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Partnership Meeting, Book Club and Popcorn Friday!

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Hey Parents! 👋🏼 A few reminders for the week!

Parent Partnership Meeting is happening today, Monday, January 29th at 3:00 in the school cafeteria. Students were sent home with a flyer sharing more details!

Parent Book Club is happening Wednesday, January 31st at 8-9:30PM at the Great Commoner. https://howepta.home.blog/2024/01/27/book-club-meeting-january-31st/

Remember to send in $1 for PTA popcorn sales happening this Friday!

Meet the Team! Johnny Borg

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Each month, we are spotlighting different staff members around the building to help bring the Howe community together. So here we have a great Physical Education Teacher at Howe, Johnny Borg! If you know him thank him, if you see him give him a big smiling wave! We might be grateful for the gitters he helps the kids wiggle out but the physical challenge, coordination, corporation, and confidence he helps our students build is vital in and out of the classroom!

Johnny Borg

Job Title

Physical Education Teacher

Description of what you do for Dearborn Schools in 3 sentences or less:

I teach physical education to kids with disabilities at Howe School. I also coach wrestling at Edsel Ford High School.

What Elementary School did you attend? 

I grew up in Dearborn attending Snow Elementary School,  Stout Middle School, and Edsel Ford High School.

How long have you been at Howe? 

I have been at Howe for 10 years.

What is your classroom like? 

I want to give all of my students happiness through accomplishments, no matter how small those accomplishments may be. I try to push the limits to give all my students new experiences.

What is your greatest achievement? 

I have a wife and two kids that keep me very busy!

A Book Club for Grownups…

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We are starting a book club! Purchase the book The Secret of Childhood by Maria Montessori and read each section before the scheduled date. Join us for a casual gathering as we discuss the book. No experience necessary. Grownups and Howe staff welcome!

Find a copy of the book:

First Meeting:
Wednesday, January 31, 2024, 8PM – 9:30PM
Discussing Part 1: Chapters 1-4

Location:
The Great Commoner
22001 Michigan Ave Suite 100
Dearborn MI

January Howe Happenings

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January Events:

Popcorn Friday – January 12th (send students to school with $1)

Howe PTA meeting – January 18th 6PM on ZOOM

No School – January 15th – Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Grade Level Spelling Bee 3rd – 5th grade – January 24th

Parent Partnership Meeting – January 29th 3:00-4:00

Book Club – January 31st 8-9:30PM at the Great Commoner

PTA Meeting Agenda

This month we will be discussing High Tech – High Touch and Literacy Month. Have something to contribute? We’d love to see you on the call!

Volunteer Opportunities

We need people to sign up for the PTA Bulletin Board (Dates still needed: March, April and May) and Popcorn Fridays (Dates still needed: Feb, March, April and May). Click the links below to access the Signup Genius.

PTA Bulletin Board
Popcorn Friday

BoxTops Mailbox – we are looking for a mildly handy individual to help repurpose the BoxTop Mailbox into a school-wide mailbox for all the students. Can you (or someone you know) lend us a hand? Email the PTA at howe.schoolpta@yahoo.com

Montessori Moment

Term to ponder – practical life skills

Practical life activities are applicable for all ages. They include self-care and care of the environment. They range from brushing their hair and making toast to something as complicated as making dessert, doing yard work or even developing a resume and making a business plan in the elementary or middle school years. Practicing these skills at home will foster confident, self-sufficient adults ready to tackle life’s bigger challenges.

From Maria Montessori herself…

“Repetition is the secret to perfection, and this is why the exercises are connected with the common activities of daily life. If a child does not set a table for a group of people who are really going to eat, if he does not have real brushes for cleaning, and real carpets to sweep whenever they are used, if he does not himself have to wash and dry dishes and glasses he will never attain any real ability. And if he does not live a social life based on proper education. He will never attain that graceful naturalness which is so attractive in our children. ”
The Discovery of the Child