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Madison Elementary celebrated its 10th birthday with a school-wide program and celebration on Wednesday, May 24. The program included recognition of staff that have been at Madison all ten years and retired staff, as well as a video that shared both student and staff memories. All students, staff, and attendees enjoyed birthday cake and an […]

Madison Elementary paired with Hy-Vee to encourage and promote recycling to recognize Earth Day last week. During a PBIS assembly the students were made aware of the importance of recycling and how they could make a positive impact on the environment by being responsible while recycling. The week following the assembly the school body collected […]

Camp Read-a-Lot was held on February 21 & 23 at Madison & Lincoln Elementary Schools for Preschool-3rd grade families. This was a night for families to experience many different literacy activities together. Some of those activities included: reading under the stars, camping bingo and memory, sight word fishing, nature hike writing, family photo booth, making […]

First graders from Madison Elementary had a special visit from some high school speech students this week. These students gave a performance of their Reader’s Theater piece, Scooby Doo’s “What A Night For A Knight,” which they presented at the State Speech Contest last month. Part of the curriculum used in the K-3 classrooms includes […]

Mrs. Fessler’s  First grade class visited the Veterans at The Cottages on Veteran’s Day.   Their time there was spent by singing the National Anthem, their state song, and their President song.  They also each read a note telling the Veterans why they were thankful for their service. They blessed the residents greatly in their interactions […]

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Pella Community School District Needs Assessment Survey Each school district in Iowa conducts a district needs assessment survey every five years to help determine the direction of the school system. The Pella Community School District recently conducted an online assessment that had 823 respondents. These individuals represented high school students, K-12 parents, parents of preschool […]

The Pella Community Schools are proud to announce state teacher of the year awards for two staff members: Joe Burch has been named as the 2014 Elementary Physical Education Teacher of the Year for the state of Iowa by the Iowa Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance. IAHPERD has also named Amy Belding […]