What's Happening at West Madison
Sci-Quest
THANK YOU PARENTS!
Thank you for sending in the money for Sci-Quest. The students are truly enjoying the activities. We have had donations from several parents as well to help off-set the costs. Thank you for helping to make this program a success. You all are wonderful.
Sci-Quest teachers came to visit to complete our first round of activities. The first graders were so excited to learn about bouncy balls. They also made a bouncy ball to take home.
While sixth grade learned about the inside of a computer. One group even began learning about computer programming and the beginning of computer animation and video game production.
5th Grade Projects
Our 5th graders have worked very hard on social studies projects. They presented them to the class. The projects turned out great and the groups learned so much about the regions they studied.
Congratulations to our Winner
The 4th graders displayed their Invention Convention Projects. They were awesome. We had judges (2 local engineers and a science teacher) come in to choose the best projects. The judges stated that it was very difficult to choose the winners because all the projects were so wonderful. I wholeheartedly agree. This was a wonderful activity for all our little engineer students. I would like to congratulate the winners of Invention Convention this year. They will be featured in our Oct. 13 morning assembly.
1st Place-Shelley Averitt with “See Sadie Collar”
2nd Place-Logan Tarr with “Pencil Sharpening Wristband”
3rd Place-Aubrey Anne Richards with “The Rememberer”
4th Place-Carson Lambert with “Skimmer Stick”
5th Place-Katie Grace Jones with “Bookshelf Baby Blocker”
Honorable Mention-Bryson Drummond with “Hatshades”
Tyler Butler with “Shady Cap” and Fisher Beams with “Rise-n-Shine”
WM Juggling Team
The West Madison Juggling Team will perform at the Bob Jones High School 2nd Annual Stadium Event. It will take place at the Madison City School Stadium. Please make plans to attend to see how great these students are. Thank you Ms. Brindley for leading such a wonderful group of students. If you have never seen them perform, you are in for a treat. They are truly amazing.
District Accreditation
Madison City Schools is in the process of going through District Accreditation this year. The first item for completion in this process was the Stakeholder Feedback Surveys. Thank you so much for completing the surveys for us in August. The results gave us valuable information about our school and school system. We are now in the process of organizing a parent group to assist us in the completion of our school self assessment.
We will have 2 meetings, Oct. 22 at 8:30 AM and Oct. 27 at 5:30 PM in the Library at West Madison. We will lead a discussion of our self assessment completed by teacher groups based on 5 standards; Purpose and Direction, Governance and Leadership, Teaching and Assessing for Learning, Resources and Support Systems and Using Results for Continuous Improvement. If you are interested in helping us with this process, please make plans to attend one of these meetings.
We will also have a Principal Breakfast on Oct. 24 at 9:00 in the Library. We will discuss our goals for the year, school wide test results and answer any questions you may have. Please make plans to attend these events. It takes all of us to make West Madison the best in the district. :)
Upcoming Events
Oct. 13-Oct. 21 - Sci-Quest 2nd round of lessons
Oct. 16 - First Nine Week Report Cards go home
Oct. 20 - Fire Safety Week (Safe House will come for grades K-2)
Oct. 21 - BJHS Stadium Event - WM Juggling Team will perform
Oct. 22-Oct. 24 - 5th Grade Camp McDowell
Oct. 22 - First District Accreditation Meeting
Oct. 24 - Principal Breakfast
Oct. 27 - Second District Accreditation Meeting
Oct. 31 - Early Dismissal - Students Dismiss at 11:00 (No Expanded Day)
I pray that you are having a wonderful Fall Break. Continue to enjoy yourselves and be safe. I look forward to seeing you all on Monday.
