Calendar:
Nov 19: School Photo Retakes
Nov 19: Never Enough: When Achievement Pressure Becomes Toxic—And What We Can Do About It, 7:30 p.m. on Zoom, details here
Nov 20: Coffee with Trisha, 8:30 a.m. at The Children's House and live via Zoom, details here
Nov 21: TCH Parent Night Out, 6 – 7:30 pm at NoBo Riverside Food & Drink, RSVP here
Nov 26: Nido, YCC, Primary Harvest Feasts in Classroom
Nov 26: Elementary & Junior High Harvest Feast/Stone Soup in the Barn
Nov 27-29: Thanksgiving Break, No School
Dec 4: CHiPA meeting, 8:30 a.m. in person and online, details here
Dec 11: Montessori up Close: Raising Confident Children with Alison Breithaupt, 8:30 a.m. at The Children's House and live via Zoom, details here
Dec 13: Winter Wonderland Upper Elementary Dance, 6 p.m. in the Barn
Dec 20: Primary Pajama Day
Dec 20: Seasonal Sing, Campus closes following event at 11:30, see details
Dec 21: 40th Anniversary Alumni Gathering, see details
In The Know:
New! Thank You to Our Community
Last weekend’s book fair at Horizon Books was a huge success, thanks to our families, staff, and the greater community’s generosity. Our school was gifted 6 boxes of new books which learners will enjoy for years to come. Thank you to our volunteers who supported this event with their time, we cannot put on events like this without you! We also saw many shoppers in Downtown TC for Shop Your Community, who supported our school while shopping locally. It was a beautiful day filled with community and giving.
New! Never Enough: When Achievement Pressure Becomes Toxic—And What We Can Do About It, Nov. 19, from 7:30 p.m. on Zoom
Join award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Wallace as she explores the roots of toxic achievement pressure and gives a practical framework for how parents, educators, and communities can fight back. This session is for caregivers and parents of school-aged children—primarily adolescents and teens—educators, school counselors, and school administrators. Registration Required
Watch at your convenience!
The recording for the above and September's webinar will be available until December 31, 2024! Follow the registration link above to access live webinars and recordings.
New! Coffee with Trisha, Nov. 20, 8:30 a.m. at The Children's House and live via Zoom
Drop in for coffee with Trisha Short, MA, LPC, IMH-E (II), our Mental Health Consultant. We will be discussing “the partnership of parenting.” As part of our commitment to social and emotional learning for our students, these conversations surround topics on the emotional well-being and mental health of children, parenting, and supporting your child and yourself.
Parent Night Out at NoBo Riverside Food & Drink, Nov. 21, 6-7:30 p.m. - RSVP here
This is a fun night of socializing with Children's House and Compass Junior High parents and guardians. Enjoy an evening out at NoBo Riverside Food & Drink, inside Commongrounds! Appetizers and happy hour drink specials are on us. Wander upstairs to the Alluvion to check out JAZZ 4 ALL with The Jeff Haas Trio. We hope to see you there!
Extracurriculars:
Afterschool Club Opportunities
New! It is Battle of the Books time again!
This is a great opportunity for your students to engage with others over their love of reading books! The Battle of the Books is a book-based quiz competition for fourth and fifth graders in the Grand Traverse community. Kids read incredible stories together and then experience heart-pounding moments in competition. Teams have a chance to win prizes for sportsmanship, team spirit, the most creative team name, and more.
Dec 1: Battle of the Books “Info Session: What is Battle of the Books?” via Zoom. For more details visit their website: https://battleofthebooksgt.org/important-dates/
Athletic Opportunities
Navigator Boys’ Basketball (6-8th) and Comets Girls’ Basketball (4th-5th) had their first games this week! You can see sports schedules on the extracurricular page if you want to cheer them on at an upcoming game.
Boys Basketball (4th-5th) Comets
Registration deadline: Friday, December 13
Registration: LEAP website
COACHES NEEDED! Fill out this form if you are willing to coach or assist.
Learn more
Girls Basketball (6th-8th) Navigators
Registration deadline: Friday, December 13
Registration: FinalForms
COACHES NEEDED! Fill out this form if you are willing to coach or assist.
Learn more
Community Bulletin:
Welcome to the Community Bulletin! This is your space to share activities, events, and extracurriculars that your family is involved in outside of school. To submit a message for the bulletin, email Arielle@traversechildrenshouse.org.
See "Leave your leaves", a request from an elementary student, Community Ski and Snowboard opportunities and more on the Community Bulletin.
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