Medieval Games a Success!

The Friday Update is late this week due to Ms. Cori being at the Medieval Games with the Sunflower Class yesterday. The squires from the Kingdom of Madrone Trail proved themselves throughout the day in challenge activities, archery, spear throwing, axe throwing, and jousting. Fun was had by all!

From the Board

Hello Madrone Trail,

Spring is here and the end of the school year is in sight. We are happy report that our community is in good shape financially and in overall well being. With the end of the school year approaching we the board want to do all we can to ensure the school continues to thrive. For this reason within the next couple of weeks you will receive communication about a climate survey that we would love for every single family to fill out. Last year we had 30 families fill it out and the information is so helpful to understanding the state of our school so that we can see where we are excelling and what areas need improvement. We humbly ask that you prioritize setting some time aside to fill out the climate survey. This is helpful to the board but ultimately it will benefit your own children. We would love to see 100 families or more fill out our survey this year. So please be on the look out for the link in the next couple of weeks in the Friday Update and set some time aside to give us thoughtful feedback. We are working on several other ways to get the link out to you all so it is as easy as possible to access. We are so grateful for the opportunity to serve this community and welcome any and all feedback. Feel free to reach out at  board@madronetrail.org.

For the good of the school,

Madrone Trail Board of Directors

From the May Faire Committee

May Faire will be Saturday, May 3rd from 11-3 pm. Bring your family and friends for a fun day of music, dancing, delicious food, games and prizes! Children must arrive by 10:30 a.m. dressed in festive white and light colored attire, and adults are encouraged to dress accordingly as well.

We always need a lot of help to make this a fun and successful event. The volunteer sign-up sheet is ready to fill in. Click the button below to view it. There are multiple tabs on the sheet, so make sure to visit your child's class page sa well. Each class has a booth. Check with your parent rep to see what supplies are needed. Each class is responsible for bringing tables and canopy. We will need extra canopies as well as a few other items for the additional booths. Please fill in slots to help out at the food, Bake Sale and flower crown booths too.

Do you know someone that wants to be a vendor for this year's May Faire? You can pass on this application form: Vendor Application 

MAY FAIRE MENU

Pasta Bar with Salad & Garlic Bread

*gluten-free pasta and entrée salads also available*

Choose:

- Vegan Vegetable Marinara

- Pesto* 

- 1/2 & 1/2

*contains dairy and tree nuts

Add:

Grilled Chicken, Crumbled Italian Sausage, Seasoned Tempeh

Small plate: $10      Large plate: $15        

Beverages - $5

Strawberry Lemonade

Coconut-Cardamom Cold Brew

Lastly, Ms. Cori is curating a lending library for white and light colored clothing to use at May Faire. If you have any May Faire appropriate clothes to donate to it, please give them to Ms. Sherrie in the office. If you are an avid thrift store shopper, keep your eyes out for white clothing, especially dresses and skirts, and consider purchasing a few to donate. We already have several in the library, as well as a good number of shirts, but would love to have a wider selection of sizes at hand. In the week leading up to May Faire, the "library" will be open to borrow clothes from if you need something for your child to wear. More details to come in the following weeks.

Cans & Bottles Drive

The 8th grade class would like to thank everybody who has donated cans and bottles to their class throughout the year. For the next few weeks Bottle Drop will add an extra 20% to all bags turned in, so this is a great time to bring in those cans and bottles you have been meaning to drop off!

Sprouts Program 2025-2026

We have begun accepting applications for the 2025-2026 Sprouts Preschool Program. Interested families who have not yet filled out the Sprouts Program Interest Form should fill out the form to get on the list. Once you have submitted the form, the program manager will send further details about the program, teacher bios, cost, etc., for your review so you can make the best decision for your family. Applications will be sent out to families who have submitted their form.

Your child must meet the following criteria to be eligible to apply:

1. Child must be 4 years of age by December 1st, 2025 to be considered for the 25-26 school year. 

2. Child must be potty trained.

3. Child must be able to be away from parents for at least a four hour period.

4. Note: Enrollment into the Sprouts program does not guarantee a spot in Kindergarten

For further questions, please contact office@madronetrail.org.

From the Kitchen

Next week’s special sandwich is a Vegetarian Caprese: Sundried tomato pesto, fresh mozzarella, Kalamata olives, arugula, and balsamic drizzle on a hoagie! 

Chef Evan

evan.wilson@madronetrail.org

Farm-to-School Committee Update

Our Garden Stewardship Day is coming up on April 26th from 10-2 pm. Generously, Kona Bento has offered to donate lunch for our crew! The Farm-to-School Committee is also working out a child distraction plan (aka child care) so you can bring the wee ones along as well. Of course, they can help in the garden where appropriate as well… Projects include planting flowers, weeding, pruning and raised bed maintenance. Hope to see you y’all there!

From the Athletic Director

Track & Field

We had a great showing once again, this time at a mid-large school track meet that involved Talent Middle School with over 100 athletes and Ponderosa from Klamath Falls with 65 athletes. Our 35 athletes that we had that day did great! Aside from just listing notable finishes, I want to take the time to recognize students that had at least one PR (Personal record) Wednesday. Their improvement is a direct result of their dedication in practice. Look for a (PR) next to a result and a list of additional athletes that had a PR below the notable finishes. (32 of our 35 athletes had at least one PR and many athletes had a PR in multiple events) Way to go!

Enjoy some pics of our track kids in their warm ups and soccer club below.

April 16th Notable finishes

(We set four grade level records and eight school records!)

Men’s Events

100M

7th Grade

Shawn Long 4th place tie 14.8 (PR)

Solomon Stricker 4th place tie 14.8 (PR)

Caleb Guidotti 4th place tie 14.8 (PR)

8th Grade

Silas Moon 7th place 13.00 (PR)

Roman Roberson 10th place 13.8 (PR)

200M

7th Grade

Gray Bardsley 3rd place 30.8 (PR)

Shawn Long 4th place 31.8 (PR)

8th Grade

Titus Stewart 10th place 31.66

400M

8th Grade

Luke Walker 4th place 1:06.9 (PR)

800M

7th Grade

John Richardson 1st place 3:00.5 (PR)

Mason Goldey 2nd place 3:03.1 (PR)

8th Grade

Titus Stewart 5th place 2:52.23 (PR)

1500M

8th Grade

Titus Stewart 3rd place 6:04.9

3000M

7th Grade

John Richardson 2nd place 13:28.5 (PR)

100M Hurdles

6th Grade

Milo Wilson 3rd place 22.2 (PR)

4 x 100M

7th Grade

(Mason, John, Gray, Caleb) 2nd place 1:07.5 (PR)

8th Grade

(Theo Gerig, Roman Roberson, Titus Stewart, Silas Moon) 3rd place 55.9 (PR)

(Madrone Trail school record!)

(Peter Lummer, Lincoln Stegall, Shawn Long, Luke Walker) 4th place 59.8 (PR)

Shot Put

6th Grade

Ari Emptage 1st place 17’1” (PR)

7th Grade

Gray Bardsley 1st place 28’9” (PR)

8th Grade

Roman Roberson 1st place 33’10” (PR) (Madrone Trail school record!)

Discus

6th Grade

Ari Emptage 2nd place 52’10” (PR)

7th Grade

Gray Bardsley 1st place 61’3”

Caleb Guidotti 3rd place 54’6” (PR)

8th Grade

Silas Moon 3rd place 80’6” (PR) (Madrone Trail school record!)

Roman Roberson 8th place 60’4” (PR)

Javelin

6th Grade

Ari Emptage 5th place 46’6” (PR)

7th Grade

Mason Goldey 3rd place 100’4” (PR) (7th grade Madrone Trail school record)

Tyson Jensen 6th place 63’7”

John Richardson 7th place 58’3”

8th Grade

Theo Gerig 1st place 93’4”

Luke Walker 2nd place 86’7”

Titus Stewart 4th place 79’8”

Lincoln Stegall 9th place 68’5” (PR)

High Jump

Solomon Stricker 1st place 7th grade (8th overall) 4’0”

Long Jump

7th Grade

Caleb Guidotti 2nd place 14’7” (PR) (7th grade Madrone Trail school record)

Solomon Stricker 4th place 12’8” (PR)

Shawn Long 6th place 10’11” (PR)

8th Grade

Silas Moon 1st place 16’7” (PR)

Theo Gerig 3rd place 15’4” (PR)

Women’s Events

100M

6th Grade

Lily Bevers 3rd place 14.7

Aiza Caran 6th place 15.3 (PR)

Madelyn Musselwhite 7th place 15.7 (PR)

7th Grade

Gracie Walker 4th place 15.5

Willow Deame-Pezzano 8th place 16.6 (PR)

8th Grade

Natasha Wright 6th place 14.8 (PR)

200M

6th Grade

Malaya Sigalove 3rd place 32.4 (PR)

7th Grade

Kaydence Garvin 5th place 35.6 (PR)

8th Grade

Bella Waterman 7th place 33.0 (PR)

400M

7th grade

Bailey Briggs 1st place 1:05.8 (PR) (Madrone Trail school record!)

3000M

6th Grade

Juno Battisti 1st place 13:28.0 (PR) 

200M Hurdles

6th Grade

Malaya Sigalove 1st place 38.6 (PR) (Madrone Trail school record!)

Juno Battisti 2nd place 39.4 (PR)

4 x 100M

6th grade

Malaya, Juno, Aiza, Lily 2nd place 1:00.9 (PR) (Madrone Trail school record!)

7th Grade

Bailey, Willow, Gracie Walker, Kaydence 3rd place 1:03.1

8th Grade

Bella, Chloe, Natasha, Fiona 4th place 1:02.6 (PR)

Shot Put

6th Grade

Lily Bevers 1st place 21’9”

Madelyn Musselwhite 2nd place 20’5” (PR)

7th Grade

Bailey Briggs 2nd place 20’0 (PR)

8th Grade

Natasha Wright 2nd place 28’3” (PR) (Madrone Trail school record!)

Corinne Sanders 7th place 22’1”

Bella Waterman 8th place 21’10”

Discus

6th Grade

Mary Twylla Kemple 3rd place 32’2”

7th Grade

Willow Deame-Pezzano 3rd place 33’9”

8th Grade

Lyla Emptage 3rd place 44’6” (PR) (8th grade Madrone Trail school record)

Javelin

6th Grade

Malaya Sigalove 29’1” (PR)

7th Grade

Gracie Walker 3rd place 40’9” (PR) (7th grade Madrone Trail school record)

8th Grade

Fiona Maple 3rd place 52’10” (PR)

High Jump

8th Grade

Fiona Maple 1st place tie 4’2” (PR) (Madrone Trail school record!)

Long Jump

6th Grade

Lily Bevers 2nd place 11’6”

Aiza Caran 8th place 10’8” (PR)

Madelyn Musselwhite 10th place 10’6” (PR)

7th Grade

Gracie Walker 2nd place 11’11”

Kaydence Garvin 4th place 10’1”

Additional PRs

7th Grade

Tyson Jensen 100M 17.6 (PR)

Mary Twylla Kemple 100M Hurdles 23.3 (PR)

8th Grade

Peter Lummer 100M 14.0 (PR), 200M 31.2 (PR), Shot Put 24’0 (PR)

Lincoln Stegall 100M 15.2 (PR), Discus 47’9” (PR)

Dante Lovio 800M 3:39.44 (PR), Shot Put 13’2.5” (PR), Discus 33’4” (PR)

Bella Waterman 100M 15.8 (PR), Shot put 22’4” (PR)

Chloe Royer 100M Hurdles 24.5 (PR), Discus 32’3” (PR)

Next Meet:

Wednesday, April 21st at Spiegelberg 

Meet starts at 4:00 pm.

Soccer Club

Soccer Club participants that I have chatted with are having a great time and we had some great weather this week as well.

Remaining soccer club dates: April 16th, April 23rd, April 30th, May 7th, and May 21st, May 28th

(Reminder: No soccer club on May 14th)

Apparel Sponsor

As the track parents already know; it has been my dream for the last few years to get warm up sets here at Madrone that we can use year round for multiple sports. Well, that dream became a reality this year in large part because of our sponsors, but also because of Wooter Apparel giving us a 50% sponsorship. So thanks to our newest sponsor; Wooter Apparel. The shipping time and 100% accuracy of our order was impressive!

Go Dragons!

Jeff Roberson

jeff.roberson@madronetrail.org

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Spotlight on 5th grade

The Marigold class has had such a comprehensive, rich 5th grade year, covering so many fascinating subjects, periods of history and different regions of the globe. Since our class play in February, we took a deep dive into the history and geography of the United States. Students learned about many famous individuals, such as Sitting Bull and Harriet Tubman, and how European nations came to settle in North America and shape the land. The kids learned about all the forces that influenced modern American culture, including the different nationalities of people that immigrated to the US and forged a new way of life, often clashing with native tribes with their ideologies. Some highlights of the block included early pioneer days in America, building the railroad, the Erie Canal, The Louisiana purchase, the Great Lakes region of French fur trappers and much more. We studied each region of the country in detail and even learned some early American folk songs.

In fifth grade, students are ready for true history lessons and tackling the concept of time. This is very different from how students learn through legends and creation stories in the earlier grades. It is so wonderful to see how eager they are to learn about the past and understand it in fifth grade. So far, we have studied many ancient eastern civilizations, the history of the United States and soon the ancient history of Greece.

After our block on the geography and history of America, we switched to a very different subject, that of Greek mythology. Fifth grade is said to be a time of balance and harmony for students. The ancient Greek culture exemplifies this. In fifth grade, we cover two separate blocks on Greece. The first block includes the mythology of the ancient peoples. In March, we studied the archetypal Greek legends which included the pantheon of Greek gods and goddesses. The Marigold students relished these stories and looked forward to hearing new ones each day. They wrote copious narratives in their books and included many stunning images to accompany their writing. In a few weeks, the class will take part in the Olympiad, a tradition in Waldorf schools which recapitulates the experience of Greek games as they were done in the old times in the land of Greece. We are so excited to have this unique and memorable experience! 

~Ms. Heidi

Spotlight on Handwork

We have had busy hands creating in all Handwork classes this year. I was just remembering teaching the 1st graders how to knit last September and now they have completed knitting butterflies, flute cases, a few rainbow balls and pouches. Gnomes are starting to be set free from their knitting needles in 2nd grade, along with bears and lions. The 3rd grade just learned how to weave on individual looms after spring break and have quickly mastered weaving with stripes and patterns. Our 4th graders are completing their HW bags with some completing cross stitch pin cushions. Hats, socks and mittens are being made by happy hands in 5th grade, with Chaska Gidley taking the extra leap of hand knitting a sweater using the two color knitting technique. Once again our 6th, 7th and 8th graders are completing their semester projects, of elephants, dolls, and pajama pants. The children have learned or deepened their counting and, measuring skills, learned new hand sewing stitches, how to use their eyes to follow design patterns and to read knitted patterns. They are also learning how to go to and develop that place of inner calm and quiet while creating, which I feel is an important skill to deepen in this day and age. 

~Ms. Nancy

State Testing

The window for taking our state-wide assessment, the SBAC, is now open. Students in 3rd-8th grade are tested annually in Language Arts and Math, and 5th and 8th graders are tested in Science as well. As per Oregon law, parents and guardians have the right to opt their children out of this assessment. In order to do this, you will need to meet in person with our School Test Coordinator, Ms. Cori, to sign the opt-out form. Please email her to set-up a time to meet if you wish to opt your child out of state testing, cori.royer@madronetrail.org. As a reminder, 3rd, 5th, and 8th graders do not have to take the Spring I-ready assessment so they can focus all of their attention on the SBAC.

Quote of the Day

Handlettered by Ms. Cori

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