Last Updated:
June 1, 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 2008-2009 Meeting Schedule

To Be Announced

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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.

May 23, 2008

As our 2007/2008 sports year comes to a close let’s review our accomplishments:

Fall 2007:
Our volleyball teams had extraordinarily successful seasons. Both the Varsity and JV teams won our
Conference Championships and our Varsity team repeated as the Arizona State Champs. I will never forget our second match against All Saints, down 23 to 17, after losing the first match; we rallied for eight straight points and a win. The third game was tied at 17 and another eight straight points brought the State Championship.
Our soccer teams also were very successful. The boys team, under the very capable coaching of Mr. Tod
Hammon and Mr. John Clark, won 5 games in our extremely competitive conference. Our girls, led by Coach
Yukon Tomasato, went deep into the playoffs.
In Cross Country, Laura Orlie led a very strong team to third place in the conference. Laura won the conference 2.1 mile race by a whooping 35 minutes.

Winter 2007/2008:
In the winter sport season, all of our basketball teams posted winning records. The varsity team, under the
very capable leadership of Mr. David Tall, had a very successful run in both the conference and state tournament.
Our cheer squads worked hard and finished a very respectable 3rd place in the first Valley Athletic
Conference Cheer Competition. A huge thanks to Erin Hesch and Melinda Hawkins for preparing our girls not only for the conference cheer-off, but for all of our home games and pep rally.
The second wrestling season continued to develop a fine nucleus of grapplers. Under the close supervision
of Mr. Waed Rebaedi and Mr. Dennis Fose, the squad participated in 7 meets, and these are mostly all day affairs, on Saturdays, and they fared very well. Four individual conference champions and 2 runners-up bode well for this team. The winter also brought our first ever flag-football team. Mr. Joe Skeens worked with this very young team and even won a few games. Next year will be better.

Spring 2008:
The spring sport season saw our two softball and baseball teams compete at a very high level. Our Varsity teams had a great season and would have been almost perfect, had it not been for Madison #1. Losses to #1
marred an otherwise super season, and my hat is off to Varsity softball coaches, Lynn Ziolko and Mr. Jim
Mitchell, and our boys Varsity Coach, Mr. Zach Winter.
Our JV teams were undefeated heading into the conference playoffs and fell just short of winning the
conference championship. Huge thanks are in order for coaches, Ms. Melissa Hauser and Mr. Zach Zipser.
Probably the Meadows team with the most participation and spirit was our boys and girls track team. With
over 60 participants, this team practiced mightily and really showed their mettle during meets. The boys
team, led by Jack Welty and Fred Orlie and the girls team, led by Laura Orlie and Kelley Kemp were absolutely outstanding. Four first place medals in the conference championship, 2 for Kelley and 2 for Laura, and three gold medals in the state meet, 2 for Laura and 1 for Kelley, including a state record in 800 meter run by Laura Orlie, were the most ever received by a Meadows Team. Coaches Ernie Davis and Carlton Johnson did an absolutely incredible job with this team.
No review could be complete without thanking our very supportive parents, our very generous PTM, and our administration, and most of all our students. Over 290 students participated in our program this year, they participated in over 180 games, matches and competitions, and they competed fairly and exhibited great
sportsmanship.
Thank you all for a great year,
Mr. Pazak

Upcoming Games Conference schools/addresses

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. Lupe Martinez lmartinez@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 will begin in August.

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 Band Concerts 6:30 pm Cafeteria Intermediate Band and 7/8 Concert Bands

May 15, 2008 6th Grade Drama Production "Into the Woods" 6:30 pm

May 16, 2008 6th Grade Drama Production "Into the Woods" 6:30 pm

May 22, 2008 Drama Producgtion "Fiddler on the Roof" 6:30 pm Cafeteria

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Century Branch Library of the Phoenix Public Library

Summer 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

Congratulations to the Meadows Chess Team 55 teams competed in the recent Governor's State tournament.
The Meadows team took 7th place. The team trophy goes to the following team members: Emily Ulan, Daniel Hammer, Ben Robbins, Jonah Lerner, Nick Steele.

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Congratulations to our Girl Scout Troop 1704

On 4/26/08, Troop 1704 (Emily Campagnolo, Kyley Schultz, Sophie Pallissard, Christina Boyle,
Bryanna Metz) completed their Junior Girl Scout Bronze Award project entitled “Graffiti Busters”.
This was coordinated through the Graffiti Busters City Program. We started out at 8:30 am, we
painted over seven graffiti walls/bus stop covers in the North High School area. Our work ended at
3:30 pm, we were exhausted, sun exposed and major league hungry/thirsty. The girls really did an
excellent job, the walls we painted over looked professionally done. People in the neighborhood
stopped, thanked us, and applauded, bus drivers going by beeped their horns, a Brownie girl scout
troop stopped by to see what we were doing and learn from us... All in all, it was an OUTSTANDING
and exhausting service project for our girls (all 5th graders at Madison Meadows Middle School).
Attached is a picture.

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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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NATIVE AMERICAN PARENT COMMITTEE

The Native American Parent Committee would like to extend a heartfelt “Thank You” to everyone who volunteered, donated or participated in the Fry Bread stand and Pow Wow. It was a lot of hard work, a
lot of fun and was a great success. We could not have done it without the motivation and help everyone put in. Thank you.