How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and strong.  Because some day in life you will have been all of these.

-         George Washington Carver, African American Scientist

As we enter the month of celebrating Black History, we pause to thank the great leaders who have helped to inspire and model freedom and justice for all.  The Black History committee from the upper elementary classroom will visit the Charles Wright African American Museum in Detroit tomorrow.  These children will then begin their research and do presentations for their class on a variety of topics related to African American history.

Thank You

to all of the parents who worked at the Texas Hold ‘Em  fundraiser this past weekend.  We brought in a little over $3000 which will go to the scholarship fund.  Our next event is March 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4^th in Northville.  Please see Renee to sign up for your shift.  This is a very easy job and requires no knowledge of the game.  If you can count you can do this job!

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All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.

– Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Thank You

• to all of the parents who so generously gave their time in setting up for the holiday program and cleaning up afterwards. These folks include Rufus Isaacs, Mike Ware, Bruce Dvorak, Jim Blair, Artesia Wilder, Danielle Fink, Dave Johnson, Kim McKeon, Anthony Kendall, Mary Thompson, Senta Goertler, Emily Stevens, Stephanie Hills, Jessica Yorko, Meghan Pineda, Jennifer Nelson, Tom Lewis, Eric and Harriet Dhanak, Niconna Nicholson, Keila McKenna, Lisa Parker, Bethany and Jason Hartzell, Dana Casey, Sandi Lewis, Teresa Hyndman, Sheila Harper, Carl Kludy, Carl Sisko, Uma Venkat, and Peter Robinson. This list does NOT include all of the people who spontaneously chose to help. We appreciate ALL of you so much!
• to two volunteers that we forgot to thank earlier – Sheila Harper and Jim Blair for their help at the walk-a-thon. Jim provided our rescue/safety vehicle (the golf cart) and Sheila helped with refreshments.

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As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Thank You
- To Brenda Ammon, Casey Arnold, Veronica LaDuke, Julie Cooper, Neeshan Mehretu, Cassandra Nelson, Leslie Melvin, Bethany Hartzell, Teresa Anderson-Hyndman, Tom Lewis, Chitra Saravanan, Byron Hills, Shruti Vaidya, Bryan Spry, Lisa Parker, and Artesia Wilder for their help at the Walk-a-thon.
- To Neeshan Mehretu, Julie Cooper, Bethany Hartzell, Dina Krois and Keila McKenna who made all of the delicious cookies for our treat after the walk-a-thon.

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Remember to be gentle with yourself and others. We are all children of chance
and none can say why some fields will blossom while others lay brown beneath the
August sun. Care for those around you. Look past your differences. Their dreams are
no less than yours, their choices no more easily made. And give, give in any way you
can, of whatever you posses. To give is to love. To withhold is to wither. Care less
for your harvest than for how it is shared and your life will have meaning and your
heart will have peace.

- Kent Nerburn (American Author, Sculptor, Theologian and Educator. b.1946)

Thank You

to Chitra Saravanam, Danielle Fink, Anthony Kendall, Mary Thompson, Lynn
Adrian-Roberts, Bethany Hartzell, and Cathy and David Lashbrook for helping with
the picnic.
to Brenda Ammon, Neeshan Mehretu, Artesia Wilder, and Leslie Melvin for
volunteering to help with the walk-a-thon; and to Lisa Knowles, Neeshan Mehretu and
Dina Krois for volunteering to make cookies for this event.
to Martin Overhiser for bringing in many different kinds of apples from his brother’s
orchard and presenting a lesson to the elementary children of Sharon and Claud’s classes.

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The first duty of the educator, whether he is involved with the newborn infant or the older child, is to recognize the human personality of the young being and respect it.

• Maria Montessori

Welcome to all who have entered our doors this fall.  We are so pleased that you have chosen our school community for your family, and we look forward to many wonderful moments shared over the next school year.  We value your partnership in this important  journey, and honor you as the first and most important teacher of your child. (more…)

Nature is the teacher, and the child is the disciple.

Children are the disciples of life.

– Maria Montessori

In just a few weeks we will begin our 39th year in the Lansing Community. We are very pleased that your family has chosen to put your child’s education in the forefront for the coming year. In doing so, you are joining a community of dedicated educators and parents committed to the highest degree of quality education in a diverse, peaceful, and loving environment. Each of us, new and returning, old and young, is enriched by the presence of each family in our community. Thank you for choosing to share your child and your family with us. We welcome you with an open spirit.

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And Spring arose on the garden fair, Like the Spirit of Love felt everywhere;
And each flower and herb on Earth’s dark breast rose from the dreams of its wintry rest.
Percy Bysshe Shelley

Thank You

We wish to extend our most sincere thanks to all of the parents who helped at the spaghetti supper and auction in March. We appreciate all of your contributions both in items and volunteering. This collective effort helped to raise the money needed for our remodel on the bathrooms this summer, so thank you – all of you – for bringing donations, buying auction items, volunteering, and general support. (more…)

“Inclusion is defined as a condition that exists deep within a team or

group culture where differences are accepted, valued and respected.

If you are not intentionally creating cultures of inclusion, then by

default, you are creating cultures of exclusion.”

- Dr. Linda J. Burrs, author of The Fruits of Inclusion

Welcome

We wish to welcome Jude Watson Wysong, born on January 12, weighing 6.5 lbs. and measuring 19 ½ inches, to Dana Watson and Tyler Wysong. His big sister, Ty, is in Patty’s class.

We also wish to welcome several new students to our school: Elizabeth Kilmer-Burke and J.J. Pahram in Patty’s class, and Lucas Palmiter and Kaiden Schulze in Candy’s class. (more…)

The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically…Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.

– Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Thank you

• To all of the parents who helped with the holiday program set up – Colleen Pero, Donna Latsko, Alex Ellis, Meghan Pineda, Mike Ware, Carl Sisco, Jessica Yorko, Paul Cullimore, and Kelly Langin.
• To Avani Patel, Wendy Kopitsch, Sandi Lewis, Emily Stevens, Leigh Henrys, and Joan Johnson for their help with the refreshment tables.
• To Mary Thompson, Leslie Melvin, Tom Lewis, Sherie Mason and all the wonderful children who made the lovely stars and murals for the holiday program! (more…)

There are two ways of spreading light –
to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

- Edith Wharton

Thank You

to Mary Thompson and Leslie Melvin for volunteering to help with the decorations for the holiday program.
to everyone who participated in the wreath/swag fundraiser (final orders arrive tomorrow) and the mints fundraiser (still going on). Mints will be sold through December 16th. Large order forms should brought in by this Friday, December 10th. (more…)