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Happy Friday Everyone!
Here’s a link to the Friday Flyer that will go home today with students:
http://madronapantherpartners.org/FridayFliers/FridayFlyer2009-2010.21.doc
Don’t forget about Family Movie night tonight. The PTSA is showing “UP” and providing snacks and popcorn.
Have a great weekend!
p.s. You can find previous Friday Flyers in the link section on the left.
In case you missed the Open House on February 10th, here is a link to the brochure that was handed out.
http://www.madronapantherpartners.org/Downloads/Madrona_K-8_Brochure.pdf
Hi there PTSA folks!
The annual appreciation day that we have been sharing with the Madrona neighborhood for several years will take place on March 20th, 2010, 10:00a.m.! We need volunteer help. Please let us know if you can bring a baked good or fruit plate. Also, we are looking for nominations for the many awards that go out! We are asking the Student Council to help emcee and organize the event. Please email your nominations to ptsa@madronapantherpartners.org or get ahold of Jon Hughes.
THANKS!
Madrona Neighborhood & School Appreciation Day
Saturday, March 20th, 10a.m. – 11a.m.
Madrona K-8 School Library (Union/33rd).
SCHOOL AWARDS:
Madrona K-8 Student Awards (K -2, 3-5, 6-8): celebrating student achievement in three different grade categories.
Madrona K-8 Doris Baptist Hickman Staff Award: This award is for a Madrona K-8 School staff person who has made a significant contribution to the school.
Go Panthers Award: Recognizes an individual who has made extra and extraordinary efforts for the education and growth of Madrona K-8.
Mary Bass Award: an award given to a person who goes above and beyond the call of duty linking the community and the school.
NEIGHBORHOOD AWARDS:
The Nora Award: Named in honor of Madrona activist Nora Wood, this award is given to a Madrona resident who, over time and in ways both large and small, has left a personal mark on the community.
The Local Hero Award: Given to a Madrona resident for an act of heroism, singular kindness or generosity.
The Tyrone Love Unsung Hero Award: Given to a Madrona resident for service to others in the larger community. Named after community and youth activist and mentor Tyrone Love who dedicated much of his life to the youth of the community.
The Madrona Resident for Life Award: Bestowed upon a long-time, active resident who has left Madrona but remains dearly missed.
Here is a letter explaining the new Wednesday schedule change.
Greetings Wonderful Madrona Community,
I’m writing to let you know of a very important schedule change that will impact everyone starting the week we return from break.
We will be releasing students from school every Wednesday at 2:35. This is one hour earlier than our normal release time of 3:35. Wednesdays will follow the standard school district schedule for all middle and K-8 schools.
All after school care options that serve middle and K-8 schools will be open at that time, including Garfield Community Center, Miller Community Center, Rotary Boys and Girls Club, Yesler Terrace, Rainier Vista, and CDSA. The PTSA has a small group of parents who will meet in the gym to provide care until 3:35pm for students whose parents aren’t able to work out an alternative plan for that first Wednesday (Feb. 24). They will help to organize the students into groups so they can either do homework or play table games.
On Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, students will continue to be dismissed at 3:35.
We are doing this because we believe in maximizing our time for learning. Our extended day schedule has been very successful, and we’ve seen gains across the board in learning for our students. For four days every week, we’ve offered academic acceleration classes in reading and math as well as many enrichment classes (including karate, Spanish, mural painting, gardening and composting, hip hop dance, double dutch, spoken word, social skills groups, leadership, yoga, fantasy book clubs, journalism, yearbook, architecture, drama, student council, and other engaging activities). The fifth day we used to create collaborative planning and learning time for teachers. In order for this to happen, we had to support an extensive supervision schedule for students. As we’ve evaluated the use of this time, we concluded that we must make this change.
I thank you in advance for your support.
Respectfully,
Kaaren Andrews, Principal
Thank you to all of you who attended the meeting with Dr. Goodloe-Johnson.
Although Principal Andrews will be moving to a new school, we are thrilled that she will be here through the end of the school year and will train her replacement. We have been assured that there will be time for a thoughtful transition and that we will be involved in the choice of new leadership for Madrona K-8.
Information about how to become involved in the next stages of this process will be published in the Friday Flyer, on this website and will be sent out by email to our email list. If you’d like to get information by email, please send an email to us at ptsa@madronapantherpartners.org.
Upcoming Events:
- Family Movie Night February 26th at 7:00
- Bingo Night March 12th at 7:00
- Beginning February 7th, the first Sunday of each month there will be gardening from 10-2. We have tools. Hope you can join us.
To keep up to date on the happenings at Madrona K-8, check back here often or subscribe to the RSS Feed (icon at the upper right of the main page).
Thank you for your continued support of our Madrona Family!
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