Upcoming Grant Submission

We are so proud of the innovation that makes up the teaching and learning in our school that we want the world to know!Our school is among the most innovative in the industry, and we are very proud of what we do here. To showcase one of our outstanding programs, we recently submitted a grant to the Follett Challenge - a grant intended to find and reward the schools who are designing 21^st century teaching and learning programs. 13 winning schools will be awarded with the cash-equivalent of $200,000 in products and services from Follett.As part of the grant competition, we need votes. Our wonderful MDS parent, Sarah Sexton created a short video about our program as part of our entry and we hope each of you will watch and vote for it at Follettchallenge.com. As part of the contest, we have to spread the word about our program using traditional and social media. Your votes - and your spouse's and your in-law's and your neighbor's - are critical to our success. Voting opens January 19, 2015 and closes January 30, 2015.Follett Challenge Semifinalists and People's Choice winners will be announced live on February 13, 2015 on FollettChallenge.com. The Grand Prize winner will be announced on April 30, 2015.In the meantime, we hope you will join us in advocating for our school's innovative programs and please, vote for us!PLEASE NOTE: We will have our own MDS unique video link on Jan. 19. We will send all MDS families a screen shot of what the home page will look like BEFORE it is launched on Jan. 19 when voting begins!!!Go Amazing Titans!!