What's Happening at West Madison
Last week we started our second visit from Sci-Quest. The Kindergarten students on Monday looked at a live shark and actually got a chance to see several organs inside the shark.
Fourth - Sixth Grade worked on Programming
Fourth Grade Students Service Project
Our fourth grade students received pictures from the children in Haiti. How exciting!
When Mr. Hames came to visit the fourth grade students, he showed them the soccer balls and toys that they played with. It is amazing how blessed we are in the USA. Thank you Mrs. Lawrence and all the fourth grade teachers and students for helping to make these students' a little brighter.
West Madison Juggling Team
The West Madison Juggling Team will be participating in the Second Annual March on Madison, sponsored by the Bob Jones High School Band. Please go out to see them on Tuesday at the Madison City School stadium at 6:30. The Discovery Band will also be performing. All Madison City students will get in free, if they wear their BJHS school shirt or their WM school T-shirt.
West Madison Fifth Grade Honor Choir
We had several students perform last Friday at Samford University. They performed as apart of the Alabama Music Educators Statewide Choir Festival. They performed with 200 students from all over the state of Alabama with guest conductor, Ken Berg. Ms. Newsome and the parents who attended said the performance was beautiful. It was definitely an unforgettable experience for our students.
Kindergarten Students go to the Lyon's Farm
Madison City District Accreditation
West Madison Parent Meeting and Principal Breakfast
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. 23 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. :) The date has changed. It was originally schedule for Oct. 24, however I have another meeting that has been scheduled on this same date.
West Madison Students Honor Parent Veterans
We will be honoring all parents who are Veterans on Monday November 10 at 7:40 in the gym. If you are a Veteran and able to attend, please contact Mrs. Wendy Tibbs at 256-837-1189 or wtibbs@madisoncity.k12.al.us. Everyone is asked to wear red, white and blue.
