Last Updated:
May 4, 2008

Our school offers a plethora of activities; something to pique the interest of all of our students.

Madison Community Club (MCC): A before and after school program that offers care under the watchful eye of a terrific staff. Fees are based on the number of days used per week. For information call 602-664-7370 between 2:00 and 6:00 p.m.

RAMMS ( Recreation Association of Madison Meadows and Simis ) is a volunteer- parent, non-profit organization formed in 1961 to provide recreational sports programs during the school year including Volleyball, Fall Baseball Instructional League, Basketball, Baseball, and Softball. Over 100 coaches, 20 league commissioners, and 30 RAMMS Board members volunteer annually. Over 1,200 students from Meadows, Simis, and other North Central Phoenix schools participate.

RAMMS provides capital improvements to Meadows and Simis. Funds are raised by the RAMMS Annual Golf Tournament in the Spring ( a guaranteed great event ), RAMMS Team Sponsorships for individual teams ( your business name on the teams uniforms ), and individual donations from people like you. RAMMS supports scholarships ( registration fee waivers ) for qualified families.

RAMMS schedule for 2007-2008:

RAMMS Contacts :
1.http://www.ramms.org

2. RAMMS
P.O. Box 33378
Phoenix, Arizona 85067

3. Rusty Brown, President
602-265-8085
rusty@rbrownlaw.com

RAMMS 2007-2008 Meeting Schedule

April 9, 2008 Wednesday @ 7:00 p.m. Meadows Media Center

May 7, 2008 Wednesday @ 7:00 p.m. Meadows Media Center

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Meadows also offers Student Council, Chess Club, Homework Club, National Junior Honor Society, Book Readers' Clubs, Strings Orchestra, an extensive interscholastic sports program, and cheerleading.

Sports Corner

Throughout the 2007-2008 School Year watch this area of the website for all the latest information on the various Madison Meadows Varsity and Junior Varsity Sport Teams.

April 16, 2008

Our JV softball and baseball teams remain undefeated, 7 wins and no losses, and in line for top seedings in the
conference tournament. The JV baseball playoffs will be at Western Sky Middle School and softball
playoffs will be at Wigwam Creek. The Varsity teams both endured losses at Madison #1 on the 1st of April and are eagerly awaiting a rematch on the 17th of April. The boys’ team also suffered a loss at the hands of Isaac Middle School on the 3rd of April. Both of these teams will, most likely, have to play their way into the playoff finals.
Our Track team continues its impressive season and will be a serious contender in the Conference meet on the 22nd and 24th of April at Trevor Brown High School. A really special meet will be held on the 26th of April (that’s a Saturday) at Griffith School. Coach Davis is sending home information on this meet that will feature our 5th & 6th grade track members.
Just for information purposes, our Valley Athletic Conference website can be accessed at http://vacaz.com. This site provides information on conference teams, their records and even their addresses.

Home scheduled Baseball/Softball Games:

4/7 JV Frank Borman
4/10 V Osborn Middle
4/17 V Madison #1

Upcoming Games Conference schools/addresses

VOLLEYBALL NEWS

Several girls, who attend Madison Meadows, play volleyball on club volleyball teams. The Grand Canyon Volleyball Club, Arizona Sky and Arizona Storm are popular volleyball clubs. Maeghan Goldman, Logan Rae, Darby Oberg, Allie Teilborg, and Anna Panagiotakopoulos are on the Arizona Storm 14- 1 travel team. Their first tournament was the Fiesta Classic, in Tempe, Arizona, playing against 14, 16, and 18-year old teams, the team finished in 21st place. They won 8 of their ten matches. Then played its next several
tournaments against numerous 14 to 18-year old teams, and the girls won every game. In their most recent tournament, the Storm team won their first two matches, but unfortunately lost in the championship match.
The girls will be playing in a tournament in Denver, Colorado on March 8-10.

The Storm team plans on competing in a tournament in Anaheim, California, and possibly Dallas, Texas.
Several other girls from Madison Meadows also play on Arizona Storm volleyball teams, including Kimberly Mitchell, Audrey Nolander, Erin Hill, Laura Scheel, Maggie Griffin, and Sarah Sommerville. These teams are also doing well in their tournaments.
Congratulations ladies!

Phoenix Patriots Lacrosse Club

The Phoenix Patriots Lacrosse Club (www.PhxPatriotsLax.com) is winding down its inaugural season
(December—March) in the Arizona Youth Lacrosse League (www.AzLax.com). The Club will compete in
the Cactus Cup Tournament on Saturday, March 8. This Club currently counts seven Madison Meadows student athletes amongst its roster: Walter Ross(8th), Matthew McLean(7th), Ethan Lenick (6th), Tanner Slonaker(6th), Eric Fishman(6th), Ian Darnall (8th), and Ryan Bertanshaw(7th). The Patriots have enjoyed an
exciting first season and managed to put up several wins against established teams. Any Meadows students interested in Patriots Lacrosse can contact the Coaching staff through the website.

WASHINGTON, DC

7th and 8th graders are invited to attend the annual trip to Washington DC.**
We will be visiting many of our country’s most famous monuments, museums, and landmarks. Your student will be able to experience our government at work. We will be traveling with WorldStrides (www.worldstrides.com). For more information, contact Miss Giacobbe at bgiacobbe@msd38.org or 602.664.7649. Space is limited sign up today!

**This trip is not sponsored/endorsed by the Madison School District or Madison Meadows

Student News:
Please remember to submit your child’s outstanding extra-curricular activities to Mrs. Grosso agrosso@msd38.org for publication. We love to let the community know of the students’ successes.

Student Council

You too can MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

Please help encourage our students to participate. Thanks for all your continued support! Miss Beverly Giacobbe and Miss Megan Kottwitz. STUDENT COUNCIL current activity for March is:

FUNDRAISING NEWS

Please support Meadows by signing up for the Safeway eScrip fundraising program. eScrip will
donate up to 3% of the amount you spend at Safeway and it costs you nothing. Please go to
www.escrip.com and sign up. All you need to know is our group name: Madison Meadows PTM
and your Safeway Club Card number. Contact Safeway Customer Service at 1-877-723-3929 if you
need to find out your club card number. Please take a few minutes to sign up -- it will make a huge
difference for our school! Contact Kelli Butler at lnbksb@cox.net with any questions about eScrip.

Yearbook news

Make sure you get your student's yearbook ordered! Please go to www.jostens.com and select
Madison Meadows Middle School. It is too late to order personalization, but you can still order
your yearbook. 8th Grade families can create Congratulations ads for their students -- the deadline
as of March 1st has passed. If you have any questions or concerns, please call Mr. Murphy at 602-664-7628, or email at jmurphy@msd38.org John Murphy

BAND NEWS AND HIGHLIGHTS…

Concert Dates:

May 13, 208 6th grade Musical Theatre Class Theatre Production to be announces

May 15, 2008 Intermediate, Concert Band, and JAzz Band Spring Concert

May 20, 2008 6th/7th/8th grade Zero Hour Theatre Class Theatre Production to be announced

May 22, 2008 Chorus (all grades), Beginning Band and Guitar Spring Concert

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Century Branch Library of the Phoenix Public Library

March Events @ Century Branch Library
Children:
Toddler Time - Mondays @ 10:00 am - Children 24 to 48 months accompanied
by a caregiver. Have fun sharing books, fingerplays, songs, flannel
board stories, and more.
Baby Time - Mondays @ 10:30 am - Children birth to 23 months accompanied
by a caregiver. Have fun sharing books, fingerplays, songs and
more.
Family Story Time - Tuesday Tales - Tuesdays @ 7:30 pm
All ages with children, birth to five, accompanied by a caregiver. Have
fun sharing books, finger plays, songs, flannel board stories, and more.

Teens:
Teen Saturdays - Every - Saturday @ 2 pm We have something for Teens!
1st Sat. - Library Teen Council Make friends. Hang out. Earn Volunteer
hours. Eat snacks. Have a great time!
2nd Sat. - Dungeons & Dragons Join Dungeon Master Matt in a fantasy
role-playing game in which participants assume the roles of characters
while they journey through a magical world. The REAL never-ending story!
3rd Sat. - Anime Madness! Come and enjoy watching your favorite Anime
Selections, discussing the latest Manga and tasting a cool new Japanese
Snack!
4th Sat. - Games Day Fun. Friends. Music. Games. Game Day at Century
Library is a blast!

Adults:
The Century Book and Movie Club
Refreshments will be served. New members are always welcome!

Century Branch Library is recruiting any students from Meadows or Madison School District to join the Century Library’s Teen Council meetings. Terry stated that, “I give ALL Teen Council members volunteer credit for meetings they come to and events they help out with.

“ I also let kids help set up and take down Games Day and Anime Day, anyone who shows up can get 1-2 hours of volunteer credit on those days as well. So far, I've only had 2 teens take advantage of that one though.”

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Congratulations to our Madison Meadows Chess Team

Recently the Best of Phoenix Chess Tournament took place. It was a 2-day tournament that had 62 schools and over 300 kids participate. Meadows had a team consisting of Jonah Lerner, Ben Robbins, Jacob Browning and Jeremy Winkelman which took 9th place overall!! Congratulations! In the Blitz tournament Jonah Lerner and Jeremy Winkelman took 3rd place and brought back a trophy for Meadows. In the K-6th Grade section, Jeremy Winkelman took 5th place. Also, in the first ever parent-child tournament, Jeremy Winkelman took 3rd place. Way to go boys!

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National Junior Honor Society

NJHS accepted and had their induction ceremony for 7th and 8th graders for 2008. We are very proud of the students who demonstrate their academic and leadership qualities among their peers.

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Make a Difference.
Find Your Passion.
Become a Teacher.
The College of Teacher Education and Leadership at ASU’s West campus is offering community-based cohorts in the Madison and Osborn School Districts.

Take all of your classes and field experiences in your own community while earning your teaching certificate
and Bachelor of Arts in Education (Madison) or Master of Education (Osborn) in only one year. Opportunities for Special Ed.
Certification are also available.
Now you can become a certified teacher
AND earn your degree in just one year!
These full-time, day programs last one year. For the Madison program, you should have an associate degree (or 2-2 ½ years college work).

* For the Osborn program, you must have a non-education bachelor degree.
Please join us at an information session to learn more:
lcalifano@msd38.org
* Please bring unofficial transcripts to the information session to be evaluated for your readiness to begin this program.
Osborn (Master of Education plus certification) Madison (Bachelor’s Degree - certification
Master’s Degree - certification in special ed)
1226 W. Osborn Rd, Phoenix Madison Park School-1431 East Campbell
March 25, April 29, or July 29 March 25 & May 12
6:00pm – 7:30pm 6:30p.m. – 7:30p.m. Room M4
Mailing: P.O. Box 37100, Phoenix, AZ 85069-7100
Street: 4701 West Thunderbird Rd, FAB S200, Glendale, AZ 85306
Phone: (602) 543-6358
Fax: (602) 543-3316
CTELquestions@asu.edu
ctel.asu.edu
Sign up online at:
http://ctel.asu.edu/advising/undergraduate/forms/
registration.shtml
For more information
Call 602-543-6358
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15th Annual SOCIAL POW WOW
MADISON SCHOOL DISTRICT
NATIVE AMERICAN PARENT COMMITTEE
APRIL 12, 2008

at Madison Park School

Gourd Dancing 10:00—Noon
Grand Entry Noon (12:00 PM)
Supper Break 4:00—5:00
Gourd Dancing 5:00—6:00
Grand Entry 6:00—9:00
HEAD STAFF
TBA
All proceeds to benefit the Madison School District Native American Indian Students