Staff Appreciation Week

It’s Staff Appreciation Week! We’re excited to celebrate our incredible teachers and staff - we’d love your help to make the week truly special! Student Council has planned an **All Star** themed week, and the PTO has organized some wonderful surprises to show our gratitude.

Monday
The PTO will kick things off by providing lunch from Tommy R’s Catering.

Tuesday
Students are encouraged to bring a small surprise to say “thank you!” to their teacher. A big thank you to the families helping “Bust the Break Room” with delicious treats!

Wednesday
Please bring in fresh-cut flowers - our amazing PTO volunteers will gather them at the front & back entrance during student drop-off to arrange beautiful bouquets for staff.

Thursday
Dress like your teacher for a fun day of appreciation! The PTO will also provide lunch from Grill 89.

Friday
Create and bring in a poster to show your teacher how much you appreciate them. The PTO will wrap up the week by delivering custom coffee orders from Cafe La Fortuna!

Spirit Day - May 8th

Our winter raffle spirit day winner, Natalie Garver, has chosen our final spirit day theme…

DISNEY SHIRT DAY!! 💫

📅 Date: Friday, May 8th
🌈 Theme: Students may wear Disney themed shirts, colors, and small ears / accessories. No costumes.

Students and teachers are invited to participate. We can’t wait to see your awesome looks! 

End of Year Madison Staff GiftCrowd

Can you believe the school year is almost over? Madison had an incredibly busy and engaging year! Please join to thank our classroom teachers, specials teachers, and the many wonderful staff members who support our students each day. This year, we’ll once again be using GiftCrowd to make gifting simple and seamless.

GiftCrowd, a simple and convenient platform, allows families to contribute online toward gift cards for any Madison teacher or staff member. Each recipient will then be able to choose gift cards from their preferred retailers - easy, flexible, and festive! A few things to think about, if you choose to use GiftCrowd:
~ You may choose to “gift” to whomever and however you wish. We kindly encourage families to prioritize classroom teachers, who work with our students everyday. Physical Education, Art and Music may have contributions from many families K-5, therefore gifting a smaller amount to a non-classroom teacher is perfectly appropriate.
~ As this is a collective, school-wide gifting effort, we have provided a comprehensive staff list to help streamline your gift-giving experience.
~While teachers/staff will see which families contribute to the collective gift, the amount you contribute will be private.

As always, these group gifts are completely optional and the monetary contribution is up to each family. Should you wish to contribute, please do so by Friday, May 29th by 9:00am. Gifts will be sent out electronically.

To access Madison’s GiftCrowd page, please click HERE.

Need help with GiftCrowd? Follow the detailed instructions below to help you get started. You can even click here for a step-by-step video!
1.GiftCrowd will present you with a list of all Madison Elementary ’s Teachers & Staff. Click on “Join” next to the Teacher or Staff member you wish to gift.
2. Enter your name as you'd like it to be displayed to the teacher and your email address. You are welcome to include a personal greeting as well as upload a photo or a video! Now you can leverage the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on GiftCrowd to create personalized greetings for your gifts. GiftCrowd will suggest unique and thoughtful greetings that are tailored to the recipient.
3. Enter your contribution amount of choice ($2 and up) and click “Add to Cart”
4. Repeat this process for all the teachers and staff members you wish to gift. Then, enter your payment information and click on “Place your Order” to complete your transaction.

Finally, every gift recipient will receive an email indicating the total gift amount they received with personal greetings from all the contributors! They will be able to use their gift amount to select cards from hundreds of brands!

High Interest Day Volunteers

High Interest Day for our 3rd-5th grade students is less than two weeks away - on Friday, May 22nd! Several of the classes are requesting parent volunteers - the fencing class, in particular. Please email highinterestday@madisonpto.org if you are interested in helping out. In your email, please note whether you are available all day (approximately 10:00 am - 2:30 pm), or if you are only available for certain portions of the day. Thank you in advance!