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Announcements
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Parents: Have you registered
for ActiveParent?
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You can also support Madison Central by purchasing Kroger shopping cards below. If you use these cards to purchase your groceries at Kroger, MCHS will receive 5% of the total you spend on groceries.
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Mac’s Fresh Market Foods at School Street on Hwy 51 has begun a community Partners Program. Each time you shop there, you will be given one stamp for every $5 you spend. These stamps can be affixed to Madison Central’s card, which will be kept at Mac’s. Once the card is filled with stamps Mac’s will issue MC a check. Your participation in this program will help us buy needed equipment and supplies for our classroom. Thanks for your support.
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All students who park on campus MUST purchase a decal! The cost is now $10. You may purchase one on “A” days at break in the commons. If you are parked on campus without a decal, you are in violation and will receive an office referral.
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As a safety precaution, every morning once you arrive on campus, you must exit your vehicles and walk to the building. No one is allowed to remain in the parking lot.
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Is that English paper killing you? Do those Math problems make you feel like you are going to faint? Don’t worry, all you need is one of our certified E.M.T.’s (English Math Tutors). Stop by Wednesday morning in Mrs. Findley’s room( #214) to receive help from one of our tutors.
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Madison Central is beginning a new program, EcoTech, to increase student awareness of ecological issues while integrating up-to-date technology into the classrooms. To promote the program and raise funds for its support, we will be selling EcoTech t-shirts for $15 every Wednesday and Thursday in the cafetorium during lunch.
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Want to Dive the Great Barrier Reef? Hold a Koala? Play with Wallabies and Kangaroos? Travel to Australia with Mr. Hackman in the Summer of 2009. See all of this and more!!! 18 days down under! See Mr. Hackman for more details.
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Need a caffeine jolt in the morning to get you started? The Academic Team is selling coffee products every morning in front of the school for just a $1. Come after 8 in the morning in April and May for your coffee and favorite flavoring.
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The yearbook staff has extra t-shirts from who’s who and beauty and beau. Each shirt is $10. See Mrs. Callum if you would like to purchase one.
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If you are interested in prom pictures taken by Mrs. Shivers, they are loaded onto the library’s computer. You may download or print from there, just ask the Librarians for help.
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Sub-Deb pictures are in the front office. Please come by at lunch or break to pick up your pictures.
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The Madison Career and Technical Center Students are having a "Playhouse" raffle. The playhouse was built by the Construction Technology students at the center as a fundraiser for their club, SkillsUSA. Ticket are $10.00 each and the drawing will held on Friday, May 16 at the Career and Technical Center. Come by the student bulletin board to see a picture of what the playhouse looks like. Tickets can be purchased in the front office.
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Sophomores and Juniors: Remember to come by the Attendance Desk to pick up your Exam check out form. The form must be completed and returned to the Attendance Desk by break tomorrow. We will not accept phone check outs or notes from home for checkouts during exams.
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Attention All Juniors! The American Legion and Auxiliary is now taking applications for Boys and Girls State. Girls State, held June 7-13 at USM, and Boys State, held May 24-30th at Co-Lin Community College, are opportunities for rising seniors to learn about our system of Government as delegates of the 51st (tutorial) state called Magnolia.
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Mississippi State is once again offering four Madison Central High School Juniors the opportunity to participate in their 2008 Young Guns Leadership Development Camp. Young Guns is a a life-changing and inspiring adventure for rising high school seniors. Students will participate in one of four sessions from June 16-21, June 23-28, July 14-9, or July 21-26. If you would like to be one of the four Madison Central High School Juniors chosen to participate in the Young Guns Program, you should have submitted a resume to Mrs. Magee in student services by Friday, April 25th.
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Have you ever wanted to be an investigator from the T.V. show CSI? If so, you can learn all about the work of a crime scene investigator at the DNA Forensic Summer Program June 19 and 20th, 2008. This program, open to all students grades 8-12, will be held at the Agape Fellowship Family Life Center provided by DNA Identity. Applications are available in student services and the deadline to apply is May 15, 2008.
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The Fannie Lou Hamer National Institute on the campus of Jackson State University will be conducting a week-long summer workshop entitled: “The Southern Civil Rights Movement: The Pivotal Role of Young People” from July 7 12. The event is free of costs to students in 10th -12th grades. Students who are selected to attend the workshop will be paid a $100 stipend upon completion of the workshop. Space is limited. Applications for the workshop are available in student services. The deadline to apply is June 6, 2008.
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Attention Juniors! Millsaps College's "International Business Advantage Program for High School Students" is giving students an opportunity to participate in an international studies program in Yucatan, Mexico from July 14-24, 2008. If you are currently a junior interested in a career in business and would like to take advantage of this wonderful opportunity, please see Mrs. Magee in student services.
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Scholarships and Other Opportunities
For scholarships, please refer to the Student Services Web site.
Character Trait of the Week
This week we are studying the character trait of perseverance.
The definition of perseverance is: |
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to continue doing something in spite of obstacles or opposition. |
It is important to teach our young people to keep trying and keep focused on their goals, even when the going gets rough. Nothing can take the place of persistence.
Words of the Day
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This
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May 12, 2008 |
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Last Required Day For Seniors |
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Senior Review |
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Book Check |
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7:45 AM Eco-Club / Room 109 |
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7:45 AM SGA Meeting / 103 |
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8:00 AM AP Biology Exam |
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12:00 PM AP Physics Exam |
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3:35 PM Faculty Meeting / Cafetorium |
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3:45 PM - 6:00 PM Boys Basketball Tryouts / Gym |
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May 13, 2008 |
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Book Check |
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Senior "B" Day Exams |
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Dance Class Performance / 5th & 6th Block / Auditorium |
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7:45 AM Mu Alpha Theta / Room 221 |
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8:00 AM AP Chemistry Exam |
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8:00 AM AP Environmental Science Exam |
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12:00 PM AP Psychology Exam |
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3:35 PM "No Book" List Due To Mr. White |
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3:35 PM - 5:30 PM Dance Team Practice / Cafetorium |
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3:45 PM - 6:00 PM Boys Bsaketball Tryouts / Gym |
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4:00 PM Baseball Tryouts |
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May 14, 2008 |
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Senior "A" Day Exams |
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8:00 AM AP English Language Exam |
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12:00 PM AP Art History Exam |
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3:35 PM Exam Copies To Office |
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May 15, 2008 |
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Senior Makeup Exams |
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8:00 AM AP Macroeconomics Exam |
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8:00 AM AP World History Exam |
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12:00 PM AP Microeconomics Exam |
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3:35 PM Senior Grades Entered / Failure List To Student Services |
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3:35 PM - 5:30 PM Dance Team Practice / Cafetorium |
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3:35 PM - 5:30 PM Girls Basketball Tryouts / Gym |
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6:00 PM Baseball Banquet / Madison Methodist |
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May 16, 2008 |
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1st & 2nd Block Exams / 5th & 6h Review |
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ACT
Testing Dates |
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Test |
Postmark |
06/14 |
05/09 |
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You may register
online at act.org
* The 9/15 test will not be given
in Mississippi. |
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SAT
Testing Dates |
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Test |
Registration |
06/07 |
05/06 |
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