Denali Montessori School

6:00 POTLUCK
6:30 – 7:30 MEETING

Please join PTA and MAC for this IMPORTANT meeting. We will be discussing and voting on the proposed dissolution of MAC and having MAC become a standing committee under PTA, amending bylaws, organizational changes, and recruiting for board positions. Be a part of the decision-making! MAC’s Agenda, Options, Proposed Organization Chart and Proposed Amendments to the MAC Bylaws are posted below.

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Proposal: Dissolve MAC. MAC becomes a standing committee under PTA.

Discussion:

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Goal: Involvement of more parent volunteers.

Proposal:

I. Officers

Chair:

• Conduct membership and Board meetings

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Mac Events

Friday, December 14
Holiday Night & Gift Basket Auction
6:30 to 8:00

Family Holiday Fun! Join us for a sing-a-long, crafts, storytelling, hot chocolate and gift basket silent auction.

Children must be supervised by a parent or guardian during Holiday Night. Parents may not drop off their children at this event.

Look for information regarding Holiday Night and donations for the Gift Baskets in your child’s Thursday Folder. If you would like to help assemble the gift baskets the evening of Thursday, December 13, please contact Betsy Goudreau at 240-1991.

Thank You!

Thank you! Thank you!
To Jeannie Sato for coordinating the successful Barnes & Noble Book Fair!
A special thank you to our parent volunteers: Liz Brennan, Betsy Goudreau, DeeAnn Apgar, Pam Webb, Suny Miller, Christine Page, Roxanne Rohweder, Lisa Wilson, Mei Mei Evans, and Jackie Casen.

A special thank you to all of the teacher & student volunteers: Ms. Banta, Ms. Becky and the Denali Choir, Ms. Grogan and her Primary Class, Ms. Tami and her Kindergarten Class, Ms. Harps and her Intermediate Class, Ms. Davis and the community school dance class and Ms. Torpy for providing her students’ artwork.

A special thank you to Brownie Troop 163, Dione White, Lindsay Skrukrud and Cynthia Ljubicich for their wonderful gift wrapping!

Thank you! Thank you!
To Shirl Pagano for creating the Denali Directory! Thank you to Doug Lowry at Professional Legal Copy for donating the printing services for the Directory!

Thank you! Thank you!
To all of our Movie Night volunteers. A special thank you to Mei Mei and Jian Evans, Mr. Eddy, Mr. Theo, Scott Irwin, Mr. Moyer, Sarah, Siena, Ariana & Clara Moyer, Leslie Vines, Delecia and Maya Ward, Jeannie Sato and Liz Brennan.

Thank you! Thank you!
To Jerome Hines for requesting the BP Fabric of America Fund to contribute another $500 to MAC!

Fundraise

Movie Night
Movie Night was a fun family event and MAC raised $356 less expenses! Thank you!

Barnes & Noble
The Barnes & Noble Book Fair and Gift Wrap was a tremendous success this year. Not only was it a valuable community event with school-wide participation, but MAC raised $1439 from book sales and Brownie Troop 163 raised $120 for MAC in gift wrapping donations! This is twice the amount raised at last year’s Book Fair & Gift Wrap. Thank you!

Denali Directory
The Denali Directory has been distributed. Please remember to contribute $3 for the directory. Please return your contribution in your child’s Thursday folder or to the MAC box located in the office. So far, we have received $145. Thank you!

The public Montessori program offered at Denali is a wonderful opportunity afforded your child; however, the success of the program depends upon the support of parents/guardians. Be informed about Montessori principles, advocate for Montessori education, and volunteer your time, talent or treasure.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

Event Coordinators

Help! MAC is actively seeking event coordinators for its spring semester events which include: the Alternative School Fair, School Tours, Promotion (raising awareness about Denali), Peace Concert & Dessert Auction and Year-End Picnic. Have no fear! MAC will provide you with assistance and resources. If you would like more information about any of these events or would like to volunteer, please contact Sarah Moyer at 279-8640 or smoyer@acsalaska.net.

Fall Fund Drive

Thanks to your generous donations, the Fall Fund Drive was a huge success this year! MAC has received $3720 from parent/teacher donations plus $1000 from BP for a total of $4720! Thank you!

Where Does the Money Go?
Boys’ Council:  MAC has spent $220 to fund the Boys’ Council Curriculum for Ms. Banta’s program and $2500 as partial reimbursement for Ms. Grogan’s Montessori 6-9 certification tuition. Other MAC expenses (such as Movie Night) are itemized in the MAC budget which is always available at the monthly MAC/PTA meetings.

Materials
The materials ordering process is underway. Materials from Julie Ayala’s classroom have been distributed. The teachers are updating their classroom inventories and ranking the top ten materials they would like purchased this year. MAC is waiting for a few more classroom inventories and will then order materials from the classroom inventories as prioritized by the teachers.

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Denali

Movie Night

A MAC Sponsored Family Fun Night & Fundraiser Featuring

“Surf’s Up” Rated PG

Thursday, November 8th

Movie Starts At 6:30 p.m.
Food on sale at 6:15 p.m.

The movie is free. Pizza slices, popcorn and other food and Beverages will be for sale for $1.00 each.

Children must be supervised at all times by a parent or guardian.

Tuesday, November 6
MAC & PTA Meeting
6:00 Potluck, 6:30 Meeting

Thursday, November 8
Movie Night @ 6:15-8:00

Saturday, November 24
Barnes & Noble Book Fair and Gift Wrap

Tuesday, December 4
MAC & PTA Meeting
6:00 Potluck, 6:30 Meeting

Friday, December 14
Holiday Night &
Gift Basket Action

Thank you! Thank you!
To Jeannie Sato and Liz Brennan for updating the Denali Handbook which is posted on the school website at denalischool.org.

Thank you! Thank you!
To Karen Glavinic for creating and maintaining the fantastic new Denali website at denalischool.org.
Check it out!

Thank you! Thank you!
To all of the Room Parents and classroom volunteers. Your help is appreciated!

Thank you! Thank you!
To our Innisbrook coordinators DeeAnn Apgar, Jamie Dodge, Stacy Carpenter and Bonnie York for making Innisbrook a success!

Thank you! Thank you!
To Paula Inman for requesting the BP Fabric of America Fund to contribute $500 to MAC!

Thank you! Thank you!
To all who participated in the Innisbrook fundraiser which raised $8,822 for Denali! These funds will be used to purchase Montessori materials for the classrooms.

Congratulations!
The top three students with the most Innisbrook sales are: Andrew V. in Ms. Grogan’s class ($1,518), Kobe Harvey in Mr. Moyer’s class ($1,017) and Jonathan M. in Ms. O’Harra’s class ($469). The class with the most Innisbrook sales is Ms. Grogan’s primary class.

Fall Fund Drive
The Fall Fund Drive is underway. Contribution forms are posted on the website at denalischool.org and are located outside the office. Please return your contribution form and check to the MAC box located in the office. We have received $2570 so far! Thank you!

Mac Subcommittees
At the last MAC/PTA meeting, parents had many excellent suggestions for MAC and PTA. Thank you! MAC would like to implement many of these suggestions and is looking for volunteers to sit on subcommittees. Some of the suggestions included exploring grant opportunities, organizing teacher wish lists, sponsoring teacher training, promoting escrip, having a spring quilt & craft auction and having MAC listed during charitable giving drives. If you are interested in helping to organize an event or activity, please contact Sarah Moyer at smoyer@acsalaska.net.

Ordering Materials
Inventorying, ordering, tracking and distributing Montessori materials is essential, but time consuming. This year, MAC would like to establish a subcommittee of volunteers to assist with materials. DeeAnn Apgar will be happy to train you. Please consider helping with a portion of the materials process. For more information, please contact DeeAnn at deeannk@gci.net or Sarah Moyer.

Classroom/Workroom Volunteers
If you have time during the day, consider volunteering in a classroom or helping a teacher make materials or copies. Ask your child’s teacher how you can help, and offer to help other teachers as well.

Room Parents
We still need Room Parents for most primary and intermediate classrooms. For more information, contact Betsy Goudreau at bdgoudreau@hotmail.com.

Listen to Students Read
Listening to students read is a wonderful and rewarding way to volunteer. Please contact the PTA at denalipta@hotmail.com for more information.

Library Volunteers
Contact Ms. Nelson if you would like to help shelve books.

Event Volunteers
Volunteers are needed for:

Scholastic Book Fair 11/7-8 (PTA)

Barnes & Noble Book Fair and Gift Wrap 11/24 (MAC)

Holiday Night and Gift Basket Auction 12/14 (MAC)

The MAC budget was passed at the last MAC/PTA meeting and it is posted on the website at denalischool.org.

Income
So far this year, MAC has raised a total of $8822 from Innisbrook, $2570 from the Fall Fund Drive and $500 from the BP Fabric of America Fund for a total of $11,892.  Thank you!

Expenses
MAC has spent $220 to fund the Boys’ Council Curriculum for Ms. Banta’s program and $2500 as partial reimbursement for Ms. Grogan’s Montessori 6-9 certification tuition. She is attending the Montessori Institute of the Pacific Northwest in Washington during the summers.

Materials
The materials ordering process is underway.  Currently, materials from Julie Ayala’s classroom are being distributed.  The teachers are being asked to update their classroom inventories and to rank the top ten materials they would like purchased this year.  MAC will then order materials from the classroom inventories as prioritized by the teachers.

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