Information for Current Parents
Our Family Handbook contains comprehensive information on Madrona School policies and procedures. It is being updated this summer and will be available to you before school begins on September 7, 2022. For your convenience, we've also linked to specific highlights here. We are happy and grateful that you have chosen Waldorf education and Madrona School for your children!
Madrona School Calendar 2024 - 25
2024 - 25 Madrona School Family Handbook
Madrona Faculty Shared Agreements
Family Participation and Volunteer Opportunities - We have many committees that need volunteers. Please consider joining one of the following: Marketing, Community, Fundraising
Student Information and Field Trip Permission forms now done online through our parent portal: madronaschool.myschoolapp.com
Communications and Events: The Madrona School office communicates with all families through a weekly email newsletter. Sign up or change your email address here, and make sure your email settings accept emails from @madronaschool.org. School events and meetings are also published on our calendar (be sure to refresh your page view for the latest changes and additions). We also utilize an emergency notification system called School Messenger. If school is cancelled or there is any emergency while your children are in school, you will receive a text message and an email from School Messenger.
Cold Weather - When the roads are icy or slippery with snow, sometimes BISD will delay the opening of school for two hours so the roads can clear and be safer for travel. Madrona School follows the lead of BISD when determining whether to close school or delay the start for weather related hazards. If you are not a BISD guardian or staff member and wish to receive emergency text alerts from BISD, please email your cell phone number to ebischoff@bisd303.org and she will walk you through the appropriate steps. Please allow up to a week to be added to the system. You can find more information about BISD's emergency procedures and school closure protocols here. You will also receive a voice message, text message and email from Madrona School through our School Messenger Emergency Alert System.
If school announces a two hour delay:
Parent/Child class is canceled
Preschool is canceled
Partial day kindergarten in canceled
Full day kindergarten will begin at 10:45 am, drop off will begin at 10:30. Please send your child with a snack as well as a lunch, as faculty will not have time to prepare a snack.
Grade school will begin at 10:30 am, drop off will begin at 10:10. Grade school students should bring a snack and a lunch.
Stormy Weather - Wet earth and high winds can cause dangerous conditions for playing outdoors. If the wind is predicted to gust to higher than 30 miles per hour, we will delay or cancel our outdoor kindergarten and preschool programs. You will receive a voice message, text message and email from Madrona School through our School Messenger Emergency Alert System.
Air Quality - Given how much time our students spend outdoors, we may need to cancel school if the air quality is unhealthy, or unhealthy for sensitive groups. Young children are considered a sensitive group. If we do not cancel school but there is still smoke in the air, we recommend children 4 and older come to school with a facemask. We monitor airnow.gov for definitions of Air Quality Index (AQI), reports on air quality, and forecasts for the week. Here is our protocol:
Grades 1 - 3
AQI Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups: Masks recommended
AQI Unhealthy: School is canceled
Thimbleberry Kindergarten
AQI Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups: Masks recommended and school is optional
AQI Unhealthy: School is canceled
Huckleberry Preschool
AQI Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups or Unhealthy: School is canceled
General School Hours
8:10 - 8:25 am – Arrival, grades 1 - 5
8:30 am - School begins, grades 1 - 5
8:15 - 8:45 am - Arrival, Salmonberry Kindergarten
8:45 am - School begins, Salmonberry Kindergarten 9:00 am – Arrival, Huckleberry Preschool
12:00 pm - Pick up for Huckleberry Preschool students
12:45 pm – Pick up for half day Salmonberry Kindergarten students and Adventure Friday (off campus)
3:00pm (M-Th) – Pick up for full day Salmonberry Kindergarten students
3:10 pm (M-Th) – Pick up for grades 1 - 5 students
1 pm (F) – Pick up for grades 1 - 5 students (generally off campus)
Do you have questions about your tuition payments? Madrona School partners with Blackbaud Tuition Management to process payments, and once your account is up and running, you should receive easy-to-read and detailed reminders ahead of each payment. If you have questions about a tuition bill at any time, please contact our Business Manager: busmgr@madronaschool.org.
