Many thanks to the students and families who helped to sell raffle tickets for our 2013 Spring Raffle.  The draw took place at the school during the Terrific Kids Assembly on Friday, May 17, 2013. Here is the list of winners:

• 1st place ( Apple IPad) - Elizabeth Redding
• 2nd place ($300) - Mitchell Boyle
• 3rd place ($100) - Walter Kunath
• 4th place ($25) - Victor Vowles
• 5th place ($25) - Sue Parks
• 6th place ($25) - Jimmy Leblanc
• 7th place ($25) - Susan McQuigge

Congratulations!!

After prize payouts and expenses, the school earned a profit of $1600.62.  Thanks again for your continued support!

We would also like to thank our top ticket sellers Brooklyn, Jenna and Mercedes!

***FREE EVENT**** at the Lower Trent Valley Fish & Game Club - 1808 Fish & Game Club Road, Frankford

June 1st

Registration begins @ 8:30 am, programs begin @ 9am

Canadian Raptor Show (owls, hawks, eagles and other birds of prey) @ 9:30, 12:00 and 2:30.  Fly fishing seminars, Child Identification Program, Ministry of Natural Resources Display, Duck Unlimited Information Booth, Live Taxidermy Demonstration, face painting and much more....

This event will carry on rain or shine, lunch and prizes will be available.

For more information please contact Chad Crawford 613-921-2656 or Jeff Weaver 613-392-3579

PARENTS, LET US KNOW HOW WE CAN HELP!!!

With input from parents and staff, we have created a short survey to help us know how we can help you help your child with his or her learning and how we can communicate better with you.

https://survey.hpedsb.on.ca/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=ll13788

 The hallways and classrooms were a sea of pink on Tuesday, April 16^th at Madoc Township Public School! Originally a response to the teasing and taunting of a student who wore a pink shirt to school at a Nova Scotia high school, Pink Shirt Day has spread across Canada and has become a way for students to express their acceptance of diversity and rejection of bullying.

The grade 5/6 class at MTPS took on the project of organizing our school-wide Pink Shirt Day, making construction paper pink shirts with anti-bullying slogans, sharing information about responses to bullying over the announcements and dyeing shirts pink for students who didn’t already own their own.

It was a great way to raise awareness about the need for respectful interactions with everybody and to take a stand against bullying actions and words!

Thanks to grants from Blue Skies in the community and an arts subsidy from the Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board, both Madoc Township School and Madoc Public School were able to welcome renowned ukulele player and composer James Hill on April 10^th.

James played concerts at both schools, worked with students and also with a group of music teachers from nearby schools. Students at Madoc Township were eagerly anticipating the concert and workshop from the moment they heard that it had been booked. MTPS students from grades 3

This year, our school will be participating as a stop in the Pedal for Hope, a fundraising bicycle ride organized by Cops for Cancer.  The team will be cycling throughout the region and Madoc Township Public School will be the first stop in the area.

We are in the beginning stages of our planning for this event, but we do know that the riders will be coming to our school on Monday, April 29th at 8:30 am.  They will cycle past the school and then join us for an assembly in the gym.  The assembly will consist of an explanation of the Pedal for Hope ride, a short video, the presentation of our school donation and a fun activity for the students.

The Spirit Club will be managing our fundraising event and gym activity, so stay tuned for details!