TIGER TOWN NEWSLETTER

• 12/6: 2nd Grade Principal Chat (CAS Gym) @ 6:30 PM & PTO Meeting (CAS Gym) @ 7:30 PM
• 12/7: Downtown Shopping Day

• 12/12 Referendum Vote!
• 12/13: Winter Concert (Invite Only)
• 12/15: Assembly ~ Holiday Show
• 12/22: Half day of school (Dismissal at 12:45pm)/Winter Sing Along (Students Only)
• 12/25 - 1/1: School Closed, Winter Recess

*Scroll down to Quick Links to access the full 23/24 Calendar.

We are getting closer to our important vote on December 12, 2023 regarding the proposed bond referendum for our School District. Please refer to this website for all information regarding the referendum. MADISON REFERENDUM

On Thursday, December 7th, several downtown stores and restaurants will donate a portion of their sales back to CAS PTO. This is the best way to shop local this holiday season while helping our school ~ win/win!

Each holiday season, the PTO takes the opportunity to recognize the staff at CAS who are not the primary classroom teacher, but play a very important roles at our school. This includes, crossing guards, classroom aides, specials’ teachers, office staff and custodians to name a few. Classroom coordinators will reach out separately regarding your primary classroom teacher. Collection will continue through 12/17/2023

You can contribute on our website www.caspto.com or VENMO (@CASPTO)

Which color team will win this month? Submit your November minutes by Tuesday 12/5!

Blue Tiger Reading Challenge Google Form Links

Help the Student Council support the Madison Eagle Christmas Fund by bringing your loose change (think under the couch cushions) into your child’s classroom by December 15th. Our CAS students will combine the change and donate the money to MECF. In the spirit of giving, this project reminds us that small acts of kindness can lead to big change!

www.madisoneaglechristmasfund.org

In November, PTO presented the Dinosaurs Rock assembly for all the students of CAS! Students were taught all about how fossils are formed, variations in different species of dinosaurs, and how to identify them. The kids were amazed at the enormous size of the dinosaurs and were even able to touch real fossilized dinosaur eggs! At the end of the presentation each student was able to "dig for fossils" on their own and bring home a few fossil samples! Check out the photos below!

The 2023-24 Madison Schools directory is ready! Access to the directory is available upon Madison School District. The school directory on MobileArq Next app is updated annually. If you are an existing Madison parent and used the school directory last year, then, you will need to sign up again to renew your access to your school directory. Please SIGN-UP today!

Thank you to all our parent volunteers! See below for new volunteer opportunities.

Bingo Night

CAS Bingo Night is seeking volunteers! It's time to start gathering donations for the popular raffle and planning one of the most fun nights you'll have in the CAS gym! Love to arrange fabulous gift baskets? Want to help ensure the success of this family fun night? Join our team. Please click the Google Form to volunteer

Winter Dance

Our Winter Dance committee is looking for extra volunteers to help make our annual dance a night to remember!! Join the magic by emailing caspto@gmail.com if you are interested in helping this excellent and creative committee!

FunFest Committee

Do you love yard games, cotton candy and children’s laughter?! Then this role is for you! Looking for 1-2 additional chairs to join this amazing team! Fun Fest is one of the BEST events of the YEAR! You will be responsible for working with a team to coordinate food trucks, work with inflatable slide and cotton candy vendors, organize volunteers, plan games and more. Brainstorming starts in February for this May event. If you are interested, please email CASPTO@gmail.com to let us know.

Lunch Duty

Winter sign-ups are now open! Volunteering during lunch is a great way to see your children in their school-day habitat. Parent volunteers assist in opening up lunch items, keeping the lunch lines moving, and ensuring the students clean up after themselves. Lunch begins at 11:15am and ends at 12:45pm. Click here to sign up

Check out the latest edition of the Nutrition News video series, The New Jersey Tomato. The video highlights a tour of First Field. They manufacturer a variety of minimally processed foods, including tomato products, such as crushed tomatoes, from our iconic New Jersey tomatoes.

To celebrate the holiday season, as part of the lunch menu, we will be offering a Homemade Lasagna made with Local Crushed Tomatoes from First Field. The lasagna will be served with a Homemade Apple Crisp featuring local apples.

On this #GivingTuesday week and throughout the holiday season, we ask that you include MEF in your charitable giving plans. By the time this calendar year is over, we will have funded nearly 60 grants totaling more than $120,000. These impressive numbers are thanks to the generosity of community members like you that contribute to our effort year after year. Your donation now ensures our ability to fund the wonderful enrichment grant submissions we are sure to receive in 2024 and beyond. Thank you for your continued support! DONATE

This Week's Skills:

1. Phonemic Awareness -- hearing sounds
2. Phonics -- decoding words

Click here to learn more and how you can use these skills at home.

Please click for archived Home Connections and CAS Chats

Madison Public Theatre is back with the Merry Madison Seasonal Spectacular, featuring Madison High School Jazz Chorus, other Madison students, local groups, and Broadway stars! Please also refer to the flyer about a poetry contest for elementary students.

Go to https://madison-public-theatre.ticketleap.com/ to buy your tickets today! Orders placed by 12/1 receive a complimentary treat bag to enjoy during the performance.

Check out the Madison Public Library's newsletter to see all that's happening in December:

https://www.libraryaware.com/2937/NewsletterIssues/ViewIssue/66c9ba4b-51df-4cf1-87a1-479e1e65d996?postId=d358db8a-3973-48fb-a2f1-f0705d9bdb65