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📅 Upcoming Dates

🥪 This Week's Menu

🆘 Get Involved

🧠 Madrona Tips & Tidbits

🏆 Costume Contest - Submit by 10/20 (extended from 18th)

💲 MIT Grant Program - Submit by 10/21

💵 MIT Scholarship Program

🏒 Floorball Camp

🏫 A Note From the Edmonds School Board President

🎃 Bear Scare

⚽ Let's Go Watch Some Soccer

📸 School Photo Retakes

❓ Poll of the Week

🍽️ Free & Reduced Lunch Application

⭐ More From MIT

Check your center's email, newsletter, and with parent coordinators for additional volunteer opportunities

Be the first to guess the theme of the weekly newsletter and win a critter!

10/18 ⚠️ No School

10/20 (extended) 🏆 Costume Contest Submissions Deadline

10/19, 6pm ⚽ Sounders FC vs Portland Timbers

10/19-10/23 🏆 Costume Contest Voting Open

10/21 💲 MIT Grant Application Deadline

10/21-10/24, Floorball Camp

10/23, 6-7:30pm 💰The Education Funding Crisis Town Hall

10/24, 7 PM 🎺 Jazz Night

10/25 🎃 Bear Scare

10/30 👁️ Vision Screening

11/4 🦻 Hearing Screening

11/8, 4:00-6:15pm 🦻 Madrona Vineyard

11/13 📸 Photo Retakes

11/13, 6:30pm 🏫 MIT General Meeting

Full calendar on Madrona BearFacts

Subject to change

See the menu any time at MySchoolMenus.com

Select any of the items below to get involved!

What is the MIT Family Room?

• Where to drop off donations for events
• Where to find an adult's bathroom
• Where MIT makes copies
• Where the MIT office is located (the door to the MIT office is within the family room)
• Where MIT keeps items we use for events, like hot beverage containers and sandwich boards

Where is the MIT Family Room?

• Behind the cafeteria, in the same hall as the library
• You'll see a glass front door across from the library, very near the cafeteria
• Inside you'll see a table and chairs (labeled MIT on the chair backs)

There are 5 categories: Kindergarten, Primary, Intermediate, Middle School, and Family.

Winners will be announced at Bear Scare

Submissions for the costume contests are open through Friday, October 20th (extended) at 11:55pm.

Voting for the costume contests is open October 21st - October 25th at 11:55pm.

You may only vote for one photo per category.

Links to submit and vote for all 5 categories can be found on the Bear Facts Website

Madrona Integrated Team (MIT) has allocated $15,000 in grant money to be awarded over the course of the school year. All MIT members (parents, caregivers, students, teachers, etc) may apply for a grant up to $2,500 to benefit students at Madrona.

“Grant proposal” is just a fancy way of saying “write up your idea” 💡

The way you write it doesn’t need to be perfect - we will be looking at ideas, not spelling or grammar.

If you feel you need assistance writing up your grant application for any reason, please reach out to your friendly Grant Administrator.

We will be accepting submissions 3 times yearly. The first deadline is October 21, 2024, and we plan to announce awards November 4, 2024.

Full information and application

We are also looking for Grant Readers to read and score grant submissions to help determine recipients. We are expecting the time commitment to be a few hours 3 times yearly - how much time will depend on the number of applications. Apply here to be a Grant Reader

MIT understands that the costs associated with school may be a hardship for some families. The MIT community has determined that it is important to support our community during this time.

MIT has updated our scholarship program, so it is no longer dependent on qualifying for Free & Reduced Lunch in order to assist more of the community.

The fees covered by the Scholarship Program include:

• Supply fees (also available under Free and Reduced Lunch benefits)

• One ticket to Bear Scare

• One Enrichment class per year

• Field trip fees (also available under Free and Reduced Lunch benefits)

• One yearbook & one pen

Anyone who thinks the cost of these items may be a hardship for their family should apply.

Full information and application

Time is running out - sign up to volunteer for one day of Floorball Camp and your student plays for FREE! More information here.

Enrollment closes October 14th so register your student for Floorball Camp now at 6crickets.com. Camp runs Monday - Thursday, October 21-24, 12:30-4pm for students in 1st-5th grades. Sign up for each day individually at $39.20 per day.

Email questions to MadronaEP@gmail.com

Hello!

I hope you had a good summer.

You may recall that you and I emailed last spring with regard to the budget shortfalls in the Edmonds School District, and that districts all over the state have also been facing. You indicated an interest in advocating at the state level to convince state legislators of the importance of their meeting the state's constitutional duty to fully fund K12 public education.

I'd like to invite you to an event being jointly hosted by the Edmonds, Northshore, and Shoreline School Districts. The K12 Funding Crisis Town Hall is scheduled for Wednesday, October 23, from 6 - 7:30 PM, at Edmonds-Woodway High School.

The event is designed to share causes and impacts of the current K12 funding crisis, and to give attendees an opportunity to speak directly with their legislators. Currently 10 state legislators have committed to attend, representing all five legislative districts that serve the three hosting school districts. The event is free and open to the public.

We are asking folks to please register, so that we can plan for the number of handouts and seating that will be needed. Folks can register to attend at this link. It is important for the legislators to know how important this topic is to their constituents. Please feel free to share widely with your network of friends and family, as well as everyone who cares about K12 public education in our state.

Thank you for your continued support of our students and schools!

Nancy

Nancy Katims, Ph.D.

(she/her)

Edmonds School Board President

Director, District 5

Celebrate school spirit with your Madrona community

Bear Scare is back for a fun night of games, prizes, balloon animals, pumpkins and treats!

Pre-order 🍕🎟️ tickets and pizza 🎟️🍕 now!

Tickets are only needed for kids, and adults are free!

Bear Scare is AMAZING because the Madrona community makes it AMAZING!

We need volunteers and supply donations to make this event a success, which means we need you!

60 of the 197 volunteer positions are currently filled.

Thank you to the 44 people who volunteered this week!

That means there are still 137 left for you to choose from when you sign up!

bearscare.madrona@gmail.com

This is an exclusive, discounted ticket offer and would love for you to join us.

MIT is happy to announce that there will be an upcoming game with a discounted block of tickets for the MIT community.

Come join Madrona K-8 and cheer on the Sounders as they take on their Portland rivals for Decision Day! With playoff implications on the line, Seattle and Portland will be battling for important playoff positioning on the last match of the season and need all your support. It promises to be a high-energy, unforgettable game!

Gates open at 4:30pm, with kickoff at 6:00pm

The Sounder train out of Edmonds is running for the Sounders match, so makes it easy to attend. Or people can take the new light rail stations from Mountlake Terrace or Lynnwood and get off at the Pioneer Square stop for an easy walk to the stadium.

Check out this site for more information and tickets

Photo retakes will be during school on 11/13

NOTE: This will be your last opportunity to get a photo for a volunteer badge this school year

If you need to check on your application status or have questions regarding your eligibility, call the Food & Nutrition Department at 425-431-7078.

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• All volunteers must be cleared by Safe Visitor Solutions before volunteering in any capacity at Madrona. Complete your paperwork now!
• Please allow up to two weeks for notification from the district about clearance
• All volunteers must have either an ID badge or sticker from the office visible while on campus

Unsure if your volunteer status is still good? Please contact the Educational Services Center communications@edmonds.wednet.edu

Did you have your photo taken for a volunteer badge?

If not, you'll have another chance for badge photos during school picture retakes on 11/13 (this will be the last opportunity this school year).

• Badges can be picked up from Kelly in the front office
• You must be approved by Safe Visitors Solutions prior to picking up your badge from the office
• Badges will not be released to volunteers without staff seeing their Safe Visitors Approval
• Volunteers with Safe Visitors Approvals that expire in a month will not be given their badges and will have to show that approval every time they volunteer until it's renewed

Interpretation for families is available through the school district for MIT events.

To request ASL interpretation, email aslrequests@edmonds.wednet.edu

To request other language interpretation, call or email Kelly Carlson at carlsonka@edmonds.wednet.edu | 425-431-2900

* Families that need interpretation must register in advance: We need 7 days to schedule interpreters for events.

* Familias que necesitan interpretación deben registrarse con anticipación: Necesitamos 7 días para programar intérpretes para los eventos.

*통역이 필요한 가족들은 미리 등록을 해야 합니다: 행사를 위한 통역관을 준비하는데3일이필요합니다.

* Các gia đình cần thông dịch phải đăng ký trước: Chúng tôi cần 7 ngày để sắp xếp thông dịch viên cho các sự kiện.

* Семьи, которые нуждаются в переводчике должны зарегистрироваться заранее: нам необходимо 7 дополнительных дня, чтобы заказать переводчика для мероприятия.

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