Upcoming Events / Meetings

 

ELEMENTARY SPRING CONCERT

TONIGHT Thursday, May 16th

6:00 – 7:00 pm

HIGH SCHOOL ALL SPORTS BANQUET

Friday, May 17th

5:00 – 9:00 pm

MacDowell Gymnasium

HIGH SCHOOL EXAMS:

Friday, May 17th, 8:00 AM – 12:05 PM

Monday, May 20th, 8:00 AM – 12:05 PM

Tuesday, May 21st, 8:00 AM – 10:45 AM

8th GRADE COMPLETION CEREMONY

Tuesday, May 21st

5:00 – 6:00 pm 

MacDowell Auditorium

STUDENT LAST DAY

Tuesday, May 21st

 

HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION

Wednesday, May 22nd

6:00 – 7:00 pm

MATC Cooley Auditorium

MIDDLE SCHOOL COMMUNITY PROJECT

Please help these Middle Schoolers in their collection drive for students of MacDowell.

Accepting donations until May 17th!

CHROMEBOOK RETURN EXPECTATIONS & PROCEDURES

All Middle and High School students are responsible for returning their Chromebooks and all other library books and textbooks before they leave MacDowell for the summer. We expect students and families to clear their Destiny account with MacDowell each spring as items and associated fines follow students to other MPS schools. Invoices will be sent home over the summer for unpaid fees. All fines must be paid to graduate.

Middle and High School students receive an automated email at 11:00 AM every Monday that details their current status with Destiny. An email receipt from Destiny is sent once they have returned their Chromebook. 

• High school students must return their items at one of the two Return Stations available on the 1st floor during all exam days. Students should return their Chromebook after their last exam. Exempt students can return before the exam days in Room 116 to Ms. Rogers. 
• Middle school students will turn their devices in on Monday, 5/20, during their Advisory Block from 1:00-2:00 PM at a Return Station in the Middle School Hallway. 
• NOTE: Students KEEP their chargers and cases to bring back in fall for Chromebook distribution. When a case and/or charger is not present at distribution, students are charged $10 for a charger and $20 for a case.

STUDENT ENROLLMENT FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 2024-25

As we look toward the next school year, for our planning purposes it is important for us to know whether your student(s) will continue at MacDowell next year.  Please take a moment to complete our short Enrollment Form at your earliest convenience so that we can plan efficiently.  If you have multiple MacDowell students, please complete the form for all your children. Thank you in advance.  

Complete the form here: https://forms.gle/hcTowuAgnzRhRWHUA

VOTE FOR MR. ASH – MANILOW MUSIC TEACHER AWARD !! Vote Every Day

The Manilow Music Teacher Award recognizes an outstanding music teacher who helps to bring music to life for his or her students. The top vote recipient in each city will receive $10,000 — a $5,000 cash prize and a $5,000 Manilow Bucks credit that can be used to purchase instruments for their classroom. Vote DAILY for your favorite outstanding teacher and help spread the word by sharing the link below! Voting ends JUNE 15

VOTE NOW:  https://on.barrymanilow.com/tb_app/500663

Sports and Activities Update

FREE Intro to Tennis Event 

BRING YOUR FAMILY TO A FREE NATIONAL TENNIS MONTH EVENT!
USTA staff and tennis pros and the Milwaukee Recreation Department are hosting a FREE intro to tennis event with fun play and games!

Equipment provided.

Today, May 16, 2024

4:00- 5:15 pm

MacDowell Tennis Courts

*The MacDowell Varsity tennis team will be participating and helping host this family friendly event with Milwaukee Rec Dept. 

FLYER

Register HERE

SPRING ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL ATHLETICS:

Parent and Athletes – plan to turn in your jersey on Saturday 5/18 at the final match

Spring Sports Remind Links

⚽1-3 Soccer: https://www.remind.com/join/fkhbfdf Sijan Field AM

⚽4-5 Soccer: https://www.remind.com/join/7cfg78 Sijan Field AM

⚽6-8 Soccer: https://www.remind.com/join/4k9kk9 Early Start, Jimmy Banks AM

🏃5-8 Track: https://www.remind.com/join/ed8eg7 

 Library News from Ms. Raasch: 

End of Year Library – Student and Family Responsibilities

Families are responsible for resolving lost/missing library books with Ms. Raasch by Friday, May 17th. Families have options: 1) pay the listed fine to the main office. 2) donate a gently used hardcover book as a replacement. Please attach a note to the book indicating the student’s name. 3) contact SSW, Ms. Jacobson, to have the fine waived if your family cannot resolve it another way. Watch this 2-min video for more details: What if students lose a library book?

Contact Ms. Raasch via email: raaschTL@milwaukee.k12.wi.us OR join her Remind Group for MacDowell Library to contact her via Remind App: https://www.remind.com/join/hfg68e

OUR 2023-2024 YEARBOOKS HAVE ARRIVED!

Extra copies are available in the main office on a first come first serve basis.

Elementary Yearbooks – $15, 

Middle / High School Yearbooks – $25

MPS RUN/WALK BACK TO SCHOOL REGISTRATION IS OPEN!

(You don’t have to Run to join our team!)

TO REGISTER FOR THE RUN/WALK BACK TO SCHOOL

• Register online by visiting mkerec.net/RBTS  When asked the question, “If participating with a school group, please list the school”, enter our school’s name. 

• Register over the phone until August.16 at 4:30 pm by calling (414) 475-8410  (please have credit card information ready, be sure to mention what school you are running/ walking for)

• Register by mail by sending a registration form to: MPS Run Back to School, 5225 W. Vliet Street, Room 163, Milwaukee, WI 53208 (registration form can be found on mkerec.net/RBTS) until August. 16 at 4:30 p.m.

INFO: Milwaukee Recreation: Run Back to School

QUESTIONS? Contact our RBTS School Captain Angela Pryor angelamariepryor@gmail.com

MACDOWELL SPOTLIGHT

MacDowell participants in MPS STEM Fair on May 9, 2024 : 

Jayanah Scott-Warner, Kira Robinson, Madison Robinson, and Evan Robinson

Jayana worked with the Reflo Program regarding freshwater in our Milwaukee lakes and rivers. She will continue to work with them this summer.

Madison had a homemade water filtration system to clean out water from the Milwaukee River, which she drank to prove it was clean.

Evin and Kira tested water to see the effects it would have on people when drinking water that is contaminated from Milwaukee Waterways.

50th BIENNIAL MUSIC FESTIVAL

MacDowell had around 100 students participate in the Centennial Biennial Music Festival May 1st and 2nd! Students participated in the following ensembles: Overture Choir, Overture Orchestra, Festival Orchestra, Festival Modern Band, and Honors Modern Band. Schools from across MPS sent students to these ensembles and more. Each group had 4 or 5 after school rehearsals, plus the dress rehearsal and performance at the Panther Arena to a huge audience! 

See if you can spot our students in these photos courtesy of Kara Posnanski. 

See You Next Year !!