Madison Middle School, home of the Redhawks, is located in Madison, WV, the county seat of Boone County. With the help and support of Site Coordinators Melissa Spratt and Eva Ellis, students at our Madison site have had eventful fall and winter sessions.
ElectricSky™ Theater staff member and mentor Joshua Williams worked with students and got them excited about creative writing by using mythology and astronomy. Students selected a god or goddess to research and then created a mock Facebook page for their deity. While exploring Egyptian mythology, students used actual papyrus writing material to create their own cartouches. Students also got the chance to explore the nighttime sky in our Starlab portable planetarium. The fall session concluded with a family night ice cream social for parents, students and staff.
January 2012 provided a unique challenge for our students at Madison as mentors Ian Bode and Katheryne Hawkins worked with students to design and create a school mural. This project provided much opportunity for teamwork, creative thinking and problem solving as students had limited space and tons of ideas! The end result celebrates the spirit of the Redhawks, capturing the excitement of art, music, sports and learning present at Madison Middle.
For the next mentor session, Caitlin Yahr challenged Madison students to get creative and use their problem solving skills in a variety of team challenges. Using everything from simple paper airplane designs to complex robotics, students got an up close experience with several branches of engineering.
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