Friday Update: May 6, 2022

Upcoming Events

May 9

Parent Council, 6 pm, Rellik Winery

May 11

Board Meeting, 4:30 pm

May 12

5th grade play, 8:45 am and 7:00 pm

May 13

No School- Grades Day

May 19

6th grade play

May 20

Medieval Games, 6th grade

May 21

Stewardship Day, 10-1 pm

Woodworking Project by Sidra Price, 6th grade

NO SCHOOL- Friday, May 13

As a reminder, there is no school on Friday, May 13. It is a Grades Day for teachers as they prepare for Parent/Teacher conferences.

Director Update

Greetings Madrone Trail Community!

I hope everyone has had a wonderful week.

Thank you to Mrs. Horvath and Ms. Christa for putting together such a wonderful 1st grade play. I honestly don’t believe I could even memorize so many songs and they simply rocked it!

I also want to thank Ms. Jackson and Ms. Belle for their 2nd Grade play they put on. It just reminds us all why we keep on doin’ what we’re doing. For the kids!

I obviously won’t be returning next year, but I want the community to know that this school will always have a special place in my heart. I’m very proud of what the faculty and I have accomplished over the years. We have come a long way and there are still many projects planned. These teachers are amazing! This week was Teacher Appreciation week so please let them know how much they mean to you. The admin gave each teacher, assistant, and long term sub a small token of our appreciation but hearing from the community will mean the most.

I also have extreme respect and gratitude for Mr. Joe, our Site Committee Chair. He built the yurts, greenhouse, and garden beds and yet still manages to be an awesome Woodworking and Garden Teacher. He also fixes just about anything around here that needs fixing.

I’m trying my best to tie up all loose ends before I leave. I have managed to arrange the meeting of all meetings including the Director of the Jackson County Planning and Building Department, the Jackson County Head Fire Marshal, the Superintendent of the Medford School District, our land use consultant (CSA Planning), an Oregon Specialized architect and myself to forge a path ahead to permanently permit the yurts. I’m very optimistic, but it may be an uphill battle. They are allowed in the Oregon State Code, but Jackson County has only adopted the part of the code that allows them for campgrounds such as the Jackson County Willow Creek Campground. We have been operating under a temporary permit due to the spacing needs of the COVID restrictions, but that is expiring soon.

Our school and what we offer the community is immensely valued by the Medford School District and their board, as well as Bret Champion and Jeanne Grazioli (Asst. Superintendent). Bret will always be a friend to this school. He was here a few weeks ago to speak to the faculty. Their board was here for a site visit before that and just love all that we have done to the facility as well as what we have done for academics including a robust Intervention program along with finally implementing a Talented and Gifted Program.

I can’t say it enough, I could not have done anything right here without Cori Royer. She is truly an amazing person and cares deeply about this school. I’m confident that as long as she is here, this school will be in a good place.

Thank you for allowing me to serve this community so long; it has truly been one of the greatest honors of my life.

-John Bissey

Director

Re-Enrollment Forms

Please fill out our Re-enrollment form if your child will be returning to Madrone Trail for the 2022-2023 school year. If you are planning on enrolling your child elsewhere, please indicate that on the form. You will need to fill out the form for each child. We need to hear from you before May 27. Thanks!

Re-enrollment form

May Faire

We would like to thank our wonderful school community for all their great and hard work to create our beautiful 13th annual May Faire. Thanks to the May Faire committee for organizing the Faire, to Sabrah Maple for designing the poster, to Evan Wilson and Keegan Stoutenburgh for the taco and tamale food booths. Thanks to all the teachers, parents, and students who worked shifts, set up and cleaned up, to all that brought tents, tables and booth prizes, to those who made bake sale items and prizes for booths, and to Mother Earth, for giving us a beautiful day. Children and families went home with joy in their hearts! It takes a village- yay Madrone Trail!

If you had your picture taken at the Photo Booth (thanks Amanda Roselip) you can view it here.

Kitchen Update

Things are running smoothly with the kitchen and our numbers are growing every week. It's been really great getting to know all the kids. Thank you for all the positive feedback! A few notes & reminders:

We've had a handful of instances where kids arrive expecting an entree but they are not on our list. After some digging, we've figured out this isn't user error, but seems to be a glitch with the app. We're working with tech support to resolve, but in the meantime we encourage you to email our Kitchen Manager to confirm your meals (sorry for this inconvenience).
Soup is always available, but not free (unless you qualify for free/reduced lunch). If your child is not on our list for a pre-ordered entrée, they can receive soup, however, your EZ app account will be debited. If you do not have a positive balance, your account will go into the negative and we will contact you to make a payment. After an account balance of -$20, your child will receive a district bagged lunch.
If you have not created an account at all for your student, they will be receiving the district bagged lunch and not soup from this point forward. Create your account here.

CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS: We will be working on some exciting projects this summer regarding the kitchen and composting. If you'd like to participate, please reach out! kitchen@madronetrail.org

Sprouts

If you have a child who will be turning four by June 1, 2022 and are interested in our Sprouts pre-school program that is integrated into our two mixed-age kindergarten classes for the 2022-2023 school year, please email sprouts@madronetrail.org for more information.

From the Athletic Director

Madrone Track Announcements

Come watch your Dragons at their last Track Meet

May 12th: Spiegelberg Stadium (District Championships) starts at 1 pm

Now in the record books for Sacred Heart School!!!

Stefin Wright Breaks the 6th grade Sacred Heart discus record!

Stefin’s throw was 68’4”. The old record was 65’2”

Our 6th grade athletes competed against 22 schools Wednesday in the 6th grade district championships. They did great!

6th Grade District championships

Gianni Gervasi-

4th place Javelin 88’9” (51 competitors)

5th place 100 M Hurdles 20.27 (20 competitors)

6th place 3000 Meters 13:03.06 (12 Competitors)

Maddy Bevers-

3rd place 3000 meters 14:22.92 (5 competitors)

21st place 100 M Hurdles 24.76 (22 competitors)

Stefin Wright-

3rd place Discus 66’10” (43 competitors)

35th place Javelin 57’5” (51 competitors)

Madrone Soccer Club

Coach Sergio has been doing a great job teaching our kids the basics of soccer and introducing fun competitions. Way to go coach!

Please have your student bring extra water on soccer club days. Thank you!

If you have any questions let me know.

Thanks everyone,

Jeff Roberson

jeff.roberson@madronetrail.org

Meet Eric Cerecedes, New Board Member

Eric Cerecedes is excited to join the Madrone Trail Board of Directors! He is a father of three students at our school and the owner of a mushroom company. Eric is a former Board member at the Oregon Child Development Coalition and Advisory Board member at the Southern Oregon Education Service District. Eric is looking forward to supporting and building a strong community-family-school environment together.

Lost Jacket

A family member from Poppy Kindergarten believes that when they returned their child's rain jacket to their car, they may have accidentally put it in the wrong one! If anybody has a silver/gray minivan please check if you ended up with a toddler's size navy blue jacket with planets and rocketships in your car. If found, please return to the Poppy Kindergarten classroom to be reunited with its owner.

State Testing Happening Now

Classes have begun State Testing. 3rd-8th graders are tested in Language Arts and Math, and 5th and 8th graders take a Science test as well. This is the first year since the pandemic that the students will take the full test and participation rates will be tracked. Parents have the right per Oregon Law to opt their child out of the test. If you would like to do so, please contact our School Test Coordinator, Ms. Cori, cori.royer@madronetrail.org, to arrange to sign the opt out form in person.

5th grade Olympiad a Success!

Congratulations to all of our Olympians. They all did great! The weather wasn't too bad and the location was gorgeous. Thank to the parents that helped out and that came to watch the event.

Quote of the Day

Handlettered by Ms. Cori in honor of the 5th grade Olympiad