Maverick Connections. Parent-to-Parent March 2017 SAVE THE DATE! ARTS CALENDAR. MHS Sports Boosters Auction Edmonds Yacht Club

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1 Maverick Connections Parent-to-Parent March 2017 Parent Resource Group (PRG) President Rina Redrup Vice Pres - Patsy Jacoy Secretary Elizabeth Sachs Treasurer Shannon Arney Mambo Boosters: President Tiffany Hansen VP Arts Beth Sanger VP Music Kim Siegrist Secretary Mary Walkinshaw Treasurer Kathy Holzschuh Sports Boosters: President David Harvey Vice President Dan Moloney Secretary Janna Cassidy Treasurer MaryJo Schafer Membership Cindy Abad PR/Communications Lois Debner ARTS CALENDAR SAVE THE DATE! MHS Sports Boosters Auction Edmonds Yacht Club Saturday, March 25, 2017 at 6 PM Doors open at 5:30 PM Theme: Be a Fan! Wear your favorite sports team jersey (Seahawks, Sounders, Mariners, Mavericks etc.) Come have fun in a relaxed atmosphere, casual attire and socialize! Open seating ~ mix and mingle Online ticket purchase available here: MHS Sports Booster Auction Tickets are $50/per person Salad and Heavy Appetizers will be provided There will be about 20 live auction items and many themed baskets donated by each of the 19 teams from Meadowdale High School! State Thespian Festival, March 17-18th: Good luck to Peter Davies, Katie Dreessen who are competing in an individual event, as well the rest of the musical crew! Choir/Orchestra Concert on Wednesday, March 22nd, 7pm at the Edmonds Center for the Arts: $5 suggested donation. Come enjoy our talented students in a professional setting! Open Mic in the Black Box Theatre on Thursday, March 23rd All are welcome. If students would like to perform, they may sign up outside of C105. Cost is $3.00 with ASB and $5.00 without, with part of the proceeds going to a charity that the audience will choose. Help Build the Set for Thoroughly Modern Millie We would love help on our build days for the musical, Thoroughly Modern Millie! We are happy to give service hours to students who help, but could use some able-bodied adults also. The next Build Days are the following Saturdays: March 25 th and April 1st from 10am to 1pm in the Black Box Theatre. Unmasked Literary and Art Magazine is currently accepting original student artwork, poetry, songs, photography, and writing for consideration for our Spring 2017 publication. Submission forms are available outside of C 105. Get published! The deadline for submissions is April 12th. The Edmonds Jazz Connection Scholarship Application is live! Submission deadline is April 17th so there are just about 5 weeks to prepare applications and supporting materials. Go to From that page, click on the "Jazz Connection" tab and move the cursor down the dropdown menu to "Scholarships". You will find a downloadable application form, and a set of instructions. Thoroughly Modern Millie: April 27-29th and May 4-6th at 7pm in the Black Box Theatre. $5 w/asb; $8 w/out; $10 Adults

2 MAVS WEEK-AT-A-GLANCE LADYMAV FASTPITCH FRI 3/17-6:30 WED 3/22-4PM (no JV game) Varsity & vs LakeStvnsHS TUE 3/21-4PM vs KamiakHS FRI 3/24-4PM vs LynnwoodHS vs LynnwoodHS MAVMEN SOCCER FRI 3/17 vs LkWaHS 7:30 vs LkWaHS 5:30 TUE 3/21 vs MTHS 7:30 vs MTHS 5:30 FRI 3/24 vs StanwoodHS 7:30 vs StanwoodHS 5:30 SAT 3/25 vs ShorewoodHS 1PM vs ShorewoodHS 11AM MAVMEN BASEBALL FRI 3/24-4PM vs GlacierPeakHS FRI 3/17-4PM vs LkStvns WED 3/22-4PM vs MountVernonHS LADYMAV GOLF FRI 3/17 Edmonds District 12 noon MON 3/20 vs LynnwdGC 3PM TUES 3/21 Whidbey Shootout 12PM WED 3/22 vs Nile GC 3PM Thurs 3/23 vs Kenwanda 3PM LADYMAV TENNIS WED 3/22-3:30 vs Snohomish TRACK & FIELD MON 3/20-3:30 vs KamiakHS MON 3/21-3:30 vs Marysville-Getchell THURS 3/23 3:30PM SAT 3/25 Invite 9AM PRESTIGIOUSLY AWARDED! McKenzie Bevin has won a highly coveted award from the Alliance for Young Artists (Scholastic) Awards. She received the American Visions Award, Gold Key for the work below. She will be recognized June 7-9 at Carnegie Hall in NYC. This award is a very prestigious and has been won by the likes of Andy Warhol, Richard Avedon, Robert Redford, just to name a few. Please congratulate her when you get a chance.

3 News from the Sports Boosters Congratulations to our Dance Team! Dance Team took first place in both pom and dance categories at districts held at Kamiak on March 11! Team members Mariah Hobbs placed third and Tessa Kirkpatrick placed first in the 3A/2A division for drill down! The team competes at State in Yakima on March 24! There will be an open gym for any students who are interested in trying-out for the Meadowdale Cheer Squad. Meadowdale Cheer is a competitive team that supports all athletics. This open gym will be offered on March 22 nd from 5:00-6:30 in order for athletes to learn more about the sport and the requirement for participation. There will also be a mandatory meeting on March 22 nd for parents so they, too, know what the expectations are for their student to be a member. Calling all Parent Performers! We are looking for all professional artists, writers, actors and musicians interested in facilitating student workshops during our annual Arts Week this Spring. A small stipend is available. If you would like to participate, please contact Alison Ersfeld, Arts Week Coordinator, at: (425) or ErsfeldA@edmonds.wednet.edu Drama Reminder: if your student(s) wish to try out for the after school productions next year, they need to have taken or be signed up to take an MHS theater class! It's nomination time for next year's MAMBO board. Please consider joining us to continue to work to support our fabulous young artists. The board positions we are most in need of is a co-treasurer (2-year term) and a secretary (1 or 2 year term). We will vote in a new board at the May MAMBO meeting. Congratulations to Our MAMBO Senior Students of the Month (from left to right) January: McKenzie Beavin (Film) & Mariah Travis (Hip Hop) March Athletes of the Month! Please join us in congratulating our Sports Booster Athletes of the Month for March (from left to right): Marcee Barnett for Cheer; and Michael Martin for Soccer! WAY TO GO MAVS!! February: Emily Davis (Orchestra); & Fay Mitchell (Choir)

4 SAVE THE DATE!! From the PRG! Who: You! Our wonderful Meadowdale volunteers What: The Personal Finance class Mock Interviews When: March 22 nd and 23 rd Where: Meadowdale High School (D-103) Why: For students to practice their interviewing skills during a Mock Interview to gain employment How: By YOU volunteering your time to help with these interviews of our Personal Finance students. Please visit the link to volunteer. How Can You Help a Mav in Need? We have students at Meadowdale who are in need of basic supplies for school. Please consider donating one or more of the following items which can be dropped off at the counseling center. The list of supplies needed can be found in this link: go/30e044bada62ba64-help PRG is in need of volunteers to fill board positions for the school year. Please consider becoming involved! The nominations for PRG board positions will be taken during our April 17th meeting. Are you interested in possibly filling a spot and have questions? Please contact Patsy Jacoy at or pjacoy@yomreporting.com, or Rina Redrup at or rina@pacifier.com. We would love to hear from you! With the help of your donations during the Pass the Hat fundraiser at last fall's curriculum night and also funds raised during Cocoa Corner, the PRG was able to fund 10 more calculators for checkout to students. We also were able to fund the payment of AP test fees for students who wish to take AP exams but otherwise would not able to afford to do so. Thank you for helping support the academic success of our Mavs!! We truly could not do it without you! CELEBRATING OUR TALENTED MAVS!! Julianna Siegrist, Michael Hagen and Chance Gompert (L-R)from the vocal group Impressions were recognized at the Demiro Jazz Festival. Margaret Higgins was published in a book called Dear Mr. President compiled by NY Times bestselling author, Ingrid Ricks. Eight Creative Writing students have won National Poetry Awards and will be published in the forthcoming collection of writing. Congratulations to Michelle Viezcas, Ryann Gallagher, Amy Hall, Mackenzie Laws and Alex Fawley (L-R)(and three others that we have yet to identify as of press time!).

5 Dear Meadowdale Families, I officially started recruiting for Battle of the Books 2017 in February of this year by visiting several classrooms and wowing students with some awesome titles and opportunities! I am thrilled to report that already 19 motivated and well-read students have already signed up to compete! We are so proud of our knowledgeable students and even more proud of winning the BOB trophy two years in a row in the District Battle of the Books! We hope to hope to continue our reign and dominate again in the 2017 District Battle of the Books being which will be held in the Scriber HS Library on May 24 th in the AM! It s easy to sign up for the Battle of the Books! Just log onto the school website and scroll seven tabs over to the library tab and select it. Thanks again to all the families who have donated various supplies for the Library. We could still use some more Kleenex for the funky weather colds that linger. Lastly, research projects are on the rise and with that is the need for donated notecards (all sizes welcome), pencils, pens and printer paper that can be recycled. Thanks for all your support of the students at Meadowdale High School! Celebrate Reading, Mrs. Borchert and Mrs. Burns at Meadowdale High School Pictures from the Read Across America Celebration in downtown Edmonds was a huge success due to many Maverick Key Clubbers! Thank you Key Clubbers for all your hard work during Dr. Seuss day in downtown Edmonds. You made a lot of kids very happy with your face painting, prizes, smiles and games!