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Three Hamilton Middle School staff members endured the pain of cold and icy Lake Monona, but their group of 10 raised over $1,900.  Eric Goelzer, Sara Parrell and David Long participated in Special Olympics' Polar Plunge on Feb.

Connor Driscoll of La Follette HS won the Bronze Medallion of Excellence for “Dreidel” in the 2010 Scholastic Art Awards hosted by the Milwaukee Art Museum. His work alone earned this honor from among more than 1,200 works submitted by middle and high school students throughout Wisconsin.   His La Follette art teacher is Monique Karlen.

Glendale students admire their new mosaic at the school's entrance. Artist Megan Cain worked with students on the theme of community.

Members of the Madison state legislative delegation recently visited Falk El to talk to students, staff and parents about the school's successes and challenges. Here, students greet Rep. Kelda Helen Roys (lft.) and Rep. Sondy Pope-Roberts and provided the legislators with information about their school.

Students in Jim Igielski's 5th grade class at Lincoln Elementary School opened the boxes containing 1,000 books donated to the school through PaperBackSwap.com.  The brand new books have been placed in teachers' classrooms or given to students.  Paperbackswap.com is a free online book club in which members swap books for the cost of postage.

Students at Randall Elementary spent a day learning about different aspects of Hmong life in Laos. Here, a student simulates sifting rice from the outer hulls. Students learned about basket weaving, story cloths, traditional games, dancing and singing with the help of Hmong parents.

Relive Dorothy's trials and tribulations in the Land of Oz when Memorial HS performs the "Wizard of Oz" on successive weekends beginning Friday, January 29 and ending Saturday, February 6 with all shows at 7:30 p.m.

Recent graduates speak positively about the well-rounded education they received in Madison Schools, as reported by the Capital Times.