CORRECTED version of March 2024

Important Dates

3/4 District Wide 4K and 5K registration for 24-25 school year

3/11 MSCR Summer registration

3/12 PTG Science Night

3/16 Strings' Fest at East High School 10:30am -1pm

3/22 PBIS Beach Day Celebration

3/25-29 Spring Break, NO SCHOOL

4/1 Classes resume

4/19 Marquette Family Brunch

MSCR Summer Program and Summer Camp registration begins Monday, March 11 at noon for MMSD Residents and Monday, March 25 at noon for non-MMSD Residents.  Madison School & Community Recreation (MSCR) is a department of the Madison School district and offers many recreation programs for all ages and Summer Camps for (K-9 grades) at affordable prices.  Fee assistance is available for those who qualify.  For information about programming and summer camps and to register – please visit mscr.org

MARQUETTE FAMILY BRUNCH INFO

On Friday, April 19, we will hold our second annual Marquette Family Brunch. 

Families are invited to join their students for brunch catered by MMSD Food Service. 

4th grade brunch is from 10-10:30 am. 

3rd grade brunch is from 10:30-11am.

5th grade brunch is from 11-11:30am.

Suggested donation $5 per guest.  Student meals will be charged as a school lunch.

Invitations will be sent home in your student’s backpacks on March 8th.

Please return the RSVP by Friday April 5th. 

We hope you can join us for this exciting family event.

Volunteers are also needed. If interested in helping, contact kpaul@madison.k12.wi.us. 

Thank you to the Talbot family who generously donated a new dot bot for our makerspace! 

REACH

3rd Grade

During the month of March, 3rd grade will be working on learning about storytelling in multiple ways. They will get to create puppets and create their own stories using the book creator app. They even get to use a fun new app which will allow them to bring their illustrations to life. 

4th Grade

During the month of March, 4th grade will be rotating through a few different stations. At one station they will be creating stop motion videos and at another station they will be working with ozobots. Ozobots are little robots that are designed as an introduction to coding. Students use color combinations to move the ozobot on a path from one location to another. They will also get the chance to work more on coding using the hour of code website. 

5th Grade

During the month of March, 5th graders will be learning analyzing media by learning how to analyze websites for accurate information and do small research projects around climate change. They will also get to work on coding more using our sphero and dash and dot robots!

PBIS - Ms. Zhang and Ms. Hawthorne

In the month of February, our Marquette community engaged in all school learning about a Black musician, poet, and Madison community leader and uplifted Black excellence. At the end of the month, we came together in assembly to share what we learned through creative presentations. 

3rd grade presented a storybook on Milele Chakasa Anana.

4th grade presented on Maya Angelou in a slide show.

5th grade presented on John Coltrane with a poster.

Join us for Family Science Night on Tuesday, 3/12, from 6-7:30pm, at the Marquette/ O'Keeffe Field House! In lieu of our March meeting, we'll gather for a night of science demos, experiments, and hands-on activities for the whole family. Pizza will be available for $1/slice.

* Want to share your science interests at the event? Fill out this form. The more the merrier!

Our next Garden Meeting will be Thursday, 3/21, at 3pm in the Marquette Garden (weather permitting)

Looking for other ways to get involved? Check out our website. All of our families at Lapham-Marquette are part of the Parent Teacher Group and we welcome all of you.

Thank you for your partnership in enriching our students' school experiences and we look forward to seeing you soon!Passionate about gardening? Join the Lapham-Marquette Green Team to keep our school gardens thriving. Email grace.vanberkel@gmail.com

* Want to learn more about potentially joining the PTG Board for the '24/25 school year? Email grace.vanberkel@gmail.com

* Check out our upcoming events! The more the merrier https://www.lapham-marquette-ptg.org/events-1

Advanced Learning - Kari Augustine

Links for Summer 2024 Learning Opportunities



MMSD will discontinue using the online Web Attendance after the 2023-2024 school year, instead parents and families can enter absences online through the Parent Portal. Starting January 29, 2024 you can use your Parent Portal to submit absences.  

Entering an absence request is quick and easy, and can be done using your desktop computer or the Parent Portal app on your mobile device. Follow these simple steps:

1. Log in to your Infinite Campus Parent Portal account.
2. Select More from the Navigation area.
3. Select Absence Requests.
4. Fill in the required information, including the date and reason for the absence.
5. Submit your request.

Winter Recess

All students go outside for a 30 minute lunch recess.

If the windchill is less than -10, students will have indoor recess.

All 3rd graders must wear snow pants or stay on the black top when snow is present.

Marquette has a very limited supply of extra snowpants. We can not guarantee that a pair of snow pants will be available for your child. Your child will still be required to go outside with their class.

Please make sure your child has

a coat, snow pants, boots,

mittens/gloves and a hat

everyday.