📅 Upcoming Dates

🥪 This Week's Menu

🎨 Enrichment Class Registration

🏫 Upcoming MIT General Meeting

🍻 MIT Community Night Out

🧏 Deaf Awareness Week

📸 School Photos

👺 ESD Monster Mad Dash 5k

🐻 Bear Wear

🧠 Madrona Tips & Tidbits

🍽️ School Meal Application

❓ Poll of the Week

💰 Don't Leave Money on the Table

⭐ More From MIT

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

9/23, National Sign Language Day

9/25, 6:30pm 🏫 First MIT General Meeting

9/25, After General Meeting 🍻 MIT Community Night Out

9/27🧏 Deaf Awareness Assembly w/ Urban Jazz Dance Troupe

9/29 🎨 Registration Closes for Enrichment Classes

10/3 📸 School Photos

10/5, 9am 👺 ESD Monster Mad Dash 5k

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

10/11, 4:00-6:15pm 🦻 Madrona Vineyard

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

10/24 🎺 Jazz Night

10/25 🎃 Bear Scare

10/30 👁️ Vision Screening

11/4 🦻 Hearing Screening

11/8, 4:00-6:16pm 🦻 Madrona Vineyard

Full calendar on Madrona BearFacts

Subject to change

See the menu any time at MySchoolMenus.com

Register your student for enrichment classes before it's too late!

Registration closes 9/29 and some classes are already full.

Madrona Integrated Team is proud to bring exciting opportunities for students to have experiences not offered in the school curriculum. The Fall Enrichment flyer was sent home with students. You can also view it on our website here.

There is still room in the following classes (as of the time this newsletter was drafted):

Monday

• Crochet Intermediate

Tuesday

• Snapology

Wednesday

• ArtWise

Thursday

• ASL (advanced) with Thawin Choulaphan
• Yoga with Emily

Friday

• Snapology (Grade 3-7)
• Taekwondo

You can waitlist your student for classes that are full

The whole MIT community is welcome and encouraged to attend - That means you!

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:

• Hear from our principal
• Vote on this year's budget including new budget items
• Classroom Snack Fund
• Grant Program
• Increasing Joe Rice Scholarship Fund
• Salmon Tank

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.

Meet in the library

Be there or be... zoom...

Join on Zoom

Meeting ID: 469 522 5641

Security Passcode: 939139

Join us for some grown up time after the MIT General Meeting (time below is approximate)

RSVP's are not required but do help us know how much space to get at the restaurant

We'd love to consider restaurants owned by folks in the Madrona community for future MIT Community Nights Out.

If you'd like your restaurant to be considered, please complete the form below

September is Deaf Awareness Month, September 23rd is International Sign Language Day

Rohey Jatta, a 7th grade Deaf and Hard of Hearing student, won the DHH button design contest. Her logo will be made into buttons for everyone at Madrona school!

Deaf Awareness Week will include

• Facts about Deaf culture read during morning announcements
• Morning meeting plans with different activities
• The library will have ASL books and bookmarks available
• We are excited to end the week by hosting the Urban Jazz Dance company, an inspiring Deaf dance troupe for an all school assembly on Friday, September 27th

School photos will be taken during school on 10/3

Please complete your order by 10/3 either online, or using the form sent home with your student and return to their teacher.

Volunteers may also have their photo taken for their badge on this day.

Wear your favorite costume, and run, walk or wag across the finish line at the Foundation’s 16th Annual Monster Mad Dash 5k!

• Registration 8:00am - 9:00am
• Runners start 9:00am
• Walkers, strollers, pets start 9:15am
• Battle of the Bands 10:30am
• Pet and Participant costume contest and prizes
• Kid Zone hosted by Dave & Buster’s: outdoor games

Time your pace through the Strava app. Two laps equals a 5k

Parking is limited. Attendees are encouraged to carpool shuttle from Mountlake Terrace Transit Center provided by Alderwood Community Church.

For more information or to register:

• Full event day details
• Madrona Bears team page
• Madrona team registration

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!

• They could’ve dropped it off at Madrona’s front office or are holding onto it for the next time they see your child.
• If they say it is at the bus barn, then you will need to take a trip to the Maintenance and Transportation Facility at 20601 52nd Ave W; Lynnwood WA 98036. The transportation is located on the second floor.

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

Did you know that many employers will money match volunteer hours?

Many do including Microsoft, Boing, Sales Force, and Verizon, does yours? If you don't know ask your HR to find out!

If your company does match for volunteer hours don't leave that money on the table! Log your hours and be sure to choose either Madrona school in Edmonds, or Madrona Integrated Teams, depending on the program.

There are so many volunteer opportunities over the next couple weeks, and throughout the schoolyear, help Madrona by doubling your impact by having your employer match your hours!

Hi! I'm Beth Jester, your friendly MIT Communications Coordinator

I hope you're enjoying the newsletter, including all the updates we have made over the last 6 months to help make it more consumable and engaging.

🎁 Feedback is always a gift, and I invite you to give us the gift of your feedback!

Please email me with feedback and suggestions including, but not limited to:

• What do you like
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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 at the Back to School BBQ?

If not, you'll have another chance for badge photos during school pictures on 10/3.

• 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.

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

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