re still choosing it today. Learn how their perspectives have taken shape over the years and their ah-ha moments along the way. There will be time for Q &A and opportunities for you to share your own reasons for choosing Montessori. Special guests include a panel of current Cobb School parents. Come Wednesday morning and find out who!

Wednesday 10.9.2013 Parent Coffee in the Library

8:30am-10am

Parent Voices:

Why Montessori?

Wednesday 10.16.2013

Open House

for prospective parents

6:30-8pm

Tell your friends!

Silent Journey postponed to January 24-25

Friday 10.31.2013

Mystery History Day

in Elementary classes

Happy Halloween!

In effort to re-distribute calendar events and draw greater participation to our essential Parent Education programs, we have decided to move the Silent Journey from Oct. 25-26 to Jan. 24-25. An invitation to this signature event will be forthcoming.

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The Cobb School, Montessori • 112 Sand Hill Road • Simsbury, CT • 06070 • 860.658.1144 • www.cobbschool.com

The Cobb School thanks...

Everyone who has generously volunteered their time to decorate the campus, prepare for the Country Fair, take photos at Grandparents’ & Special Friends’ Day and bake for the Harvest Table!

We are especially grateful to our Country Fair Chairpersons, Tracy Smith and Jennifer Lardner, and all the booth leaders who have worked so hard to organize for tomorrow’s big day. Thank you!

No School November 1 & November 11

The start of each month often sneaks up on us. Please be aware that there will be NO SCHOOL Friday, Nov. 1 as the staff will be attending the Montessori Schools of Connecticut Conference in Washington, CT, nor on Veteran’s Day, Monday, Nov. 11 as the staff will be engaged in Professional Development all day. Thank you.

Open House October 16 at 6:30pm

Please feel welcome to let your friends, colleagues, and neighbors know that we’re hosting open houses October 16 at 6:30pm and November 20 at 9am. We appreciate you helping to spread our news to parents who share something in common with you: they respect and believe in children. If you know someone like this, someone who understands the period from birth to 12 is the most pivotal in a person’s life, please send him or her our way.

Parent Infant Community is still accepting registrants. Interested parents may call Sheryl MacInnis or Mary Anne Creto at 860.658.1144.

Suzuki Music for babies is now full. Please call Jane Romanos or Mary Anne Creto to place your name on a waiting list or to register for the spring session that begins in January.

Young Children’s Community Parents are invited to a YCC meeting on Friday, October 18 from 10:30-11:30am. Childcare provided.

Notes & Reminders...

Next week at The Cobb School

M. 10.7 piano lessons 3:15-7

Acorn Singers 3:15-4:30

T. 10.8 piano lessons 3:15-7

EL Art Club 3:15-4:30

W. 10.9 Parent Coffee 8:30-10am

TH. 10.10 ED Art Club 3:15-4:30

F. 10.11 piano lessons 3:15-7

The Cobb School welcomes...

Noah and Lukas! Please be sure to say hello to our newsest members of the Cobb School community and to their parents, Yasin and Maria. Welcome!