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From the PTO President Welcome back to our returning families and a big WELCOME to all new families. I hope this finds you well and enjoying the last weeks of summer! The teachers, staff and administrators are working hard to get everything prepared for the start of school. Our Principal, Mrs. Martha Hanna, and Assistant Principal, Mrs. Kara Davis, have had a busy summer planning for this coming year. They are dedicated to the successful education of our children and we are fortunate to have them as our leaders. The PTO will continue to work hand in hand with them to ensure this year is both an enjoyable and exciting one here at Madison Station. As the new school year begins, I would like to ask for your support. Your membership allows the PTO to provide a wide range of programs for our school. I encourage you to not only join our organization, but get involved as well. Please stop by the PTO table at Meet the Teacher on Monday, August 7 from 4:30-6:30. You will be able to join the PTO, donate to our PACEsetters program and purchase your 2017 MSE Jaguars t-shirts! To save time, a PTO membership form is provided for you to fill out and bring with you. I am truly honored to serve as your PTO President. I look forward to working with our wonderful executive board and committee members to make sure our children have a great year. We can't wait for you to join us. If you have any questions or concerns, please email them to ptomadisonstation@gmail.com. Sincerely, Courtney Dean PTO President
Madison Station Elementary School * 459 Reunion Parkway * Madison, MS 39110
Dear Madison Station Families, We are mere days away from the start of our 2017-2018 school year. I am honored and excited to be serving as your principal. Thank you for entrusting us with your children. We are going to have a great year! The building is buzzing with excitement and energy as teachers work to prepare for our first days of school. Everyone is focused on putting the finishing touches on our beautiful building and classrooms. As you enter campus in the next few weeks, please notice our new boulevard banners. Special thanks to our PTO for purchasing them to brighten the drive and showcase the many things that happen within our walls every day. We are all excited about the school year and can’t wait to welcome your children into our school. Thank you for your continued
support. We will see you on August 7 between 4:30-6:30 at our Meet
the Teacher event.
Looking forward to a successful school year! Mrs. Hanna Principal .
Attention Kindergarten Students
In order to help with the transition to big school, we have staggered the start for our Kindergarten students. Students with last names beginning with letters A-L will attend
Summer Packets Students in Kindergarten-5
th grade have required summer reading and/or activities. Stop by the school if you have
lost your packet. A “COOL” treat will be given to all students turning in the assignment by Friday, August 11.
school on Wednesday, August 9. Students with last names beginning with letters M-Z will attend on
Thursday, August 10. All Kindergarten students will attend on Friday, August 11.
2017
August 7
Meet the Teacher
Bring your supplies or pick up your pre-
ordered school supplies, find your
classroom and meet your teacher!
Kindergarten - 5th grade
Come anytime between
4:30 - 6:30 p.m.
August 9
First Day of School
Doors open at 7:00. Classes begin at
7:30. Dismissal is 2:30 Students need lunches or lunch money!
August 10
Meet the Jags
6:00 p.m.
Join the Madison Middle, Rosa Scott,
and Madison Central athletes for Meet
the Jags at the Madison Central Football
Stadium.
$5.00 admission
August 13
PTO Sponsored
Prayer Walk
Building will be open
2:00 - 5:00 p.m.
for anyone wishing to come and pray
for our students, teachers, and
administration
August 28
Parent Orientation
(Please no students)
3rd
grade - 5th
grade
6:30 p.m.
August 31
Parent Orientation
(Please no students)
Kindergarten - 2nd
grade
6:30 p.m.
"A single act of kindness throws out roots
in all directions, and the roots spring up
and make new trees." -Amelia Earhart
Want to get involved and support MSE? Join the PTO!
To sign up, fill out the enclosed membership form and return with dues ($15 per family) to the PTO table at “Meet the Teacher” night, Monday, August 7. You may also go online to www.madisonstation.com and click on the PTO membership link. After you have signed up for the PTO, if you are interested in volunteering to serve on a PTO committee, you may sign up using the SignUp Genius we have created. Thanks for your support! Please know that any committee you sign up for is JUST AN OPTION that will be provided to you! MSE PTO Committees **description available on the website***
Arts Attack-2nd grade School Pictures Arts sense- K Student Recognition Box Tops Teacher Appreciation Fall Festival T-shirts Fundraising Yearbook Grounds Library Book Fair - Madison Station Elementary PTO
Carpool Reminders
For the safety of all families, please adhere to the following procedures when entering our campus for
drop off or pick up. If you enter Reunion Parkway from Bozeman Road, please stay in the left lane and get in line behind the last car. Please do not pass waiting cars and then “break in line”. Please follow the line to the back of the school and drop off in the cafeteria loop. You will not be allowed to go to the front of the building. In the afternoons, please follow the same procedure. If you enter Reunion Parkway from HWY 463, please use the entrance closest to the pond, not the main entrance. You will follow the line and drop off at the front of the school. In the afternoons, please follow the same procedure except you will follow the line to the back of the school.
The MSE PTO is excited to announce our Fall Fundraisers for this year! We are going to have our
amazing Raffle and Wrapping Paper sells again but we swapped grades to mix it up! Students in grades K-2
will be selling RAFFLE TICKETS for a chance to win many AMAZING PRIZES, and students in grades 3-5
will be selling GIFT WRAP and Kitchen Items!!! Our fundraiser helps support MSE's art enrichment
programs such as Kidz Art, drama classes, theater performances, a full-time art teacher, as well as teacher
appreciation, science lab, fitness programs, and so much more! Please help us in our efforts to make this
year's fundraising the best one yet!!! Madison Station is one of Mississippi's top ranked schools and we
want to do everything we can to keep it that way by giving our children everything they need to learn to their
fullest potential. For their participation, your children will be rewarded with individual and classroom prize
incentives and a great sense of accomplishment for having helped their school. Both sales will
begin Wednesday, August 30 thru Wednesday, September 13, so watch those backpacks for more
information about this year's Great Fundraisers!!!
August Artist of the Month
Lou Ann Morgan has been a teacher at
Madison Station for eleven years and has
been a featured artist for most of those
years. Painting is her passion, second only
to her kindergarteners! She is a very visual
person and loves color; it makes her
happy! Mrs. Morgan paints as much as
she can in her spare time. She loves to
paint scenes that have a special meaning
to people. For instance, she paints
memories of the Grove in Oxford and
special places like the Mississippi Delta.
She is honored to be the MSE Artist of the
month for August. Her artwork will be
displayed outside of the cafeteria and
available for purchase in the front
office.
In 1998 Madison Station created our "Arts Create Excellence" program to give our students the opportunity to learn about the arts – to learn through the arts – everyday! For 19 years now, the visual and performing arts have become an integral part of daily classroom instruction. Our school has been honored by the Mississippi Alliance for Arts Education as a School of Distinction as well as been named a Model School by the Mississippi Arts Commission. We have hosted and trained hundreds of educators from other schools across our state that wanted to emulate the great things we are doing. Our program initially operated on grants from the Mississippi Arts Commission’s Whole Schools Initiative, the US Department of Education, the Jr. Auxiliary of Madison/Ridgeland, and funding from the Madison Station PTO. As the grant money ended, the Madison Station PTO continued to add the items to its budget expenses so that our students could continue to have these opportunities. In fact, for the last 10 years, the PTO alone has paid the salary (including all benefits) of our full time art teacher allowing our school to be the only elementary school in our district (and most of the state) to have a full time certified art teacher! We need your help to ensure that the arts at Madison Station continue to be strong. The administration and faculty are committed to the Arts. The PTO is equally committed to the Arts as well as providing many other resources to our school (playground upkeep, teacher appreciation, technology, etc.) All PACEsetters funds go directly to continue the arts based curriculum at Madison Station. Please take a minute to decide on your level of support for PACEsetters and use the attached form. Please mail to the school or return on Meet the Teacher Night.
PACESETTER LEVELS
PACESETTER DONATIONS ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE
PACEsetter GOLD $125 or more in support of the arts at MSE
PACEsetter PLUS $80- the annual cost per child of enhancing their education with the arts
PACEsetter PARENT $25 -Help support the arts at MSE
Thanks again for your support of the Arts!
Courtney Dean
PTO President
Martha Hanna
Principal
“Parents for Arts Create Excellence” PACEsetters
WANT TO SAVE TIME AT MEET THE TEACHER NIGHT?
FILL OUT THE PTO MEMBERSHIP/PACESETTER FORM AND BRING WITH YOUR PAYMENT TO MEET THE TEACHER NIGHT!
2017-2018 PTO Membership When you join the PTO, you will receive a student directory and car decal.
Dues are $15 per family. Please take a moment to fill out the form below to join the PTO, our arts program—PACESETTERS,
and buy t-shirts for everyone!!
PARENTS’ NAME____________________________________ EMAIL ADDRESS___________________________________ TELEPHONE_______________________________________ STUDENT 1__________________________GRADE________TEACHER_________________ SHIRT SIZE YS YM YL YXL S M L XL XXL STUDENT 2_________________________GRADE________TEACHER__________________ SHIRT SIZE YS YM YL YXL S M L XL XXL STUDENT 3 ________________________GRADE_________TEACHER__________________ SHIRT SIZE YS YM YL YXL S M L XL XXL
PACESETTER LEVELS ***PACESETTER DONATIONS ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE***
PACESETTER GOLD $125- or more in support of the arts at MSE PACESETTER PLUS $80- the annual cost per child of enhancing their
education with the arts PACESETTER PARENT $25- help support the arts at MSE
**PLEASE MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO MSE PTO**
PTO MEMBERSHIP (includes student directory and decal) $15 $_____
T-SHIRTS _____(X) $15 $_____
PACEsetter GOLD $125 or more $_____
PACEsetter Plus $80 $_____
PACEsetter Parent $25 $_____
TOTAL $_____
Check#_____ Cash____ Credit Card____
THANK YOU AND PLEASE SIGN UP FOR ALL COMMITTEES YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ON OUR SIGNUP GENIUS!! IT IS LOCATED ON THE SCHOOL’S WEBSITE.
Please email questions to ptomadisonstation@gmail.com
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