Madison Minutes

Dear Madison Families,

With the tragedy that took place in Georgia this week I wanted to remind everyone about the importance of school safety. Each situation is different so we want to ensure comprehensive measures are consistently followed. Each year every campus in the District is spot checked from the State and from the District. Although the fences and exterior doors are all in working order, what is often found is that students hold the doors open for each other, often to be courteous. Sometimes, students are stopped as they are headed to a gate to let an adult in with no badge. Luckily these end up just being the inspectors, but you can imagine the problem this could cause. Although we tell the students daily on the announcements, it would help if you would reinforce this at home. Please have that conversation with them. And please make sure to drop off your kids in the front of the building so they have to go through the main entrance. The response time for officers to come to a campus in this district is amazing, but every second counts.

Now that course request changes have ended, we will be balancing class numbers so there may be a chance of future changes to make sure classes are of optimal size for the learning environment. Please be understanding if this happens to your child.

Our school's Meet the Teacher/Greenback Night is approaching. We will have ours on Tuesday, September 17th. We will send out more detailed information but go ahead and block off your calendar for that evening.

Makeups for Senior pictures will be held Sept. 19 and Sept. 20 in our PAC. Seniors should sign up using the QR code located in all English classrooms.

Student devices are now available for checkout. Please contact the AP office if one is needed for your student.

Go Mavs!

Eric Wernli

Email: ewernl@neisd.net
Website: Neisd.net/Madison
Location: 5005 Stahl Road, San Antonio, TX, USA
Phone: 210-356-1400
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MadisonNEISD
Twitter: @mavs_jm

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9

• Madison Dance Competition Parent <Meeting / 6:30pm - 7:30pm / PAC

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10

• Freshmen & JV Volleyball vs Davenport HS / 5:00pm - 7:00pm / Davenport HS
• Varsity Volleyball vs Davenport HS / 6:00pm - 8:00pm / Davenport HS

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11

• Tennis vs Brandeis HS / 4:30pm - 7:30pm / Blossom Tennis Center
• Pokemon Club meeting / 4:30pm - 5:00pm / Portable 2B

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12

• HOSA Meeting / 8:15am - 8:454am / Room K202
• Senior Flex Assembly / Flex Period (10:35am - 11:15am) / PAC Auditorium
• Guitar Club Meeting / 4:20pm - 5:00pm / Room F06
• Freshmen Football vs Smithson Valley HS / Orange team @ 4:30pm, White team @ 6:00pm / Madison HS
• JV Football @ Smithson Valley HS / White team @ 5:00pm, Orange team @ 6:00pm / Smithson Valley HS

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13

• Pep Rally / 8:25am - 8:45am / Gilmore
• Freshmen & JV Volleyball vs Churchill HS / Freshmen @ 5:15pm, JV @ 5:30pm / Madison HS
• Varsity Volleyball vs Churchill HS / 6:45pm - 8:45pm / Madison HS
• Varsity Football vs Smithson Valley HS-SENIOR NIGHT / 7:30pm - 10:30pm, / Comalander Stadium

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14

• ACT Weekend / 7:00am - 3:00pm / Madison HS
• Varsity & JV Cross Country Harlandale Meet / 8:00am - 12:00pm / Harlandale Memorial Stadium
• International Observe the Moon Night / 9:00pm - 10:30pm / Tennis Courts

Congratulations to our Madison Cross Country team who competed very well at the Medina Valley Panthers Invitational!
Our top two finishers for the Varsity girls Alexis Arevalo finished 27th and Mikaela Sotelo finishing 42nd and our entire group of Mayah Medina, Brooklyn Garza, Mallory Jones, Alexandra Martinez, Ivonne Garcia, Ayla Brand, and Sophia Rivas all with big personal bests or seasons bests!
Great Jobs ladies!
Our top finisher for the Varsity boys was Nicholas Maldonado who finished in 4th place. Our entire group of Candelario Colunga, Ethan Rodrigues, Gabriel Sotelo, Kingston Hernandez, Daniel Herrera, and Jonah Rivera all with finished big with personal bests or season bests!
Great job Madison Cross Country!

Hello Maverick Cluster!

The Madison HS Dollies Varsity Dance Team will be performing during halftime at the Spurs game on October 9 at 7pm. We would love to see our Maverick family and community at the game.

Please click this link for special pricing.

Parking Link

Thank you so much for your support! 🙂

All parent or doctor notes may be sent to the Attendance office to save time. DOCTOR NOTES MUST BE ON LETTERHEAD OF THE CORRESPONDING DOCTOR'S OFFICE.

NEW EMAIL ADDRESS: MADISONATTENDANCE@NEISD.NET

Our Attendance Clerks are Emilia Vela (9th & 11th Grades) and Lizette Brenner (10th & 12th Grades). Their phone numbers are:

Mrs. Vela - 210-356-1401

Mrs. Brenner - 210-356-1432

Any attendance issues with specific classes should be addressed via email to the particular teacher(s) in question prior to contacting the Attendance office.

Please review family access in Skyward to confirm your phone numbers and email. If you are unable to access Skyward, you can call our Help Desk at 210-356-HELP (4957).

Hello Mavericks!

It's time for another exciting school year to start and we hope your start has been a great one. A very important part of Madison High School is our PTSA.

Madison's PTSA supports critical academic needs, is an active voice on decisions that impact your child's health, safety and quality of education, and builds a stronger, more inclusive school community. Who can join? Anyone can join; parents, guardians, students, grandparents, teachers, alumni, and family members.

We invite you to renew your membership and PTSA FOR ALL STUDENTS because increasing our membership, even by one, makes it possible to:

*Bring educational & enrichment programs to our campus;

*Advocate for every child and teacher at the State and Federal level;

*Support various campus student organizations;

*Sponsor Senior Scholarships;

*Support Madison faculty and staff.

There is no wrong or right way to be involved-anything you can give, whether it's time or money, will support your child's potential. Volunteering is not a requirement to join PTSA. We invite you to join because we can do more together than apart. It only take 5 minutes to join: www.joinpta.org

If you have already joined, THANK YOU!

With kindest regards,

James Madison Senior High PTSA

#themadisonway #wearemadison #onceamavalwaysamav

Email: Madison.HS.PTSA@gmail.com

Here's your chance to help feed the hungry families of the Madison community. The link to information on the Peanut Butter Bowel website is as follows:

https://peanutbutterbowl.com/

The link to Donate to the 2024 Peanut Butter Bowl is listed below. Please select the Madison Mavericks when donating.

Every $2 donation equals a jar of peanut butter.

https://peanutbutterbowl.com/online-donation-form/

All contributions are greatly appreciated.

Our athletic booster club are selling yard signs, fence signs and decals for a fundraiser this year. Examples of yard signs as well as fence signs and decals are shown below. Please use the attached link to make your purchase:

https://form.jotform.com/241605725951155

Greetings PTA Presidents and Principals -

The Clothes Closet looks forward to partnering with your campus for the 2024-25 school year to fulfill our PTA mission to make every child's potential a reality by providing students with school appropriate clothing. To achieve this goal, we need your help.

First, please share in your Welcome Packet this 24-25 Clothes Closet Flyer. Many families are unaware of this resource, how to utilize it when there is a need, and how to donate needed items. Part of our continued success will be found by spreading the word to new families and to others in our community.

Secondly, please familiarize your board with the 2024-25 Clothes Closet Schedule and Volunteer SignUp.com link. Each campus is assigned one volunteer shift for the school year. This is an opportunity for your general membership to participate in a very impactful program - no experience necessary!

We look forward to working with you. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Leigh Henry

North East ISD Council of PTAs, President

cell 210-789-7529
president@necouncilpta.com

If you are interested in volunteering on campus, please complete the online District Criminal History Record Check form. A link to the form is attached below:

neisd.net/volunteer/register-form

The standard processing period is 5-7 business days. Once your application is processed, you will be issued a volunteer ID# and you should receive a confirmation email (noreply@neisd.net) when your application has been processed and approved. During peak seasonal activities/events, processing periods may be extended. Paper applications are no longer accepted. Active volunteers should be reprocessed every two years. Adult applicants should be 18 years + to volunteer and not a current NEISD student. District employees who would like to participate as a volunteer will need to complete the online form as the volunteer office does not have access to employee's HR information. Thank you in advance for considering to be a volunteer!

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