Pancake Breakfast & Silent Auction on April 23, 2017
We’re looking for auction donations! Do you have a favorite local business that would contribute? Could your family donate a craft item or a service? In the past we’ve had amazing donations like:
Theater tickets
Homemade meals and desserts Mother’s Helper Service Catsitting
Jewelry-making lessons Grandma-made quilts and doilies Antiques
Calling all community members! Calling all volunteers!
This weekend Carrie and Melissa will be presenting at the Natural Family Expo at the Monona Terrace. They are in need of the following help for set-up and take-down if you’re interested and available:
Tech-savy person to help with a slide show set-up at the booth that actually includes sound and possible Internet option
People to help load materials and furniture at IMA early Sunday morning
People to help unload and set-up materials and furniture at the Monona Terrace early Sunday morning
People to help take-down and load the van around 4:00pm Sunday at the Monona Terrace
People to help unload and return materials and furniture at IMA Sunday between 4:30 pm — 5:30 pm
Thank you to Sara Colopy for getting this organized, candy purchased, and registration complete. We are looking forward to throwing candy in our green Race to the Finn shirts!
DETAILS
Meet at the Madison Children’s Museum entrance at 12:30 pm. This is line-up time.
Wear you green Race to the Finn t-shirts (Need one? Ask Mr. Chet)
The Adolescent Community at Isthmus Montessori Academy is holding a Supplies Drive to benefit homeless youth at Briarpatch. Briarpatch is an organization that serves at-risk youth and families in various ways, particularly in the area of homelessness. One of our IMA community parents helps run their Transitional Housing program, so we wanted to get involved and help provide supplies for the young people who are living there. You can learn more about this program here.
We are asking for supplies (a specific list is below) rather than most foods, because more resources are available for food, like food stamps and food pantries. Homeless people, especially teenagers, are in need of the sort of things they cannot purchase with a Quest/foodstamps card. We also can show them that we care about their well-being by providing the specific items they need.
Our supplies drive will run through the end of this week — March 10. Any supplies you can donate will be delivered directly to Briarpatch next week. You can drop supplies off in the bins outside our AD classroom.
Thank you so much for your consideration and kindness. Please contact Ms. Allison with any questions or stop by our classroom.
Best wishes,
Ms. Allison and the Adolescent Community
Items Needed — all clothing should be new, not used
Anti-diarrhea tablets
Bandaids and other portable first aid items
Bath Towels
Bras (sizes 32-36)
Bug spray
Bus passes (youth & adult)
Combs / brushes
Flashlights with batteries
Food gift cards ($10-25)
Grocery gift cards
Hair picks
Hoodies
Lip balm
Men’s and women’s socks, short and long
Nail clippers
Pepper spray
Q-tips
Rain covers / rain shields
Rain gear
Razors
Ready-to-eat, non-perishable food items (no can goods — bars, ramen, jerky, candy, etc)
Shoes (durable and weather appropriate, any size)
Shorts
Sun screen
Tee shirts
Tissues
Triple antibiotic ointment
Twin sheet sets
Umbrellas
Washcloths
Wet wipes
Women’s hygiene products (tampons and pads)
Women’s underwear (sizes 6, 7, 8, 9)
2600mAh Portable Mobile USB Power Bank External Battery Charger (for cell phone backup)
Hair products, more specifically:
As I Am Coconut Cowash Conditioner
Blue Magic hair grease
Doo-gro Jamaican black castor oil leave-in conditioner
Duke Waves & Fades black durag
Luster’s pink lotion
OGX Moroccan Argan oil
Satin sleeping caps (all sizes)
Shea Moisture brand shampoo, leave-in conditioner, African black soap, 100% pure oils, Control Friz, Yucca & Plantain anti-Breakage Strengthening Masque, Superfruit Comples 10-in-1 Renewal System Hair Mask
Please join the Isthmus Montessori Academy Adolescent Community for a STEAM (Science Technology Engineering Arts and Mathematics) Fair on Wednesday, March 1, at 1:00 in the Adolescent classroom.
IMA’s Adolescent Students will present their original research and inventions, mathematics and biology projects, and research on historical and contemporary scientists.
We’ll also be serving science-themed snacks.
We hope you will stop by and take a look at what we’ve been learning!
Next week (February 28 at 5:30 pm), IMA will be hosting another of our DEEP Meetings. The topic for this meeting is “Skills Every 18 Year Old Should Have.”
As you know, childcare and dinner are provided for kids. Refreshments provided for adults. This meeting is FREE and open to the public. Please join us!
We’re thrilled to be working with FarmRaiser this year, selling organic seeds from High Mowing Organic Seeds to raise money for Isthmus Montessori Academy’s edible schoolyard and garden.
Our fundraising goal is $500. This sale only lasts through February 24, so we hope you’ll get started right away! You can purchase products by visiting this link.
Products will be sent home with families, or can be picked up at school, on March 3, 2017. If you are interested in volunteering on Distribution Day, let me know.
Tips for Great Sales:
Share the link to our online market with family and friends. You can write an email explaining your FarmRaiser and direct them to our link to support us.
Post the link on social media and ask people to share, too!
Don’t forget about the donation option! Many people would rather just make a cash pledge. We love donations and 90% comes to the school!
This fundraiser is all about supporting healthy eating, and helping our children learn about how things grow! We’re so excited to engage our students in conversations around nutrition and health and know they will be great community advocates for a healthy lifestyle as they sell their products.
Thank you for your help in making this our most successful fundraiser yet!
April 1-22, 2017
Pancake Breakfast & Silent Auction on April 23, 2017
We’re looking for auction donations! Do you have a favorite local business that would contribute? Could your family donate a craft item or a service? Get in touch with Ms. Allison if you have ideas about donating.
In the past we’ve had amazing donations like the following:
You should have received information about both re-enrollment for the 2017-2018 school year and enrollment for the IMA 2017 Summer Program. If you have not, please see Mr. Chet.
The re-enrollment time for current IMA families ends on February 27th. Details are included in a letter found included with enrollment agreements.
Many new families are waiting to enroll, so it’s very important to get your paperwork in by February 27 to guarantee a spot next year. Thank you!
Please mark your calendars for the second (and final) Souper Supper of the 2016-17 school year!
What is the Souper Supper?
The Souper Supper is a great IMA community event during which you meet and catch up with other families and staff. In addition to dining with other community members, students and staff propose their ideas regarding how the money collected at entry should be allocated. The gathering exemplifies IMA’s commitment to working together to support the community.
When is the Souper Supper?
The event is taking place on Thursday, February 23rd from 5:30 p.m. Please note that the school leaders will be conducting a town hall meeting beginning at 5 p.m. to answer any questions about IMA’s transition to a charter school. This forum will also be open for community members to bring up other topics.
Who should attend the Souper Supper?
This community event is open to all! It is a great way to bring together families and friends. We encourage you to bring friends from outside of the IMA community to learn about the school.
What is the cost?
The entry fee is $6 per person. Fees collected at entry will be allocated to the proposal that receives the most votes at the end of the evening.
How can I help?
Please sign-up to help with the logistics! To see how you can donate (time or items), please follow this link to Sign Up Genius.
BYOB: Bring your own bowl!
An anonymous donor has volunteered to donate an extra $1 for each bowl brought from home in an effort to reduce waste, save cost, and raise funds. Although we will have paper bowls available, we encourage you to bring your own from home!
3rd Annual IMA PTO Online Auction
Dear IMA Families,
