Look What's Happening at West Madison

Look What's Happening at 

West Madison this Week!

We had our 4th-6th Grade AR Awards Assembly on Monday!

We have some awesome readers!

Quite a few students got to put their hand print on a ceiling tile!  Look for them as you enter the front hall by the Computer Lab.


  

More 100th Day Celebrations from Last Week!
I couldn't resist.  They were so cute!  I enjoyed doing 1 of the 100 dances with them.  :)






Student Corner 

I am so excited that we have some super students at West Madison.  Over the past few months I heard some great things about the following students. They all have one thing in common, they have helped people in need.    

The first student is Tyler B. 
 A few years ago his class at WM adopted a family in need at Christmas.  He was concerned that some children were not going to have a Christmas and he wanted to give his own money to help them.  He was adament about giving all the money he saved to help them.  That year he donated $110.  This year was no different.  He took all the money he had saved and gave it to a family in need at Christmas.  This is one student at WM with a big heart.

  

Tyler B.

The second student is Matthew K.  

Matthew was coming home from a basketball practice when Matthew noticed that something wasn't right about his neighbor's house.  He told his mom and dad.  They were able to call 911.  The neighbor's chimney was on fire.  His mother ran to the neighbor's house and pounded on the door.  The neighbor's had no idea that their house was on fire.  The fire department was able to save the house.  Because of Matthew and his family the neighbors are alive today as well as their house saved.   Wow, what a hero! Matthew and his family are amazing!

Matthew K.  

 These are only two students who are among the very special students at West Madison.

Look forward to more students spotlighted from WMES.  

Congratulations to our WM Students

Arbor Day Contest Winners

Sullivan C.  - First Place

Madison W. - Second Place

Veronika F. - Third Place

Aaliyah R. - Honorable Mention

These students will be presented with certificates, cash prizes and their picture taken with the Mayor at a City Council Meeting

Congratulations to the West Madison's First Lego League Team

These students won First Place for Innovative Solutions!

They created an interactive, fun and competitive game to teach about World War I.  Each card has hands on missions that engages students and encourages critical thinking!

Great Job Guys!

Congratulations to our West Madison Reflection Winners

First Grade - Nathan C.  Photography

Sixth Grade - Samantha A.  Dance Choreography

Fourth Graders - Veronika F.  Visual Arts 

Parent Advisory Meeting

There was a great turn out.  West Madison parents are amazing and full of great ideas.  

Please attend the next meeting, if you were unable to make this meeting.  It will be Feb. 27 at 9:00 in the Library.  

   This week is a special week:  We celebrate Counselor's Week!

Sh-sh-sh-sh   Don't tell Mrs. Allen that we are going to celebrate her this week!

She is the best.  Take the time to tell her how much you appreciate her!

What's Happening at West Madison

This week we celebrated our 100th Day of School!





Our K and 1st grade celebrated in a mighty exciting way!

Our First Graders dressed up like they were 100 years old.  
They counted to 100 in many, many ways!
They danced 100 dances and read 100 words!

It was truly amazing!

Kindergarten Classes built a tower of 100 Red Cups

It was truly an Amazing Day!

It is that time again!

AR Awards

We gave out AR Awards to lots of First, Second and Third Graders on Friday!  I look forward to celebrating with 4-6th grade on Monday!

Third Graders

Second Graders

First Graders

Kindergarten Students are Just beginning their reading!

They all have 50 or more points!  Congratulations to all our award winners!

We have 2 more chances to get awards!

 Student Advisory

We had our first Student Advisory Meeting on Wednesday

The students had some wonderful ideas how we could make WMES even better.  We had a group of twelve 4-6 graders in the lunch meeting.

It is our plan to meet 2-3 more times before the school year is over and continue next year.

Star Citizens for the 2nd Nine Weeks will be honored at our next Monday Morning Assembly

Look for our next post:  

West Madison Student Corner

We will highlight students who have given back to our community!

Look What's Happening at West Madison

SciQuest this Month!
K Students Learning about Chemical Reactions!
They made slime!

*If you haven't paid your money for Sci-Quest this semester, please send it in.  (Thank you!)  ($10 per semester or $20 for the year)  Students receive 7 lessons.  

This is the Enrichment Students Second Year of Spanish

First Semester Successmaker Math Awards were given out in Monday Morning Assembly

I am so proud of our students.  

There are 2 more chances to win awards; 3rd nine weeks and 4th nine weeks!

Kindergarten Students

Third Grade Students

First Grade Students

Fifth Grade Students

Second Grade Students

Sixth Grade Students

Fourth Grade Students

We had our Spelling Bee on Wednesday

Congratulations Isaac and Aubrey Ann

They will represent WM in the Madison County Spelling Bee on Feb. 5!

 Parent Advisory Committee
We will have our first Parent Advisory Committee meeting on January 29 at 9:00 in the Library.  Please make plans to attend.  We want to make West Madison the best it can be, but we need your help.  We have some exciting ideas for next year.  

Yearbook Contest

Enter to win the West Madison Yearbook Cover Contest.  All entries must be in by Jan. 30.  

You could win a free yearbook, if you win!

We want to have a Twitter hashtag for West Madison!

We need your help.  On Tuesday, you will receive the #hashtag contest form.  Please think of a unique #hashtag for West Madison! Turn the completed form in by January 30 to the office.  

Are you on twitter?  
Follow us at @WestMadison7

What's Happening at West Madison

We're Back!

We had a great first week back to school.  It was great seeing all the kids.  We missed them so much.  

I walked into classrooms on Tuesday morning and it was like we never left.  

Welcome to Mrs. Lusk

Mrs. Lusk is our new art teacher.  She will be with us this semester and next semester.  We are so excited that she is with us.  She has many wonderful art projects planned for our students.  

BRRR It's Cold Outside

We had a couple of very cold days this past week.  According to the meteorologists there will be more to come as we go through the winter season.  Please make sure you send your children to school with coats and hats on.  Most teachers go outside even if only for a few minutes.  We do not take students out if it is below freezing.  

If your child is missing a coat, hat, glove or lunchbox, we have lots of them in our lost and found.  Please come by and find your child's coat and hat.  We will be sending any items in the lost and found to the Asbury Thrift Store after January 26.  

Libby Liberty comes to Madison!

The fifth grade students were treated to a spectacular presentation by Libby Liberty on Friday.  

Below is a link to the article on the WHNT website.  

http://tinyurl.com/mdrphwu

  

Spelling Bee Coming Up on Wednesday!

We have approximately 24 students who will be competing this week to see who will represent West Madison in the Madison County Spelling Bee! We wish everyone well.  It shows great spelling ability and courage to get up in front of our class and be the best speller.  Congratulations to those students.  

SciQuest will be here January 12-26

Kindergarten - Glow Potions

First Grade - Super Slime

Second Grade - Volcanos

Third Grade - Sixth Grade - Coding/Computer Animation

On Tuesday, January 13,  second grade students will take the OLSAT (Otis -Lennon School Ability Test). 

This test is used to help us measure scholastic achievement. It measures memory, speed and the ability to see relationships and patterns.  It will also test critical thinking and reasoning skills.  It is one component we use to identify gifted students.  It is not a test the students can prepare for.  The best way to prepare is make sure students get good rest the night before and have a good breakfast the morning of the test.  The test is less than 50 minutes long.

We have lots of new students, therefore I would like to remind everyone of our carline procedures.  Please view the video below.  There is also a link on the left side of our website. 

Below is also a link to our website concerning car line procedures.  The procedures are in place to keep everyone safe as well as help everyone get to work on time.  

http://tinyurl.com/ote7m6x

WMES Car Line Video from djah on Vimeo.

Everyone have a great week!