Madison Middle School
Weekly Newsletter- Week of September 8th
This Week's News and Reminders
Attendance
When students have someone who believes in them, they show up. ✨ Youth with a mentor are 52% less likely to skip school. Let’s lift each other up this Attendance Awareness Month. 👉 To learn more, visit https://www.lisd.us/attendance
PBIS
This week your student engaged in classroom PBIS lessons. Teachers are incorporating these lessons to fit with their classroom expectations and our school wide values of Respect, Integrity, Ownership, and Safety. These lessons will help to reinforce positive behaviors and foster a respectful and safe learning environment for students. Some of our teacher-developed classroom expectation matrices that were used to help teach some of the lessons this past week can be seen in the graphics that follow.
6th Grade Sample Teacher Matrix
7th Grade Sample Teacher Matrix
8th Grade Sample Teacher Matrix
Infinite Campus
This year both new and returning students/families will complete student registration via the Infinite Campus Parent Portal. This can be done for returning families via the Parent Portal app or by using the link that follows https://www.infinitecampus.com/login
The purpose of this process is to ensure that our records are updated with correct addresses/phone numbers. This process will also eliminate the large number of paper forms that parents are asked to complete at the start of each school year!
Parents who do not have an active Parent Portal account in Infinite Campus should us the QR Code or link below to request an activation code.
Student Technology Fee
An annual Technology/Textbook fee of $25 will be assessed to all middle and high school students. The Technology Fee must be paid before a student can receive their textbooks & Chromebook. The fee can be paid on myschoolbucks.com.
To ensure that your student can receive their Chromebook on the first day of school, the Technology Fee should be paid by Friday, August 22nd.
This Week's Calendar
The Week Ahead
Monday
Madison Board of Education Meeting (6:00pm)
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Upcoming Important Dates
Tuesday, September 16th - Thursday, September 18th - NWEA Testing
Wednesday, September 17th- Picture Day
Friday, September 19th- MadMoney Drawing
Friday, September 19th - Fun Friday
Friday, October 3rd- Fall Frenzy
Friday, October 3rd - MadMoney Drawing
Wednesday, October 8th- Equations Tournament
Friday, October 10th - Homecoming
Thursday, October 16th - Early Release (Students dismissed at 11:00am)
Thursday, October 16th- Parent-Teacher Conferences (12:00pm - 7:00pm)
Friday, October 17th - Early Release (Students dismissed at 11:00am)
Friday, October 31st - MadMoney Drawing
Thursday, November 6th- Equations Tournament
Friday, November 7th- Fun Friday
Monday, November 10th - Board of Education Meeting (6:00pm)
Friday, November 14th - MadMoney Drawing
Friday, November 21st - Trimester Exams Early Release (Students dismissed at 11:00aam)
Monday, November 24th -Trimester Exams Early Release (Students dismissed at 11:00am)
Tuesday, November 25th- Trimester Exams Early Release (Students dismissed at 11:00am)
Wednesday November 26th - Friday, November 28th - No School (Thanksgiving Break)
Informational Items
School Pictures
School Pictures are scheduled for September 17th. Please see the link for an order form.
Resources
Dress Code Reminders
As we get ready to start the school year, here are some friendly reminders about the dress code.