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The more risks you allow children to take, the better they learn to take care of themselves. -Roald Dahl



News and Reminders: We have preschool graduation coming up next week! August 18th we will be closing early at 4:00 pm, please make sure to arrive no later than 4 pm. Graduation will begin at 5:00 pm. Everyone is invited to join us for graduation. It will take place in the back playground. We have 5 children that will be graduating. This is a very special event for all of us. We would like to celebrate the time that these children have spent at Mountain Village School. The children are working on putting together a few surprises for us all.

We had a productive two days of in-service. Some teachers spent time renewing their First Aid, we had a training from Prevent Child Abuse Vermont, as well as an art training with two children's art teachers.

Since we had such a short week, we will skip the classroom updates. Here are a few photos to hold you over.




















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