Madison Accelerated High School

Madison Community Unit School District #12

"Every student, every day, in everything we do!"

Madison Accelerated High School

Time is winding down for the class of 2010. The Junior/Senior prom will be held Saturday May 1, from 7pm to 11pm at the Hyatt Downtown St. Louis. The commencement ceremony will be on Friday May14, at 6pm. Congratulations to the graduating seniors of the class of 2010.

Senior Class Newsletter

This Week in Madison Athletics

Congratulations to the

MADISON TROJAN BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM The 2010 REGIONAL, SECTIONAL, and SUPER-SECTIONAL CHAMPIONS

and

Third Place Class 1A State Tournament

There will a parade to honor the Trojans Basketball team Saturday March 20, 2010. The parade will begin at 3pm and will start at Madison Accelerated High School. The route will go up 6th street towards Madison Ave., from there we will travel down Madison Ave. to 3rd street. Then we will finish the parade at the Firehouse. Come out and congratulate the boys on a job well done!

The Trojans finished a memorable 2010 season with a convincing win over Eastland (Lanark) in Peoria, Saturday March 13, 2010. This season will definitely be remembered as on of the best. Congratulations again!!!

The photos from the state tournament games are online and available for purchase. Go to www.vipis.com, and order your pictures to remember the Trojans 2010 state tournament experience.

MAHS Athletics

Madison in the News!!!

Madison students participate in the 2009 Career Fair:

Link to Article in the STL Post-Dispatch

What is an "Accelerated" school?

Imagine a school... in which all children excel to high levels, regardless of their background. Imagine a school that treats all children as gifted and builds on their strengths through enrichment strategies, independent research, problem solving, science, writing, music, and art. Imagine a school in which all members of the school community develop a vision of their ideal school and in which they collaborate to achieve that dream by making major decisions about curriculum, instructional strategies and school organization. Imagine a school where ideas count. Let your imagination go as far as it can and you have discovered the accelerated school.

Accelerated Schools Plus Principles

In an Accelerated School , all members of the school community are invited to share in the leadership of the school. The parents, the students, school staff members, and community members develop the vision for the school; understand its challenges and work together to achieve its goals. Accelerated Schools are based on the following three principles:

UNITY OF PURPOSE– The whole school community decides on the goals for the school which become the target for everyone's efforts. Everyone in the school is pulling in the same direction.

EMPOWERMENT COUPLED WITH RESPONSIBILITY– All members of the school community help to make important educational decisions, share responsibility for implementing those decisions, and share responsibility for the outcome of those decisions.

BUILDING ON STRENGTHS–There is a commitment to looking for and building on each person's strengths in the school community.

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