Welcome to our seventh year of learning and living in our Montessori community!  As summer time begins to wind down for children, schools begin to gear up for another engaging school year. At MRGC, that means getting all classrooms prepared and ready to receive your children on the first day, August 16th.  

Please be prepared to attend our Open House on Thursday, August 12th from 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm.  The time for this meeting was requested by TAPAS so families would be able to prepare their children before the first day of school.  You will also be able to find out what  classroom your child will be in.  The meeting will be informative with a short school wide meeting followed by individual classroom meetings.  In addition we will have tables set up to pay for the materials supply fee of $40.00/child, before and aftercare registration, and a sign-up table for our parent organization TAPAS, our Foundation-Friends of Montessori, and our Governance Council. 

Just a reminder to our new families, please do not go and buy school supplies or backpacks.  The supply fees cover the materials needed for learning and we do not want students using backpacks.  

Many of you may have read in the Albuquerque Journal how the state legislature is looking to again cut funding to public schools, including charter schools.   Additionally there is much conversation with regards to the quality of charter schools.  We are committed to our mission and invite all of you to become more engaged in the education of our students.  This is the first of many letters that you will receive during the school year.  Future letters and important messages to families will be through your email/Schoolreach, so it is imperative that we have all accurate contact information.  If you do not have a way to receive email please contact the office.

There are just a few changes for the up coming school year.  Mr. Ben will be leading one of our 6-9 plane of development classrooms, with support from Anna Serna, a new instructional assistant.  Ms. Sabrina will have a new CASA classroom next to our deck and Daniel Longer will assist.  Ms. Helen and Ms. Viviana will now work together in our third CASA classroom.  So, if you have a three or four year old just eager to come to their brother or sister’s school contact the office.  We have a few slots left.  In addition, we have a new speech and language pathologist, Ms. Happy, who will work at our school two days a week.  I am also delighted to introduce our new office assistant, Carmela Beck, as Ms. Kellie is now at home taking care of her new son, Austin.