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Please find here the recording of the family reopening discussion held Friday, August 14, 2020. We covered all of the important school wide communication sent out the first week of school, as well as recent updates on the pandemic. You can also view a transcript of the chat in the call, here. (This week's discussion included a few links that would be good for information and reference.) Please keep a close eye on the Cupola Notes for more information, as always, and we will host more opportunities for discussions as they are needed.

Please find here the recording of the family reopening discussion held Tuesday, July 21, 2020. The session included discussions and updates specific to teens (first segment), elementary (second segment) and early education (third segment). Please keep a close eye on the Cupola Notes for more information as our Working Pandemic Plan may adjust.

Please find here the recording of the family reopening discussion held Monday, June 29th, 2020. Please keep a close eye on the Cupola Notes for more information throughout the summer.

Please find here the recording of the family reopening discussion held Monday, June 15th, 2020. More sessions will be planned, and families will have opportunities to share other input via surveys throughout the summer. Please keep a close eye on the Cupola Notes for more information throughout the summer.

The Community Montessori Class of 2020 graduated under remarkable circumstances as COVID-19 changed the landscape of education and society. Our graduates demonstrated admirable adaptability and creativity as they worked with staff to plan a graduation as unique and memorable as they are. You can click this link to view the graduation video that was created as a collaboration by the staff and teens. The graduates were also able to come to campus to collect their diplomas, and be cheered on from afar by the school staff and their families. You can check out the video of the day on our Facebook page, here. Families and community members were also invited to share a short video with the graduates to congratulate them or share words of advice. The Flipgrid of these messages is here. We were also humbled to have news coverage of the planning process by The News and Tribune and they also captured the resilience of this amazing group of young people. WAVE 3 also published a story about the graduation activities here. The graduates not only adapted their graduation plans, they also adapted their CM coursework, their college dual credit work, their internships, and finally, their senior capstone projects. The capstone projects are full year endeavors designed by each learner as a culminating, reflective project that encapsulates their journey through the Woods program. This year’s seniors were planning to share their capstone projects in the Big History Exhibition at the end of the school year, but the circumstances called for a new plan. We are pleased to share their work here! We can’t say enough about the resilience of this Class of 2020. Our school community sends them all our love, and we are so proud of you for your many varied accomplishments and getting to your goal of graduation. We have been honored to be a part of your life.

Ashley Giles is a Nurse Practitioner, our CM Health Services Consultant, and a parent of the school. She created a printed FAQ about the Coronavirus, and we recorded a video conference of her talking to families about this pandemic. The video below gives an update based on what she knows as of 4.9.2020 when this was recorded about the Coronavirus. This recording does come in a few minutes late as the discussion is already in progress.

Dear Families: Wow, we have been so impressed by how the school community is coming together and supporting each other! As the Expansion Development Coordinator, I have seen how generous our school community can be. Along with the rest of our staff, I want to continue to support you in providing ways for you to be connected to and support each other through this particular time. We have already had several of our families who have reached out needing masks for their business. As Barbara shared in her email a couple of weeks ago, we want to give you the opportunity to CONTINUE to reach out to each other, stay connected, and share your resources, services, health information, and needs. We have created four surveys which you can use to submit information that will be shared with all other members of the school community.  This will happen on this shared Google Sheet where you can see the responses so far - you can click this link to view them now.  There are tabs along the bottom of the Google Sheet which let you view the results of each topic separately!  Be sure to check them all out when you visit. You can also find this sheet linked from the “Current Families” section of our website, any time under the link “CM FAMILY CORONAVIRUS SURVEY RESPONSES”. Check out all four surveys, divided by topic, here: For this survey, you will be sharing any RESOURCES you have found. - We know many of you have found wonderful resources and helpful practices over the past couple of weeks. An example is the resource we shared about making masks.  Please mention if you have a stock of masks which you can offer to other families. For this survey, you will be listing any SERVICES you can share with others. - Some examples might include: you can offer childcare to a front line worker, you can run errands or bring groceries/supplies to a family in need, you can make items (masks, etc) which may be useful to others during this emergency, you can mow grass, you can donate food, supplies, etc. For this survey, you will be sharing any NEEDS for your family or an organization. - This could include such things as - food, toilet paper, cleaning supplies, childcare for you as a front line worker, if you have an organization that needs masks or other supplies, if you have a need for someone to run errands for you, etc. For this survey, you will be sharing any HEALTH INFORMATION for your family. - We are a compassionate community - if you want to share (OPTIONAL) we envision this as an opportunity for families who have contracted the virus to make others aware of how the virus is moving through our community, share tips about how they cared for family members with the illness, tips on accessing healthcare resources, etc. Thank you to all of you for staying connected with us, sharing your needs, sharing how you can support each other, and supporting our larger community. I will be following up with an email on Monday to share the Google Sheet link so that you can each see what other families have listed in the surveys above.  Feel free to reach out to me at any time with questions at mweissinger@shiningminds.com.

Click here to view a recording of workshop explaining the high school teen program hosted by Community Montessori staff and teen learners on March 5, 2020. Here is a link to the Powerpoint Presentation to follow along. Here is a link to Dual Credit information shared during the presentation. Here is a link do a document with information for transitioning Islands learners. Here is a link to the document "The Journey of a Woods Learner".

A discussion with families about the CM Outdoor Master Plan on March 3, 2020. Download the slides and photos for the discussion, here.

View the State of the School presentation from Cupola staff at Community Montessori held on Tuesday, February 5th, 2020. You may view the accompanying slides, by clicking here.

View the family workshop hosted by 9-12 year old staff, held on Tuesday, Feb. 5th, 2020. This information was shared with parents of 9-12 year old learners about relationship seminars with this age level. You can view the accompanying slides, by clicking here.