OTHER SCHOOL INFORMATION

School mascot and colors

The mascot for our school is the Lion. Our school colors are blue and white.

Flag Ceremony

Each Friday from 9:10 to 9:30 a.m. Madison staff, students and visitors meet in the gymnasium to salute the flag and sing a patriotic or inspirational song. The song selection changes each month. Likeable Lion Certificates are awarded at this time and special announcements are made. Parents are welcome to attend with their child and are contacted when their child is being given special recognition Please check in at the office before going to the gym.

Library

Each class visits the library at least once a week to check out books. Children are encouraged to use the library individually as often as they wish. Please encourage your child to return books on time.

Likeable Lion

Every student at Madison is special. We recognize the strengths of each child through our weekly Likeable Lion program. At the Flag Ceremony each Friday, Likeable Lion students are given a button and a certificate. They eat lunch with the school principal. Parents are notified ahead of time if their child is the Likeable Lion. We encourage parents to attend the Likeable Lion assembly.

Lost and Found

Items of clothing found in the general school area (playground, gym, etc.) will be placed in the Lost and Found. You may claim them in the hallway near the gym off the parking lot. Please check this area whenever you visit the school.

Lunch Buddies

The Lunch Buddies program, a Madison original, was the recipient of a Presidential Point of Light Award and a 1990 WSCEA Innovative Community Education Activity Award. It has received write ups in papers as far away as the London Times. In the Lunch Buddy program, caring adults spend one lunch hour a week at school with a specific student buddy in a supervised setting. The lunch buddies have lunch together and also play board games, read, create art, play on the playground or just talk. Parental consent is required for a child to participate.

Medication

A signed order from a doctor or dentist, along with a parent request, must be sent to the school if a student is to take medication during the school day. School districts have been advised that this requirement INCLUDES OVER-THE-COUNTER MEDICATIONS (i.e., aspirin, cold tablets, etc.) as well as medications prescribed by the doctor or dentist. We are required to follow this procedure by state law. RCW 28A.31.150. Forms which can be used to record the doctor or dentist's request and instructions are available in the school office. They should also be available at your doctor's office. Medication must be in the original containers and clearly marked with the student's name, type, amount and frequency of dosage. All medications must be kept in the school office. Please call Anita Wesselman for more information.

Money

Students should not bring extra money to school. If money is required for an after-school activity, or if you are sending money for school purposes, please put it in a sealed envelope with the student's name,teacher, amount enclosed, and purpose written on the envelope.

Pick-Up and Drop-Of

For students who are dropped off and picked up by car*

• Cars are to enter the site up the driveway off Legion Way and proceed around the parking spaces and come to a stop at the curb by the double doors in the back of the school in front of the cement benches and the flag pole.

• Children are to be picked up/dropped off at the curb not into/from a double parked car.

• Please note on the map the bus unloading/loading area and avoid this area.

*See map in back of Handbook for further clarification.

Power Outages

In the event the power is out, the phones at Madison will also be out. If you call when the phones are out you will hear a ring but the phone will not be working at Madison. The school does have a cell phone and CB radio for out-going emergency communication at these times.

School Pictures

Both individual and group pictures are taken during the school year. Individual pictures are in the fall and class pictures in the spring. You will be notified prior to the date through the school newsletter. Parents are under no obligation to purchase these pictures.

Snow Closure Information

If it is snowing or there is other bad weather tune in to a local radio station which will broadcast school closure, late openings, and early closure information as soon as it is available. The announcements are made frequently throughout the day.

Please do not telephone either the school or the radio stations or ask your child to call you. Discuss a plan ahead of time with your child. Phones must be kept free for emergency use.

Voter Registration

We would like to remind parents, especially new parents in the area, that they may register to vote in the Madison School office.