Film Screening and Discussion - CANCELLED

All MMSD buildings will be closing at 6:00pm on Thursday, February 7. Unfortunately this means we must cancel this screening and discussion. We will try to reschedule. Sorry for the inconvenience.

13th Film Screening and Discussion

 Thursday, February 7, 2019 -  CANCELLED
6:00-9:00pm
Lincoln Elementary School Library
The Midvale-Lincoln PTO invites you to continue our community equity conversations around race during the Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action, 2019.  Join us for a showing of the critically acclaimed documentary 13th, a film about America’s prison system with background information on the nation’s history of systemic discrimination and inequities.

Following the showing, a discussion relating the documentary to Madison will be facilitated by Madison community leader, Brandi Grayson, a co-founder of the Young, Gifted & Black Coalition.            

Please RSVP here

Eat Out for Education

This coming semester there will be several more opportunities to participate in fundraisers for the PTO.
Please join the fun on these dates:

En el semestre que viene, serán varias oportunidades más para participar en actividades recaudadores de fondos.  
Favor de reunirse con nosotros en las fechas siguientes:

February 5- McDonald’s dining night
el 5 de Febrero - cenar a McDonalds (2402 S Park St.)

March 6- Panera dining night
el 6 de Marzo -  cenar a Panera (3416 University Ave.)

April 2- Cafe Zupas dining night
el 2 de Abríl - cenar a Cafe Zupas (8310 Greenway Blvd., Middleton)

May 20-  Let’s Eat Out food carts dining night by Cypress Park
el 20 de Mayo -Vamos a cenar: carritos de comida en el parque Cypress

May 28- Let’s Eat Out food carts dining night by Midvale Elementary
el 28 de Mayo - Vamos a cenar: carritos de comida por el lado de Midvale

NO fees, NO dues, NO wrapping paper sales.

If you have a child attending Midvale or Lincoln Elementary Schools, you are automatically a member of the Midvale-Lincoln Parent Teacher Organization (PTO).  No dues are required. We are simply a group of parents who want to find ways to meet the needs of all of our students. We plan community-building events, organize volunteers to help teachers and staff, keep our fellow parents informed about district-wide and educational trends and raise money to support all of our classrooms. 

We strive to keep you informed, so please take a moment to like us on facebook and join our email list by sending an email to
midvalelincolnpto+subscribe<AT>googlegroups.com   

Donate directly...

The money raised by the PTO goes directly back to our classrooms to boost supplies and special projects including field trips, book collections and visiting artists. We do not ask our children, parents and guardians to sell stuff to support our schools,
Instead we ask that families and community partners give what they can.
You can donate at any time using a credit card or paypal or you can send a check to:
Midvale Lincoln PTO
502 Caromar, Madison, WI 53711
All contributions are tax deductible. For your records, our tax identification number is 26 – 4052664. 

Supply Donations

Save your recyclables
Check this current list of needs before you get rid of your recyclables.  Many staff members are looking for donations!
Art Supplies
Donations of any recyclables are welcome in the art classrooms for various projects.  They will take items such as: boxes, newspapers, egg cartons, yogurt cups, coffee tins.  Contact Gwen Kong at Lincoln or Mary Lau at Midvale.
Cardboard Tubes
​Several cardboard tubes from toilet paper, paper towels, and wrapping paper are needed for the new Bridges math curriculum at Midvale.  Contact Katie Nguyen.
Paper
Ms. Seguin at Lincoln is seeking colorful paper.  It can be old newspapers, magazines, or junk mail.  Anything, as long as it's colorful! She would also love old iPads and ink pens (non-retractable), Contact Claire Seguin.
Boxes
4K ​classrooms need shoeboxes to make take home libraries for students to take books home. Contact Lora Schmid Dolan

​1st grade classrooms are looking for small boxes or containers for a Maker Space project.  Contact Alyssa Schultz or Angie Mortensen

Volunteer

Translate PTO Materials
All communications that go out from the PTO need to be translated to Spanish.  We are always looking for people to help with translation! If interested, please sign up here or email Angela Fischer.
Classroom Help
There are many ways for you to help Midvale/Lincoln - both from home on your own time and during the day at one of the schools. Occasionally the PTO receives requests for parent helpers in the classrooms or to help school staff with short term projects.  Make sure to follow us on Facebook and join our email list so that you see those requests. Let’s show the teachers and staff how much we appreciate all that they do by helping lighten their load!
Midvale and Lincoln Gardens
Both our schools have garden spaces that are used through the school year to educate and inspire our students. A little time from you can keep them functioning and beautiful.
For Midvale Gardens contact Julie Gentz
For Lincoln Gardens contact Clare Seguin
Become a tutor through Schools of Hope
Schools of Hope needs tutors at Midvale and Lincoln Elementary schools who are willing to:
  • Tutor children in literacy, with materials provided by school staff
  • Commit to at least one hour per week on a consistent basis for at least one academic semester.
  • Be placed between the hours of 8:30am and 3:30pm, based on availability.
If you would like more information about tutoring and/or would like to apply, please contact the Tutor Coordinator at Midvale (midvale@schoolsofhope.org) or the Tutor Coordinator at Lincoln (lincoln@schoolsofhope.org).

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