Dear Madison Families,
As we finish a month of gratitude, we anticipate a busy December as we move to the upcoming winter break. The holidays offer a special time for reflection and connection. I’m grateful to work and serve such a supportive, student-centered community. I wish you all a joyful and restful holiday season. Thank you for your continued partnership in your child’s education.
As we look toward to close out 2024, here are a few items for your consideration:
- Mission & Vision Input: We’re excited to share that our mission and vision work has begun, with valuable input from our teachers and students. Now, we need your voice! We invite you to join the conversation and help shape the future of our school. We will keep the feedback form open until mid-January. Please share this link with other families: Mission and Vision Parent Input Form. We will also share this link in our This Week at Madison weekly newsletter.
- Senior Wings: Senior Wings applications are due to advisory teachers on Thursday, December 12th. If your student is having trouble finding a Wings placement for May, please email Anita Hartley, a member of our Senior Wings team, at [email protected]. For more information on MAD Wings, click here.
- Competency-Based Learning (CBL) Across the US: Madison has been exploring innovative approaches to student learning for almost a decade. I shared the following link with my staff last week and told them how grateful I am for their commitment to our CBL framework which focus on content skills and mastery learning. I thought some of you might be interested in this link too. It’s a map of the US with all the competency-based learning happening across the country.
- Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) Accountability and Accreditation Changes: Beginning with this school year, the VDOE is moving forward with new accountability and accreditation reform. Visit the VDOE School Performance and Support Framework to see the proposed changes and how schools will receive their ratings. The following is a snapshot of the new system. We will communicate more about these changes as VDOE releases its guidance over the coming months. It’s a complex system that continues to evolve.
- FCPS Strategic Plan Data and Madison’s School Improvement and Innovation Plan (SIIP): FCPS requires each school to have an SIIP plan aligned with the FCPS Strategic Plan. Since it is the end of Quarter 1, it’s a great time to share with you our goals and data to date. To see our SIIP at a Glance, click here.
o HS Performance in Coursework: Teachers are continually developing opportunities for all students to demonstrate and provide evidence of their learning across all subjects. For our SIIP goal this year, we’re focusing on increasing the percentage of students earning a C- or higher, particularly for our Students with Disabilities (SWD) and Multilingual Learners (MLL) subgroups. Our goal is a 4% increase for these groups by June 2025. When looking at these numbers, it’s important to remember that the vast majority of summative assessments have not had the opportunity for reassessment by the end of the first quarter.
- HS Progress Toward Advanced Coursework: At Madison, the vast majority of our students access advanced coursework at some point during their four years. Based on enrollment to date, we are on track to meet our yearly goals which are:
- By the end of the school year 2024-2025, the percentage of students succeeding in one or more AP/DE or other 1.0 weighted courses or earning CTE finisher status by the end of high school will increase by 4% (91% SY 24 to 95% SY25).
- By the end of the school year 2024-2025, students with disabilities and multi-language learner groups level 3-4 who have met or are projected to meet the CCCRI requirement will each increase by 10%.
Sincerely,
Liz Calvert, Principal
Madison High School
2500 James Madison Drive
Vienna, Virginia 22181
Phone: 703-319-2311
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://madisonhs.fcps.edu/