Have a Great Summer!!

Look for exciting new features coming to the Bear Facts Web site in the fall of 2008!

Our Web staff will cover the happenings at Madrona and the Edmonds School District like never before. Want to get involved? See the note in June's newsletter.

Teacher/Staff Updates?

Madrona teachers and members of the staff please mail us any changes to your e-mail address, phone number or class Web sites to info@madronabearfacts.com.

Last 'Notes From the Office'

Could it really be the last one of this school year? Yep, and you can find it here.

Looking ahead

• Sept. 1 Labor Day
• Sept. 2 Back to School 2008-09
• Sept. 9 School Picture Day

June MIT Minutes

The minutes to the last MIT meeting of the year can be found here.

June Bear Facts Posted

Click here to see the latest edition of the Bear Facts Newsletter. You can also find May's edition here. Once again, thank you Nancy Karis for putting this together for the Madrona community!

Cyber-Help Wanted!

Here’s an easy way to build some valuable Web experience into your resume. MIT Communications Manager Allan Townsend is looking for a tech-savvy volunteer to help keep the Bear Facts Website up-to-date with all of the school's important news and events in the 2008-2009 school year. Duties of Web producer include helping with the production of Web pages built from the weekly Notes from the Office, the monthly Bear Facts Newsletter and other various announcements from MIT, Madrona staff and external organizations. A successful candidate must have access to a PC and internet connection; good communication skills and a general knowledge of HTML is helpful, but not mandatory. Parents of Madrona students are encouraged to apply. Madrona students who will be in 8th grade in the fall of 2008 may also be considered, with teacher recommendation and parental approval. The Web producer will receive Microsoft’s Expression Web software and training and can expect to volunteer between 0-2 hours a week. Interested? Please contact Allan Townsend at info@madronabearfacts.com. .

SCRIP Online Store is Back! Use a credit card!!

The SCRIP Online Store is back!  Now you can buy your SCRIP with any credit card, with payments processed by PayPal. Remember, you earn Madrona valuable funds, just by doing the shopping you would normally do! Learn more about SCRIP here.

All For Kids - New Option!

MIT has just launched a new feature allowing parents to donate to the All For Kids fundraiser by credit card. Click here to read more about the convenient new payment option.

Bus Tool

The Edmonds School district has launched a new tool that will help parents find where they can take their child to use bus service to Madrona. Here is the link. It is also on the School Transportation page on this site (see the "Getting To School" link on the left navigation, which also details the proper drop-off and pick-up procedures if you are driving your child to school.

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Calling All Parents

How are you going to get involved with Madrona this year? Madrona was founded with the expectation that teachers and parent volunteers would work together to provide a terrific learning environment for our children. Remember to contact your child's teacher or classroom volunteer coordinator. There are also many MIT events you can get involved in. Keep reading this page for new opportunities to give back and have fun while your child learns and grows at Madrona!

New Bear Facts!

There are a lot of new features in this new version of the Web site, but the main focus of being your reliable source of information about Madrona has not changed. The site has been rebuilt from the ground up using strict Web standards, which should make the content quicker to access and available to you no matter what browser you use. Some of the structure has changed, so if you bookmarked a page from the old site it may not work with the new. Please contact us if you have suggestions or concerns about the Web site. One of the new features is a Frequently Asked Questions page, which will grow and change as we get inquiries. That means we need you to participate – as every parent should at Madrona!
- Allan Townsend, MIT Communications Director