Riverbend Montessori Spring 2018 Newsletter (3)

A YEAR IN
REVIEW
W I T H A D M I N I S T R A T O R S U S A N H Y L T O N
As we reach the end of another school year, I find
myself reflecting on the events of this year. We
started the year with a Hurricane, record-breaking
floods and tornadoes. As we reached the middle of the
school year, we had the joyous experience of snow, not
once but twice – A Harvey Miracle! The remainder of
the year has been (knock on wood) relatively calm
weather-wise. We have had such an exciting year of
lessons and goings on at the school that it seems that
the whole year has just zoomed by. I look at the
children in Transition, some of whom were only 18
months old when they started and wonder at how
grown up and independent they have become. The
three-year-olds are now starting to read and the
Kindergarteners performed their first right of passage
by presenting their written stories at Author's Tea.
The first graders made a deal with their teacher that
they wanted to be learning division in math before the
end of the year and they have made it! We raised a
record-breaking $6290 for St. Jude’s. Parent’s came
every month for Coffee Workday and helped us prepare
so many materials their hands were starting to hurt.
The Upper Elementary students left the state to visit
Mesa Verde in Colorado and somehow seemed even
more mature when they returned.
It takes a committed community of parents, students,
and teachers to make this all happen. Thank youfor all
you do for our students. We are dedicated to guiding
generations of independent, kind and thoughtful
learners through their early school years and with your
help, we have achieved that mission again this year.
This year in review would not be complete without
saying thank you and farewell to two of our teachers.
Ms. Natasha an assistant teacher in Primary 1 and our
After Care teacher is moving to another part of
Houston. We will miss you and we wish you well in your
new role. Our beloved Ms. Kinnari will be retiring from
teaching this year. Ms. Kinnari has been with
Riverbend for many years and has been a teacher for
over 45 years. She will be sorely missed but luckily, we
will continue to see her as she has agreed to
substitute teach for us next year.
For those who are graduating from our school this year
we wish you well on the next leg of life’s journey. We
hope that Riverbend stays in your heart through all
your years. To those returning next year, we are
looking forward to sharing another exciting year of
Montessori learning. We wish you all a relaxing and
hopefully adventurous summer.
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