Beat the heat and grab your favorite at Franks-A-Lot on Burnside this Friday, June 7th, until 7pm. A percentage of profits will go to the school....thank you so much!

~ All da Vinci Library and Classroom Library books must be returned or missing book fees paid by June 3rd

~ All Chromebooks and charging cords need to be returned beginning June 7th. They need to be clean of stickers, writing and sticky residue

~ Locker cleanout will take place during Advisory period on June 11th

June 13th ~ Promotion Rehearsal

Students come to school to take part in the Rehearsal for Promotion.

June 13th ~ Promotion

The promotion ceremony for our 8th grade class will be held at Grant High School, beginning at 6:00pm. The dress is "dressy/casual", it isn't formal. Students should arrive at Grant by 5:30pm. This event is for friends and family and there are no tickets required. Grant is located at 2245 NE 36th Ave. The ceremony last approximately 75 minutes. We suggest students bring no more than four guests, so everyone will have a seat. There is handicapped seating available. No youth are allowed in the balcony without their adult seated with them. Please arrive with plenty of time to find parking. You may need to walk several blocks as parking in the neighborhood is limited. The main entrance is located on 36th Ave. Please arrive on time. 

June 13th ~ PTSA 8th grade Ice Cream Sundae Celebration 

After promotion at Grant Park (NE 33rd Ave and US Grant Place)

June 14th ~ Last day of school!

8th graders may attend through this last day of school. There will be a Talent Show and Field Day, and yearbooks will be distributed to all students. If students will not be attending after promotion, be sure to report absences as usual.

End of Year Events ~

June 4th Arts and Creative Writing Capstone event "Show A", in the Auditorium from 1:15-3:15pm

June 4th Literary and Visual Arts Capstone event from 5-6:30pm

June 6th Arts and Creative Writing Capstone event "Show A", in the Auditorium from 1:15-3:15pm

June 10th Field Trip for the 8th graders to Oaks Park

June 13th Promotion Rehearsal during the school day

June 13th Promotion 6-8pm at Grant High School

June 13th Ice Cream Sundae Celebration following Promotion in Grant Park

June 14th Last day of school (Talent Show, Field Day and Yearbook Distribution)

A little over 30 years ago, a Madison High School student named Joseph Janson had a simple wish. He wanted to go to a dance. But nothing was simple for Joseph, who was born with Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy and was confined to a wheelchair. 

He confided his wish to Tony Nitz, who at that time was an educational assistant at Madison (now Leodis V. McDaniel High School). Tony had been working one-on-one with Joseph for months and he immediately went about making the young man’s dream come true.

“The truth is, I would have done anything for Joseph,” Nitz said. “He was a unique person, and we had a very special bond.”

Madi Bourdon’s first book practically wrote itself. 

According to the Glencoe Elementary School counselor and Gender Sexuality Alliance (GSA) coordinator, it only took them an hour and a half to finish A Kid’s Book About Chosen Family, which came out this March with A Kid’s Co. publishing.

For the past three years, Alondra Nieves Barajas has been both student and teacher.

Most days, the senior from Roosevelt High School attends class, does her homework, and spends time with her friends just like any other 18-year-old. But on Wednesday nights, you can find her at the front desk, teaching adults – often much older than herself – the ins and outs of the United States naturalization test.

When Aaron Presberg first got the email from the White House, he thought it was some sort of prank. 

Then he shared the message with a few colleagues who assured him that it was no joke, and the exciting reality that he had been invited to Washington, D.C. to present at the White House’s first-ever Summit for Sustainable and Healthy K–12 School Buildings and Grounds started to sink in.