001[Music] hello everybody my name is rose devine and i am the principal of madison roselane elementary school we are madison school district's school for the visual and performing arts for kindergarten through fourth grade students and i'm very happy today to meet with you and to talk with you during this discover madison tour virtually one of the things that makes our signature program so special is that students beginning in kindergarten have the opportunity to participate in music dance pe and art and they do that in first grade as well once they become second graders they have the opportunity to also participate in theater and when they become third and fourth graders they have the further opportunity to drill down a little bit more and choose the two disciplines that they want to focus in for their
002third and fourth grade years so it's a very well-rounded program beginning in kindergarten and especially developing into our third and fourth grade our students feed into madison number one middle school also the middle school in madison for visual and performing arts and once they get there they have a chance to grow their expertise and their artistry in all of the different art disciplines that they participated in here plus a whole bunch of others we have a couple of different after school activities specifically we have our rose lane uh chorus and we have our rose lane rocket news which is our media club and then we also have our dance club and those opportunities are for kids who meet after school two days a week we're very very proud of the performance opportunities that we present
003when we're in non-pandemic times for kids who are in our clubs but the other thing that i want to share with you is that our kids at every grade level usually have a chance to perform at the at the madison center for the arts we look forward to return to those times so that our kids can be on stage showing all the things that they've worked on and rehearse so hard for throughout the year i wanted to talk with you also about our academic program students at madison rose lane participate in the full array of content areas related to math english language arts reading social studies and science and when they are working with their teachers they're usually doing it in a very very cooperative fashion we have lots of cooperative learning structures that are
004related to getting kids to work in either triads or in pairs or with groups and it gets kids up and moving so that they can participate with each other and learn from one another and learn with each other in a fun and engaging manner hi i'm mrs patton and i teach kindergarten at madison roseland my team and i focus on building strong foundations of learning for our students to be successful in kindergarten and for the years to come at the start of the school year we focus on our school-wide expectations which it can be difficult coming from preschool or from home to a big new school so to help them out with that we focus on those schoolwide expectations and they're connected to our mascot the rocket we are the rosling rockets and we soar
005which means we are safe organized accountable and respectful in addition to our schoolwide expectations we focus on the social and emotional learning of our students socially we work on building that classroom community that sense of belonging emotionally we focus on all those emotions that everyone has and in kindergarten those emotions can be big so when we're frustrated when we're angry sad scared we're so excited we can't contain it we learn those strategies to help us cope with those emotions to bring ourselves back to calm and centered so with that we feel belonging we feel safe and we're ready for learning we focus on the foundational skills of phonics and phonemic awareness through reading writing we also focus on mathematics science and social sciences and with that we also have our small groups so when a
006student is struggling with their learning when they need some extra help we have small groups to focus their lessons specifically for them and also with that the other side is challenging our students our small groups really help to focus on the needs of specific those specific needs of our learners we also provide our students with technology they have access to chromebooks to our smart boards which are interactive so they can engage in their learning and manipulate things on the smart board we also have document cameras where students can project their school work where they can show their students their friends and their classmates what they've been working on and just have that feeling of being proud of their accomplishments and share that with their peers so with that i am so excited for you to
007check out madison rose lane and thank you for stopping by i also wanted to tell you a little bit about our library our library is fully equipped with over 5000 hardcover titles as well as access to a digital library of over 16 000 titles parents and students alike once they're enrolled at rose lane can participate in checking books out of either the digital platform or from our library stores that are on the bookshelves themselves we have an extremely extremely well developed social and emotional learning program that is driven not only by classroom teachers but organized by our full-time social worker who is here five days a week not only meeting with kids on an individual and small group basis but also helping to support teachers as teachers support kids and growing all the different kinds
008of skills that make a successful student a successful citizen and a successful member of the workforce topics in our social emotional learning program which is called i'm it it stands for in madison it's taught include things like developing empathy learning how to apologize appropriately [Music] emotional wellness and all kinds of other topics that are related to interrelations between kids and between kids and adults we're very proud of that program and we look forward to your child participating in it on a daily basis one of the things that i am most proud of at rose lane is the outstanding staff and the way that we integrate with our incredibly supportive community our pto is known as team that stands for together everyone achieves more and it really is true it's a very collaborative relationship we have
009monthly meetings but we have all kinds of opportunities for parent participation and support either in the classroom when we return to our usual operations and there's no more pandemic we have art masterpiece that is a fantastic program and we also have a variety of special events and activities that are family movie nights family pizza nights school dances and the like but we're excited for our students to be able to have a supportive and collaborative relationship between teachers staff and our community members represented by team i know that one of the things you're eager to see are some of our facilities that relate to our signature program and so i want to talk with you a little bit about each one of them our pe room is fully equipped with a huge array of all kinds
010of bicycles and balance beams and balls of a variety of sorts and our pe classes are not just conducted there but when the weather is permitting it outside on the field as well our music room is very well equipped with xylophones recorders all kinds of other percussion instruments drums and so on and kids get to participate not only in learning how to play those as they get older and older but also even from their early kindergarten years in how to read music and that's an important skill not only for kids who pursue their interest in music but for all children because it helps reinforce key math concepts our theater room is equipped with a small practice stage and is a great place where kids get to integrate all kinds of skills in language arts particularly
011related to public speaking and recitation in their performance of all different kinds of small one acts as well as full-blown plays our dance room is fully equipped with a special floor equipped for dancers as well as mirrored walls and ballet bars and our kids who participate in dance get to participate in tap as well it's a lot of fun it's so noisy and so exciting and i know you really love to see that our art room is equipped with all different kinds of sub studios hi i'm joanna ewald and i am the art teacher at madison rose lane at rose lane our visual arts program focuses on creating independent artists the students learn basic techniques using a variety of materials and are then given the freedom to choose their medium when creating a final project
012that demonstrates their learning the students learn how to use drawing tools and painting tools they learn about collaging and print making we do a lot with sculpture and they learn how to use clay and paper they learn how to weave and hand sew and we have a brand new sewing machine waiting to be used this year we're also going to be adding more digital art into our program this year using the computer to create art as well as digital cameras and a brand new photography unit thanks to the madison education foundation's grants from last year madison roseland students are passionate about their learning and their creating we try to put their artwork on display as often as possible using our cafeteria and the district office as well as areas around campus i hope that one
013day you get to see the madison artists and see all the artwork that they've created we are very excited about all of these programs and hoping to share them with you when you become a student at roselane elementary school and when you bring your children to us other than that folks i am open to hearing all of your questions and having anything that you are wondering about related to our program just give me a phone call and i'll be happy to talk with you about those ideas that you have for being a part of our community and how we can help your child be successful in as a student as a citizen and as a future artist we hope to see you at madison rose lane sometime soon thank you for joining us on this
014virtual discover madison tour today and i look forward to meeting you in person take care be well stay healthy and we'll see you here at rose lane soon [Music] [Applause] [Music] you