May 10, 2019
A Note from Susan
Dear Parents and Guardians,
I’m writing my column a bit early since everyone will be busy with the Jogathon this afternoon. I’m sure, however, it will be a great ending to this year’s Spirit Week. We are grateful to our new Jogathon chairs, Sarah McCormick, Tricia Mumm, Kelly Reavis, and Kate Dankowski for stepping up to take on our second biggest school fundraiser.
Whether you know it or not, they’ve been busy for months, procuring incentive prizes for our students who work hard to bring in pledges, coming to the Monday assemblies to get the kids excited about their run, ordering t-shirts, and so much more. Also, thank you to all the talliers and photographers, the medical team (especially in this heat!), and the set-up and clean-up crews.
We are blessed to have all of you as part of our school community, supporting our students in mind, body and spirit. The Madeleine School is a better place because of you.
The Wizard of Oz Starts Tonight
Be sure not to miss one of the two FREE performances of this year’s Middle School musical, The Wizard of Oz, right here in Parish Hall. Complete details are below in Footnotes, but for your quick reference the showtimes are Friday, May 10th @ 6:30 pm and Saturday, May 11th @ 1:30 pm.
This Year’s Auction Theme is . . .
The 2019 auction chairs are excited to unveil the theme of this year’s auction. Of course, you’ll have to read through today’s Footnotes to learn more about it. What I can tell you is that you should definitely mark Saturday, November 2 for a fun night out here at The Madeleine!
Blessings,
Susan
Five for Friday
The news you need really, really fast!
- Jogathon on Friday: Click Here
- Auction News: Click Here
- Scholarship Presented: Click Here
- Deadline to Register for Grandparents & Guests: Click Here
- Tech Corner: Click Here
Thank You!!
Thank you to all the students and families for supporting this year’s Jogathon! Please remember that pledges must be entered by May 10th and collected by May 24th to be eligible for prizes. We look forward to sharing the results with you in the coming weeks.
http://pledgestar.com/madeleine
Last Week's Winners
The winners of this week’s challenge were: Gianelly A. (K)~Lulu R.(K),~ Aine O.(K)~ Owen S.(3rd), Lana M. (5)~AJ W. (8)
Winners of drawing to win certificates to either Collage, Mississippi Pizza, Family Fun Center, Oaks Park, or Slab Town tours were: Mikayla N. (K)~ Vincent M. (1)~ Declan L (1)~Nate J. (1)~ Maddy T (2nd) and Daniel C. (6). Thank you to these businesses for their generous donations.
Thank You Sponsors!
A huge thank you to our 2019 sponsors:
Ashley Realty Works Team
Backflip Productions
Barre 3
Braces by Dr. Joe
Chip McPhee Insurance Agency
DDI Benefits
First Republic
Jupiter NEXT
Maria Fitzgerald Realty
The Oregon Clinic
Pediatric Dentistry P.C.
The Refinery
T.C. O’Leary’s
Questions? Please email Jogathon Chairs at: jogathon@themadeleine.edu
Jogathon Chairs,
Kate Dankowski
Sarah McCormick
Trisha Mumm
Kelly Reavis
Save the Date: Saturday, November 2
Sapphire Supper Club // The 2019 Madeleine Auction
We are thrilled to announce this year’s signature fundraising event will take place at the Madeleine School on Saturday, November 2. The Sapphire Supper Club is a modern twist on gatherings of the past. Please join us for an evening of delectable food, lively conversation and world-renowned entertainment in celebration of the Madeleine School! Look for more information in the coming months.
Celine G. Presented with Scholarship
You may remember our previous article about seventh grader, Celine G., who won a scholarship earlier this school year from Lands' End. On Monday, a representative from Lands' End visited our school assembly to recognize Celine for her impressive scholarship entry and to present her with this $10,000 award. Celine is the first recipient of this annual scholarship, well done! Lands' End also presented the school with a $2,500 award and a $500 Lands' End gift card.
Middle School Musical - The Wizard of Oz
May 10th and 11th
The Madeleine Middle School students and staff would like to invite everyone to come and see our production of The Wizard of Oz. While based loosely on the original story, there will be several unique changes that are sure to make you laugh. The students have had a lot of fun learning the details of producing a musical. Please come and support them by attending one (or both) of the shows. It is sure to be an enjoyable event.
Wizard of Oz
Where: Parish Hall at The Madeleine
When: Friday, May 10th @ 6:30 pm
Saturday, May 11th @ 1:30 pm
This is a free performance
Grandparents and Honored Guests Day
Please RSVP - Deadline is Wednesday, May 15th
Thank you very much for your RSVP as it greatly helps with the planning and purchasing of refreshments.
If you have two sets of grandparents attending, please fill out a separate form for different households. Please RSVP by May 15th.
Thank you!
We kindly request attendance by grandparents or a student's honored guest, which may include someone close to them such as an aunt, favorite neighbor or former nanny, etc. Parents may volunteer to help with the event or may attend Mass with their child if they would like to be part of this day as well.
If your child does not have someone in this role to attend this event, not to worry. Your child's teacher will make sure all are included in the activities that day.
PLEASE NOTE: the fifth and sixth grade class will not be at school for the event due to the Oaks Park Safety Patrol Field trip. This date was beyond our control. These students may be back in time for mass if grandparents are attending with siblings in other grades.
Volunteer
We are asking for help in two hour shifts. Feel free to sign up for more than one shift. Requests are listed on the school volunteer site. All volunteering can count towards this year's hours. Thank you!
Questions? Contact Cheri Krebs at ckrebs@themadeleine.edu.
Tech Corner
App Review: Tellonym
Parents!!! The Tellonym app is extremely popular with our 7th and 8th graders. Please, please click on this link to read the review from Common Sense Media. A few weeks ago in my middle school digital citizen lessons this app was mentioned a lot. Students in my classes gave me the rundown on how it works, their feelings around the app, and why they continue to use it (lots of “I don’t knows”). We had a really good conversation about the app that I invite you to ask your child about. The anonymity design element of the app opens the window for embarrassment, targeting, hurt feelings, etc. Please take the time to look into this app and talk to your child about it, even if it is not on their phone.
Bookfair Volunteers Needed
Week of May 20th
Bookfair will be here soon, and we would love your help. There are several shifts to get involved with set up, tear down, and working at the fair. These shifts count towards your fundraising hours and if you have young kids, bring them with you. Go to the school's Volunteer - sign up site to see shifts and grab your spot. Thank you!
If you have any questions, please contact Jenny Mangelsdorf at jcmangelsdorf@gmail.com.
Please Log Your Volunteer Hours
"Retirement Gift" to Susan
Many of you have likely completed your 30 hours of volunteer time that still need to get logged. As Susan mentioned in footnotes last week, "since I am the person who follows up with emails, phone calls, and then bills, please consider a 'retirement gift' to me of completing this task as soon as you can."
Click here to record your hours and to volunteer
As a reminder, the final date for recording hours for this school year is May 24th. Unfulfilled volunteer hours will be billed at a rate of $20/hour. There are several opportunities to get those hours in if you have not yet completed them. They include:
- Jogathon
- Grandparent's Day
- Book Fair
- Art Show
Thank you for volunteering for these spring events and recording those hours!
Talent Show Update
CONGRATULATIONS to All who Auditioned on Tuesday for the Madeleine Talent Show.
We had a fantastic turnout with 24 well organized performers who will ALL move on to the big show, Monday, June 3rd.
Important next steps/ dates:
1. Send background Music to Molly Briscoe - Mollyfaherty@yahoo.com
We will play all of our music from one laptop, piped into our sound system.
2. FULL Dress Rehearsal, Friday, May 31st 3:15 - 4:30
Bring costumes, instruments, props etc and come to parish hall after school as we run through the performance in the exact order of the Show.
3. Performance, Monday, June 3rd at 8:30 am / Performers Arrive 8:00 / 8:10 Directly to Parish hall with costumes on.
** Molly/ Susan will take attendance and line up performers
Any questions: Mollyfaherty@yahoo.com / Susan.samuelson@gmail.com
Counselor's Corner
Upcoming Educational Events
Hi Everyone,
Since May is Mental Health Awareness Month, I am sharing with you some parent events that may fit that theme. Please check out the links below and let me know if you have any questions.
Mrs. Ullman
Saturday, May 11th: Promoting Healthy Masculinity at Catlin Gabel at 9:00 AM see bamgroups.com
Saturday, May 18th: Parenting Your Child with a Mental Health Diagnosis at Northwest Catholic Counseling Center at 1:00PM see nwcounseling.org
5th grade tree weavings 6th grade owls 4th grade bookmarks
Art Show - May 23rd
An update from Mrs. Parmeter
Art show preparation is coming along nicely. I would like to thank the parents who made time to come in during the day and help students choose their three pieces to show. It's a big job to wrangle 30 kids, 30 portfolios, and 30 artist statements. I so much appreciated your presence!
To reiterate, my goal for art class is that every student becomes comfortable evaluating his or her own work and learns to trust and appreciate their own artistic streak. With that in mind, I am changing the format of the art show this year, so that STUDENTS are choosing the pieces that they want to display as well as creating an artist statement highlighting their goals for art-making this year and beyond. This aligns the art show with my long-term goals for my students; each student might pick a different combination of pieces to show! As students are choosing their work, I've noticed that I don't always agree with their choices, but I am thinking of this as an exercise in giving up control and letting this art show belong to the students rather than to me.
Volunteer Request
Currently I am looking for volunteers to "mat" pieces by gluing black paper to the back of student work. Older kids will be doing this in class time, but it would be nice to do this for the younger kids and save classroom time for end of the year art activities. These volunteers can work in short bursts before school is out and could even bring a child along if needed. I am also looking for decisive volunteers to make a plan where to put work from different classes; sort of like a layout coordinator for the art show. I would like to preserve as much as my energy for teaching as possible as we head towards the art show, so if anyone wants to take this on, I would greatly appreciate it! Contact me directly if you are interested in this task (or sharing this task with a friend).
You can find the sign up for the ART SHOW here:
Thank you so much for your kindness, your support, and your delightful children!
Mrs. Parmeter
St. Stephens' Lunches
6th Grade, Well Done!
Well 6th Grade did a tremendous job this week and made 206 lunches! Thank you 6th grade!
St Stephen’s and St. Michael’s volunteers have been under tremendous pressure and are struggling to keep up with the current demands. Our donation each week helps so many, but if any of you have the time or resources to make more or bring in lunches on a Tuesday that is not your child’s class designated day, they would be very thankful.
Mark Your Calendars!
Celebration Mass and Brunch for Susan Steele
All are invited and welcome to attend the festivities to honor Susan's service to our school on Sunday, June 9th. We are also interested in receiving any photos of Susan you have to share. Click here for the details.
Immunization Rates
Click here to see information on Madeleine's immunization rates for current students. This is also posted in the front office of the school.
Graphic Design/Production Volunteer Opportunity
Are you familiar with Adobe InDesign and pre-press production? Fulfill all your volunteer hour obligations by producing the Kids Kreations greeting cards. This is an annual project that takes place in April, and requires working knowledge of Adobe InDesign and up to 16+ hours of time. Interested? Contact greg@maffeipdx.com for further details.
Student Advisory Council (SAC) Meeting
Thursday, May 16th
The School Advisory Council (SAC) will hold its May meeting on Thursday, May 16th at 6:30pm in the Library.
All meetings are open to visitors unless specifically designated as being closed. If you would like to attend the meeting and add something to the agenda, please contact the Chair prior to the meeting (Catherine Glavan: catherine_geary@hotmail.com).
Now Taking Brick Orders for our 2019 Installation
Celebrate and remember your loved ones with a personalized brick on The Madeleine School's Field of Dreams Walkway. The walkway is located on Klickitat along the basketball court.
An inscribed brick makes a perfect graduation, anniversary or birthday gift. Your $75 donation will support The Madeleine School's Field of Dreams.
Please click here to view and print your order form. Engravings will be done in August when the weather is warm and dry. Thank you for your support!
MARK YOUR CALENDAR!
The Madeleine Girls on the Run (GOTR) Team
is having a
Bake Sale on Tuesday May 14th at 4:30-5:00!!
Stick around or comeback…it will be worth it!!
100% of the proceeds will go to the local animal shelter!
There will be Gluten Free and maybe some Vegan options...something for everyone!
(there will be ingredient tags)
Pricing will be from $1-$3, so bring your cash!
Hope to see you there to support the local animals in need!
Summer Camps
In the Spring we receive many listings for various summer programs and camps. In an effort to let you know about all of these great opportunities and still keep Footnotes to a reasonable length, the camps will now be listed only by name.
To get the complete details about each camp, simply click here!
- CYO Camp Howard
- UP Summer Learning Program
- Steve and Kate's Camp
- St. Mary's Academy Summer Program
- Jesuit High School Summer Session (Click this link)
- La Salle Summer Athletics and Enrichment Camps
- Jesuit Girls Summer Basketball Camp
- Central Catholic Girls Basketball RAM Camp
Family Fun Community Service Project
Saturday, June 1
Dunetchka Otero-Serrano and Community Warehouse would like to invite the Madeleine Community - Parents and Kids - to participate in a FUN two-hour volunteer project on Saturday, June 1st from 10a-12p.
Details:
Parents and kids! Come make colorful, warm, and cozy fleece throw blankets for the families who come to Community Warehouse. Community Warehouse will supply all of the materials necessary to make No-Sew Fleece Throw Blankets for clients who are moving into their new homes. What a wonderful and comforting accessory to have as clients settle into their new home. Imagine family nights on the couch wrapped in a comforting blanket. Parents and kids will work in teams of 2 to create a unique blanket for Community Warehouse to distribute to clients.
Here is an example of how we will create the blankets together:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTL6bEz8y5c
How This Helps Our Community:
Community Warehouse provides essential furnishings and household items to clients who are moving into permanent housing. Most of the items we distribute are in gently-used condition. The blankets we create together will be a brand new treat, made with love and care by our volunteers. 50% of the clients we serve are kids under 18, and we hope the volunteers on this project will appreciate the very special and unique blanket they will create for a kid moving into their new home.
Please let us know you are coming by RSVPing to mich@communitywarehouse.org
This Week’s Checklist
Click Here for a Printable Checklist
(summary of important dates and events)
Congratulations for making it all the way to the end of Friday Footnotes!
Contributing to Friday Footnotes
If you have information to contribute to 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.