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Sussex Montessori ParentCamp

Joyful & Meaningful Family-School - Community

Engagement

Participación de�Familia-Escuela-

Comunidad

Alegre y

Significativa!

Mission: Help every Family-School-Community become ONE TEAM for kids

Misión: Ayudar a todas las familias a formar UN EQUIPO para los niños

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Welcome to ParentCamp!

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ParentCamp Photo Album!

Photo album link

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ParentCamp Flier

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ParentCamp Group Photo

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ParentCamp Group Photo

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ParentCamp Room Circles - Dialogue

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ParentCamp Dinner!

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ParentCamp Dinner!

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ParentCamp Prizes!

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ParentCamp Prizes!

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ParentCamp Prizes!

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ParentCamp Childcare

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ParentCamp Childcare

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ParentCamp Childcare

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Numbers

Family/Students-40

School-4

Community-1

Who

Village

Adults- 21�Children- 24

Total - 45

Who connected at ParentCamp?

Facilitators - 4

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Sussex Montessori ParentCamp

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Universal Human Needs met�by each other!

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Date

School Name | Location

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Sussex Montessori ParentCamp

April 3, 2025

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Did you feel seen, heard and valued at ParentCamp?

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What topic would you like to connect, strengthen or collaborate on in future ParentCamp?

Sussex Montessori ParentCamp, April 3, 2025

Building a Connected Ecosystem and Community

Challenges and solutions
Different cultures
Where are they now? Would love to hear from past Montessori students and parents of how their children have transitioned to traditional public schools
How can we better support our teachers?
Increasing engagement and enrollment

Family-School Connection Needs

PBS and discipline
Bullying support
Ways to help inappropriate behaviors while following Montessori

Parenting/Family Needs

Montessori at home
Supporting kids at home

Student life and academic skills

Montessori curriculum
Stepping into junior high
Life after Montessori
Continuing Montessori for middle and high school students

�Resilience, Emotional Literacy, Well-being

How to not be anxious about testing

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Building a Connected Ecosystem and Community (Connection, Strengthening and Collaboration)

Building Community
Parent Connections
More teachers at events to feel like it has connections
More parent involvement like this!
Community groups I can be involved in.
Celebrate Us!�

Family - School Connection Needs �(Connection, Strengthening, Collaboration)

Refreshers on schooling for the parent
What does a typical school day look like for my child
Finding more opportunities to be involved in the helping process
Supports for students at school
Parent Education on platforms used in school
How to use technology platforms with my student at home
Partnering as a parent with the school on academics and behaviors

Parenting (Connection and Strengthening)

Parenting classes for tough students
Parenting
Creative parenting techniques
How to give consequences to our kids that matters to them.
Support for parents in the upper elementary grades

Student Life Skills/Parenting

(Connection and Strengthening)

Life skills
Manner and politeness
Manners
Healthy discipline
Homework help

Mental Health, Emotional Literacy & Resilience (Connection and Strengthening)

Mental health
How to express emotions in a healthy manner
Compassion

What topics would you like to connect, strengthen or collaborate on in future ParentCamps?

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“Seeing all the kids and parents having fun”�~Parent/Family/Caregiver

“The honest conversation about assessments in the school.” ~Parent/Family/Caregiver

“Seeing old faces and some new ones as well.”�~Parent/Family/Caregiver

“Enjoyed meeting school personnel and other parents. We are a potential new family and was good to see the school and meet some people.”�~Community

“The conversation was easy and comfortable. I learned a lot of different perspectives and it helped shape mine more.”

~Parent/Family/Caregiver

“I was grateful for the opportunity to learn more about Montessori and to have opportunity to be involved.”�~Parent/Family/Caregiver

“Por la enseñaza y la paciencia que tienen en la escuela .”�~Parent/Family/Caregiver

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What are you Grateful for or what was Meaningful to you at ParentCamp?

Family-School-Community Perspectives

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“Make sure I am here to engage and assist in the future, as much as possible.”�~Parent/Family/Caregiver

“Take info from the sessions and apply them to home life.”�~Parent/Family/Caregiver

“Utilizing practice problems to prepare my children for their assessments.”�~Parent/Family/Caregiver

“Continue to be present in the moment and recognize the opportunities in day to day life to absorb and explore and discover”

~Parent/Family/Caregiver

“The parent camp was great but the hours don’t really work for us. We are normally in our pajamas by 7:30”�~Parent/Family/Caregiver

“Providing more support to my students at home.”

~Parent/Family/Caregiver

“Preparing for State Testing, but not stressing them out with it.” ~Parent/Family/Caregiver

What Action Steps will you take after tonight’s ParentCamp?

Family-School-Community Perspectives

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To be determined

jay.posick@parentcamp.org

Save the Date!

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Our next ParentCamp will be:

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