Leading Off
Two UW educators say MMSD stands alone in shrinking the gap and raising performance of all racial groups
A Wisconsin State Journal report quotes two UW education experts saying
the Madison School District, with the help of the community, is
"remarkable" in using strategies that "have paid off very well" to reduce
the racial achievement gap while raising the performance of all racial
groups.
Congratulations to all MMSD staff and to the hundreds of tutors and
mentors who help Madison students learn. More...
Expansion Management magazine says Madison is a Gold Medal school district. The Black Collegian magazine cites the district as one of its Top Employers for the Class of 2006. More...
Four of 14 Presidential Scholar semifinalists are Madison students;
MMSD graduates well represented among UW Medical School graduates More...
Other News
The administration's proposed 2006-07 budget will require a $6.9 million
reduction from the district's 2005-06 budget. More...
GOP tax-slashing advocates ran roughshod over the state Constitution introducing, amending and debating a constitutional amendment between bar time and sunrise! More...
The go-live date of the new student information system will be August
for MMSD staff members. It's called "Infinite Campus." So what will this
replacement for the AS-400 actually do? Answers to that and many other
questions are here. More...
National institute invites district to be one of eight synergy sites to
support 10 MMSD schools with improvement efforts to address
disproportionality. Renowned speaker and discussion panel comprised of
district staff address overrepresentation and accurate identification of
culturally and linguistically diverse students with disabilities. More...
Joe Carlsmith and Jacinth Sohi were elected to represent the students'
voice on the Board of Education for next year. More...
In Our Schools
Anti-bullying
This month's question: what's going on in your school or classroom/s to
help bully-proof your school? Responses from Sherman, Sennett, Cherokee,
Gompers and Stephens. More...
 Parent discussion on bullying When a review of climate data showed that bullying was the area that
received the lowest satisfaction rating with students, parents and staff at
Hamilton Middle School, the school took action. More...
Nineteen Stephens pupils in Grades 2/3 and 4/5 studied for over a month from a list of some 500 Spanish words. More...
This month's featured MMSD alternative program is Alternative Education
Resource Options or AERO for short. To find out what it is and what
students it serves, hit "More." More...
Nine Aristos grants have been awarded for next year, totalling $58,028. Read all about these latest grants and find out who has been named as new Aristos Scholars. More...
MMSD staff gave more than $72,000 in 2006 to the Foundation for
Madison's Public Schools, an increase of over 50% in number of donors and
over 15% pledged in 2005! Kudos to Affiliated Alternatives and Cherokee
Middle, winners of $1,000 school endowment gifts. More...
For Staff
Elementary school computer desktops have access to SIMS — a software program created in MMSD to keep track of interventions provided for struggling students. More...
 Dr. Donna Ford Two Vanderbilt educators challenged students and staff, leading one
young woman to "call out" a peer with the admonition, "I'm going to be on
you. You are not going to slack off." More...
 Amaya This is the first in a series of success stories from non-profit organizations which benefit from donations through the Madison School District/Madison Teachers Inc. Combined Campaign. More...
About MMSD Staff
Two elementary principals are moving to new positions in the MMSD
effective July 1. More...
In February, you learned who the winners and nominees were. Now, MMSD
Today gives you more — the pictures, scripts and videos that were
seen by attendees at the April 10 Recognition Awards Ceremony. Find out
why your colleague or student was honored. More...
MMSD teacher wins prestigious award for law-related instruction
Affiliated Alternatives teacher Erik Shager was recently selected by the
Wisconsin State Bar Association for excellence in teaching law-related
education in Wisconsin. More...
"Help! My club soda exploded all over the computer and now my screen is
upside down," may not be a typical call, yet the HelpDesk is at your
service, fielding approximately 15,000 work orders a year. More...
Last But Not Least
Apparently a lot of thought and good humor. Here are some of the, shall we say, unusual team names from actual teams in Madison School & Community Recreation leagues past or present. More...
Take this fun quiz about some of our principals — before they were principals. More...
Match these 6 staff members' photos to their names! More...
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