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The Madison Mustang

February Newsletter

Greetings Madison Families!

Welcome to February and “I Love to Read” month!

On February 8th we will reveal to students the One District/One Book, and my hope is that families will find time this month to read it together and/or make it part of your bedtime ritual. On February 8th, we will send home the book with the youngest in each family.

If your child would like to listen to the chapters read aloud, then visit our district or Madison website on February 8th.

We hope you will join us on Thursday, March 7th from 5:30-7:00 p.m. to celebrate reading at our Family
Literacy Fun Night. We will have pizza, fun activities, give-aways and a free book for every student.

Our students in grades K-5 have been working hard completing the winter STAR (Standardized Testing and Reporting). The STAR test measures academic progress, and our teachers have been reviewing and using this data to guide and plan their instruction.

We look forward to sharing this information and the progress report with you at our Parent/Teacher
Conferences on Thursday, February 21 and Tuesday, February 26th from 3-7:30 p.m. We will send out notices of when you are scheduled for conferences the week of February 3rd. In the meantime, please continue to communicate any questions or concerns with your child’s teacher.

Thank you for sharing your children with us each day. We will continue to have high academic and social expectations for them!

Kate Flynn, Principal

Honda Donation

Madison Elementary was chosen by St. Cloud Honda to receive $2,500 to support field-trips and other school activities. Madison would like to thank Honda for their generous donation.

Spirt Week

Madison will be celebrating Spirit Week the week of February 25th to March 1st. Students will have the opportunity to participate in dress up days at school. To help with planning, listed below are the dress up days.

February 25th, Minnesota Monday: wear MN attire..Vikings, Twins, Wild, or Minnesota logo items

February 26, Totally Cozy Tuesday: wear PJ's or other cozy outfits

February 27, Wacky Wednesday: wear mismatched clothes, mix it up

February 28, Rainbow Thursday: wear your grade level color or your favorite rainbow attire
-PreK: Red
-K: Red
-1: Orange
-2: Yellow
-3: Green
-4: Blue
-5: Purple

March 1, School Spirit Friday: wear Madison colors (blue/green) or Madison gear

Upcoming Events

February 1: PBIS Student of the Month Assemblies
8:00- Grades 4-5
11:00- Kindergarten
11:50- Grades 2-3
12:40- Grade 1
February 4: Mr. Stangler, 5th Grade field trip to St. Johns
February 5: Ms. Arendt, 5th Grade field trip to St. Johns
February 6: Ms. Winter, 5th Grade field trip to St. Johns
February 7: Ms. Gleason, 5th Grade field trip to St. Johns
February 8: Ms. Yeh, 5th Grade field trip to St. Johns
February8: One District, One Book handout
February 11: Chinese Immersion Parent Group Meeting 6:00 PM
February 18: No School
February 21: Parent Teacher Conferences 3:00-7:30
February 28: Parent Teacher Conferences 3:00-7:30

Parent Teacher Conferences

Madison Parent Teacher Conferences are scheduled for February 22nd and 26th. Letters will be coming home on Wednesday, February 6th.

School Lunch Menus

Here is a link to the school lunch menu for February, this link includes color pictures of lunch for each day. On the menu you may see that each day there are two options for the main item. Students are able to make their lunch choice each morning.

https://isd742.nutrislice.com/menu/madison/lunch/2019-02-19

WISH LIST ITEMS
The season of cold weather and colds is upon us, Madison staff would greatly appreciate donations of:
*Kleenex
*Disinfecting wipes
*Winter Mittens
*New or gently used clean boys and girls pants (especially sweat pants) sizes 5-8

Donations can be dropped off at the Madison Office.

Congratulations

Congratulations to Kate Flynn for being selected for MESPA's Central Division 2019 Division Leadership Award. The award expresses appreciation for her outstanding principalship as well as her contribution to improving education, the community and the profession.

Second Grade News

In 2nd grade we recently finished our How To writing projects and have written some winter poems and similes. In math, we are working on two digit addition and subtraction. We are getting ready to start our next science unit on balance and motion followed by a social studies unit comparing the past and present. On Jan. 25, we celebrated our increased reading fluency by hosting a poetry reading in the english only classrooms.

Skyward Attendance

Family Online Attendance Entry

We are excited to announce that Madison Elementary School is now offering the Online Attendance Entry system for parents. You may log into your Skyward Parent Portal and be able to submit an absence for a specific child, leave a comment for school staff, and share the time frame for the absence - all without calling or sending a note. Our office will then review the online entry and code as excused/unexcused per the Madison Elementary School student handbook. Step-by-step directions can be found HERE. We welcome your suggestions and comments!

PAKRAT Reading

Each student at Madison is asked to read with an adult each night and have their PAKRAT sheet signed.

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