News and information for staff members and the Madison community
Vol. III No. 3 - February 27, 2008
Staff members Linda Allen, Sheila Briggs, Ed Holmes, Donna Kennedy, Jeff Maas and Mary Watson-Peterson plus 11 high school seniors earned honors recently.
Nominated by La Follette teacher June Anderson, Kennedy won the award for organizing the first Mad City Money Reality Stores last fall. In this budgeting simulation for La Follette and Memorial high school students, they were inserted into a "real life" budgeting situation in order to develop their decision making/problem solving skills with respect to personal finance.
Over 60 volunteers from numerous businesses and government agencies staffed the merchant stations to guide the students through the simulation.
The three principals were among the first cadre of Wallace Fellows, while Watson Peterson earned her credential through the WI Master Educator Assessment Process. All 31 Wisconsin educators who earned the license had to develop a portfolio that included work samples, a video of exemplary practice, student work, and other supporting information that document contributions to the profession and improved student learning.
Jeff's career in the MMSD began in 1990 and has taken him to Lincoln, Falk, and Sandburg Schools. In regard to the many students his teaching has touched over the years, the reporter mentioned Jeff's "student-centered integrated approach to education" and "his passion for the outdoors." See the video report.
They are: Erika Egner, Daniel Greenwald, Brian Ji, Maren Raab, Alex Trevino and Louis Wilson from Memorial High School, and Stuart Ballard, Ruth Davis, Reuben Henriques, Jacob Jensen and Laurel Ohm from West High School.
These students are eligible to be named semifinalists and Scholars, one of the nation's highest honors for high school students.
In Wisconsin, 18 high school graduates earned the 36 score. While the news release recognizes the students and the high schools, the Madison School District also recognizes all the schools — elementary, middle and high — as well as the students' parents and guardians for this honor.
Five MMSD students out of the 18 were identified in September of 2006, when the students were honored at a celebration, which was reported on by both daily newspapers. See the first and the second report. A sixth Madison student scoring a 36 is a member of the class of 2008.
Organizers and major sponsors of the Mad City Money Reality Store simulation:
Dave Thomas, Memorial High School; Josie Matuszak, Heartland Credit Union; Donna
Kennedy, La Follette High School; First Lady Jessica Doyle; Robin Marohn, Heartland
Credit Union; Bill Wilcox, CBM Credit Education Foundation.
Last Updated: Wed Mar 19 08:29:38 2008
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