Dear Parents,
It was so
wonderful seeing so many of our new as well as returning students at Open House
on Thursday afternoon. It is amazing how
much everyone has grown. Everyone
appeared to be so excited. I know I have
awakened every night for the past few days with anticipation of this new school
year. We have so many exciting new
activities planned for our students this year.
I did want to tell you about a few things before school begins on
Monday.
Transportation Tags
*PLEASE
note, if you do not have a car line number in your car in the afternoon to pick
up your child, you will be asked to come to the office to get your child. If you need additional car line tag numbers,
please ask your child’s teacher.
Bus Information
The routes will be very similar to what they
have been in the past; however we have added several new subdivisions. We have 5 buses this year. The buses load and unload from the front of
our building.
First Day of School
When the
students come to school, whether through carline or on the bus, they will wait
in the lunchroom until the bell rings at 7:25.
At that time they are dismissed from the cafeteria and sent a grade at a
time to their classrooms. During the
first week of school, we will have teachers and PTA parents there to help all
children get to their classrooms.
BooHoo Breakfast for New Parents and
Kindergarten Parents
On Monday,
August 19 all Kindergarten and new student’s parents are invited to the BooHoo
Breakfast in the Library. Kindergarten
parents are also invited on Tuesday, August 20.
Kindergarten ONLY
Kindergarteners
are on an alternating boy/girl schedule.
Girls will come to school on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Boys will come to school on Tuesday, Thursday
and Friday.
Curriculum Nights Reminder
Our Curriculum
Nights were such a success last year; we will have them again next year. I really
encourage you to attend these grade level nights. The teachers will be presenting procedures as
well as pertinent information about the curriculum for each grade level. This is also a time for you to ask
questions. Please make plans to attend
these meetings. If you are unable to
come, we will video tape each meeting and post on our website. The dates are posted on our website.
Parent Teacher Partnership PTA
I would like to
encourage you to join the West Madison PTA.
The PTA volunteers will be at our school the first week to help students
find their classes as well as help Kindergarten and First Grade students to put
in their lunch numbers. West Madison
typically only has one major fundraiser per year. Please stop by the table in the lunchroom to
see the items we will be selling. There
will be a display set up. We are also
selling the City Books. They cost $20 and are sold in the school office.
Communication through Twitter and WMES
Principal blog
In order to
increase communication to parents, please follow us on Twitter. The link to follow us is below:
Please view the
West Madison Principal Blog!
West Madison Parent Surveys
I would like to
thank you so much for taking the time to complete the West Madison Surveys sent
this past spring. It is important to see
ourselves through your eyes so that we may address your concerns. We had several areas that were very
positive. We care very much about our
students and their families. One of the
areas in which we need to grow in is providing more innovative ways to
challenge our students who excel. We
will be partnering with Redstone Arsenal and some of the employees at ANCOM to
provide some Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Activities with
our students. If you are interested in
helping us address this and other concerns, please email me at djah@madisoncity.k12.al.us.
Ways to Help Our School
If you are looking
for a way to help West Madison , the PTA will
be doing a fundraiser in August. We also
participate in the Amazon.com Associates program. For every dollar amount you spend, West Madison will get 4% and possibly more, depending on
how much you spend. You must, however go
through the Amazon.com link on our website in order for us to receive the
percentage. Last year we made over $200
from this program. We would like to
expand it even more. Please help us
publicize this site. We would like to
thank you so much for all you do to help our school. We are in partnering together.
We are going to
have an exciting year. If you have any
questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to call or email me.
Dr. Daphne P.
Jah
Principal
