Extra Activities

Field Trips

Rosehill students enjoy the experience of several field trips during the regular school year and summer school programs. Past events have included live professional performances at the Drury Lane Theatre, a trip to a pumpkin farm in the autumn, bowling and visiting a police station.

Dance/Movement

Little bodies have a lot of energy. Included in our Montessori program is a Dance/Movement class once per week. A skilled instructor comes into Rosehill to work with the children in small groups for thirty minutes. During these classes the children are exposed to different movement activities including jazz, ballet, tumbling and basic dance moves.

Music

Music is such a vital part of life. Why enroll your child in a separate music program? Here at Rosehill we include weekly Kindermusik classes as part of our regular, Montessori program. A Kindermusik instructor comes to Rosehill each week to work with the children as a class for thirty minutes. The Kindermusik program nurtures imagination, creativity and fosters musical growth through opportunities to move, sing, listen, play, create and interact with the basic elements of music. There is no additional cost for the music classes, however there is a nominal fee (charged twice per year) for the Kindermusik materials. We are pleased to be able to offer this special program to all of our children.

Language

Our children are exposed to more than one language at Rosehill. One of our teachers, formerly an instructor at an area language school, now brings a bit of France to Rosehill! Each week she works with the children teaching the basics of French, such as: numbers, days of the week, names of animals, simple expressions, directions and names of objects in the classroom. For more information, please visit the French Language Studies section of the web site.

Library

Each week our children visit the Rosehill Montessori School Library, run completely by a committee of parents who volunteer to come in and assist children with taking out books. Each child is allowed to take one book home from our library every week. This is a popular program for our children, as they love to borrow books from school. This is a great lesson of responsibility and taking care of someone else’s belongings. The children look forward to visiting library all week!

Fun Lunch

Rosehill offers our version of Hot Lunch each week. We call it "Fun Lunch" because all children are invited to stay for lunch — even those who are only enrolled in our morning program. A Fun Lunch menu will go home three times per school year. Each family will order lunch for an entire three month period at one time. Fun Lunch is completely optional. You can pick none, one, some or all of the weeks for Fun Lunch; it is entirely up to you! Every week there are two meals to choose from, and one is always a vegetarian meal so that every family can participate.

Fun Lunch is important to our school for several reasons. First of all, the parents really like our lunch program as they get a break from packing lunch for their child once per week. They also like the variety of nutritious meals we serve, as each lunch is a healthy, well-balanced meal which includes fruits and vegetables. Fun Lunch is a fundraiser for Rosehill and, as we are a not-for-profit organization, all proceeds from Fun Lunch go directly back into our school. This is most definitely a win-win program for Rosehill and our families — all the way around!

Classroom Festivals and Parties

Rosehill students have several in-class festivals corresponding to the various holidays and seasons of the school year. Family members are invited to attend the presentations prepared by the students and teaching staff for such celebrations as the "The Festival of Lights" (winter celebration) and the Thanksgiving Celebration. Also much looked forward to is the annual "Dad's Night" and "Mom's Tea" events in which the students bring their parents into the classroom and their world. During this one-on-one time they can proudly show to their father or mother the many things they do each day in school.

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