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FALK OPEN SCHOOLHOUSE
Every Tuesday 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Friends • Computers • Games • JFF • Library • Meeting Space
On Tuesday evenings, Falk Elementary School is open and staffed for Falk families and others in the neighborhood to enjoy these activities, free of charge:
Literacy Lighthouse: In the school library, look at the books, read together, and check out materials to take home.
Math Corner: Play with math toys and games in the Math Corner of the library, where math is fun for family and friends.
Computer Center: Use the computers in the school REACH computer lab to build your computer skills or access the internet.
Community Corner: Talk to Mike Bruce from Joining Forces for Families (JFF), who can help your family with connecting to community resources, housing issues, job searches, etc.
Meeting Space: Do you belong to a group that needs meeting space? During Open Schoolhouse hours, space for meetings and classes will be available free of charge to groups such as Madison Literacy Network. neighborhood associations, and scout groups.
Come share an hour or two with neighborhood families!
Just drop in! No reservation required to play games and read some favorite books with neighborhood kids. Or volunteer to lead an informal activity - do you have special talents or interests to share with kids? Do you enjoy crafts or music? Maybe you know how to yo-yo or play cat’s cradle.
To volunteer, contact Sara Knueve at 204-2203 or bknueve@madison.k12.wi.us
News from Toki Middle School
SPRING PLANTING COMES EARLY TO TOKI
Don’t let those winter blues get you down…plan your garden early. Toki PTO is sponsoring its third annual Plant Sale starting March 26th, 2008. Choose from a variety of bedding flowers, foliage plants or hanging baskets. Our beautiful and healthy plants come directly from Irish Lane Greenhouse. You won’t be disappointed, and it’s easy. Fill out the order form:
Toki Plant Sale Order Form
and return it with your check, cash or money order by Monday, April 7th, 2008. Make checks out to Toki PTO and attach to your order.
Greentree neighbors can mail their forms and payment to Marcy Braun, 30 Lancaster Ct, Madison 53719.
Choose from a variety of plants in several different colors and sizes, or choose a gift certificate to Irish Lane instead. You can buy the plants as full or half flats. We also have hanging baskets and 4.5-inch pots that include ferns, ivy, spikes and vines.
Toki benefits from every plant and gift certificate sold. Plants will arrive at Toki on Thursday, May 8th, 2008 for pick up at Toki from 2:30-6:30. Or, Marcy is also offering free delivery to any neighbors aged 55+...in case getting up to the school is a problem. Plants can be paid in advance and will be left by the front door on May 8 or 9!
Your plants will arrive the week before Mother’s Day—how convenient!
If you have any questions, please e-mail Marcy Braun: brauntown30@yahoo.com
or call 274-5012.
News from Falk Elementary School
Market Day continues at Falk
Market Day is a fundraising food co-op that has been serving the Falk community for over 10 years. Market Day offers restaurant-quality food products that are competitively priced and delicious. Falk school PTO earns a profit on each monthly sale, and in past years we have earned over $2,000 per year this way! This money benefits the students at Falk in so many ways.
A Market Day order form will come home with you child via backpack express. You may order online at www.marketday.com. Each monthly Market Day “Pick-Up” is held after school in the gym. You may pick up your order between 4:15 and 5:15 pm on that day, and we love help with sorting orders from 3:00 on! It's simple and very convenient: there are many returning customers whose children have graduated from Falk and continue to use Market Day because of the high-quality food products offered. Hope to see you at Market Day! – Betz Pilon, Market Day chair.
Volunteer at Falk
Make a difference to our young people by volunteering at Falk. It's fun and easy to help some of our neighborhood young people learn. If you might be interested in volunteering, contact our Americorps volunteer, Matt Matysik, at 204-2207.
Have fun at Courage Assemblies
Every month, Falk has a whole-school assembly for fun and entertainment, as well as recognition for achievements. Visitors are welcome. Just sign in at the Falk office at about 1:45, then proceed to the gym to join in the fun until about 2:30. Assemblies are almost always the second Friday of the month.
No-Cost Fundraising Opportunities - ways to support Falk Elementary and/or Toki Middle Schools at no cost to you!
SIMPLIFIED SCRIP |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Save any of the following items and drop them off in the collection
bin outside of the school office. |
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 Uyenthi Tran (pronounce that “Wing-T” Tran). Contact her by email at utran@madison.k12.wi.us or 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 Beth Wraalstad (MSCR-Toki Coordinator)
at 204-4778 or via email at bwraalstad@madison.k12.wi.us.
For more information check out Toki’s web site at www.madison.k12.wi.us/toki.
Neighborhood School Web Sites:
You can review budget and other issues on the Madison Metropolitan School
District website:
http://www.madison.k12.wi.us/
Provide the Board of Education with your feedback at:
comments@madison.k12.wi.us.
[This information is presented as a public service and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Greentree Neighborhood Association Board or its membership.]