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MADISON MEADOWS MIDDLE SCHOOL

225 W. OCOTILLO RD. , PHOENIX, AZ 85013

No School

2/20-Presidents Day

Tct

2/1, 2/8 & 2/15

2:10 pm Release

PTM Meeting

2/22-6pm

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Coffee Hour

2/24-8:40am

Panera Night

2/21-4pm to 9pM

ZOYO DAY

2/21-all Day

Upcoming Events

Dear Parents,

IMPORTANT REMINDER:

Students are expected to leave the campus right after dismissal. There is no supervision provided af-ter school. The number of students hanging around campus unsupervised after hours is unaccepta-ble. Please ensure you pick your student up on time – dismissal is at 3:40. If you are unable to pick your child up after school please sign them up for after school care (MAC). Your cooperation is ex-pected and appreciated.

We are continuing to experience vandalism on campus and in the Church parking lot. Graffiti, bro-ken pipes, turned over garbage cans, paper towel dispensers ripped from the walls, and excessive lit-tering are just a few examples. Please talk with your child about being respectful and following our school expectations. Our PBIS expectation matrix can be found in the student handbook on page 4. Please take the time to review it with your child. At school we continue to reinforce positive be-haviors and redirect or consequence the unwanted ones.

We recently held our third lock-out drill for the school year. A few reminders – please do not call the school office if your child sends you a text (they have been told not to use their phones) – office staff does not answer the phone, they are concentrating on making certain every student is accounted for. A robo call will be sent out informing you it was a drill. We have one more drill scheduled for this year.

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They will also be available before school both in front of the office and by the back gate as well as online

at http://meadowsptm.org/shop/.

Sale ends February 10th.

Let someone special know you care!!!

NJHS will be selling Val-O-Grams after school by the

Shannon Smith Memorial starting

February 2nd.

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Meadows Dad’s Club Meeting

Tuesday, February 7th, 2017 @ 6pm

342 W. Berridge Lane

For more info please email us at

[email protected]

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This is also a fun way to help your child get in community service

hours, spend time together, have fun & help your school.

Please help our 5th Graders earn money.

This months Snack Shack will benefit

CAMP FRIENDLY PINES!

Help our 5th Graders, teachers and

chaperones attend Camp Friendly Pines.

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c094fada929ab9-calling4

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Help support

PARENTS AND TEACHERS AT MEADOWS

February 21, 2017 4:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M.

at the Panera Bread bakery-cafe at

1125 E Glendale Ave Phoenix, AZ 85020

Bring this flyer when you dine with us and we'll donate a portion of the proceeds from

your purchase. Please hand in a hard copy or show an electronic version of this flyer upon

placing your order. Purchases of gift cards are not counted towards the event. It's a great

way to combine great taste and great fun - for a great cause.

Learn more about Fundraising Nights at Panera Bread at:

www.PaneraBread.com/fundraiser

© 2017 Panera Bread. All rights reserved.

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Its time to start planning for our PTM Spring Fundraiser.

This year it will be a adult only event with a silent auction.

We’d like this to be a community event, so please sign up and let’s make it a success.

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c084faeae23a64-spring

Date for event is April 22nd.

For more information or to volunteer please contact Leeann at

[email protected]

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WE NEED YOUR STUDENT'S OUTGROWN DRESS WEAR--Help!

The 8th grade Commencement Committee is looking for gently used boys and girls dress clothes and shoes for a boutique they are setting up to bene-

fit those 8th grade Meadows students who need help with their Commencement Ceremony and Commencement Dance attire. We want all of our commencing students to feel confident and proud as they walk

across the stage.

Needed Donations:

* Girls dresses, skirts and blouses with modesty an important consideration. No strapless/spaghetti/halter dresses, formal gowns or

mini-skirts. * Girls/women's dress shoes with a heel strap for safety.

* Boys long sleeved, solid color dress shirts, ties and slacks. No polo style shirts.

* Boys/men's dress shoes.

A box will be set up in the office for donations starting Monday, January 9th.

Deadline is March 31, 2017. Boutique to be open in April--date to be announced.

Thank you in advance for helping to make this a special time for our students!

Items can be picked up, just let us know. Any questions please contact Christy Vandersee at [email protected] or

602-471-4328.

Saturday .

mailto:[email protected]:602-471-4328

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Winter Sports finished up with great efforts by our teams. Our boys varsity basketball team finished their third undefeated season in a row, and just fell short of their third championship by losing a

close game in the semifinals.

Go Rams!

Please remember that schedules and all athletic forms can be found online at MeadowsAthletics.com.

Spring sports try-outs are going on right now. Softball try-outs just wrapped up, but we are still in the middle of baseball try-

outs. Boys volleyball try-outs will be held in the gym after school on Monday, 2/13 and Tuesday, 2/14. Also, a parent meeting for track will be held in the gym after school on

Thursday, 2/9.

Matt Bottoms Athletic Director 5th/8th Grade Math Madison Meadows Middle School MeadowsAthletics.com

http://meadowsathletics.com/

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Any seventh graders interested in applying for National Junior Honor Society should have their

application packets turned in by noon on February 10th.

Applications can be picked up in the front office or from Miss Poginy.

The National Junior Honor Society is the nation's premier organiza-tion established to recognize outstanding middle level students. More

than just an honor roll, NJHS serves to honor those students who have demonstrated excellence in the areas of scholarship, service, leadership, character, and citizenship. These characteristics have

been associated with membership in the organization since its beginning in 1929.

Today, it is estimated that more than one million students participate in official Honor Society activities. NHS and NJHS chapters are found in all

50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, many U.S. territories, and Canada. Chapter membership not only recognizes students for their accomplishments, but challenges them to develop further through active

involvement in school activities and community service

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Saturday, March 4

Noon - 4:00pm

Madison #1 School . 16th St. & Missouri Benefits the Madison Education Foundation which supports music &

arts programs in all Madison schools.

music . art . food . Fun

Free Admission . Raffle Gourmet Food Trucks . Vendor Booths

Students from all schools will perform & exhibit art.

Live Music & Entertainment . Free Bike Helmets to the first 200 people . Free Car Seat Checks . KidsZone

Bike Rodeo . Art Masterpiece Demos

Visit MadisonEducationFoundation.org for more information.

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Student of the Semester Awards!

Awards assemblies were held for each grade level. Teachers nominated stu-dents for recognition based on how students embody the IB Learner Profile attributes and how they exhibit our RAMS expectations.

Congratulations to these students:

5th Grade 6th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade

Noah Aronsohn Matthew Bladine Katie Cook Gianna DePratti

Macy Custer Ethan Miller Aidan Conway Aldyn Geer

Gavin Eagar Maya Morris Ryan Cotter Dylan Lifshitz

Skye Goodman Savannah Nordvold Leira Cruz Jasmina Lubovac

Cameron Irby Morgan Pinkerton Carter Haines Ava Nichols

Kate Onken Sam Williams Jodie Isham EJ Shakarov

Illia Psenka Marcus Woods Emi McGuire Elijah Schacher

Nikole Sanchez Baylon Jayden Warren Gianna DePratti

Sophie Tepper-Monroy

Our next awards assemblies will take place

at the end of 3rd quarter!

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Teacher of the Semester Awards!

Teachers were also recognized this month!

Congratulations to these teachers:

5th Ms. Liz Cohen

6th Mr. Ryan Lamb

7th Ms. Anna Andrews

8th Ms. Amber Bradshaw Exploratories Mr. Phil Johnson

Special ED Mr. Adam Arneson

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PLEASE SUBMIT PAYMENT AND COMPLETE ATTACHED PAPERWORK

BY FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 2017

If you have any questions, please contact the 8th Grade Commencement Committee Chair:

Brigitte Rapatz, [email protected] or 602-672-1000.

Parents—All the information you will need in order for your 8th grader to participate in Commencement and end-of-the-year events

is at

http://meadowsptm.org/whats-happening/8th-grade-commencement/

If you are unable to make your payment online, please print and complete the Commencement Payment and Water Day & Com-

mencement Dance Permission forms and include a check or money order payable to “PTM” (cash will not be accepted) and turn into

Meadow's front office.

MORE COMMENCEMENT

WE NEED YOUR STUDENT'S OUTGROWN DRESS WEAR--Help! The 8th grade Commencement Committee is looking for gently used boys and girls dress clothes and shoes for a boutique they are setting up to benefit those 8th grade Meadows students who need help with their Commencement Ceremony and Commencement Dance attire. We want all of our commencing students to feel confident and proud as they walk across the stage. Needed Donations: * Girls dresses, skirts and blouses with modesty an important consideration. No strapless/spaghetti/halter dresses, formal gowns or mini-skirts. * Girls/women's dress shoes with a heel strap for safety. * Boys long sleeved, solid color dress shirts, ties and slacks. No polo style shirts. * Boys/men's dress shoes. A box will be set up in the office for donations starting Monday, January 9th. Deadline is March 31, 2017. Boutique to be open in April--date to be announced. Thank you in advance for helping to make this a special time for our students! Any questions please contact Christy Vandersee at [email protected] or 602-471-4328.

mailto:[email protected]

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The wait is over!

The first art club will be meeting

January 17, 2017 at 3:40pm.

Art club members will have the unique opportunity to work on projects which are not possible during the school day.

Projects will be more individualized and allow for more artistic expression. Art club members will be involved in making art with specialty materials such as clay, glazes, metallic paints,

liquid watercolor and much more!

Students must arrange for their own

transportation home at 4:40pm.

Dates: Every Thursday from

January 19th through March 2nd

Time: 3:40-4:40pm

Place: Art room E40

Pickup: 4:40pm in front of the cafeteria

Meadows Art Club

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I hope everyone had a fabulous holiday!

We want to start thinking about the Grand Canyon Reader Award.

What is the Grand Canyon Reader Award?

The Grand Canyon Reader Award is a reader award program for students in Ari-zona. Students vote annually on their favorite book in the following categories: Picture, Non-Fiction, Intermediate, Tween and Teen (which will be a voting op-

tional category)

We at Meadows vote for Non-Fiction, Intermediate and Tween Category.

To be eligible to vote in a category a student must read at least 3 books from that category. If they read three books from each category (9 books total) then they

can vote in each of those categories.

Voting will be in March.

Go to my website https://sites.google.com/a/madisoned.org/library/ if you wish to download the list of titles in each category. Students can keep track of

the books they have read and what they thought of them. Show me the paper with your parent or teacher signature and you will be registered to vote.

Thank-you to our little library elves for decorating the school library for the holidays. It looked beautiful.

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Did you know that you or your student can check out a Family Pass to the Phoenix Art Museum from

the library just as you would a library book?

The Pass is checked out for 7 days so you will al-ways have a weekend to use it.

Please return on time.

General admission for 2 adults and their children or grandchildren ages 17 and under,

10% Discount at The Museum Store and Palette at the Phoenix Art Museum

To checkout - cardholder must be an employee, a student, or a guardian of a student that attends

Madison Meadows Middle School.

https://sites.google.com/a/madisoned.org/library/

Maria Rowell – Media Center / Library

Sponsored by

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TGIF COFFEE HOUR

February 24th

March 31st

April 28th

Come join the PTM and special guests for an informal coffee hour after drop off on the last

Friday of every month .

Our January guest will be here from the district office.

Come find out what is in store for the

2016-2017 school year!

8:40am

Meadows Media Center

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NEWS FROM THE HEALTH OFFICE Nurse Sharon

FLU SEASON IS HERE: If your child is sick with a temperature, coughing, general-ized weakness and a headache for 3-5 days or more--—it is probably the flu!! Keep your

child home so they can rest and get better sooner without spreading the flu to oth-ers. Flu Shots are still recommended for all, but check with your doctor if you have any

concerns or questions.

IMMUNIZATIONS: Meningitis and Tdap are required for all 11 yr olds in the 6th grade. Please continue to send in proof of any immunizations your child has received so

their shot record will be up to date. Please keep track of these shots yourself as well since all 8th grade students need to send in immunization records to their child’s pro-

spective high schools.

SICK CHILD: ALL STUDENTS MUST BE FREE OF A TEMPERATURE, VOMIT-ING AND DIARRHEA FOR 24 HRS BEFORE COMING BACK TO SCHOOL.

PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR CHILDREN… All children mature at different rates. It is exciting when our children grow up, but sometimes it is too fast. Middle

school children want to be experimenters. They dare each other to do things and want to act tough so they are doing some silly things – these things can have big consequenc-es. Some things I am talking about are drinking, smoking, eraser burns and digging or

cutting in the skin with various objects.

Be Proactive, Be Positive and Be a Good Parent… Pay attention to your children.

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Dear Meadows Parents and Students,

Every school year each family is asked to pay a $50 Activity fee for each of their students. Over the course of the school year this fee covers field trips, demonstrations, special guest visits, bus transportation to off campus

events, assemblies and other school wide and grade level events.

The Activity fee applies towards your Arizona Tax Credit and must be paid to participate in field trips including the cost of the 8th Grade Water Day and Sunscreen/Hydration lesson associated with this field trip.

Ways to donate:

Online

www.madisonaz.org

-Click where it says “Tax Credit’” on the top right hand side

-Click where it says “Donate Online”

-Scroll to the bottom and click “Make Donation”

-School: Madison Meadows; Activity: General—general

Then forward the tax credit confirmation to:

Traci Haddox at [email protected]

Come in to Madison Meadows Office. Donations can be made by credit card or debit card in the office.

There are usually a lot of questions about 8th Grade Commencement. Here are some

important dates to note.

May 22, 2017 Awards Event, 8:45 am in the cafeteria. Parents welcome. May 23, 2017 Commencement Ceremony, 5:00 pm at Madison #1.

May 24, 2017 Water Park during school. 8th Grade Dance 7:00-9:30 pm.

Detailed information will be available after the 8th grade student assembly January 6th. This will be when the principal will discuss expectations for grades and behavior in order to participate in com-mencement events. Thereafter, a $55 Commencement fee will be due for all 8th grade students that covers t-shirt with this year’s theme, commencement DVD, commencement dance including food, drinks, DJ, special photo booth, decorations and supplies, ceremony program and tickets, 8th Grade award plaques and a class gift for the school.

If you have any questions, please contact the 8th Grade Commencement Chair:

Brigitte Rapatz, [email protected] or 602-672-1000

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Free Money for Meadows

Fry’s: Help Meadows earn cash with every shopping trip to Fry’s. For every $50,000 in V.I.P purchases, Fry’s Food Stores donates $500.

Enroll EACH YEAR for the Fry’s Community Rewards Program.

Meadows Code: 80423

Box Tops for Education – Cut out the Box Tops and send them in to your stu-dent’s academic lab. The school gets 10 cents for each one! Classes and teachers win prizes for collecting the most.

Coke REWARDS – Coke products have a 14 digit number that when entered gives MEADOWS points to purchase recess & athletic equipment Turn in the Coke product (including Powerade) tops, or numbers off the cartons to the office or Ms. Poginy.

Amazon.com-Use the link below to log into your Am-azon Account, and a percentage of your purchase will come back to Meadows.

http://smile.amazon.com/ch/74-2401305

http://meadowsptm.org/ptm_home/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Bar-Code.pnghttp://www.frysfood.com/community/Pages/community_rewards.aspxhttp://www.boxtops4education.com/http://www.mycokerewards.com/schoolDetails.do?id=1056644663&x=47&y=10

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WELCOME MEADOWS FAMILIES! 8 Ways to Help!

Meadows PTM is happy to have your student in our student body and to have you in our strong parent community. Our school is able to do a lot for our students and faculty because of an active communi-ty. As Meadows’ families we would like you to know easy ways to help Meadows!!

1. STAY INFORMED!! Monthly Med-O-Grams, and weekly e-mails from Principal Carney are primary sources of communication, but also ‘Like us” on Facebook - Parents and Teachers at Meadows (PTM) BOOKMARK www.meadowsptm.org for school and PTM info.

BOOKMARK www.madisonaz.org/meadows-middle-school/ for district, school and sports info.

2. VOLUNTEER – we need everyone – from those who take an one hour turn in the snack shack or help the library pack up for the construction to those who run committees! It all helps our school. Directory Ad. Chair and IB Committee Chair (work with Ms. Coughlin) are some open chairmanships - ask PTM for more details! Or give us your idea! 3. DONATE or Purchase for our Fall Fundraiser -it sets the budget for the year! Watch for the kick-off as soon as school starts!

4. CLIP – General Mills Box Tops for Education: This program gives 10 cents for each valid Box Top. Contests end in October and April, winning teacher gets dinner out! Please trim and turn them in to homeroom/first period. Put out a collection bin at work, church or temple! If these box tops go in the trash, no one wins!

5. SUPPORT - Meadows Athletic Program by purchasing a banner for your business or family that will show in the Gym or Fields for a school year - Cost is $250 - $300 And show your school spirit with a magnet on your car!.

6. Enroll in eScrip - Restaurant dining and on-line shopping can bring free money to Meadows, if you sign up on www.eScrip.com and enter your credit card information, when you dine at participating res-taurants: Streets of New York, Spinato’s & many others using your card- restaurants reward your loyalty by sending Meadows a percent of your purchase. Successful program at Meadows for over a decade - no cost to you! (Safeway no longer participates, a loss to us of about $8,000 in revenue). We need to make it up with particpation in their dining and on-line shopping programs!

7. EAT OUT - support Meadows’ monthly restaurant night - Meadows will get a percentage of what our supporters spend at favorite dining places. Stay tuned for more details.

8. FRY’s SHOPPERS - SIGN UP or RENEW! – go to www.frysfood.com and register your card. Renew each Fall to continue your support. (Instructions on back of this flyer.) THANK YOU for being an involved part of the Meadows’ Community -

We look forward to a great year!!!

Your PTM Exec. Board-

Carrie, Pam, Holly, Leeann, Nicole and Theresa

http://www.meadowsptm.org/http://www.madisonaz.org/meadows-middle-school/http://www.escrip.com/http://www.frysfood.com/

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FRY’S SHOPPERS – How to sign up!! (Then share with other Fry’s Shoppers!)

STEP 1: Creating an Online Fry’s Account **NOTE: If you already have an online Fry’s account, skip to #2 *Go to http://www.frysfood.com/

*Select ‘Register’. *Under Sign-In information, enter your email and create a password. (Write down your email & password—will need it in step 2) *Select ‘Use Card Number’. *Enter your Fry’s V.I.P Card Number, last name and postal code. *Under ‘Select Your Preferred Store’ enter your postal code. *Select ‘Find Stores’. *Choose your store then select ‘Create Account’. *You will then be prompted to check your email for a confirmation email. Click the hyperlink in your email to finish creating your Online Fry’s Account. *Continue to step #2 to register for the Fry’s Community Rewards Program of your choice.

STEP 2: Register for the Fry’s Community Rewards Program *Go to https://www.frysfood.com/topic/community?activePage=community-rewards-2

*Select ‘Sign-In’. *Enter your email & password then select ‘sign in’. (This will be the email and pass-word you created in step 1) *Select ‘My Account then select ‘Account Settings’ from drop down menu. *Click ‘edit’ under Community Rewards. If prompted, enter personal information. *Under Find Your Organization: Enter Madison Meadows PTM ID 80423 then select ‘search’. *Under Select Your Organization: Select box next to your organization *Then select ‘save changes’. *If you have registered correctly, you should now see your organization information listed under ‘Community Rewards’ on your Account Summary page.

Shop Amazon and

Earn Money for Meadows

Use the link below to log into your Amazon Account, and a percentage of your purchase will come back to Meadows.

Please designate Parents and Teachers at Meadows to receive proceeds.

http://smile.amazon.com/ch/74-2401305

https://www.frysfood.com/https://www.frysfood.com/topic/community?activePage=community-rewards-2

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If you're a social media user, we encourage to follow the Madi-son District on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram! Pages feature community news and events, student successes from all eight

Madison schools, and tips and alerts for parents.

Facebook.com/MadisonAZ

Stay Connected with Meadows!

Sign up for eBlasts, to receive reminders and important school

information via email.

Join our mailing list at www.meadowsptm.org or

Email Abby Loza [email protected]

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Governing Board Meeting Dates

2016-2017

The Governing Board of the Madison Elementary School District will meet

in a regular session on the following dates.

All regular meetings will be held on the first and third Tuesday of each month starting at 6:00 P.M. in the Board Room of the District Administration Building at 5601 N. 16th Street, Phoenix, AZ 85016. Live video broadcasts and past meetings are available at https://livestream.com/accounts/10632146.

February 7, 2017

February 21, 2017

March 7, 2017

April 4, 2017

April 18, 2017

May 2, 2017

May 16, 2017

June 6, 2017

Public notice of all Governing Board meetings will be posted in a case in front of the District Office Admin-istration Building at 5601 N. 16th Street, Phoenix, AZ 85016, at least 24 hours prior to a Board meeting.

One or more members of the Board may participate in the meeting by telephone, video, or internet confer-encing.

Pursuant to A.R.S. 38-431.03.A.3, the Board may vote to convene an executive session (which will not be open to the public) for discussion or consultation with the Board’s attorney(s) on any matter listed on the Agenda. The Board attorney(s) may appear in person or telephonically.

The Board reserves the right to change the order of items on the Agenda, with the exception of public hear-ings set for a specific time.

A copy of background material for an Agenda item provided to Board members (with the exception of mate-rials relating to executive sessions) is available for public inspection at the District’s administrative offices, located at 5601 N. 16th Street, Phoenix, AZ 85016, at least 24 hours prior to the Board meeting.

Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation and/or persons requiring translation ser-

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