The Monarch, Issue #3, April 2015
Welcome readers to our third issue of The Monarch, Madison Middle School’s on-line monthly magazine. Thanks for checking us out and giving our writers an authentic audience. Our mission is to provide a space for all students to share their perfect, and not so perfect, pieces of writing. Enjoy! Melissa Ivan Publisher Don’t Give […]
The Monarch, Issue #2, March 2015
Welcome readers to our second issue of The Monarch, Madison Middle School’s on-line monthly magazine. We’d like to thank you for stopping by and enjoying the variety of writing. Our writers write with high hopes of being read. Please keep our mission in mind. We are not interested in publishing only the best writing […]
Social Justice Writing Contest
During the month of January thru mid February, our Focus classes discussed issues of Social Justice. The 6th graders studied the early life of Martin Luther King Jr. The 7th graders explored the Montgomery Bus Boycotts, the bombing of the Birmingham church where four girls lost their lives and Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘I Have […]
Local and National Writing Contests and Publishing Opportunities
Hey Students, Check out the following local and national writing contests and publishing opportunities: Willamette Writers Kay Snow Awards Wordcrafters in Eugene Young Writers Contest Teen Ink One Teen Story
The Monarch, Issue #1 February 2015
Welcome to The Monarch, Madison Middle School’s on-line monthly magazine. The purpose of The Monarch is to give students a place to publish their perfect, and not so perfect, pieces of writing. Writers write in order to be read. When students are able to expand the audience for whom they are writing, beyond that of their teachers, […]
Kindness Writing Contest
Starting the week before Thanksgiving until winter break, our Focus classes discussed the meaning of kindness. Students participated in a canned food drive for local families and gathered over 2,000 items of food which was enough to feed twenty families over the winter break. Since Madison students collected so many items, each family received 100 […]
Bully Writing Contest
This school year, Madison is holding a series of writing contests. Each contest will be based upon a character trait that we discuss in our Focus classes. This past month we’ve been talking about respect and teaching students how to interrupt bullying. We hosted our first writing contest this past week. Students were […]