What's Happening at West Madison

Congratulations

Two West Madison Lego Robotics teams competed last weekend in a competition at Athens State University.  I am so proud of them.  

This is what Mrs. Horne, one of the team leaders said about the teams:

"The two West Madison Lego Robotics teams excelled at the FLL Qualifier in Athens. I was impressed with the support and gracious professionalism the two teams showed for each other. Both teams came away with a high score of 90 on the robot table runs, putting them in the top third in robot performance. Robotic Nation received the Innovative Solution Award for their card game Dusk, Dawn and Fight,  which helps students learn about World War I....."

Congratulations Robotic Nation!  They will be going to State in January.  

Robotic Nation: Emma Boyd, John Digges, Ethan Horne, Aubteen Pour Bizaar, Yashas Gentela, Joshua Cagle, Carolyn Horne, Joshua Boyd

Mindsteins, the second Lego Robotics team, tied for fourth place with another team for their robot run.  The team members are:  Henry and Charles Nguyen, Connor Moritz, Mike Zhang, Jayden LaCross, Gabby Abashian, Anna McCauley, and Sophia Koontz. 

Congratulations to both teams.  I am so proud of each of you....You represented West Madison well.  Thank you Mrs. Tibbs, Mrs. Horne and all the other parents who participated for all your hard work.  We truly appreciate you.  

Please Help the Dogs and Cats of Madison Animal Rescue Foundation 

Please participate in the Holiday Pet Food Drive sponsored by Girl Scout Troop 700. Elizabeth Cofer, a Daisy Girl Scout from West Madison who is doing this service project to save animals. There is a donation box in the front lobby of the school. Please bring cat and dog food (canned or dry), as well as treats and pet toys before Friday, December 5. Thank you for helping rescue pets! 

Thanks again for supporting Girl Scouts and helping us to help save animals.

Thank You! Thank You! 

Thank You!

I found out Monday, that we have pledges in the amount of over $27,500.  As of Monday, we had collected almost $26,000.  That is so awesome.  I am so proud of our school!  Please, if you haven't sent in your pledge, please do so ASAP.  Thank you so much.  I just love our West Madison family!

Christmas Holiday Shop Coming Soon

During the week of December 8-12, students will get to go to the West Madison Christmas Holiday Shop.  Shop with your students on Dec. 8, after the  PTA meeting.  Each class will visit 2 times during the week to purchase special Christmas presents for the entire family.  This is always a wonderful event every year. 



Congratulations Ms. Brindley

Ms. Brindley is a Jump Rope for Heart Grant Recipient.  Congratulations!  

Upcoming Events

December 1              First Grade Sci-Quest

December 2             Second Grade Sci-Quest

December 4             Fourth Grade Sci-Quest

December 5             Sixth Grade Sci-Quest 

December 5             Second Grade Field Trip

December 8 -12      Holiday Shop

December 8             PTA Meeting  5:30   Third Grade Performs

December 8               Progress Reports  3-6

December 11             Sixth Grade Field Trip

December 12             Choir Performance   1:15 and 5:00

December 19             1/2 Day for Students   Dismissal at 11:00

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Happy Thanksgiving West Madison Parents and Students

I pray everyone has a safe Thanksgiving.  

I would like to say Thank you to our PTA and especially all the parents who worked on the Boosterthon Fundraiser.  They really have worked hard.  The students teachers had so much fun and you all raised over $26,000 .

That is awesome!

If you haven't sent your pledge money in, please do so ASAP.  Thank you so much!

Friday's Boosterthon Assembly

Everything you heard from your child about the Boosterthon Assembly was correct.  I did EAT THAT WORM!

I explained to the students, however that I researched "worm eating".  I purchased the meal worms from a local pet store.  :)  Yes I did chew.  Fortunately there was little to no taste, so I did SURVIVE.  :) 

Mrs. Miller was also ducktapped to the wall of the gym.  It took quite a while to make the tape secure, so she didn't slip out. :) 

It was so much fun.  Here are few pictures to capture the events of the day.  

Sci-Quest

This past week, third grade had their SciQuest lesson.  On Monday, Kindergarten will have their lesson and 5th grade on Tuesday.

Have a Happy Thanksgiving.  Enjoy time with your family!

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This week has truly been an amazing week. We began the week with our Veterans Day Honor Assembly and our Fourth Grade Performance at PTA.    It was a tremendous day that brought tears to everyone who attended.

It is wonderful when you begin by desiring to bless someone making their day a little brighter but then you end up being truly blessed in return.  That is how it was this week with our Veterans Honor Assembly.  As you walk the halls of WMES and read the many essays and letters to Veterans and Active Duty Service men and women, that students know that Veterans Day is a special day or honor.
Some of our students letters were even taken by their teacher to a local Veterans home.  One Veteran in particular was moved by a students letter, the teacher made this statement below:

 The letter moved him to tears.  He asked about the student who wrote the letter, and I told him it was a fifth grader.  It was really from that fifth grader’s heart.  He asked me to tell Jayden “thank you for writing the letter.”

After that, I stayed and visited with him for about 15 minutes or so. I got him to talk about himself; he’s a Vietnam veteran of the Air Force, 21 years in the service, retired, then went to work on the Arsenal as a contractor. He has been at the Veteran’s Home for 5 years, and does not have family here.  Jayden's letter truly moved him because of the way he and other Vietnam Vets were treated when they came home.  Jayden's letter was  perfect  for him.  

Several of the Honorees referenced how proud they were that our students were learning to appreciate what our Service men, women and families go through every day for the freedom we enjoy.  

I am so excited that because of our awesome students, parents, faculty, staff, family and friends.  We met our fundraiser goal this year.  I think that is a first here at West Madison.  I am so proud of everyone.  We all had so much fun.  But it is not over yet! We have the pledges but we now need to bring in the money.  All money should be collected and sent into school this week, November 20.








Act Aspire Spring Individual Student Reports are coming home soon!

Here is a link to a powerpoint to explain your child's report.  If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email.

http://tinyurl.com/m2ynl4h

Here is another link to a powerpoint presentation I went through with parents who attended our Breakfast with the Principal in October.

Please download the powerpoint in order to listen to the voice thread behind the powerpoint.

http://tinyurl.com/nop3hjb

Congratulations to our West Madison Math Teams

Today the 4th, 5th and 6th grade teams competed at a tournament at Grissom.  I am so proud of the teams and the individuals who competed.  There were 30 students who participated.  That is awesome.

Our 5th grade team came in 5th Place out of 40 teams.  Yashas Gentela won 5th place out of 136 students.

Other students in the top 30 out of 165 sixth grade students are as follows:

Sujay Jakka - 12th Place
Jonathan Byers - 17th Place
Henry Nguyen - 29th Place

Other students in the top 30 out of 136 fifth grade students are as follows:

Aubteen Pour Biazaar - 30th Place

Other third and fourth grade students out of 157 students are as follows:

Adrian Matzkin - 20th Place
Daniel Sheng - 24th Place

Congratulations to all students who participated.  Thank you Mrs. Lawrence and parents for all you do.

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Happy Veterans Day!

I would like to thank all those who serve and have served in the military.   Because of you, we live in the land of the free and the home of the brave.   However, freedom is not free. It costs every time a soldier leaves home. I know that it costs more than we can even imagine. Thank you to our soldiers  and all your families.  

Our Veterans Day Honor Assembly was so wonderful.  It was a special moment in time for us as well as for the Honorees.  We had approximately 20 Honorees present.  It was great having so many there.  We began the special time with the Bob Jones Honor Guard...Presentation and posting of Colors.  Emma, a sixth grade student play the National Anthem on the violin.  It was truly inspirational.  

Our fourth and sixth grade students sang America, while signing the song.  It was such a great day.  Our Honorees were also treated to a breakfast by the West Madison Faculty and Staff.  

Bob Jones High School Honor Guard

Fourth and Sixth Grade Student with Emma, our violinist 

Members of our Student Leadership Team escorted our Honorees for the day!

West Madison Honor Assembly

So thankful for our Honorees and their service to our country

Enrichment Students went to the Madison Senior Center to Honor Veterans!

Enrichment students traveled to the Madison Senior Center to Honor Veterans there. They then taught the group to juggle and played games with them.  

To take a phrase from Mr. Parker, It was definitely a great day to be a West Madison Wildcat!

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   The Boosterthon Fun Run is Almost Here!

The Boosterthon Fun Run is almost here.  On Thursday, November 13, students will be running 30-35 laps to raise money for classroom supplies and technology at WM.  I can't wait.  It will be so much fun.  We have the Bob Jones Cheerleaders coming to cheer us on.  Remember if we get 100% of our students registered on Funrun.com we will get a chance to duck tape Mrs. Miller to the wall.  I would love for us to be able to do that.  Make sure this weekend you register your child.  

You may have heard a rumor from your child.  If we raise our goal of $26,000....I am going to.....to....to....eat a.....I can barely say...it    A WORM!  

Yes,  you read that right, a real, live WORM!  

I can't wait.  I am ready to do it.  I have been practicing, warming my mouth up,  ready to do it.  I have been practicing, working my way up to the worm.  

So I AM READY!

Now let's reach our goal.  

This weekend I want to challenge everyone to register and to make a minimum of $2 pledge per lap to get these awesome flexible sunglasses.  

Boosterthon is not just about fundraising.  Students are receiving a great character lesson during their morning huddles.  

It is important to serve others.  Boosterthon promotes giving back.  The organization they give back to this year, helps Military Kids, children whose parents serve in the military both here and abroad.

PTA Meeting Reminder
PTA will be Monday, November 10 at 5:30 in the Gym.  Fourth Grade will be performing.  

Upcoming Events

November 10         Veteran's Day Assembly and Breakfast
November 10          PTA Meeting   5:30 PM  4th Grade Performs
November 10          Progress Report Grades 3-6
November 11         Veteran's Day   No School
November 13         Boosterthon Fun Run
November 18         Bus Safety Program K-2
November 19         Third Grade Sci-Quest
November 24         Progress Reports K-2
November 26-30   Thanksgiving Holidays

Boosterthon Fun Today

We are Boosterthon Ready!  

We had a great time at West Madison today!

We started off with the Award Winning Bob Jones Drum Line.  They were fantastic and so entertaining!

Boosterthon Pep Rally was Totally Awesome!

We even had a After School Teacher Pep Rally!

Ask your child about the Boosterthon Pep Rally today.  They have a Boosterthon Pledge Envelope to show you.  

We want to duck tape Mrs. Miller to the wall.  We have to have 100% of the students register! Come on WEST MADISON!  

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West Madison Special Invite:

Parents, we want to honor you!

We will be honoring all parents who are Veterans on Monday November 10 at 7:40 AM in the gym in a Veteran's Day Assembly.  If you are a Veteran and are able to attend, please contact Mrs. Wendy Tibbs at 256-837-1189 or wtibbs@madisoncity.k12.al.us by Thursday, November 6. Everyone is asked to wear red, white and or blue.  We look forward to this time to honor you!

AR Assemblies

Friday, we had our first WM AR Assembly.  I am so proud of our student.  I was excited to wear my special AR shoes.  They were given to me from the AR Assembly Committee.  

Grade Level Point Club Members

6th Grade AR Point Clubs

5th Grade AR Point Clubs

4th Grade AR Point Clubs

3rd Grade AR Point Clubs

2nd Grade AR Point Clubs

Red Ribbon Week

All students pledge to stay drug free!

We had a great week!   Everyone had such great school spirit.  Students and teachers dressed as their future careers, in their favorite sports teams, and in their WMES shirts.  

Congratulations to our Red Ribbon Week Winners!

K – Ryan  (Ratcliffe)

1 – Nathan  (Stallworth)

Overall K and 1^st grade winner – Taylor  (Stover)

2 – Aisha (Warren)

3 – Kamryn (Creasy)

4 – Matt  (Crenshaw)

5 – Rianne  (Hobbs)

6 – Emma  (Berry)

Overall 2-6 Winner – Hannah  (McKnight)

Professional Day for Teachers

Teachers met on Friday to learn about student goal setting. Learning Targets (goals) are for teachers and students.   "Leaders of Their Own Learning" by Ron Berger is a book teachers will begin reading this year to learn more about helping students set goals.  

 Student Goal Setting

Learning Targets

Congratulations West Madison Math Team

Our 4th and 5th grade team won 3rd Place and our 6th grade team won 2nd Place.  

Individual Awards go to :
Yashas - 6th Place
Jonathan - 10th Place 
Sujay - 3rd Place
Great Job to our Math Team and to Mrs. Lawrence their sponsor!

We all so proud of them!

Boosterthon is Coming this Week!

On Tuesday we will have our Pep Rally - We have the Bob Jones High School Drum line is coming to perform.  

Our fundraising event is about to begin!  I can't wait.