MADISON AVENUE SCHOOL OF ARTS

Attendance is SO important for student success. Every day a student is absent is a missed learning opportunity for your child to build foundational knowledge in order to understand more difficult material later. Students who miss more than 18 days of school are less proficient in reading, writing and math compared to their peers with good attendance.

To encourage student attendance, we have started a 5 Star Attendance Challenge! Each day a classroom has 100% attendance, they will get a star. When the classroom gets five stars, the class wins either a pizza party or an ice cream party on that 5th day!

CURRENT CHALLENGE STANDINGS (As of October 30, 2024):

Mrs. Schneider's 3rd Grade Class: ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

Mrs. Mims' 6th Grade Class:⭐ ⭐

Miss Hiatt's 4th Grade Class:⭐ ⭐

Mrs. Fletcher's 1st Grade Class:⭐

All Other Classes: 0 stars

Help get your child make it to school to help your child's class complete the challenge and win a party...or parties!

Nearly a quarter million children in Ohio, just over 9% of the children in the state, live in homes headed by relatives other than a parent, such as a grandparent, aunt, etc.

In Lucas County, the Area Office on Aging (AOoA) Kinship Navigator Program provides services and supports to over 1,300 families with access to:

• Information & referrals
• Ongoing assistance
• Community resources
• Educational workshops
• Newsletters & E-Blasts
• Kinship club meetings
• Special events
• Support groups
• Child Traumatic Stress Workshop
• Holiday meal assistance
• And More!

To receive services from the Kinship Navigator Program, kin caregivers do not need to meet any requirements based on age, income, or legal or familial relationship to the child. They must be residents of Lucas County, raising a child aged 18 or younger, and the birth parent of the child cannot be living with the child or kin caregiver.

Marsha Rose, LSW, Supervisor of the Kinship Navigator Program, will be at Madison Avenue School of Arts on Thursday, November 7th at 5 pm to share more information on the many resources available to kinship caregivers.

This program will be open to the general public as well as Madison Avenue School of Arts’ families. Attendees will be entered into a drawing for a gift card at the end of the presentation.

The Harvest Market School Pantry Program is now available for the Madison Avenue School of Arts’ community! The Harvest Market is designed to address child hunger with greater flexibility and choice. This program aims to provide emergency food assistance to children and families directly at Madison Avenue School of Arts. The School Pantry Program offers a more empowering choice model, ensuring families receive the support they need without having to leave the school environment. Our goal remains steadfast: to alleviate hunger and support the well-being of children across Northwest Ohio.

If you are interested in shopping at our Newly Opened Harvest Market, please contact the school for an appointment at 419-259-4000. Remember a visit to the Harvest Market is completely confidential and located within an area that is private in the school building.

We had so much fun on the last day of school in October. Our Harvest parties featured a parade around the school and later in the evening we welcomed everyone back with their families for Trunk or Treat. We loved seeing our students and their families enjoying themselves together and all of the kids looking amazing in their costumes! The weather was perfect for a leisurely stroll from car to car to collect candy. A huge thank you to our staff for organizing this fun for all ages event!

Mark your calendars for Monday, December 16th at 6 pm for our annual holiday highlight where our talented students take the stage to spread some seasonal cheer!

Bring the whole family! Admission is free!

Report Cards for the first quarter were available at conferences. If you were unable to attend conferences, and would like the report card emailed to you, please contact your scholar's teacher. A phone conference with the teacher is also an option if you could not make it into the school on the conference day. The best way to ensure academic success is having the students, parents, and teachers all working together to meet our learning goals.

Imagine Madison Avenue School of Arts uses Marzano’s 0-4 grading scale:

4 = Student goes above and beyond the standard to demonstrate a higher level of understanding
(I can teach this to others).

3 = Student is at mastery at the skill or standard
(I get it, I can do it).

2 = Student can perform most of the standard with one or minimal mistakes. Student can perform

independently but requires some assistance
(I understand most of it but still need help).

1 = Student makes many errors or mistakes and does not show a consistent level of understanding (I understand little. With help I can do it)

0 = Student makes no attempt to perform the skill or demonstrate understanding of the standard (Complete refusal).

Our FREE after school tutoring program, for students in Grades 3-6, offered in conjunction with Pathway 4 Successful Leadership (P4SL), will begin on Wednesday, November 6th. A meal and bus transportation home are provided to the students as part of the program.

Enrollment packets for the program were sent home with students last month. If you need a new one, they are available in the main office.

If you have any questions about this program, please call P4SL at 419-917-2537.

You are invited to join us at our next PTO meeting on Thursday, November 7th from 5-6 pm.

Could you help us out by completing this brief communications survey? It should only take a couple of minutes and your replies will help us share important information and all of the amazing things happening at our school with you as well as our broader community.

You can use the QR code here or click on this link: https://forms.gle/14LGxY3ixhmxkoQr6

Survey participants will automatically be entered in a drawing for a gift card. Winner will be notified using the email used to submit the survey form. Drawing will take place on December 6th.

NOVEMBER 1: NO SCHOOL--Parent/Teacher Conferences

November 1: First Quarter Report Cards

November 3: Daylight Savings Time Ends: Turn Back Clocks One Hour

November 5: Election Day

November 6: After School Tutoring Program Begins

November 7: PTO Meeting, 5-6 pm

November 11: Veterans' Day

November 11-15: STAR Reading Testing

November 13: World Kindness Day

November 15: Second Quarter Interims

November 18-22: STAR Math Testing

NOVEMBER 25: NO SCHOOL--Staff Professional Development Day

NOVEMBER 26-29: NO SCHOOL--Thanksgiving Break

December 2: Classes resume

MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR THESE DATES:

December 13: Second Quarter Ends

DECEMBER 19: NO SCHOOL--Staff Professional Development Day

DECEMBER 20- JANUARY : NO SCHOOL--Winter Break

JANUARY 6: NO SCHOOL--Staff Professional Development Day

January 7: Classes resume

Art teacher, Mrs. Nikola, selected "SPACE" to feature for November.

This colorful example of abstract expressionism, in a style popularized by Jackson Pollock, was done by Ray J. in Miss Guynes' 5th grade class.

Breakfast Menus

Lunch Menus

As the weather gets colder, students may add solid- colored sweaters, cardigans, or vests for added warmth to their existing uniform. Long-sleeved shirts may be worn UNDER a short-sleeved polo in cold weather. No hoods are allowed. Hats, bandanas, coats, etc. of any type are not to be worn inside during the school day.

If it is cold or snowy, your child should wear a jacket, hat, gloves, and boots (optional) to school as we will still be going outside for recess as long as the temperature is above 20 degrees, including the wind chill.

Did you know you could order the school pictures online? Go to SchoolPictures.com and use online code: OH0101Fall24

The annual reports of both our school and our sponsor are now available on our website. The reports cover the most recently completed school year and they are released each year in October. For your convenience, you can use these links to access them directly:

Imagine Madison Avenue School of Arts 2023-2024 Annual Report

Sponsor 2023-2024 Annual Report

A $100 Walmart gift card will be given to any current family that refers a new family that enrolls at our school.

Dear Families,

The holidays are fast approaching so as we prepare to celebrate I have you, your children, and our teachers in my heart and thoughts. No matter what your circumstances are this season remember this: who you are with is always more important than where you are. Hug your children, read a holiday story to them, tuck them in with a kiss, These are the gifts they will have forever.

My best wishes for your joy and peace,

Darlene M. Burke, Board President

Doors will open at 8:45 a.m.

Breakfast will be served from 8:45-9:10.

Students are marked tardy after 9:10 a.m.

Students arriving after 10:30 a.m. are marked absent for a half day.

Dismissal is at 4:00 p.m.

Missing school for any amount of time will have a negative impact on your scholar's learning, achievement and grades.

Please call 419-259-4000 if your scholar will be absent to let us know the reason for the absence. If it is illness related, we ask for a written note from your doctor.

HB 410 legislation requires ud to report chronic absenteeism and truancy to to courts. Our attendance goal to meet the state requirement is 95%.