Friday, November 21, 2014
A Note from Susan
Dear Parents and Guardians,
A few weeks ago we posted a survey on Survey Monkey to measure two Catholic Identity standards that are a part of our accreditation protocol. The first standard asked us if we had a mission and philosophy statement that was integrated into all aspects of school life. The second standard asked if the school maintains an active partnership with parents on the spiritual and academic education of their children.
The results of the survey were discussed with the staff, Fr. Mike, and the School Advisory Council. They are also posted outside the school office for any interested parents to review. A report was sent to the Department of Catholic Schools and it, too, is available for anyone who would like to take a look.
Based on the responses, the school staff felt that for those parents who are active in the daily life of the school, the mission and philosophy statements are an integral part of the curriculum and that parents are valued in their role as the primary educators of their children. Those who read our newsletter and handbooks, visit our website, see our mission, philosophy, and SLE documents posted in the school know we are a mission driven school. One SLE is highlighted each week for the school to focus on. Students recite the day’s SLE as a closing to lunch period. Teachers integrate the mission and SLEs in their formal observations and in their curriculum maps. Teachers regularly ask students to incorporate the SLEs in summative assessments. Finally, the SLEs are the basis of our discipline code.
One question that had a lower than average rating had to do with whether “parents and students, teachers and staff can paraphrase the mission statement, if not quote it exactly.” Well, I feel pretty confident that the teachers and students can do it, but I am not so sure about parents. To remedy this situation, a group of teachers is coming up with a “challenge” for students to teach their parents to recite the mission statement from memory. It was suggested we use social media and pattern it after the “ice bucket” challenge that was so popular this fall. If you cannot recite the mission statement, someone will dump a bucket of ice water on you and post the video on YouTube. What do you think? Who wants to go first?
We will not be publishing Footnotes next week, so I would like to wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving.
Have a great weekend.
Sincerely,
Susan
Five for Friday
The news you need really, really fast!
- Auction Results: Click here
- Hot Lunch December Deadline: Click here
- Middle School Youth Ministry: Click here
- Spaghetti Dinner Chair Needed: Click here
- Ski Bus Sign-ups: Click here
Auction Nets $161,000!
Thanks to everyone's hard work, the 2014 Cirque Du Madeleine Auction grossed $242,000 and had a net of $161,000. This will be allocated with $102,000 toward the annual Parents Club budget and $59,000 toward the remodel of the faculty room.
Item Pick-up
If you still need to pick up an item, gift certificate or free dress pass you won at the auction, please go to the front office. All items must be paid for before they will be released for pick-up. Please print your receipt and bring it with you. If you have questions, please contact Lenny Supnet at lennysupnet@gmail.com
Kids Kreations
Cards will go home with your child the first week of December.
You Can Still Sign-Up for Easel Items
There are still spots available for many of the fun-filled easel item events. Think of all the great Christmas presents you could buy with just one click! Following is a list of just some of the great items to choose from.
PJs, Popcorn & Pizza (and Jr.): December 5, 2014
Caroling with the Teachers: December 11, 2014
An Evening to Remember with Father Mike: February 21, 2015
Poker Night: March 14, 2015
Father Daughter Disco Dance: April 18, 2015
Mad Mad Dash - Part Deux: May 16, 2015
Par 3 Golf Tournament: May 16, 2015
Tour De Madeleine: August 23, 2015
Back to School Yoga & Brunch: September 8, 2015
Do you have a post-auction question? Send an email to auction@themadeleine.edu.
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Sign up Now for December Hot Lunch!
Deadline = Monday, November 24th
It couldn't be easier! Go to www.orderlunches.com and pick the lunches your child wants for the month of December.
What about the snow day, you ask? If you were signed up for hot lunch on Thursday, the system will automatically credit your account.
What about the milk? If you ordered milk at the beginning of the school year, you will receive a refund at the end of the school year for any days that are doubled up with a hot lunch order.
Help Make Hot Lunch a Success . . .
. . . earn some volunteer hours
Do you have 1.5 hours available next week to help with the new Hot Lunch Program? If so, your job will basically entail helping serve food to the students -- no cooking skills required! If you are available from 11am - 12:30pm any day next week, please send an email to Susan Steele to let her know you are available to help.
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Wanted: Wood Burning Tools
The Art Department would like to borrow several Wood Burning tools. Please mark with your name and deliver at your earliest convenience.
Thank you!
Mrs. Galash
Calling All 6th, 7th & 8th Graders!
Sunday, December 7th @ 7pm
It's official! The Old Church will now be transformed on Sunday, December 7th into the new "teen room" for middle school and high school teens as part of the Madeleine Youth Ministry Program.
Come to the Parish Hall at 7pm, and we will have a work party to remove all the items in the Old Church to make way for new or donated furniture to serve the youth. We will have a pizza party and white elephant exchange immediately following the move. Bring a wrapped gift that can be shared and enjoyed in this fun tradition!
If anyone wishes to donate a gently used item to the new youth room, please contact Juliana at jweis@themadeleine.edu. We could also use extra space heaters!
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St. Michael's Lunches
Making a difference, one lunch at a time
Congratulations to the eighth grade for bringing in 137 nutritious lunches this week. We so appreciate the effort of making the lunches and helping us lift, load and sort our weekly haul to St. Michael’s. Our eighth grade students are always kind and courteous to the men and women who patiently wait in line for the dining room doors to open at St. Michael’s. Thank you for all your help each week
Counselor Corner
by Carolyn Ullman
Fill a bucket, fill a bucket….everyday!
After using the Bucket-filling philosophy and books over the last few years, I can really see the effects among our Madeleine students. When kindergarten, first, fourth and fifth grade students approach me and let me know that they are daily filling buckets…well, I feel grateful that I work here!
Gratitude fills your bucket! However, research also shows that it is difficult, if not impossible, to feel down and blue when a person is feeling grateful. If, for any reason, your bucket should become empty, take a few moments to think about and concentrate on all you have to be grateful for. During this season of “thanksgiving,” ask each other, “What are you grateful for?” This habitual asking and reminding each other about gratitude can reap benefits way beyond this season.
Madeleine Career Day Set
Friday, January 23rd @ 8:30am
Career Day for Madeleine students is coming to fruition and is scheduled for Friday, January 23rd from 8:30 – 11:00am. Tina Anctil, Lynn Robinson and Carolyn Ullman have been in discussion about creating this experience for the last two years, and now Alison Anderson has agreed to help organize this event.
As you know, exposure to and discussion of the "world of work" should start early. We are hoping that many of you will share your careers with our students. We are planning a four-to-five round rotation of multi-age groupings (grades 3-8). Parents will be asked to plan a 15-20 minute, hands-on presentation about their career. We will categorize careers by one of the multiple intelligences groupings (linguistic, mathematical, bodily-kinesthetic, spatial, naturalist, interpersonal, intrapersonal and musical), although your career does not need to fit neatly into one of these categories, as most don't.
We would love to hear from you if you have a career experience that you would like to share with students. However, we would like to hear from you as soon as possible so that we can get all of our "ducks in a row."
If you would like to volunteer or have questions, please contact Carolyn Ullman or Alison Anderson at cullman@themadeleine.edu or aanderson@themadeleine.edu.
Parents Club Meeting
Earlier this week the Madeleine Parents Club held its monthly meeting. Click here to read the meeting minutes.
The next Parents Club meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, December 2nd at 7pm in the school library. All are welcome to attend meetings; please notify the Chair in advance if you would like time on the agenda (Alyssa Pace: alyssapace@yahoo.com).
Spaghetti Dinner Co-chairs Needed
Saturday, February 7
Parents Club is looking for two friends who want to co-chair the ever-popular Spaghetti Dinner. Duties include marketing the event and coordinating a great group of people who have already volunteered to help set-up, clean-up and cook. Contact Alyssa Pace at alyssapace@yahoo.com to express your interest or ask your questions.
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Christmas is Coming: Help Madeleine earn free money while you shop!
Register your Fred Meyer Rewards card today!
- Sign up for the Community Rewards program by linking your Fred Meyer Rewards Card to The Madeleine School at www.fredmeyer.com/communityrewards.
- You can search for us by our name or by our non-profit number: 86447 Then, every time you shop and use your Rewards Card, you are helping The Madeleine School earn a donation!
- You still earn your Rewards Points, Fuel Points, and Rebates
Madeleine Peace & Justice Committee Warm Clothing Drive
The Peace & Justice Committee at The Madeleine, in an effort to help our migrant brothers and sisters, is holding a collection of warm clothing the first weekend of December.
With so much time spent working, and so little extra money, these workers often go without many of the things we take for granted. With cold and wet weather upon us, doing without can be deadly or dangerous.
If you have a few moments, please search your home for any of the items below:
• Coats and jackets
• Sweaters and sweatshirts
• Raincoats, rain pants, waterproof outer layers
• Insulating base layers, long johns, long underwear
• Warm and/or waterproof hats
Please bring your donations to the church foyer the weekend of December 6–7, where the items will be collected after each Mass. You can also bring your donations to the School Office any time between now and Friday, December 5th.
Ski Bus Comes to Madeleine
4 week program, advance registration required
There is now a ski bus that will be leaving from Madeleine during the month of January. Please note that this is not a Madeleine or Archdiocese sponsored event. You may contact Karoline and Wick Ashley with questions at 503-830-5167 or wickashleypdx@gmail.com.
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Be one of the first to know what's going on around Madeleine! Just text ‘follow MadeleineOffice’ to 40404 to receive the tweets as text messages on your phone.
Central Catholic Rams Programs Now Accepting Applicants
Do you know a student who is 14 - 18 years old and has a cognitive disability? If that student has an academic proficiency of 2nd - 5th grade equivalent and an interest in being part of a faith-based community, s/he might be a candidate for this new program. For more information, contact Dean Heuberger, Cental Catholic Student Services Coordinator at 503.235.3138 ext. 245 or dheuberger@centralcatholichigh.org.
You may also click here for more information.
2014-2015 Youth Development Academy
Begins November 30th
Who: Girls grades 3rd thru 8th
When: 10 Sundays ( Nov. 30th, Dec. 7th,14th, Jan. 4th,11th 18th, 25th, Feb. 1st, 8th, 15th )
5pm to 6pm for grades 3rd, 4th, 5th
6pm to 7pm for grades 6th, 7th, 8th
Where: St. Mary's Academy
Cost - $100.00 (payable to St. Mary’s Academy)
Come experience the highly ranked St. Mary’s Basketball program. Meet the coaching staff and SMA volunteers. Our Academy teaches players the fundamentals needed to take you to the next level. If your goal is to play in high school or college this is a great place to start.
REGISTRATION CAN BE MAILED OR DROPPED OFF AT ST. MARY’S
REGISTRTION CAN ALSO BE DONE THE FIRST DAY AT THE DOOR
St.Mary’s Basketball Academy Youth Director: Craig Woods craigxwoods@aol.com or 503-901-0410 text
Varsity Head Coach Dewey Taylor III Coachdewy.basketballman@gmail.com or 503-490-1169
Click here to get more details and registration forms.
This Week’s Checklist
Click here for a quick, fridge-friendly summary
of Madeleine School events coming up this week!
In This Week's Parish Bulletin
Download yours at www.themadeleine.edu/bulletin
Thanksgiving Day Mass
Please join us at 9:00 am
Take some time giving thanks, as you start your busy Thanksgiving Day. Bring the bread (or rolls) and a bottle of wine (or non-alcohol beverage) that will be used at your Thanksgiving table to be blessed during the Mass.
This also is the day we change out our Breaking Bread hymnals and take down the banners with the names of the deceased and begin to put up our Advent banners and hangings. All these tasks can be completed in about 30 minutes.
Please plan to stay and help if you can.
Thanksgiving Collection for St. Vincent de Paul
As has been customary for the last few years, the entire Thanksgiving Day Mass collection goes to support the vital works of St. Vincent de Paul. The Madeleine community has always been very generous in supporting this ministry, and we know you will be again this year.
You are also encouraged to bring non-perishable food and toiletries to Church this day and bring them forward at the time of the collection for the St. Vincent de Paul annual Food Drive.
Holiday Open House—Save the Date!
Sunday, December 7
As the holidays approach and calendars fill up, please be sure to mark the annual Parish Holiday Open House on your calendar, Sunday, December 7, 3:00–6:00 pm. Enjoy food, drink and fellowship with fellow parishioners, and school and parish faculty and staff in our Parish Rectory.
Baked goods for The Madeleine Marketplace
It’s just a few weeks until The Madeleine Marketplace! If you like to bake, please consider baking some extra of your favorites for our Bake Sale! Just bring your goodies to the Fireside Room by 10:00 am on Thursday, December 4.
Congratulations for making it all the way to the end of Friday Footnotes!
Contributing to the Footnotes
If you have information to contribute to the Friday Footnotes, please e-mail the copy exactly as you would like it to appear in a Word document to: fridayfootnotes@themadeleine.edu. Deadline is Wednesday at 5pm, or Tuesday at 5pm if there is no school on Friday.