Welcome to this week's edition of the James Madison Middle School Newsletter! We're excited to share the latest happenings and updates from our school community to keep you informed and engaged.

JMMS Parents - 

The SBDM (Site-Based Decision Making) Council is looking for nominations. 

Qualifications: A parent council member shall be a parent, step-parent, foster parent, or legal guardian of a student attending the school during the council member's term of office. A parent is ineligible if he/she is an employee or relative of an employee (father, mother, brother, sister, husband, wife, son, daughter) of that school or for the district central office, or a local school board member or the spouse of a school board member. Parents may nominate themselves or another parent.

The nominee will have to agree to a complete background check and a registry from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services regarding substantiated child abuse or neglect and the school council member training. A nominee will have to confirm at a later date that they agree to be nominated, so it is recommended that you talk to the parent you are nominating before doing so. 

Nominations are due by May 6, 2026 at 3pm

If you are interested in serving as a PTO officer for the upcoming school year or know someone that might be please submit the form below.

In preparation of KSA Testing, we wanted to communicate some information with you for you to reinforce at home with your child. The KSA window is May 1st through May 21st. It is imperative if you have a planned absence for your child during the testing window that you communicate with the front office so we can ensure your child has an opportunity to complete testing. Please encourage your child to get plenty of rest and eat breakfast before testing. The state requires that students not have access to cell phones and/or smart watches during testing. Proctors will collect these items each day before testing and return them to students when testing is completed. If you or your child is not comfortable with this, please encourage your child to leave their devices at home on testing dates. Any student that is found to have a device on them in the testing session will receive school disciplinary action.

To motivate students to try their best on KSA we are implementing a Good Faith Effort Checklist. We are having conversations with our students to ensure that they are aware of this information. We wanted to ensure that you are aware of the same information.  

Each day students will be monitored during KSA to ensure that they have met the requirements for Good Faith Effort. The requirements for Good Faith are as follows:

In order to earn Good Faith Effort Awards, students must meet all the criteria for each day.  

6th Grade Testing Schedule:

7th Grade Testing Schedule:

8th Grade Testing Schedule:

There are forms available for students interested in adding or dropping Band or Chorus for the 2026-27 School Year. Students who are interested in adding or dropping one of those courses next school year must have a completed form turned into Mrs. Cardwell by May 22nd. Students who wish to remain enrolled in a course they currently have on their schedule do not need to complete a form. Forms can be found on the table outside the front office and can be turned in at the front office. The forms do require a parent signature, so please plan accordingly in order to ensure the form is turned in on time.

Congratulations to Sam Okunmuyide for placing first in the District Talent Show that was held at the Glema Mahr Fine Arts Center last night and to Jane Emerson for placing second.