001Hello, I'm Mike Duff, proud principal of Madison Traditional Academy. Madison Traditional Academy is the only K-8 school in the Madison School District. Madison Traditional Academy is a traditional school which focuses on teacher led instruction and textbook based instruction. It was began as a school of choice so that students could attend with high academic expectations, including math being taught one year in advance. We also have a uniform policy and a volunteer parent requirement to fulfill for your children to attend Madison Traditional Academy or MTA, as we're known. I hope you find this presentation informational to you, and you can always consult the web page for more information or contact us if you have any questions. We thank you for watching and being part of this and considering Madison. Remember: "MTA - where learning never stops!" My
002name is Katie Gullette. I teach kindergarten here at Madison Traditional Academy. What you'll see when you walk into a kindergarten room, are desks all in a row, kids have their own space, their own materials. The curriculum is teacher directed at times. What that means is the students are listening and learning. But don't let that fool you because there are plenty of times we can get down to the carpet or the mat, and we do a more social kind of learning. In the morning. We teach Saxon math, which is a faster paced curriculum. We also have a specific phonics program called Spalding. We also, in the afternoon, we also have art, P.E., music and some library time. We also have reading groups in the afternoons. During center time, we get a chance to, the aide and
003I, have a chance to call students back individually or in small groups to reinforce concepts taught earlier that week or even that day. We also can help students who need a challenge. We can bring them back as well and give them just a little extra challenge, little extra push.