News

Albuquerque Public Schools has launched the new Online Registration through your ParentVue account and we are asking families to pre-register now.

If you have never used ParentVUE, it is a great tool to check your students’

• Grades
• Assignments  
• Attendance  
• Calendars
  AND it is also a great way to make contact and communicate with teachers.

To get your ParentVue account go to enroll.aps.edu or contact the school.

• Once you are logged in, click on the “MESSAGE” box from the column of options.
  This will open the Online Registration portal and should take about 15 minutes to complete.
   
• At the beginning of each school year, we will ask you to login AGAIN to verify that the information we have on record is up-to-date.
   

If you do not have access to the Internet, computers will be available at Madison May 8^th – May 18^th. Please call 299-4735 to schedule a time, so we can be sure to have someone available to assist you.

We are here from 7:30am - 3:30pm

In light of the horrific school shooting in Florida this week, we have received numerous calls and emails from concerned parents and guardians wanting to know what measures APS takes to keep its students and staff safe.

As Superintendent Reedy stated in a message posted to APS website and social media sites, all schools were asked to review their site safety plans which include detailed instructions for a host of possible emergency situations including an active shooter on campus. 

Here is some information we can share about how we address school safety:

· Our school safety plan includes site-specific instructions relevant to Madison, based on the design and layout of our building.

· We are required  to practice lockdown, shelter-in-place and evacuation drills according to our site-specific plan during the school year.  We have already had a lockdown drill and a shelter-in-place drill this year.  We will be practicing an evacuation drill at the end of this month.  

· In all emergency scenarios, we remind our students and staff to be responsive and follow the directions of all public safety responders.

· Fortunately for APS, we have our own Police Department that works closely with the Albuquerque Police Department and the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office. We have a Campus Security Aid assigned to  our school, and we have field officers who respond to incidences as well.

· Any time a student or staff member sees a suspicious person on campus or encounters a person who is being disruptive, they are asked to contact a police or safety officer or administrator.

· Visitors to our school are expected to check in at the front office and wear a visitor’s badge while on campus.  All staff and students are also required to wear ID badges while on campus.  This allows us to easily identify those folks that belong and those that don't.  

· We have over 25 security cameras on the Madison campus.

· We take seriously every threat or rumor of a threat to students, staff or school. We conduct immediate investigations, including student searches, and take disciplinary action when necessary.

· We do not discuss disciplinary actions because we are required by law to protect the privacy of all students, including students who may have made threats. However, we can say that students who make threats face disciplinary action that could include suspension and/or expulsion.

· Anyone who hears of a possible threat to a school is encouraged to contact a school administrator or police. The APS Police Department can be reached at 505-243-7712.

We all have a role to play in ensuring our schools continue to be a safe place for learning, and it is incumbent on all of us to be vigilant and supportive of one another. Remember, if you see or hear something, say something. You can contact APS School Police at 505-243-7712.

Our Scholastic Book Fair is a reading event that provides the books kids want to read. It's a wonderful selection of engaging and affordable books for every reading level. 
Reading for pleasure inside and outside of school has real and long-lasting benefits. It unlocks the power of information and imagination and helps children discover who they are. Please make plans to come to our Book Fair and be involved in shaping your child's reading habits. 
Remember, all purchases benefit our school. See you at the Book Fair!

Booklist

See Calendar for outline of activities
 

Soccer and Track & Field

Practice information!!

Soccer

      Practice will be on Tuesday Feb. 27^th and Wednesday Feb. 28^th 3:15-5:00pm. 

Next week practice will be on:

Tuesday Mar. 6^th            3:15-5:00pm.

Wednesday Mar. 7^th      3:15-5:00pm.

Thursday Mar. 8^th          3:15-5:00pm.

Please dress appropriately for practices and bring a water bottle

Track & Field

        Practice will begin on Monday Feb 26^th.  Report to the gym 3:15-5:00 pm.  Please make sure you dress appropriately for the weather and bring a water bottle.

As always make sure you have a completed APS physical on file or ready to be turned in on Monday.  All athletes must have a 2.0 with no more than 1 ‘F’ for the first semester.

Winter and Spring Athletics

Attention to all students who are thinking about trying out for any Winter or Spring sports.  You must finish the first semester with a 2.0 GPA, with no more than one ‘F’ in order to tryout for Girls Basketball, Track & Field and Boys and Girls Soccer.  First semester ends on Friday, December 15^th. 

You also must have an APS physical packet completed by the start of tryouts for the sport.

Girls basketball:  Tryouts for 6^th, 7^th and 8^th graders can begin on Monday Jan 8^th.  All physicals for this tryout must be submitted on Friday, January 5^th.  No exceptions!!!!  Please take time to sign up in the main office.  Grades will be checked by the Athletic Director.

Track & Field: Tryouts for 6^th, 7^th and 8^th grade girls and boys can begin on Monday, February 26^th.  Sign ups for T&F will be in the main office the first week of January. All physicals for this tryout must be submitted on Friday, February 23rd.  No exceptions!!!! Please listen to announcements for further information.

Soccer:  Tryouts for 6^th, 7^th and 8^th grade girls and boys can begin on February 21^st.  Sign ups for Soccer will be in the main office the first week of January.  All physicals for this tryout must be submitted on Monday, February 19th.  No exceptions!!!! Please listen to announcements for further information.

As you know the Madison main gym is under a major renovation so all PE classes and athletic activities must use the newly renovated auxiliary gym.  Also, APS Athletics revised our program so that the A & B boys teams will play in the fall and then the A & B girls teams will start in Jan.  That being said, along with hiring two new coaches and dealing with the logistics of having over 70 kids trying out in our Aux gym, we had to delay the start of our boys’ basketball tryouts.  Our new coaches are Brandon Heckroth-A team and John Siedlecki-B team.

After meeting with our new coaches, we have come up with a tryout schedule that will best meet our needs.

Friday Oct 20^th        

All 6^th and 7^th grade boys tryouts. Cuts will be made at the end of this tryout.

Monday Oct 23^rd    

7^th graders asked to come back and all 8^th graders.  Cuts will be made at the end of this tryout.

Tuesday Oct 24^th   

6^th, 7^th and 8^th grade boys ask to come back.  Cuts may be made at the end of this tryout.

Tryouts will start at 3:20 in the Auxiliary gym and run till 5:30pm.  Boys are to change into their practice clothes in the main hallway bathroom.  Any food should be eaten outside of the gym and only water bottles will be allowed in the gym.  No sports drinks are allowed in the gym.

Tryouts are closed to all spectators.  Parents should pick their student/athlete up promptly at 5:30.   We cannot leave students unattended in the parking lot and our coaches need to get home to their families as well.

All students who wish to tryout must have completed an APS physical form and either have turned them into the office already or bring with them to the first day of tryouts.  The athletic director will be checking grades for the first 9 weeks.  All students who tryout must have a 2.0 with no more than one ‘F’.

Thank you for your patience!  We look forward to a successful season.

See attached bus routes as of 10/2/17

There is a meeting for parents of 7^th and 8^th graders on October 2, 2017 for students planning on traveling to New York and Washington DC  from 3:30 to 4:30 pm in N8.

School Supply List 

Math

• Graph paper
• 2, 1 subject spiral notebook (suggested ones with the plastic cover)
• 6^th/7^th basic four function calculator
• 8^th scientific calculator

Science

• Composition notebook
• Colored Pencils for Class set
• Item that may be requested by individual e.g. 1 inch binder, index cards

Language Arts

• 2 Spiral notebook 80 pages (6^th and 7^th grade only)
• Composition notebook lined only 6^th grade
• Composition notebook lined only ( Gifted 7^th and all 8^th grade)

Social Studies

• 3x5 index cards (to be given to teacher)
• 2 spiral notebooks 80 pages
• Loose leaf paper

For all classes

• Earbuds
• Dividers
• #2 pencils
• Black pens
• Red pens
• Pencil pouch
• 2 Locks, 1 for locker, and 1 for PE
• Loose leaf paper

Orchestra

• 3 ring black binder

Items to be shared in classroom

• 2 boxes of tissue
• Bottle of hand sanitizer (Boys only)
• Sanitizing Wipes (Girls only)

Binders- 3 Ring

• 6^th grade Mandatory 1, 3 inch binder.

• 7^th and 8^th grade choice of 2, 2 inch binders or 4, 1 inch binders.
• Backpacks will be allowed to be carried from class to class.