Warhawk Weekly

What a great first two days back in action, staff. We are so grateful to all of you for embracing "Zero Week" and getting to know your students. We saw so many fun and engaging back to school activities with students interacting with each other and with staff! We have a busy week ahead so please be sure to read everything below. We are trying to consolidate all major information in our weekly newsletters to avoid mass emails. Let's have a great first full week!

📌 8/18 - Admin Handbook/Behavior Talks (in LC)

• Flyers 2nd period
• Integrity 3rd period
• Soar 4th period
• Pathfinders 8th period

📌 8/19 - 7th Grade Admin Handbook/Behavior Talks (in gym) 1st period; Fire Drill @ 9:00am; UFLI Training

📌 8/19 - Team Leader Meeting

📌 8/20 – Curriculum Night (6:30–8:00 PM)

📌 8/21 - MAP Testing - Reading (8-10am)

📌 8/22 - Staff Meeting - Evaluation Process - 7:15 am

📌 8/22 - Principal Meeting Classroom Walkthroughs

Each month when we have the middle school principal's meeting and the hosting school will take the team around the building for classroom walkthroughs. This month Madison is hosting and the Principal's meeting is on Thursday, August 22nd. There is nothing anyone needs to do differently, but I wanted to make sure that staff was aware when they saw a group of people walking through the building. Please reach out with any questions.

Just a reminder on the below information as we kick off the school year

• If you have any custodial requests, please use the work order form.
• Just a reminder that large items in classrooms with tile floors should NOT be dragged across the floor. This scratches the newly waxed floors. Please reach fill out a work order form if you need items moved.
• Day shift Custodians: Derek and Steve (6:00am-2:30)
• Night shift Custodians: Joe (supervisor), Lenti, Besnik, Knight (2:30-11:00pm)
• White Boards in classrooms will be cleaned DAILY by custodians. If you would not like something erased/cleaned, please write "SAVE" on your white board. No outside cleaners can be used by staff. Custodians have approved chemical cleaners that only they can use.
• Daily cleaning items in classrooms include vacuuming, straightening desks, cleaning white boards, and emptying garbage cans
• Weekly cleaning items in classrooms include dusting, desktop cleaning
• ALL bathrooms are cleaned daily

Please be sure to take attendance for every class period. If there are students sitting in your class that are not on your rosters, please let the front office or admin know and we will help to figure out where the student belongs.

Please be sure to adhere to the staff supervision schedule below during AM/PM times and midday supervision. If you are unable to be at a duty, please make sure to secure coverage or reach out to admin for support.

See the AM/PM staff supervision schedule HERE. . You can find the Midday schedule on the second tab.

Here is this years Paraprofessional Schedule organized by assistant, period, and classroom. Please know this is a working document and can change daily based on student need.

Please see the MAP alternate Bell Schedule here.

Small Group Locations will be shared asap

MAP Reading 8/21 from 8-10am in 1st period classes

MAP Math 8/28 from 8-10am in 1st period classes

As required by state law, please see the safety drill schedule. We will try our best to stick to these times, but like anything else, they are subject to change. Please note, the 1st fire drill time is changed to 9:00 am on the 19th

Here is our 2025-2026 Media Denial List. An email did go out to parents asking them if they would like to change their child’s permissions. The students on this list without a star, I have not heard back from which means they need to stay on this list. The children with the star have specifically said they want to remain on this list so please be mindful when taking pictures. Remember all pictures and videos that you would like on our school Instagram should be sent to Maggie, (text or email are both fine.)

At this point students should be making Minga passes to leave the classroom. However, all students should also have a physical pass when walking in the hallway. If students are walking around without one, they will be sent back to class. If you need new or more classroom passes, please let the front office know.

The updated 25-26 Middle School Student Handbook is linked in the title above. During our Admin team talks, we will go over highlights. Please ensure that your teams designate time after admin talks to have students digitally acknowledge the handbook using this google form after your team has had their Admin talks. Please have this filled out from students no later than Friday the 22nd

The following message was included in our parent newsletter:

Due to students with significant allergies in our building this year, no sprays of any kind will be allowed in the building. This includes but is not limited to deodorant, perfume, body spray, cologne, etc. Administration will be very strict on enforcing this practice in order to protect the safety and health of our students. We thank you in advance for your cooperation and support.

This also includes classroom use of essential oils, fragrance spray/plug ins, etc. Including chemicals from home.

Welcome back! On behalf of Madison's Home & School, let's suit up in MJHS Spirit Wear and show your school spirit!

The MJHS Spirit Wear sale is live with brand new items added. We will be showcasing some of these items during Locker Jam, so please stop by to see the products. Sales will only be taken online, so please click on the following link to order your favorite gear to show your Warhawk pride!

https://madison-jr-high-school-spirit-gear-2025.square.site/

This link is currently active and sales close on Friday, August29th!! All goods will be labeled, bagged up and passed out to your student at the end of September from the MJHS front office.

Production takes 10-15 full business days. Any questions please email mjhsspiritwear@gmail.com

If you would like to add anything that could benefit your classroom or learning activities this year, please feel free to include it in our Amazon Wishlist for Home & School. You can see it HERE.

We are excited to welcome 5 hired lunch/recess supervisors who will be with us every day this year! If you are interested, we will have one open supervision spot per grade level lunch/recess. We will also have one open Crunch Lunch supervision spot for a certified staff member per grade level. If you are interested in either of these spots, please email Maggie.

This year, we are also going to be swapping Lunch/Recess for each grade level. Recess will be FIRST, followed by LUNCH. More information will be shared at institute day regarding the "why" behind this shift.

This year, we would also like to open a paid opportunity for a certified staff member to host lunch/recess detentions. If interested, please email Julie.

As a reminder, please be aware that grade level lunch/recess times switched from last year. Here is the supervision schedule.

We are currently looking for a sponsor the following clubs/intramurals:

- Homework Club (after school, usually once or twice a week). Email Maggie if interested

- This is a paid stipend

This year, one of our admin goals is to be present to support all PLCs throughout the building. We will discuss more about PLC structure on Institute Day. In order to ensure that Admin is able to proactively support meetings, we created a PLC schedule and MTSS schedule with the meeting day of the week, period, and location. Please see this here. We will discuss this in more detail in person.

Please see the finalized version of the Master Schedule HERE. We will take some time during institute day to share some of the logistics and rationale as it relates to student schedules, class sizes, restrictions, etc.