Madison Memos
The Madison School PTA Newsletter / October 16, 2020
Madison School
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Website: http://www.madisonschoolpta.org
Location: 1620 Mayo Ave. , Wheaton
Phone: 682-2095
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Directory Spot Is Updated!
All current PTA members can now access the 2020-2021 school directory via Directory Spot. Emails went out last week with login instructions for anyone who joined the PTA this school year.
What Is Directory Spot?
This is our school-wide directory that you can access via the Directory Spot mobile app or website. You can look up contact information for every student and staff member at Madison, see which students are in every class and even view the school calendar. If your child wants to get together with a new friend, you can easily find their contact info in Directory Spot.
It’s not too late to join the PTA and get access to this great resource!
Thank You Fun Run Participants!
A HUGE thank you for participating in this year's Fun Run. We far surpassed our goal and raised over $18,000 for our teachers! Third grade raised the most per lap, so they will get a chance to silly string Mr. Callahan. Stay tuned for more details!
Thank you to Sarah Perkins, Cecilia Horejs, Melissa Bianco, Megan Savitt, Mr. Cortesi and Mr. Gatlin for making this year’s Fun Run a success!
We’re Granting Teacher Wishes
The PTA has begun reaching out to teachers to find out what they could use in their classrooms this year. We will then use money raised from events and fundraisers – like the Fun Run – to purchase items from their wish lists. This year, the Madison PTA will be supporting both in-person and Virtual Academy teachers who have Madison students.
Halloween at Madison
This year, we won't be able to have Halloween parties and a parade, but we will be having Halloween Spirit Week, October 26-30! We've planned a week's worth of fun for both in-person and Virtual Academy students. Check out the schedule. We look forward to having a fun week celebrating Halloween!
A Yearbook for a Unique Year
Madison families, we need your help! Throughout the year, please share photos so we can fill the yearbook with smiling faces and show the world how Madison is STRONGER TOGETHER!
- VA Families: Show us a day in the life of e-learning – saying the Pledge of Allegiance, studying in learning pods, doing PE, art and music. As long as it’s school related, submit it!
- Halloween: Help us create a "Halloween at Home" section, featuring kids in costumes, trick or treating, carving pumpkins, etc. However you’re celebrating, we’d love to include it!
Share your photos on Facebook or via email to yearbook@madisonschoolpta.org.
(Madison students only, please – no siblings.)
Madison Cares: Stuff-a-Truck
Read more about how you can participate in Madison Cares this year in our October update.
Questions? Please email madisoncares@madisonschoolpta.org.
Virtual Academy Survey Results
Thank you to everyone who responded to the Madison PTA Virtual Academy parents survey. We learned that most VA families would be interested in events and activities – both virtual and low-risk in-person events, so watch for these later this school year.
We also learned that you would like a place to connect with each other and communicate, so we set up a Facebook Group just for Madison VA families. Ask questions, share photos, coordinate meetups - this group is for you!
See the full survey results.
Support Madison While You Shop
You can support the Madison PTA when you shop:
- Box Tops for Education: Scan your grocery receipt in the Box Tops app, and Madison will earn 10 cents from every qualifying item. Download the app.
- AmazonSmile: Join AmazonSmile and select Madison, so when you shop Amazon - on the website or through the app - the PTA will get 0.5% of your eligible purchases. Learn more on the PTA website.
Save the Date
October 19-23: Madison Cares Stuff-a-Truck
October 26-30: Halloween Spirit Week
November 3: Election Day, No School
November 16: PTA Meeting - Zoom, Time TBD
View the 2020-2021 school calendar here.
Madison PTA 2020-2021 Executive Board
President: Beth Tatro
President-Elect: Lauren DeReus
V.P. Membership: Keri Widmer
V.P. Ways and Means: Heather Button and Kate Kessler
Treasurer: Meredith Sharpee
Secretary: Jessica Houston