Border Star Montessori Elementary School

Parent Ed Night
Tuesday, February 9th

6:00 pm  Dinner (Cafeteria)
6:30 pm  PTA Mtg/Discussion of MMUN (Auditorium)

Dinner and childcare provided.

Help us go green by BYOD – Bringing Your Own Dinnerware.

Volunteers needed to help with prepping dinner (5:30) and clean-up (6:30).
Please contact Jennifer Wolfsie at jggraham@yahoo.com if you can help!

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This Spring 722 delegates will participate in the 2010 Montessori Model United Nations (MMUN) from February 28th to March 3rd…
6 of them will be from our very own Border Star Montessori!

Please attend this information session to find out why and what you can do to support these students participating in this amazing opportunity.

Get answers to the following questions.

• What is Model UN?
• Why are we doing it?
• What will our kids get from it?
• How do we prepare Border Star students for this experience?

Starting this month, the Border Star Newsletter is going paperless! Look for the newsletter on both websites: borderstarpta.com and borderstarmontessori.com.

PTA January Newsletter

Plans are also in the works to send the newsletter via email. If you are interested in receiving the newsletter via email and the school does NOT already have your email address, please send the following information to ahigh1@kcmsd.net:

1. Your name
2. Your child’s name
3. Your child’s teacher’s name
4. Your child’s classroom number
5. Your email address

If you prefer a hard copy of the newsletter, paper copies will be available in the blue pouch hanging just beneath the community news bulletin board on your left as you enter the school.

Questions? Contact Mary Silwance (816) 523-1078 or silwance@sbcglobal.net.

Don’t miss our annual movie night on Friday, January 29th at Border Star when we will show the summer hit animated movie, “Up.”

Show time is at 7 pm in the auditorium.

The cost of the movie is FREE, but we encourage you to buy drinks and treats at our Upper Elementary concession stand.  Upper Elementary students will be selling popcorn, juice and water, candy and other treats.  All proceeds will support Upper Elementary participation in the Model United Nations program in New York in February.

The movie “Up” (rated G) is the story of an elderly man who meets a young boy, Russell, and their balloon adventure to a hidden area of South America. The movie is nominated for an Academy Award and just won a Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature.

For more information on movie night, email Pattie Mansur, pmansur@kc.rr.com.