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We had Spring Pictures on Wednesday. In the pictures you stand up against a wall and you get to choose between
• holding flowers if you’re a girl,
• folding your arms by your chest,
• or putting your hands in your pockets.
Hope your pictures turn out good.
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| The Book Fair went extremely well. Each year it is open during conferences. The Book Fair sold over $4,700 worth of books. Wow, that’s really good!!! Some of the most popular back orders were the entire Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, The Terrifying Tornados Tube, and The glow-in-the dark Zombie books. Mrs. Rose and Mrs. Jennings who did a fantastic job, would like to thank everybody who bought books.
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Good morning, Madison, this is Game Day on Sports Center! (Video)
We’re here, LIVE! in Mr. Casey’s room, on the day of the big match.
That’s right, this may not be Sports Center, really, but it IS game day. Garrett the 5th grader, versus Mr. Casey in the wrestling match of the year!
We will be back in a while with more game day LIVE from Mr. Casey’s room. When we return, we will have a guest to help us analyze how the match will go.
But first, back to our own H- D- TV, Hammy and Dory with 5 Live! News…
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| On February 20th – that’s next Saturday, Taft Middle School will host the fourth and fifth grade Gymnastics Meet. The warm-ups start at 8:15. The meet starts at 9:00. Each fourth and fifth grader can only participate in four events. The options are parallel bars, balance beam, horse vaulting, uneven bars, spring board and the tumbling run. It is $1.00 to participate in the meet. The entry deadline is February 17th. Yes, that’s THIS Wednesday! Hope we see you there!
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| In 2 days it’s the Super Bowl! This year the Colts and the Saints battle each other. Jasmine and Belle, our features editors, went around asking kids who they wanted to win the Super Bowl. They asked 50 kids. 21 said the Colts would win. 29 said the Saints would win. (Dory) Saints! (Hammy) Colts! (Dory) Saints are going to win! (Hammy) No, Colts are going to win! (both) Let’s just wait until Sunday to see what happens.
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| Promotional Video for the award winning Lego Motion Team from Madison School. Pictures are from the Regional Competition in December, 2009. The faculty sponsor is Mrs. Marilynn Stabenow. |
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Have you ever heard of the snow snakes Cyrus and Clad? Well if you haven’t, we will tell you. They are the reason that we don’t go out on certain winter days. Cyrus and Clad have blood-red eyes. They can camouflage into their surroundings, but their blood-red eyes cannot camouflage. Mr. Girdner says they love to eat little kids, . . especially second graders. (video)
Stay on it, Slowhand! . . . More later.
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The Eastern Iowa Arts Academy, or EAA, has started up again, and it’s better than ever! It includes Clay Club, African Percussion, and Dance Team! Speaking of dancing, do you all remember Mrs. Crowley? Well, some of you might not, because she was here a couple of years ago. She taught 5th grade here before she went to the middle school to teach Science. Well, she’s leading the Dance Team, along with her daughter. So, if you’re in the Dance Team, be sure to welcome Mrs. Crowley back to Madison!
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Hey, do you have a registration form in your backpack? If not, you might want to get one. Those EAA classes after school are starting next week. If you want to be in one, you must register by next Tuesday! If you have it now, give the paper to Kim, our school secretary. You can find her at the front desk in the office. (video) Read more stories from this show |
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The Lego League team, called Lego Motion, is going to state! They’re going to Ames on Saturday, January 16 at Iowa State University. Teams from all over Iowa are coming! Right now they are practicing their skit, their missions, and how they are going to present to the judges. Here is highlights from their last competition. (video)
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Last Saturday, there was a Lego League competition. There were about 54 schools competing, including Madison. There were about 500 kids there (and no TVs, mind you!) Some of the things that were judged were Teamwork Project Presentation and Robot Design.
Madison’s “Lego Motion” team won first place in Project Presentation, and second place in The Alliance Competition. This was a Cedar Rapids Region event. This means that our team gets to compete at the state level in Ames next month! Good luck team!
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