By Marlen Zamora Week 1/13/2014-1/19/2014 YEARBOOKS ON SALE $70 -All personalized orders must be in by Jan.25 Monday- Musical Rehearsal 4:15-6:30pm Location: James Madison H.S. Auditorium Color Guard Rehearsal 4:30-7:00pm Location: Madison Gym JV Girls Soccer vs Brennan 4:30-6:00pm Location:Brennan High School Varsity Boys/Girls Soccer vs Brennan (Boys game 7:00)-KT 5:00-8:30pm Location:Madison H.S. Bac-E JV…
Month: January 2014
Junior Core Updates
By Marlen Zamora Monday February 24,2014 Junior core will be selling the junior class shirts in the cafeteria starting February 24th through the 27th. Shirts will be $5. All money goes towards prom. Thursday January 9, 2014 Fundraiser decisions to raise money for prom is in works. The decisions for decorations, themes, invitations, and djs…
French Club Updates
By Marlen Zamora Friday January 10- This meeting the French Club colored French flags for the eighth grade visits on Wednesday. On the Works is the picnic and film nights which will be held around spring time. March 4 is the German Festival from 4:30-6:30. It will be a masquerade/costume party so dress up! Monday January 13-…
Wacky Weeks
By Meagan Ozuna Jan. 2-8 The start of January is when people focus on resolutions for the New Year. Trying to keep resolutions is more stressful than the actual resolution itself. So instead being stressed out and having “resolutions”, just laugh about it. Which is why this week is Someday We’ll Laugh About This week…
“The Perfect Gift For The Holidays”
By Mikaela Arce “Grey Thursday”, “Black Friday”, “Cyber Monday”- all offer dramatic price cuts on merchandise in store and online. 70%, 80%, sometimes even as much as 90% off (some sarcastically call it “the day merchandise is sold for what it’s actually worth”). With this year’s latest sales, it’s impossible not to take advantage of…
A True Princess
By Courtney Johnson For most kids early life is filled with fond memories of playing outside and watching animated movies that are full of wonder, mystery and royalty. Many of the films that make up such childhoods are produced by Disney, a company that is known for creating movies with heart felt meaning, hardship, and…
Winter Concert
By Jissele Wright Orchestra performed their annual Winter Concert for family and friends Wednesday night. Holiday music filled the auditorium as the five levels of orchestra performed their finale number “A Christmas Festival” together. “The best part of the winter concert is the last song, Christmas Festival, because we [Philharmonic Orchestra] didn’t have to play by…
Blue Santa
By Marlen Zamora Ho! Ho! Ho! Sound familiar? Operation Blue Santa is a San Antonio police department project, going on for more than twenty-five years. This year, Madison students happily took part. Our mission was to spread Christmas to all. The toys were collected this Friday December 13. Each third period class was in competition…
Not So Silent Night
By Mackenzie Wallace The sounds of the season flowed across the auditorium last Tuesday evening as the four Madison bands put together a compilation of friendly carols for the community to enjoy at this special holiday band concert. Instrumental versions of many popular Christmas songs were performed to help welcome in holiday spirit. The evening…
The Effects Of Standardized Testing
By Ethan Martinez Everyday, students attend school to set futures for themselves and gain important knowledge for the long and winding road called life. After the many months of hard work and determination, the time of standardize testing arrives before the person knows it. This test shows what the student learned throughout the year and…