Parents’ Meeting
Tonight at 7:00 PM is the Parents’ Meeting. This is your chance to meet your committee chair, hear from the EWMS board, meet all the teachers, enjoy refreshments with other EWMS parents, and, perhaps most enjoyably, see photos of all the children at work in their first two weeks of school. Photos start off the evening, so please be here promptly at 7:00 PM! (Remember, you will earn parent hours for attending this meeting!)
Peace Day Assembly We had lovely weather as we gathered on the labyrinth on Monday morning to participate in the UN Day of Peace observation. At 11:14 AM, our allotted time, we sang “Light a Candle of Peace” as part of a Montessori movement around the world. We were fortunate to have plenty of parents and a grandparent on hand to help us with the words on our Peace Pole, “May Peace Prevail on Earth.” Arabic, Chinese, German, Hebrew, and Spanish translations of those words are also on our pole. Mary Beth Miller started us off with the English, followed by Cathleen Peipher who read the Spanish (Que las paz prevalzca en la tierra”), Juliane Robinson who did the German (“Möge Friede auf Erden sein”), Ehyal Shweiki who walked
us through the Hebrew, and finally, Shuying Feng who read the Chinese. Though we didn’t have a representative to do the Arabic, we did have Rupa Jha who said,
“May Peace Prevail on Earth,” in both Hindi and Sanskrit.
Many Thanks
We really appreciate the Housekeeping Committee’s careful, reliable work!
Alumni Update
The Wilmington Friends School class of 2009 had a number of EWMS alumni in it, who are now freshmen at East Coast Colleges and Universities. They are:
Jamie Collier, Juniata College
Ryan Day, University of Tampa
Diana Patton, Swarthmore College
Bryan Radacosky-Pentoney, Cabrini CollegeMackenzie Snead, Columbia University.
‘Wanted
EC1 would like one more parent helper to come into the classroom on a regular basis to work with children on reading skills. Please speak with Keenya if you’re interested.
Maintenance Day Many thanks to Elizabeth, Erika, Giri, and Mr. and Mrs. Addanki who painted, repaired, and gardened for us this weekend. It is parents (and grandparents’) participation that makes this school as wonderful as it is!
Photo Day Susan Patch of Patchworks Photography was here yesterday to take school pictures. If you did not order a set, but wish to, you may still do so by filling out your order envelope and returning it to the office with a check made payable to Patchwork Photography by this Friday (9/25).
EC Walking Field Trip Both early childhood classes will be visiting the Delaware History Museum next Monday, September 28. The children and teachers will be walking.
Free Concert
The African Children’s Choir, Tour 34, will be singing at St. Paul's Methodist Church on Foulk Road tomorrow night, Thursday, September 24th at 7:00 PM. No admission is required but an offering will be taken to help offset the choir’s expenses.
We had lovely weather as we gathered on the labyrinth on Monday morning to participate in the UN Day of Peace observation. At 11:14 AM, our allotted time, we sang “Light a Candle of Peace” as part of a Montessori movement around the world. We were fortunate to have plenty of parents and a grandparent on hand to help us with the words on our Peace Pole, “May Peace Prevail on Earth.” Arabic, Chinese, German, Hebrew, and Spanish translations of those words are also on our pole. Mary Beth Miller started us off with the English, followed by Cathleen Peipher who read the Spanish (Que las paz prevalzca en la tierra”), Juliane Robinson who did the German (“Möge Friede auf Erden sein”), Ehyal Shweiki who walked 
Many thanks to Elizabeth, Erika, Giri, and Mr. and Mrs. Addanki who painted, repaired, and gardened for us this weekend. It is parents (and grandparents’) participation that makes this school as wonderful as it is!
Susan Patch of Patchworks Photography was here yesterday to take school pictures. If you did not order a set, but wish to, you may still do so by filling out your order envelope and returning it to the office with a check made payable to Patchwork Photography by this Friday (9/25). 
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