Neighborhood School Web Sites:

Falk Elementary District Web Site

Falk Elementary PTO Web Site

Toki Middle School Web Site

Jefferson Middle School Web Site

James Madison Memorial High School Web Site

You can review budget and other issues on the Madison Metropolitan School District website:
www.madison.k12.wi.us

Provide the Board of Education with your feedback at:
comments@madison.k12.wi.us.

SCHOOL NEWS

School Referendum Information

For the November 4, 2008 referendum vote is available at the Madision Metropolitan School District's Web site: http://www.madison.k12.wi.us/mmsdtv/refweb/index.html

No-Cost Fundraising Opportunities - ways to support Falk Elementary and/or Toki & Jefferson Middle Schools at no cost to you!

SIMPLIFIED SCRIP www.simplifiedscrip.com	Purchase cash & gift cards for area businesses that you make regular purchases from, and the businesses give a percentage of your purchase to the PTO. Designate Toki Middle School on the scrip order form.
OFFICE DEPOT www.officedepot.com	Will give 5% of supply purchases back to the school of your choice. Tell the cashier your school designation before you pay.
Pick 'n Sav	Your Advantage Plus Savers Club Card not only gives you discounts on store specials it will also give 1% of your purchases to Toki PTO. Stop by the customer service desk and update your card information with charity code 834810 for Toki PTO.
Target Stores www.target.com/tcoe	If you have a Target REDcard (credit card) designate Toki Middle School to receive 1% of your purchases. Sign up online or at a kiosk in the store. Target sends checks to schools twice a year in March and September. Take charge of education.
Education Box Tops www.Boxtops4Education.com	Education Box Tops are on hundreds of your favorite household products. Each Box Top is worth 10 cents to our school. Please clip them and send them to school with your children or drop them off in the school office.
Kemps and Foremost Farms www.kemps.com www.foremostfarms.com	Kemps (Nickels for Schools) and Morning Glory and Golden Guernsey (KID$, CAP$ & CA$H) milk bottle caps. Both Kemps and Foremost Farms (Morning Glory and Golden Guernsey products) will give 5 cents for each bottle cap collected. Please collect them and send them to school with your children or drop them off in the school office.
Cartridges for Kids www.cartridgesforkids.com	Save any of the following items and drop them off in the collection bin outside of the school office. • Cell phones • Ink Jet Printer Cartridges • Laser Printer Cartridges • DVD Movies & Videogames • Portable DVD Players • Laptop Computers • MP3 Players • X-Boxes, Sony Playstations, Wii • Digital Cameras & Digital Video Cameras (DVRs) • Digital Picture Frames (an LCD frame with memory) • Portable Navigation & GPS Devices (Garmin, Magellan, Tom-Tom)

Invest in our neighborhood schools

The Foundation for Madison's Public Schools is an independent, community non-profit organization dedicated to sustaining and extending the excellence of Madison's public schools. The Foundation:

• raises private funds to enhance educational opportunities for students - present and future - in Madison's public schools;

• awards grants for creative and innovative projects which are not funded within the core school budget;

• develops supportive relationships between the schools and community that enrich the education of children.

Please visit www.fmps.org to donate on-line or to check endowment fund and challenge grant balances.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Volunteers Needed at Falk Elementary

You can help our kids learn, and also help them feel cared-for by our community, by volunteering at Falk. We have a Vista volunteer this year to help coordinate volunteer work at Falk. Her name is Kaitlin Gaynor. Contact her by phone at 204-2207.

Hobbyists: The after-school program is putting together after-school activities for the remainder of this school year. Do you have an interest you might share with Falk students? Perhaps you know how to knit, or dance, or speak a foreign language. A staff member will be with you to take care of discipline and administrative duties. Call Beth in Safe Haven (our on-site after-school program) at 204-2208 to discuss the possibilities.

Tutors Needed at Toki Middle School

Schools of Hope is the Madison area’s most sustained effort in eliminating the achievement gap amongst middle school students. As a program that functions primarily on volunteer support, they are presently seeking volunteers who would be willing to spend one hour a week with a student, between the hours of 7:45 AM and 3:45 PM , tutoring in math and basic literacy. Although it is only one hour out of your week, it is an hour that the students can look forward to for the extra support they need to succeed.

Schools of Hope are actively recruiting to fill at least 80 regular volunteer tutors for Toki Middle School. Please, take some time to consider volunteering as a tutor this school year. For more information about how you can get involved with a student, contact Ariana Hauck (MSCR-Toki Coordinator) at 204-4778 or ahauck@madison.k12.wi.us. For more information check out Toki’s web site at tokiweb.madison.k12.wi.us

Tutors Needed at Jefferson Middle School

Jefferson Middle School is always looking for tutors, mentors, etc. Their coordinator for tutors is Layne Hammond-Champion, and she can be reached at 663-6427.

[This information is presented as a public service and does not necessarily reflect opinions of the Greentree Neighborhood Association Board or its membership.]