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First Day

Kindergarten students in Diana Ellerkamp's class at Mendota El. make their first trek from breakfast in the gym back to the classroom in orderly fashion.

Allis El. 5th grade teacher Carol Weiss sifts through material as she readies her classroom for the beginning of school.

A packed car loaded with classroom materials.

Cathryn Hatle, 1st grade teacher at Allis El., moves material from her car into her classroom.

MSCR Fall Program Guide 2010

The Madison School & Community Recreation (MSCR) Fall Program Guide 2010 begins distribution in the Wisconsin State Journal on Sunday, August 8. Madison Metropolitan Sch

Play and Learn

Parents, grandparents and other care givers, along with children from birth to 5 gather weekly to play and learn together in locations across the city. MMSD partners with Family Enhancement, United Way of Dane County and the Children's S

East High Youth Farm

Getting Ready for Kindergarten

Clay Stomp

Students at Van Hise used hands, feet and other parts of their anatomy to condition the clay to be used for a school mural made with clay tiles.

Teacher Appreciation Week

Stefanie Holzem pours a spot of tea for Kristin LeClercq at Shorewood El.'s traditional English tea. Parents Theresa Whitehead and Lucy Richards, both from England, provided all the essential fixings for a proper English tea for Shorewood's staff.

Emerson Library Make-over

Kate Lawson, of the Target Corporation, observes Emerson third-graders' visual depiction of suggested components for their new library. Emerson was selected to receive a new library as part of Heart of America's "READesign" library make-overs in conjunction with Target Corp.

Earth Day

Students from across the district participated in a variety of Earth Day activities.