Last Updated:
May 4, 2008
Dear Meadows Parents:
Welcome to the 2007-2008 school year at Madison Meadows. The parent-teacher organization at Meadows, Parents and Teachers at Meadows (P.T.M.), is one of the most involved and active organizations of its kind in Arizona. P.T.M. is extremely proud to boast twenty-four committees and forty-one chairmen planning and organizing the many wonderful enrichment programs from which our children will benefit.
P.T.M. meets monthly and the meeting dates are listed in the P.T.M. Directory. P.T.M. has a full calendar of events and activities throughout the school year. If you have not already done so, please review the committee structure listed in the P.T.M. Directory, and find areas that tap into your interests, talents, and schedule. The strength of our parent volunteer organization lies in its diverse and talented membership. It is our hope that you will work on one or more P.T.M. committees this year. We have a multitude of jobs that can be accomplished at various times of the day and week. P.T.M. extends well beyond the school day!
Sincerely,
Nancy Schriber, P.T.M. President
Kelly Jackson, P.T.M. Vice-President Communications
Kelli Butler, P.T.M. Vice-President Fundraising
Please support Meadows by signing up for the Safeway eScrip fundraising program. eScrip will donate up to 3% of the amount you spend at Safeway and it costs you nothing. Please go to www.escrip.com and sign up. All you need to know is our group name: Madison Meadows PTM and your Safeway Club Card number. Contact Safeway Customer Service at 1-877-723-3929 if you need to find out your club card number. Please take a few minutes to sign up -- it will make a huge difference for our school! Contact Kelli Butler at lnbksb@cox.net with any questions about eScrip.
PTM PRESS
Take me out to the ballgame, take me out to the crowds,
buy me some peanuts and crackerjacks…
Yes, it’s baseball and softball season, the time of year that is
spent taxiing the troops from school, to
practice, to games. This is also the time of year I start justifying
the nutritional benefits of sunflower
seeds and cheese popcorn from the snack shack as we all eat on the run!
NOT ANYMORE! Our
Snack Shack Queens, Barb Cunningham and Bonnie Rivera have the snack
shack stocked with
the usual great kid snacks along with teriyaki chicken bowls, pizza every
night, homemade dinners
on Fridays and much, much more! They are still selling the $10 pre-paid
snack shack punch cards
that alleviate the parent need to always have change available to hand
out for food and drinks.
Please support our snack shack and thank Barb and Bonnie while your there
for all their hard work!
We’ve got spirit, yes we do! We’ve
got spirit how about you! On Friday, April 25th the Meadows community
will have a chance to come show their spirit as the Meadows teachers
will be taking on a team of students in a softball game! The students will be selected in a lottery in their homeroom classes.
The softball game will begin at 3:30 PM. The book fair will also be open in
the Media Center during the game and the snack shack will be selling a
hotdog, chip and drink combo for $3 as well as their other yummy snacks.
There will also be raffle tickets for sale for some cool prizes! Come show
your spirit and watch some competitive softball, browse the book fair and have dinner! We look forward to seeing ALL OF YOU there!
Speaking of school spirit, Kendra Tollackson, our book fair chair, has
been working hard to make
this year’s Book Fair a homerun success! She invites you all to
come to the book fair, which will open on SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL
19, from 9:00 - 11:00 A.M. and AGAIN from 5:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M. THE BOOK
FAIR WILL THEN BE OPEN every day the week of April 21-25 during
the lunch hour and FOR ONE HOUR after school (INCLUDING OUR EARLY
RELEASE DAY, ON Wed. April 23rd). It will also be open the evening of Thursday, April 24th from 6-8 PM
and FRIDAY
EVENING, APRIL 25, DURING OUR FACULTY/STUDENT BALL GAME and
FESTIVITIES. Make a point of stopping by sometime that week!
There will be books available for all ages, including adult as well as
teacher “wish list” books. These
books have been selected by the teachers and can be purchased as a donation
for the classroom.
As always we would like to thank the wonderful Med-O-Gram distribution
crew of Jacquie Kurth for
being such a great Meadows team player, each and every time we need the
Med-O-Gram distributed.
ATTENTION 7TH GRADE PARENTS!! Eighth
Grade Commencement is fast approaching and each year we ask the
7th Grade parents to help out with the events so that the 8th
Grade parents can enjoy this time with their graduates and families.
Commencement is Thursday, May 29th at 6:30 PM at Central High School. Volunteers are needed to be at Central High School by 5:45 PM
to pass
out programs and help with refreshments after the ceremony. We are also
in need of parents to chaperone at the dance to be held in Meadows
cafeteria from 8:30-
10:30 PM following the commencement ceremony. Chaperoning the dance is "fun" to
do as a couple, you can dance and we need men to help keep the
chaos to a minimum! Chaperones need to be in the Meadows cafeteria at 8:00 PM.
Please step up to help us this year so that you can enjoy your time next year! Marianne Ross is the parent volunteer coordinator for the committee, please contact her to volunteer at 602.997.4665 or email at nross4@cox.net.
MEADOWS 8TH GRADE COMMENCEMENT
Commencement Chairs Marti Mehagian and Tammy Sommerville are on the homestretch
to making Commencement 2008 the best yet!
Attention 8th Grade Parents and Students- If you have not turned in your
Commencement Packet please turn it in to the office immediately.
Upcoming Commencement Calendar Reminders: (See Commencement packets for
other dates in May.)
Thurs, April 24th, Individual and Group Picture Day for 8th Grade (IMPORTANT:
see dress code in
your Commencement Packet).
Friday, April 25th, Slideshow pictures are due to Mr. Murphy. If sending
to scan, please send ASAP.
E-mail pictures are preferred. If questions, contact Kathy Zimmerman
at 602-861-3673.
8th Grade Parents- Our Dance theme this year is ‘Escape to New
York’ and will be held after
Commencement on Thursday, May 29th. Our dance chairperson(s) Maria Matheos,
and Trudy
Goldman are developing some great plans for a fun evening. We need 8th
grade parents to help
decorate for the dance on Wednesday, May 28th after school, and Thursday,
May 29th, morning.
If you can help, please contact Tammy Sommerville at (602) 944-2975.
Connie Panagiotakopoulos is looking for donors to help underwrite the
dance and refreshments.
Please contact Connie at (602)-285-0523 if you can help.
If questions, please contact Marti Mehagian at 602-870-5262, or Tammy
Sommerville at 602-944-
2975. Thank you Marti and Tammy and your Commencement Team for all your
hard work!
The Meadows and Simis Odyssey of the Mind teams
hit a homerun at the state competition on April 5th. The fifth
grade team, coached by Lisa Kaplan, took second place in "The Eccentrics" problem.
The team's skit, which involved a problem with an earth system that had
to be solved by three eccentric characters, who in turn launch
a new fad, received the highest score in their problem category.
Overall, they took second place, and are moving on to World Finals at
the University of Maryland from May 31-June 3. The fifth grade
team coached by Ms. Cohen placed fourth in the "Road Rally" problem.
They built a car, designed to look like a horse, which completed multiple sports tasks. Very cool! The kids all were fantastic, and we
should be proud of all of them!
Simis teams did great as well. The 3rd and 4th grade team will move on
to World and the 2nd grade
team took 4th place. WAY TO GO!
We will be having fundraisers to help defray the cost of the trip to
the University of Maryland. Please
consider making a tax credit donation marked for Odyssey of the Mind!
Please see Mrs. Lynn or
Mrs. Grosso in the office if you have questions.
The Odyssey of the Mind teams from both Simis and Meadows would like
to thank Vic
Lowery of the UPS store at 16th St. and Glendale for donating the packaging
services of the
OM sets to Maryland for the World Competition! This is the second year
the UPS store has
made this donation. Not only does this help immensely with costs but
also the time and energy
needed to ship the sets is huge! Thank You Vic and the UPS Store!
The Cookie Dough sale was a success! We raised
$5,000 from the cookie dough sale. Look for new trees and some “sprucing
up” to be done
in the back of the school outside of the gymnasium and by the fields. Our dollars raised are hard
at work!
Thanks to Kelli Butler, Marianne Friedman, Beth Hill, Kelly Jackson,
Stacey Parker and Susan Solliday for their help with cookie dough distribution.
Lisa Bentley, 2008 Fall Fundraiser chair, is already hard at work putting
together her “line-up” of
volunteers. She is looking for 5th, 6th and 7th grade parents to fill
a few of her open slots for the
magazine sale promotion that kicks of August 20th. If you are interested
in helping out, contact Lisa at 602.540.3611 or email her at lisab3@cox.net.
Welcome our 2008-2009 Meadows PTM Board! They are as follows:
President: Kelli Butler
V/P Communications: Audrey Wolff
V/P Fall Fundraising: Lisa Bentley
V/P General Fundraising: Staci Bertenshaw & Christina Gallo
Treasurers: Wendy Charles & Vanessa Lee
Secretary: Kelly Jackson
Past President: Nancy Schriber
We are still looking for several enthusiastic parents
to “step
up to the plate” and volunteer to take on a committee chair
position in the PTM. Getting involved in your child’s education
is extremely worthwhile and rewarding. Will you consider a position?!
If so, please call Kelli Butler at 602.285.1417. It takes a lot of players to make a strong team - Join
us!
Kelly Jackson
V/P Communications
Coming Events:
April 22 8th Grade Graduation Pictures
April 23 Staff Development
11:30 dismissal
May 8 Ram Round-Up (for incoming 5th Graders to Meadows)
May 26 No School Memorial Day
May 30 Last Day of School for grades 5-7
11:30 dismissal
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Are you tired of your kids constantly asking for money, after school or at a game??
WELL WE ‘VE GOT JUST THE THING FOR YOU!!!
“ SNACK SHACK PUNCH CARDS”
You can purchase a punch card at the Snack Shack
for $10. We’ll
keep it in the Snack Bar under your family name. Each time your
child wants something; we’ll punch the card in .50-cent increments.
Another big thank you to our Med-O-Gram runner and distributor, Jacquie
Kurth.
Enjoy the three-day weekend!
Kelly Jackson
VP Communications
PTM PRESS
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CAN YOU HELP??
If you are interested in a position as a Meadows Crossing Guard, Madison Meadows is looking for you. We are looking for crossing guards for Glendale & 3rd Ave. The hours are before and after school, Monday - Friday. Please contact the district office if interested (602.664.7900). If you have questions about the scheduled times please contact Mrs. Grosso at 602.664.7601.
Attention parents/guardians…
During the day, the office staff has been requested to limit interruptions to the classroom with the exception of students being picked up for appointments. If your student forgets a lunch, PE clothes, assignments, or other items, please tell him/her to check the office before Lunch/Recess or before class for the forgotten items. If you need to leave a student a message, call the office (602) 664.7600; please do not call the teacher. Your student(s) will be called down at five minutes before school dismissal for the messages through the afternoon announcements.
Thank you for cooperation.
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CAFETERIA NEWS
A Message from the District Office
REMINDER:
If you wish to reapply for free/reduced meals for this school year (2007/08),
a new PINK APPLICATION needs to
be filled out and returned to the school food service cashier. Applications
are in the school office or cafeteria. After October 1, please either
have your child bring a sack lunch or send a $1.00 for breakfast (No
charge for Breakfast for Camelview and Park) and $1.75 for lunch ($2.00
for No. 1 and Meadows students).
When sending money with your child to be deposited in their lunch account,
please indicate on an envelope that it is to be deposited into their
account. We have had some confusion this year. If for example a child
on reduced lunches comes through the line and hands the cashier $2.00
(which would be the amount for a 5 day reduced lunch) as they are going
through the lunch line, the cashier does not know this child is on reduced
lunches and assumes the $2.00 is for a one day lunch.
Kristin Soulsby, Director of Food and Nutrition
A Message from the Madison Meadows Cafeteria:
We are unable to warm food from home in our microwave. It is in violation of Health Codes. Please send your student’s lunch in hot or cold lunch packs that are so widely available.
Thank you,
Linda G.
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Parent(s)/Guardian(s)
Each year, as dates come to the Meadows’ office, we include the
information from several schools and sources in our Med-O-Gram.
This information is for the benefit of all 8th grade students and their
parents/guardians.
It is not meant to be an endorsement of any one particular school.
St. Mary’s High School
2525 N. 3rd Street……
Questions: 602-251-2545
Sunnyslope High School
35 W. Dunlap Ave
Questions: Ms. Susan Weedle, 623-915-8784 or Annie Hestand 623-
915-8741
Central High School
4525 N. Central Avenue
Questions: Ms. Joanna Simpson
602-764-7807
North High School International Baccalaureate
Program
1101 East Thomas Road
Questions: Ms. Julie Pallissard 602-764-6550 email address is Pallissard@phxhs.k12.az.us or
Jill Parra FAX: 602 271-2780 jparra@phxhs.k12.az.us
Xavier College Prep
4710 North Fifth Street Questions: Xavier Receptionist 602-277-3772
Brophy College Preparatory
4701 N. Central Ave.
Questions: Ms. Amanda Thomson
602-264-5291 ext. 6233
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Graduation is Thursday, May 29, 2008
Waterworld is Wednesday, May 28
1st practice Friday, May 23rd , 2:00 (this is to get seat assignments
so Annette has time to get the list ready for the next practice)
2nd practice Tuesday, May 27th, 2:00
3rd practice Wednesday, May 28th, 2:00 (or as soon as we return from
Waterworld)
4th practice Thursday, May 29th, 9:00 at Central
COMMENCEMENT
IS COMING SOON
Mr. Murphy and the commencement committee are collecting snapshots
from the 8th grade students for the slide show presented at the
commencement ceremony and dance. Deadline is March 1, 2008.
The pictures will be returned after they are scanned. Please put them
in an envelope with your student’s name and homeroom. They will be collected in a box in the Meadows office. You may submit an
individual or group shot. We are looking for your young stars and when they’ve grown into 8th graders.
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A JOB?
Do you ENJOY children?
Are you comfortable working in a busy office?
Do you enjoy meeting people?
Are you a problem solver?
Can you work independently?
Can you work with interruptions?
Do you multi-task?
Are you ORGANIZED?
Let’s face it, do you enjoy a challenge?
Mrs. Grosso and Mrs. Lynn are retiring at the end of this school year and
Meadows is looking for two intelligent, kind, patient, and professional people to join our staff. If interested call the district (Barbara
Kindermann 602.664.7921) to get an application. Interviews will be
held at Meadows. Mrs. Grosso’s job will begin July 1, 2008 and
Mrs. Lynn’s job will begin about August 1, 2008.
Please view the secretaries' PDF job descriptions