Of interest to ERM parents:

• School Schedule 2009 - 2010
• Cancellations
• Snack
• Current Snack Schedule

School Schedule 2009 - 2010

August 27 Parents’ Orientation, 7:30 PM

August 31 Children’s Orientation
September 1 Children’s Orientation (see Orientation schedule mailed in August for time your child attends.)

September 2-4, 8-18 School Phase-In (see Phase-In schedule mailed in August for the times your child attends.)

September 7 Labor Day: No School

September 21 First day of full class, 9 a.m. – Noon

October 12 Columbus Day: No School

October 30 Teacher’s Holiday: No School

November 5-6 Parent -Teacher Conferences: No School

November 11 Veteran’s Day: No School

November 23–27 Thanksgiving Break: No School

December 14-January 1 Winter Break: No School

January 18 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: No School

February 15 President’s Day: No School

March 8 Teacher’s Holiday: No School

April 1-10 Spring Break: No School

April 22-23 Parent – Teacher Conferences: No School

May 3 Teacher’s Holiday: No School

May 27 Last Day of School

May 28 Annual School Picnic at Park

May 31 Memorial Day: No School

Cancellations

Please check the Channel 6 News School Closing List, call the school (325-8429) in the early morning, or check the website for school cancellations due to snow. Please feel free to refrain from bringing your child if you deem the weather is too bad.

While school is in session, if you think the roads are getting bad, you are welcome to pick up your child at your discretion.

If school is cancelled in advance for any reason other than weather, you will be contacted at home as soon as is possible.

Snack

When it’s your turn to provide snack for class, please use the following guidelines.

You will receive notification in the mail or with your monthly bill when it’s your family’s turn to provide snack.

Please send the snack for your designated week on the first school day of that week. We have a refrigerator on the premises for storage of perishables. Snacks should be finger size and ready to serve (vegetables already cut, etc.). No drink is necessary as water is readily available to the children.

If you are scheduled for a date for which you will not be in town, please try to switch weeks with another family and notify the Director. The snack schedule is always posted on the school website.

Examples of popular and nutritious snacks:

• Pasteurized Cheese
• Crackers
• Pretzels
• Rice cakes
• Vegetables (sliced in a manner easy to use as finger food)
• Fruit (needs to be cut and ready to serve)

• Low-sugar, small muffins

Items snacks should absolutely not include

• Peanuts or peanut butter
• Any tree nuts
• Any meat, including pork, beef, chicken, etc.
• Any Melons, including cantaloupe, watermelon and honey dew
• Any products containing pork, such as lard or non-kosher gelatin (this includes Jell-o and most puddings)
• Any artificial colors or food dyes
• Any products containing Mexican spices

• Significant amounts of sugar (no cakes, cookies, candy, cupcakes, chocolate, marshmallows, etc.)

Current Snack Schedule

Week of:

11 Jan Allen
19 Jan

Please contact a staff member if you need to change your assigned week.

East River Montessori does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, or national and ethnic origin, in its administration or in its educational or admissions policies.

Dr. Alice M. Hawthorne Allen, Director

director@eastrivermontessori.com | 304.325.8429

P.O. Box 573 Bluefield, WV 24701

Located at Bland and North Streets