Welcome to the Bear Facts web site.

Madrona Bear Facts -Welcome to Madrona Nongraded School, a K-8 school in the Edmonds School District. Located in the southwest corner of the District, the school has over 650 students, including students from the North Puget Sound Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program. -Madrona Nongraded School is supported by the Madrona Integrated Team (MIT), the parent-teacher-student organization founded in 1991. MIT is a Washington State non-profit corporation, recognized by the Internal Revenue Service under code 501c3.

26 August 2010

Meet Amy Branch, Madrona’s New Assistant Principal

Dear Madrona Families, My cup runneth over… It is difficult to describe the feelings of joy and honor that have blissfully accompanied me since being offered the opportunity to work at Madrona.  As a new member of this wonderful community, I would like to thank all of you in advance for the opportunity to be [...]

18 August 2010

Office Notes for August

Staffing Update From Lynda This week your kindergarten, first or fourth grade student should receive your placement letter indicating which center your student will join.  If you don’t receive this letter by Friday, please give our office a call! As you may recall, we had some staffing changes and hiring to do this summer. Here’s [...]

17 August 2010

Celebrations

20th Anniversary Party! On October 1, 2010 Madrona will celebrate its 20th Anniversary with food, fun and music.  All community members are welcome to come.  Alumni will be greeted with open arms!  Join us for barbecue, steel drum music, kids vs staff games, and a chance to catch up with your friends. If you would [...]

21 July 2010

Finalized 2010-11 School Year Calendar

The Finalized 2010/2011 Edmonds School District calendar is <here>

09 June 2010

Job Openings: MIT Volunteer Positions

Want to get involved? MIT is looking for help. We would love to have your voice on the MIT board next year. If interested, please contact Kim Hart KimHart@microsoft.com (unless otherwise noted below). Bear Scare Director: This much beloved annual Halloween event needs you and your organization skills. This event includes recruiting volunteers, arranging the [...]

05 June 2010

Middle School Enrichment in 2010-2011

Due to budget cuts in the Edmonds School District, the structure of the school day for Madrona’s middle school will be changing next year, from a block schedule to a daily schedule.  This means that opportunities for students to partake of 3 enrichment classes will end.  Only one enrichment class will be offered during the [...]

25 May 2010

Important School Meal Program Change

Our school meals program had a very important change that went into place beginning Monday, May 17th that apply to all students who buy or plan to buy food at school between now and the end of the school year. As of Monday, May 17 th, no students will be able to incur additional debt [...]

24 May 2010

MIT Extra Curricular Activities

Pick up flyers in the family room for, Children’s Tech Workshop camps, Jaicee Designs summer camps, NW Natl’s Soccer Club Day camps, EWHS Drill & Pom try-outs, Edmonds School District Summer School 7th-12th grades, Skyhawks Summer Camps, Grandslam Baseball Camps,  MTHS Summer Basketball Camp, Warriors Basketball Camp, Camp Killoqua, YMCA Overnight Camps, NW Choirs auditions, [...]

06 May 2010

An Important Message from Lynda Fischer

Dear Madrona Families,   As you probably know, as a result of the State budget, our school district has to make about 6.7 million dollars in reductions for next year’s budget. This is on top of the previous two years of over 16 million in reductions, and so the challenges continue. The district has been [...]

19 April 2010

Madrona as a Caring Community Survey 2010 – Madrona Families

Each year the Madrona Learning Environment Team collects information about student, staff, and parent/family perspectives at Madrona.  This information helps us to set goals each year in the area of our learning environment, which is one of the four goal areas for our school.  Below you will find a link for the Madrona as a [...]

22 March 2010

New Clipless Alternative for Labels for Education

The Campbell’s Soup Labels for Education program has a new way to electronically collect Labels for Education points using your Fred Meyer, Safeway and QFC shopper cards. Points earned for Madrona are redeemed for P.E. and classroom materials. Register your cards at http://www.elabelsforeducation.com/ and earn 200 bonus points for Madrona. After you register, points are [...]