Madison Elementary celebrated Read Across America Week right before taking off for spring break. Each day, the students did a different reading activity school-wide. On Monday, teachers traded classrooms to read some of their favorite books and complete activities. On Tuesday, students went outside to enjoy the great outdoors while reading books. On Wednesday, each student received a finger flashlight for reading in the dark. Most students wore PJs to school on Thursday for comfy, cozy reading time, bringing our week to a close.
An activity that lasted throughout the week was The Masked Reader. Each day, students listened to a mystery reader disguised by a picture filter and voice changer. Before listening to the story, they were given clues as to who the reader might be and knew that it was someone who works in our building. The final reveal of The Masked Reader was revealed in this video, along with pictures of the different activities from throughout the week.
Lastly, posted outside of the library was an interactive bulletin board with every staff member's picture and pictures of our favorite books. Students could move the books around on the bulletin board throughout the week trying to guess our staff's favorite childhood books. Again, answers were revealed in our end-of-the-week video.
Enjoy and keep reading!!
Mrs. Kusmaul
https://youtu.be/q4QKgh0Ejmw
USD #386 will hold its Free Developmental Screening for children birth to age 5 on Friday, April 12, 2024. Children that might be attending the Early Learning 3 year old or 4 year old program at Madison Elementary School during the 2024-2025 school year or incoming Kindergarten students that have not attended the USD #386 Early Learning program are advised to attend this screening as part of the pre-enrollment process. Please call Madison Elementary School to make an appointment, (620) 437-2918.
On Monday, March 4th, Madison and Hamilton students participated in Madison's annual career fair. Students could sit in and listen to three different career sessions and ended the day with the Keynote speaker, Paul Dean. Paul is a Madison alumni, Mayor of Madison and a local attorney who shared about his time at Madison, the University of Kansas, his career, and his community involvement.
There were numerous alumni and visitors represented to discus various career choices for our students. We want to thank all of those who took time out of their busy schedules to visit with our students about their careers. It is greatly appreciated!
Gannon, Cade, Lane, Hayden and Mr.Thompson doing community service early morning before playing in their substate game this evening. Bulldogs are always there to help in the community when called upon. 🖤💛.
In celebration of Youth Art Month, the Kansas Art Education Association has a yearly Kansas Youth Art Month exhibit on display at the Topeka Shawnee County Public Library from February 27th to March 23rd.
The first Youth Art Month celebration was started in 1969 by The Council for Art Education to advocate for visual art education. The event emphasized the value of students participating in the visual arts. Youth Art Month is celebrated across the nation with art contests, exhibits, and special activities.
There will also be a "People's Choice" voting to the exhibit, all student art included in the YAM exhibit are eligible for awards!
Every art teacher in Kansas can submit ONE student's artwork from each school or level that they teach at into the Youth Art Month Exhibit. KAEA members can additionally submit that same piece into the BLICK Youth Art Month Competition!
The Celebration/Reception will be held in the Topeka Shawnee County Public Library Saturday, March 23rd, 2024 from 1-2:30 PM. There will be time for guests to view the artwork, a guest speaker, recognition of students, activities, sale of YAM merchandise and light refreshments. The library will open at 9:00—YAM activities will be set up by 11:30.
Judy Luthi is one of Madison’s finest artists; she received three medals this year at LCL. She has been chosen as one of the Youth Art Month Featured Artists. Her work will be featured on March 12th on the Kansas Art Education Association and Kansas Art Teacher's Facebook pages. In addition, our social media committee may post on some of KAEA's other social media platforms.
Find your team and get signed up!
The JH quiz bowl team finished their season with the LCL tournament at Waverly. They celebrated the season with the Hamilton team at Freddie’s.
Medical studies class had former student and ER nurse Rachael Bolinger visit with their class about her career.
The Freshman wrote children’s books and read their stories to Mrs. Adams pre-k class this morning. The pre-k class also let the 9th graders join in the rainbow dance before they left.
Substate Schedule:
MHS boys will play Colony Crest on Thursday, 2/29, at 7:30 pm at Flint Hills High School.
MHS girls will play Olpe on Friday, 3/1, at 6:00 pm at Flint Hills High School.
Madison's Spring Golf Schedule has been finalized.
Physical science has been learning about gas laws; as part of a group project they built and launched hot air balloons. Jenna Thomsen, Liam O’Brien, Katherine Abrigo, Brayden Grimmett, Carson Kusmaul, Kendrick Anderson, Paul Clark, Morgan Weakley, Colter Luthi, Cory Yowell, and Valerie Nelms
Information about the boys' substate game on Thursday, 2/22, and the girls' substate game on Friday, 2/23: NO passes will be accepted. The cost of attendance will be $6 for students and $8 for adults each night. The games will begin at 7 pm.
MHS art student attended the FHTC Wrangler Rally today for the arts programs. They learned about the Graphic Design, Culinary Arts, and Multi Media Design programs. They participated in hands on mini lessons in each area. Sadie Davis, Alexia Aguirre, Emma Fankhauser, Olive Celte, and Corbin Baldridge.
Lane, Jack, and Drake enjoyed Industry Day at FHTC.
On Friday, February 9th, all USD 386 students and staff participated in a family day event that focused on filling your emotional bucket. The students created valentines to show their appreciation to these people.
Families are K-12 groups that focus on mentorship and creating relationships.
**Reminder the class of 2026 parent meeting is tomorrow night 2/14**
There will be no JV girls game tonight 2/13 vs Chase County.
The MHS JR/SR classes took an educational field trip to the National WW1 Memorial and Museum in KCMO on 02/08/24. Students had the opportunity to learn first hand about many topics about the war, as well as visit the top of Liberty Memorial Tower, which offered a great view of the entire Union Station area and the surrounding KC metro and beyond. We concluded our trip with a stop at Crown Center near Union Station for lunch. The kids were excellent representatives of the Madison school and community during our visit to the city.
Some highlights of the trip:
Topics students learned or enhanced their learning of: a timeline of events from the outbreak and causes of the war, weapons, artifacts, and technology implemented, what brought the U.S. into the war, trench warfare, wartime propaganda posters (from all sides of the war), the air/sea/land warfare, and an amazing uniform exhibit. And many, many more topics.
Photos shown are courtesy of several students, teachers, and curators. We appreciate a supportive administration that allows us to offer these types of experiences to our students.
Information for home game vs Chase County on 2/13/24
JV Girls will play half a game in the new gym at 5:00 PM.
JV Boys will play a full game in the main gym at 5:00 PM, followed by varsity girls.