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