MIT News Update Week 14 - 12-04-23

12/6 MCT Parent Meeting

12/8 Giving Tree Donations DUE

12/8 Madrona Vineyard

12/12 MCT Auditions

12/15 MCT Art Submissions DUE

Can you believe Winter Break is just around the corner? Students are counting down the days!

Thanks for sticking with us as we work through some changes with our communications. We’ve just moved to a new mail platform called Smore. It’s a little less expensive than what we were using before, and we are hoping it is a bit more user-friendly.

We appreciate the time you take to scroll through our weekly email. This is the best way we have to share with you all the MIT-related things happening at school. You’ll find important dates, ways to contribute to our school community, surveys, and ways to volunteer in our newsletter. We also post the newsletters on our blog https://www.madronabearfacts.com/ If you have information to share in our newsletter, you can find instructions below.

We look forward to connecting with you next year at our next MIT meeting on January 8. If you have thoughts, questions, or comments before that time, please email me at MITParentChair@gmail.com –Molly Tobias

Madrona Miles Club is a before-school opportunity for students to come walk, jog or run the track to get their bodies and minds ready to learn. Students earn incentives for each mile they run. It is a drop-in, come-when-you-can program for all students, kindergarten through 8th grade. Families are welcome to join their runners!

We are hoping to bring MMC Back beginning in January. Please complete this survey to share your level of interest in both your child(ren) participating in this *free* opportunity, as well as your interest and availability in volunteering to help the program.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd8XGNmLTzOsGlpzfa4EbbMgu2BUo2GiXT4AQgQfkQxS678nQ/viewform

ATTENTION, PLEASE READ!

Two very important UPDATES for Madrona Children's Theatre!

First, below is the AUDITION Google link for SHREK JR. Fill this out as soon as possible so that your child can Audition. It's important to fill out ASAP but especially before the Audition date on 12/12/23.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdMGneQLagrbZo_nBEaxvrehjeOmkhfOG26b73eExOTzT8vkA/viewform?usp=sf_link__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!kRK3jAGxE3MQPrPsC-GHWrfEUfuGSh1aTGJWhmqedkoDNzrl9oG1-nqK8226yy87Z-YdJPPiFZU-Y4O8GWNr2SQ$

Second,

Below is the Zoom link for the PARENT MEETING on 12/06/23 at 6pm in the Madrona Library. Attendance is strongly encouraged as you will be informed of the expectations of the program with important dates, forms and details about the audition process.

Topic: MCT Info Meeting

Time: Dec 6, 2023 6:00 PM

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84834057800?pwd=Gm4kcZW7DFgSJbUTrQdJ46ZT0kBNp1.1

Meeting ID: 848 3405 7800

Passcode: 718782

**If interpretations services are needed, please see information below**

Madrona Giving Tree is our annual drive to help families in need within our school community. You can help two ways: pick up a tag or two off the tree located in the main office. Return the tag and associated gift, unwrapped to the main office by December 8. Alternatively, you may make a cash donation here: https://checkout.square.site/buy/V62Q5HPR37RXU5EAFMV4PXMG Donations will be used to purchase any unfulfilled gift requests and gift cards to distribute among the families. Thank you so much for your support of these families. All donations must be collected by December 8. Questions? Please reach out to Lindsay at MITViceChair@gmail.com

The Madrona Children's Theater is looking for your imagination! We need your talent to design the poster art for this year's show, SHREK JR.! Any Madrona Student can enter but is limited to ONE entry per student. Your art must be completely ORIGINAL and in black and white with only ONE color that relates to the show. All submissions must have your NAME and CENTER on it and be received by 12/15/23 to the Main office or emailed to madronachildrenstheatre@gmail.com.

Good luck! The chosen design will be announced on 01/03/23! This is going to be an OGRE of a good time!

Are you interested in supporting the School Levy happening in February? Teams are being created now to help with the campaign.

A School Election Team includes the building principal, teachers, paras, parents and Parent Club members. We are hoping for about 6 members per team but more would ALWAYS BE WELCOME. Schools would like to have teams created by December 1.

What will School Election Teams do?

Teams would engage in any or all of the following:

• Come with your SET Team Members to the SET Launch hosted by Yes for Kids! on December 5, 2023 at the MLT Senior Center at 3:30 PM for Secondary SET Teams and 5:00 PM for Elementary SET Teams.

• Post informational flyers in office areas.

• Post a sign in your yard

• Phone calling

• Sign Waving

• and in general, knowing the talking points and being able and willing to speak about the election,

• ...and more...

For more information, please go to the following links:

https://www.yesforesdkids.org/Kids!

https://mailchi.mp/792a71583bcc/off-and-running?e=7e1e8efb1d

We are working to streamline the communication from MIT. If you have an article you’d like to have included in our weekly email, please email your blurb to Molly at MITParentChair@gmail.com by Saturday at noon to be included in the following week’s email. If you’d like the article to be included for multiple weeks (for example, a signup genius for volunteer opportunities) please include that information. We are working to update the website to make submissions for the weekly email an option. Thanks.

Have you filled out your volunteer paperwork yet? All volunteers must be cleared by Edmonds School District before volunteering in any capacity at Madrona. It a quick process, but 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. Paperwork can be found here: https://www.edmonds.wednet.edu/community/volunteer Unsure if you’re volunteer status is still good? Please contact the Educational Services Center communications@edmonds.wednet.edu

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.

بالنسبة للعائلات التي بحاجة إلى مترجم يجب عليهم أن يسجلوا مسبقاً: نحن بحاجة إلى 7 أيام لتأمين جدول مواعيد للمترجمين لهذه الأحداث*

** If you need an ASL interpreter, please send an email to ASLrequests@edmonds.wednet.edu, and a sign language interpreter will be provided. To request other language interpretation, call or email Kelly Carlson at carlsonka@edmonds.wednet.edu | 425-431-2900.

Our volunteer web developer, Michael Scott McGinn, has successfully integrated the new Smore newsletter system into MadronaBearFacts.Com. Now our weekly newsletter will be richer and more interactive to keep you all informed about all of the fun MIT things going on at Madrona K-8.

Open Call for technology volunteers. We need to find additional web site support volunteers to help post updates to the web site and produce the MIT news letter emails. A few hours each week are needed. Zoom Training will be provided by Michael Scott McGinn in how to use WordPress, Smore and ChatGPT tools to create images and story editing ideas. If you would like to volunteer please email Molly at MITParentChair@gmail.com

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