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This is Daniela Baldini. I'm writing to you in order to tell you that we have been moved to Argentina, and my self and the girls are not returning to India. My husband will go back in March for twenty days.

I also wanted to tell you that the girls miss the school very much. And I miss it because here doesn't exist a school like yours.

I love the school and the system, I wanted to get in touch with the founder to see if we could bring the school to Mendoza.

Thank you very much for everything,

It was a great show put up by the Excelsior family. I can only imagine the hardwork teachers and supporting staff members would have put in to get such a good performance from kids. Please convey our appreciation to them.

It was so fascinating to see Mehar run her first race...these memories will stay with us for lifetime.

With another academic year drawing to its culmination, we see before us a new challenge, a new opportunity, a new tomorrow. Excellence has been the keyword of our school since it's inception. At the Excelsior School, our constant endeavor i9s to nurture and groom students in an intellectually
stimulating environment.

Small wonder that in a short span of time, the school has come to be recognized as an institution of repute and our students have brought their creative potential to the forefront and excelled in many fields bringing laurels to the school and making us to feel proud and elated.

Now we are all geared up to welcome the new members and extend our care and attention so as to ensure that they quickly adapt themselves to the new environment. When your child starts school you are entrusting us with a great responsibility, we take this responsibility seriously and thus use a highly individualized approach to meet the particular needs of your child while making learning a positive experience.

1. 'Parent Orientation' will be held on the 24th of 2007. It shall begin at 1000am so kindly be seated by 0955am. Please register yourself at the help desk on your arrival. It is imperative for all parents to attend the orientation.

2. On Saturday, 17th of Feb please come to school between 900am to 0500pm and give the measurement for your child's summer uniform. The
approximate cost of the uniform would be Rs.3000 to be paid by cheque or cash.

3. The new academic session would begin on the 04th of April 2007.

Looking forward to seeing you .

With warm regards
Shalini Nambiar
(Director)

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Just wanted to let you know that Misha is super excited about being the Child of the Week. She called a dozen people including her pediatrician to check the school website. We were thrilled about it too but as parents what made us really happy was the fact that she now wants to do even better so that she can be on the website again and again.

Regards
Raj & Meenakshi Narayanan

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Dear Ms Rupinder and Ms Shalini,

We are pleased to inform you that we have observed positive changes in Anannya's personality and her behavior. She has become more independent and confident in terms of completing task on her own. She also takes initiative in learning new things.

During her recent trip to Pune, Anannya visited Agha Khan Palace where Gandhiji were kept as a prisoner for more than two years. It was amazing to
see Anannya taking so much interest in his photographs and other stuff displayed there. When we told her that Gandhiji was kept there by Britishers, she amazed us by telling about chacha Nehru and Gandhiji and how they made britishers quit our country.

We would like to extend our congratulations to both of you for helping Anannya in achieving this milestone. Ms Rupinder is clearly an asset for your school. Thanks!

Dear Ms Rupinder and Ms.Shalini

Thank you for updating us with the daily report of the class although our daughter sahiba discuss everything with us about her school activities but today after knowing the magnet experiment form her and then reading the daily report it has made easier for us to further relate the same thing and explain and elaborate it for her as she wanted to do the same experiment at home but in a different way.And we are really glad that she is becoming more aware and sensible,few days back she amazed us when she narrated a comlete story for 20mins with all minute details which she heard in the school and again today when she told us all about wind pipe and food pipe in our body. We would like to thank you for all your efforts and hope this daily report system will continue as this will bridge the gap between the teacher and parents and we together will work for our children`s banefit.

Thanks and Regards
Monica and Amar Bhatia (P/O Sahiba Dinosaurs)

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Dear Ms Radha, Ms Shalini and the entire Excelsior Family,

Thank you for these constant words of encouragement. We are thrilled to hear that ANSHULA showed promise in the Maths exercise that you undertook. These kind of encouraging talks only goad us more to spend more quality time with our kids and veer them in the right direction. Thank you once again Ms Radha for showing faith in Anshula. We wish you all the best in future endeavours.

We are delighted to see Sahil being nominated as the 'Child of the Week'. Especially so, given the anxieties he had at school to start off with. I think we can only congratulate you and Miss Simmi for an outstanding job in turning the situation around. Please pass both our thanks to Miss Simmi for helping Sahil thoroughly enjoy being at school.

Nice initiative and I am sure more moms and dads would love to come over .I am already looking forward to joining my daughter's class(Safari) for lunch.

Thank you so much for giving me the wonderful opportunity to have a lunch date with my three year old daughter, Trisha(Discovery class)..her excitement knew no bounds ever since she knew that i was joining her for lunch . She loved flaunting me as her " Lunch-mom".

It was a pleasure to see the lunch go smoothly with the kids on their best behaviour saying "Goodmorning" and "Thankyou". It was also wonderful to see them clean up after they finished lunch and to see them evolving gradually
into responsible citizens.

I highly recommend it as a must have experience for all parents and i applaud the efforts of the school for coming up with these innovative ideas.

Coongratulations and my best wishes as u continue to come up with more inspiring ideas.

Dear Ms Shalini,

Yesterday Abhinav had an asignment to read a book but unfortunately we didn't have that book and so i gave him another book to read which i thought would be tough for him. But i was amazed with the fluency with which he read the book. The book was the ladybird seies 5B.

I remember when last year I had come to you for Abhinav's admission, my main concern was his english. You had promised me that by the end of the year he would be speaking comfortably and reading well too. I just want to thank you for living upto your promise.

Iam very proud that my decision to put Abhinav in your school was not wrong. Thank you very much and a great thanks to your teachers for doing such a good job, because I don't teach Abhinav anything at home. It is everything which he has learned in school. Just one thing more I hope his habit of jumping around and shouting mellows down a bit.

Thank you very much.

Thank you for nominating Rohan as 'Child of the Week'. Rohan was so excited to see his picture on the school's website. He feels appreciated and that has given further boost to his self-confidence. We would like to take this opportunity to thank both of you for your continued efforts to bring him out of his shell. We have seen steady improvement in his social skills and overall development.

Thank you again for all the efforts that you have been putting in, this is greatly appreciated.

Dear Ms. Shalini and Ms. Radha,

Greetings! Dhwani had a wonderful trip to Florida, specially visiting Disney World. She enjoyed having breakfast with Disney characters and posing for photographs. Apart from this not a single day passed when she had not enjoyed learning something new. Her extended vacation is well justified it seems now.

I want to share our proud moments we experienced with Dhwani on this trip with you. It was amazing the way she conducted herself socially. She did everything which she was supposed to do in respect of manners and behavior. She waited for her turn every where, standing in line, not littering, being polite, frequent use of 'Excuse me", "please", "thanks” and above all following the rules in home and out side. Talking in normal tone, helping younger kids, mixing with people and making new friends, being patience, not crying or persisting on buying everything that she saw. Rather she gave patience hearing to our explanations for value of money. She ate what she was offered and tried to enjoy American food as well. It was such a great delight to see her acting as an interpreter between her parents and the rest, may it be the immigration officer, friends or her own aunt. People never had imagined that a four year old Indian girl can be so well acquainted with this totally different world which she was seeing for the first time. No doubt, they were impressed!!

We met Avni's (my grand daughter) Montessori teacher as well. She was equally impressed with her, and invited her to attend the school with her cousin, which could not be materialized though due to some reason. To me, my both the grand daughters appeared to be the same in every respect, rather Dhwani spoke three language, one being sign. She even tried to teach her cousin some more of Hindi in her own way!

I was impressed by her keen observation. And was surprised too She asked me two questions. Why there are no poor people here in America?
Why is it so clean here?

I was over whelmed, though I tried to tell her the reason, I don't know if she really understood, but I am sure this must have gone in her head to be processed later in her life as she matures

I want to give credit to you and your educators for inculcating such sensitivities and values in the young minds.

It is the greatest moment of my motherhood . It is my dream come true to see kush come out of his shyness .I can see my child collecting more feathers in his cap in near future .Your team's hard work is like a cat coming out of the bag .

Meenu and I would like to thank you for encouraging Chetan by nominating him child of the week. It will certainly boost Chetan's morale and encourage him to express himself more freely. We are pleased to see a steady improvement in Chetan's confidence and personality. A special word of thanks to Ms Hema for helping Chetan's growth and development.

Our son Aryaman Gupta started school recently at the beginning of the current session. He is a part of the wildlife class. This is just a short note to say that we are very impressed with all that he has picked up in such a short space of time. Well done and keep up the great work!!!

Thank you for making us mother’s feel special on Mother’s day. It was a delight to see the little children perform so beautifully. It must have taken a great effort to make them all dance in tandem. Great job done!!!

My son, Sivant seems to be now settling done at Excelsior and a lot of credit goes to his teachers who seem to very gentle and nice to the children. Shalini, after the mother’s day function I have been truly impressed by the way Sivant was taught how to dance. He is only 3 yrs and 8 mths and he was moving his body in rhythm.

I have been picking Sivant early as you know since he was taking time to settle and whenever I have met you; you always have given me the information about what all Sivant had done in the day. Sivant would tell me the same but in different words. It just shows your personal involvement.

We have a lot of faith in you and we hope you bring out the best in our children.

Dear Shalini,

Over the previous session, a lot of distractions came our way that questioned the appropriateness of Excelsior system. We all went through the painful period and have come out on the other end with flying color! We appreciate your candor in communicating with the parents and your meticulous process oriented educational system. Even though having been in the US most of our adult lives, we somehow did not star out as an outright believer of the Montessori system. Yet with your caring attitude and progress that Priyanka is making – you are turning us into converts. Maybe it is time to get our older daughter in Excelsior too!

I wanted to thank you and your team for your help in turning around what was becoming an anxious situation for us, to a promising situation.

I have observed a marked improvement in Sahil’s willingness to attend school, and in his development since we last spoke, and I can only put that down to both your efforts.

So thank you both very much for your time and patience, and we hope the school will continue to go from strength to strength.

Hi,

Just wanted to let you know as I had gone for the Reading Mom's programme for 6-year-olds, I wanted to suggest a formation of a book club for these little kids.

This can relly help them inculcate a habit of reading. It could either be a Parent-child book club or Teacher-student book club. Here are some guidleines on how to start a book club for kids. The guidelines mentioned here are for 3rd grade-8th grade. But I feel it could be applied to 1st graders as well. I picked up these guidelines from the site www.scholastic.com.

Go Clubbing
Start a parent-child book group and reap benefits beyond reading.
Martha C.Z. Bayliss

With the proliferation of book clubs for adults — from neighborhood groups to Oprah's Book Club — it's no wonder that kids want to take part in the action. But with homework, sports and much more competing for your child's time (and yours), the idea of setting aside a couple of hours every month or two to discuss books can be daunting. Consider, though, that a parent-child book group can help you:

• get closer to your child
• share different aspects of his life
• expand your conversations beyond "How was school today?"
• provide insight into your child, her peers, and how they think

Best for kids in 3rd to 8th grade, a reading group can be a wonderful opportunity to see your child in a different light. Making the book club a priority will help make reading at home a priority as well.

To get started, follow these tips:

1. Compose the group: Invite kids in your child's grade or close to him in age. Look for members with similar interests and abilities — but not too similar, to keep the discussions interesting! How many? Aim for a group of 8 and 12 (including adults and children). If some are unable to attend, there will still be enough to have a lively discussion. Any larger and there won't be enough time for everyone to participate.

2. Appoint an organizer to keep the schedule, send out reminders, and be available to answer questions. If your group's kids are young, have a parent act as the organizer; but older kids will be able (and eager) to handle this responsibility themselves.

3. Set a schedule: Meeting monthly or even bi-monthly gives everyone time to read the selection without too much time pressure. Some groups meet only during the school year; others meet only in the summer. Find what works best for yours. "I found it best to choose dates at the beginning of the year rather than leaving it up to each host family to pick the date for its month — that way there were less likely to be conflicts," says one mom. Or plan a recurring date, such as the first Monday of every month.

4. Find a place: As a group, decide if you would rather meet at participants' homes or at a public spot, such as a bookstore, library, or coffee shop.

5. Select the books: Have the host of the first meeting choose the first book, then let the kids decide on the rest. Some groups select books months ahead of time; others choose only one or two in advance so they can see what is new or interesting.

6. Prompt discussion: Encourage each child to come prepared with at least one topic for discussion or question to ask the group. What happens when someone doesn't finish the book? Find out why, and don't exclude her from the conversation. She may have a compelling, interesting reason worth discussing.

1. Focus on the kids: You and your fellow parent members are there to facilitate discussion, but mostly to listen. Let your child take the lead — you'll be amazed at what you'll learn.

2. Plan an activity to complement the book. You might plant seeds after reading a book about nature or try your hand at poetry after reading Robert Frost. My local librarian hosted a very successful reading group for the Angelina Ballerina books, accompanied by a tea party.

3. Set up a snack: Agree in advance: Will the host provide all the edibles, or will the responsibility be shared? Are there any foods that are off limits due to allergies or other sensitivities?

4. Keep it simple: Don't plan elaborate activities, themes, or meals, and make sure the books you choose are within the capabilities of the group. Thirty minutes to an hour for discussion and another half hour or so for any activity or snack afterwards is enough.

5. Stay flexible: Your group will naturally evolve as your kids grow and change. You may meet more or less frequently or choose different books to explore. What matters most: Keep the pages turning and the conversation flowing!

Martha C.Z. Bayliss is a freelance writer in New Jersey and mother

Kind Regards
Richa Handa

I have in my hands two boxes,
Which God gave me to hold.
He said, "Put all your sorrows in the black box,
And all your joys in the gold."
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I heeded His words, and in the two boxes,
Both my joys and sorrows I stored,
But though the gold became heavier each day,
The black was as light as before.

With curiosity, I opened the black,
I wanted to find out why,
And I saw, in the base of the box, a hole,
Which my sorrows had fallen out by.

I showed the hole to God, and mused,
"I wonder where my sorrows could be!"
He smiled a gentle smile and said,
"My child, they're all here with me.."

I asked God, why He gave me the boxes,
Why the gold and the black with the hole?
"My child, the gold is for you to count your blessings,
The black is for you to let go.

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