MIT Week 5 - Get Involved this Fall

📅 Upcoming Dates

🥪 This Week's Menu

🆘 Volunteer Opportunities

🏆 Costume Contest

🏫 MIT General Meeting

💲 MIT Grant Program Applications Due

💵 MIT Scholarship Program

🧠 Madrona Tips & Tidbits

🐻 Bear Wear

🏒 Floorball Camp

🎃 Bear Scare

⚽ Let's Go Watch Some Soccer

📸 School Photo Retakes

❓ Poll of the Week

🍽️ School Meal Application

⭐ More From MIT

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

10/6, 11:59pm 🐻 Deadline for Bear Wear Orders

10/7-10/18 🏆 Costume Contest Submissions Open

10/9, 6:30pm 🏫 MIT General Meeting

10/11, 4:00-6:15pm 🦻 Madrona Vineyard

10/13, 1pm 🧑‍🌾 Fill the Trough Day - Show up and move some dirt!

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

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

10/21 💲 MIT Grant Applications Due

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!

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 on Monday, October 7th - Friday, October 18th at 11:55pm.

Voting for the costume contests is open Saturday, October 19th - Wednesday, October 23rd 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

We will have 2 middle school volunteers available to babysit potty-trained school age children during the General Meeting. Tips are appreciated.

Agenda items will include:

• Madrona Children's Theatre (MCT) - This year's show revealed!
• Madrona Kids Fund kick off
• And more!

If you have an agenda item you'd like to add please complete this form, also linked below, and use the provided presentation template

In person attendance is recommended. Zoom will be available for those who are unable to join in person.

1. This show was based on a book with a different name, the main character didn’t have a last name yet was given one for the play and it was not originally written as a “musical”.
2. There are many media versions of this show but the overarching theme throughout is always that everyone has somewhere they truly belong.
3. The comic adaptation that was created happened to be the first joint publishing venture between DC and Marvel.
4. There is a shared nomenclature for a city in this show and a neighboring city to Edmonds.
5. A squall can take you places…All reactions:

Get together with board members and other parents and caregivers for conversation, food, and fun.

Get to know and help strengthen your Madrona community!

This month

Rory's Bar and Grill in Edmonds

105 Main St, Edmonds, WA 98020

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

Have you been looking for a calendar with all the school events? There are actually 4 calendars 🫨

This week's tidbit will help to demystify the calendars and make sure you can find them all!

1. MIT Calendar
2. Official Madrona Calendar or in the Parent Square App, choose Events from the bottom bar
3. Madrona District Calendar
4. Main District Calendar

If you cannot find something on the MIT calendar, please check one of the other 3 calendars.

Order your Bear Wear before the store closes for Fall!

• Bear wear store open for business!
• Deadline for Orders: Sunday, October 6, 2024 (11:59 PM PDT)
  
• Orders will be delivered to your student's classroom 2-3 weeks after store closes
• When ordering please list your child’s FULL NAME and teacher/center/homeroom
• If ordering for multiple children, list the OLDEST child’s information

For questions contact Jennifer Tait

Go Bears!

Volunteers are needed for Floorball camp during conference week, or it will be cancelled!

As a volunteer you will take attendance and help the instructor with wrangling kids, if needed. Yor student will attend camp for FREE the day you volunteer. If you can't stay for the entire class (12:30-4pm) please note that on the signup form and we'll see if we can split the job up. Sign up to volunteer here.

As long as volunteers sign up…Floorball camp is coming to Madrona during conference week early release days, October 21-24, 12:30-4pm each day. Sign up for each day individually, choose 1 or all 4 days, but sign up quick because space is running out!

Camp is open to 1st - 5th graders and costs $39.20 each day. To register for camp, go to https://www.6crickets.com, new customers create an account, then go to the “Parents” section and choose “Programs at your school”.

About Floorball - Emerald City Floorball is making hockey for everyone with our low barrier to entry. Floorball is fun, fast, safe, affordable and inclusive, making it a popular sport for kids and parents alike. Join us as we bring our over 70 years of combined off-ice hockey experience to give you a program you will love and be asking for more when we finish. Kids will learn the basics of hockey, learning how to play with and without the ball, learning valuable skills such as teamwork, competitiveness and communication. All resulting from our fun curriculum and our high energy scrimmages. So have some fun with us this year during Parent Teacher Conference week. Emerald City Floorball, making hockey kewl in school again.

To learn more follow emerald_city_floorball on Instagram.

See more information and download the Floorball camp flyer on the Bear Facts website here. Email MadronaEP@gmail.com with questions.

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

Since the Seattle Chocolate Festival happened this weekend...

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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