The Galloping Gazette

Madison’s Graduation Ceremony

jpettigrew — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:37:30 +0000

On Thursday, May 10 2012, Madison Academic’s graduation took place in the auditorium at 6p.m. It was well-attended by members of the community. Valedictorian, Katie Buchanan, and Salutatorian, May Wheeler both gave speeches during the ceremony. The ceremony lasted about an hour, but the graduates will remember that great feeling they got as they crossed the stage, for the rest of their lives.

Carnegie Madhouse

jpettigrew — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:20:30 +0000

On Friday, May 4 2012, Mrs. Phillips took her junior, advanced placement U.S. History class to the Carnegie Center in downtown Jackson. During the trip, the students were able to explore different aspects of the museum.

The presentation from the tour guide and the way students mingled gave off a positive atmosphere during the trip. Kelsey Hosford, talked about her favorite part. “I really enjoyed the children’s art museum,” said Kelsey. Classmate Dylan Pittman later stated “I liked Island number ten and Mr. Herpert Alexander, (Morgan Cowles grandfather’s) presentation of it.” James Head said he liked the paintings because they had a “vivid appearance”.

Due in part to how well the students participated and the enthusiasm of the tour guide, the trip turned out to be a huge success. Mrs. Phillips was able to stay calm and ended the day the same way she started it. All the students made it to the Carnegie and all the students made it back, and that’s success in itself.

Summer

adviser — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:29:36 +0000

Fairytale

kwortham — Wed, 09 May 2012 16:02:30 +0000

Last Saturday prom was held at the Civic Center from 8pm to 12pm.

Coach Maurice Brooks

droberts — Tue, 08 May 2012 16:37:11 +0000

Each school has a class that each student must take in order to graduate. Here at Madison, each student must pass Wellness and Physical Education. The young men who are enrolled in these courses must go through Coach Maurice Brooks, the boys Wellness and P.E. teacher. Not only does he teach, but Coach Brooks is also the assistant basketball and track coach.

Coach Brooks is a native of Jackson, Tennessee and a product of the Jackson-Madison County School System. He enrolled in Jackson Central Merry High School his freshman year, where he remained until the end of his junior year. He then completed his high school education across town at North Side High School.

In high school, Brooks was very active in sports. He was a member of the football, basketball, baseball, and soccer teams.

After high school, Coach Brooks attended Jackson State Community College and the University of Tennessee at Martin. He pursued his lifetime goal when he majored in Health and Physical Education. “I always knew I wanted to have a career relating to Health, but I didn’t know exactly what field I wanted to pursue” stated Coach Brooks.

His hobbies include working out, and watching and playing various sports. When Coach Brooks has free time, he enjoys spending it with his son, Jordan, and other family members. He also mentioned that he likes to watch and support the Lady Vols basketball team.

The Galloping Gazette would like to thank Coach Maurice Brooks for his hard work and dedication to Madison Academic.

Fixing Up the Dugout

kwortham — Tue, 08 May 2012 16:16:41 +0000

In memory of Sam Bomar, Sam’s Dugout was established. The dugout is located on the first floor near Ms. Fly’s room. It contains school clothes of various sizes and colors.

Starting off, the dugout was in disarray. Therefore, recently the dugout crew: Grace Howell, Adaja, Katie Donavant, Black Monroe, and Gisela Acosta, organized the clothes on shelves and hangers by size. It is now more convenient to pick your size.

School shirts neatly folded by size

Juvie

Katie Gordon — Tue, 08 May 2012 16:02:21 +0000

Congratulations to Ms. Fly’s theatre III honors group on their performance of Juvie. In this touching play, the audience is shown the emotions and logic behind teenage reasoning through their phase of rebellion. Set in an imaginary courthouse/jail setting, the audience feeds off the actors to build the scene themselves. “I thought the play was very well done, Ms. Fly had a wonderful cast and crew to deliver this amazing production,” stated Sydney Chung, a rising senior. West Middle School students also attended this Becky Fly performance. With tentative ears and watchful eyes, they had a firsthand experience of Madison’s extraordinary theater program. Kathelene White commented on the West Middle students, “They were surprisingly calm for their age; they showed a lot of respect for the actors on stage.” The cast and crew worked very well together to put on a marvelous show, and took care of a business.

Save a Life

droberts — Wed, 02 May 2012 16:52:40 +0000

Lifeline Blood Services visited Madison Monday, April 30^th.

The blood mobile stayed for a total of five and a half hours in an attempt to get as many donors as possible.

Thanks to the hard work of the staff, approximately 16 donors supported this event by giving blood.

This was the last time the blood mobile will visit Madison Academic this year.

Class of 2012 Prank

Renard Miles — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:11:01 +0000

The Madison Academic senior class of 2012 revealed their prank to the student body on Friday, April 27, 2012. Intended to be all in good fun, the prank consisted of the seniors parking their cars around the perimeter of the student parking lot prohibiting underclassmen from parking in their normal locations. After blocking off the parking lot, the seniors then ate breakfast and listened to music as they cherished memories they made here at Madison.

What Are You Looking Forward To This Summer?

Aaliyah Hankins — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:19:53 +0000

The buzz with Friday being the seniors’ last day of school is filling the halls and the minds of many, and leaves the underclassmen with a sense of anxiety and optimism for the year to come. We were interested in seeing an underclassman’s perspective on the end of the year and what they were looking forward to the summer before they get closer and closer to their senior year.

Thomas Arbuckle II- I’m doing “Anything Goes” with the Jackson Theatre Guild this summer.”
Dylan Pittman- “Looking forward to going to youth camp, Jonathan’s creek in Kentucky.
Ami’Hannna Huff- “I look forward to my 16^th birthday and going to Disney World”
Laura Courtner-“Dancing on dugouts at work.”
Anne Elizabeth Garrard and Jenny Chung- “Going to a Jason Mraz concert.”
Abbie Hitchon and Abbey Cummings-“Getting tan.”
Sommer Gist-“Outward Bound and hiking with a bunch of kids.”