Updated July 28, 2010
IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER
Please mark your calendar for these important dates and events:
- Used Uniform Sale: August 11, 8 a.m.-2 p.m.
- Lands' End Uniform Sizing Event: August 11, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
- 5th Grade Student Orientation: August 26, 1:00-2:30 p.m.
- New Family Orientation and Social: August 26, 4:30-5:00 p.m.
- Registration and Orientation Night: August 26, 5:00-8:15 p.m.
- FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL: August 30
- Parent Guild Back-to-School Coffee: August 30, 8 a.m.
- Family Back-to-School Picnic: September 3, 3:30-6:00 p.m.
- Parent Social: September 10, 7:30-9:00 p.m.
- Parent Guild Meeting: September 15, 8 a.m.
- Grandparents and Special Friends Day: October 1
Get the August Calendar Here.
Get the 2010-2011 School Year Calendar Here.
| NEWS & UPDATES |
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MCDS Summer Camp a Success!
The 2010 MCDS Summer Camp has received rave reviews from our enthusiastic campers, who have clearly demonstrated that learning is great fun! The first session of camp had more than 50 students in attendance, with approximately 40 children in sessions two and three. MCDS Summer Camp offers a unique blend of light academics and indoor/outdoor active fun as well as exciting explorations in the fields of science, nature, art, and world cultures. Kudos to Camp Director Jana Martin and her staff of teachers and camp counselors for a job well done!
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The Difference One Can Make!
Please click Here for a letter from Lynn Kaminski, the new Box Tops Coordinator at MCDS. With Box Tops for Education, each eligible box top you clip is worth 10 cents for our school. If each MCDS family turned in just 100 box tops during the year, we'd achieve our goal of $2,000. Just think of all the ways that money could help our school and students!
So please start clipping—and encourage your extended family and friends to do the same! Click Here for a list of eligible products, which include Cheerios and other cereal; Betty Crocker desserts; Progresso soups; Yoplait Kids yogurt; Ziploc storage bags; Hefty trash bags; Cottonelle bath tissue; Huggies diapers and other products; Kleenex tissue; Avery school supplies; and much more!
Please visit the Box Tops for Education website for information on current bonus opportunities, including the chance to win 500,000 bonus box tops—which would equal $50,000—for MCDS! The more families that participate, the better our chances of winning! As they say, you can't win if you don't play!
From the Box Tops website's homepage, you can also click through and shop online at more than 100 retailers and earn up to 15% of your purchase total for our school. To earn an additional 2% cash back for MCDS on Lands' End purchases (in addition to the 3% earned as a Preferred School), go to the Box Tops website and then to "Shop Marketplace" (on the menu under "Earn"). From there, click on "Shop and Earn" and then click on the Lands' End logo. If purchasing school uniforms, be sure to select MCDS as your Preferred School before placing your order.
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MCDS Student Named National Merit Winner
Click Here to read a recent Wisconsin State Journal article about local National Merit Scholarship recipients, including 2010 MCDS graduate Nick Heisig!
| 2010-2011 SCHOOL YEAR INFO |
Click Here to access our 2010-11 School Year Information webpage, and please check back throughout the summer for additions and updates.
| OTHER REMINDERS |
Summer Contact Information
Please feel free to call us during the summer at (608) 850-6000 if you have any questions or need assistance with school-related matters. If we're in a meeting and unable to take your call, we'll respond to your message as soon as possible.
MCDS Summer Music Clinic
Click Here for information on the MCDS summer music clinic for incoming 5th and 6th graders. If you have questions, please contact Jon Schipper.
| QUICK CLICKS |
Class of 2010 Commencement
Click Here to visit our webpage highlighting the 2010 Commencement Exercises, with photos of our graduates and links to their speeches and lyrics of songs written for the occasion.
Financial Aid Form and Info
Click Here for the SSS by NAIS financial aid application and related information.
Online Tour
To watch our online school tour, please click Here.
Hear from our Students
To read what our students have to say about the MCDS experience, click Here.
MCDS in the News
- Click Here to read the Waunakee Tribune article highlighting students' conservation efforts.
- Click Here for a Waunakee Tribune article about the MCDS fifth grade Odyssey of the Mind team.
- Click Here to read a letter to the Wisconsin State Journal, written by students in the Sharing Our Humanity class.
- Click Here for the Wisconsin State Journal article on the MCDS Japanese exchange.
- Read about the Food for Thought banquet at MCDS in this Wisconsin State Journal article.
- Click Here to read a Waunakee Tribune article about our IB Diploma Programme and the Class of 2010.
| ONGOING FUNDRAISING OPPORTUNITIES |
Scrip
The Scrip table is now closed for the school year. A limited amount of Lands' End Scrip will be available for purchase during the Uniform Sizing Event on Wednesday, August 11.
Box Tops Bring Top Dollars
Please keep clipping box tops over the summer, as we'll be collecting them again next school year. With Box Tops for Education, each eligible box top is worth 10 cents for our school.
Going Green for the Green
Click Here for info on our Ink Cartridge Recycling Program, and Here for a Think Green Fact Sheet. Drop off your empty printer cartridges in the bin near the Lower School reception desk. Cartridge World of Middleton will donate $1 to MCDS for each ink cartridge and $2 for each toner.
MCDS Coffee
Thanks for your support of this program that benefits the MCDS Annual Fund!
Download an order form Here or grab one in the LS lobby.
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Reminder
Pack 329 Cub Scout News
IT'S A GREAT TIME TO JOIN SCOUTING! For more information on pack activities, contact Art or Kim Wagner at (608) 742-4426. Any boy who is interested in joining scouts is welcome to attend a meeting at any time to see what scouting is like.
- Mallards Game: Wednesday, August 11, at Warner Park. Game starts at 7:05 p.m.