Debi Wahl Of Act I Productions recently appeared at Brookeside Montessori School—in character as Mrs. Claus! She rode in on her sleigh to check up on the students at Brookeside, with Santa's nice list in hand! After selecting her "elves" for the day, singing numerous carols, playing handbells with the students and engineering a puppet show, she checked that list twice to make sure each student was in the nice column!
On December 1 Mrs. Robin John celebrated 25 years at Brookeside Montessori School. The board of directors, staff, current and alumni families wanted to honor her for her years of service as a classroom teacher and as our head of school. She received many cards and thoughtful gifts throughout the week.
Brookeside Montessori School recently conducted a gift card bingo event to raise funds for school programs and scholarships. The 2017 grand prize was a $500 gift certificate to the Queen Victoria Bed and Breakfast in Cape May, NJ. This year's grand prize was awarded to Jennifer Stem.
On Wednesday, November 16 two pilgrims came to Brookeside Montessori to tell us the story of the first Thanksgiving. They showed our curious students foods the pilgrims would have eaten and the tools they would have used. After the presentation, each class had an opportunity to use these items. At the end of the event each child got to meet Jack, a live turkey.
We had such a blast with the pilgrims from Quiver Farms, who came to visit us and share the history of Thanksgiving. We not only learned about the history, but also the meaning behind the turkey. We played traditional pilgrim games, husked corn, muddled cranberries into a sauce, grounded corn into cornmeal, and pet a real turkey named Jack!
