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Madison Metropolitan School District

Current Weekly Announcements

Final Demonstration of Learning (DoL) Week

Here is the Final Demonstration of Learning Week Schedule(DoL) for the second semester of the 2025-2026 school year.  Although we will be following a modified schedule on June 8-11, students are still expected to be in attendance at the designated times that their classes are meeting to complete their required DoL assessments.

Locker Clean Out

Locker Clean Out Day is scheduled for June 4th.  We are asking students to remove all items from their lockers on or before that day.  Every locker will be cleaned during the summer, and we will not be saving anything that is left behind.

Attention Senior Families!

The Graduation Ceremony for the Class of 2026 will take place on Saturday, June 13th at 10:00AM at the University of Wisconsin Kohl Center. Tickets are NOT required for this event. More details will be communicated as we get closer to the date.

CAPS & GOWNS: There is still time to place your orders for graduation attire, if you have not done so already. Please submit your orders online at www.mwscholastic.com/2026-vpm-store. Orders and payments must be made directly to Midwest Scholastic, Memorial will NOT accept orders or payments. ALL QUESTIONS ABOUT ORDERS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED DIRECTLY TO MIDWEST SCHOLASTIC at questions@mwscholastic.com. A $15 late is now being added to all orders. Caps & gowns will be available for pickup in the Wisconsin Office once delivered.

SENIOR CLASS PARTY: The Senior Class Party is planned for Saturday, June 6th from 9:00PM - Midnight. This is a celebration for the ENTIRE senior class and is a long tradition at Memorial. The party is run entirely by senior parents, which means it requires A LOT of help! Please consider contributing in any way you can! Questions? Email memorialseniorparty@gmail.com 

  • Sign-Up to help set-up or work at the event: Sign-Up Genius

  • Make a monetary contribution for the event (include “Senior Class Party” in the memo!) Venmo: @VPM-PTSO and write a memo that reads ‘26 SENIOR PARTY.
  • Donate an item from the Amazon Wishlist (Cori Ludwig’s address is the default on the Wishlist).
  • Do you have a business that is willing to donate a gift? Contact us about it! We are trying to send our Seniors into the world with supplies they will need, or items just for fun!

If you should have any questions, feel free to contact Rachel Braun in the Wisconsin Neighborhood Office. Remember to check our Graduation Web Page regularly for updates on all things Senior related including a calendar of upcoming Senior Events.

Study Halls / Approved Activities

If your student is currently scheduled into a Study Hall for Semester 2,  you can choose to have them sign out of their Study Hall(s) and not attend during that period by completing our Approved Activity Form (English/ Spanish).  This form requires a parent/ guardian signature in order to be processed.  Your student can return the form to school on their first day back, or you can scan and email it back to us at any time.  As a reminder, students that sign out of a Study Hall are not allowed in the building during that time. Please consider transportation issues when making the decision to have your student stay or sign-out of Study Hall.

Class Assistant Opportunities

Students in grades 10-12 have the opportunity to earn ½ credit per semester by serving as a classroom assistant during one of their scheduled Study Halls.  If you are interested, complete the Class Assistant Request Form found in Neighborhood Offices. Because class assistants can serve in a variety of roles, including peer tutor, it is expected that they have already taken and passed the course/level in which they are assisting.

Cell Phone Policy for the 2025-26 School Year

All MMSD High Schools will continue to implement universal expectations regarding personal electronic devices in classrooms with the goal of establishing clear expectations regarding the appropriate use of personal electronic devices with our high school-aged students.  Please review this information and know that teachers will be introducing and reinforcing these expectations across the school year.

Attendance Information

Attendance is important to us at VPM.  Please review this brochure to learn about our Attendance Policy.  We want all of our students to be on time every day to their classes.  We will be communicating to families through emails and phone calls when students are missing class time.  

We know that 5th hour, right after lunch, is a time where many students arrive back to school late, extending an already 50-minute lunch period.  If students arrive back to our building more than 5 minutes late from lunch, they will meet with their Neighborhood Assistant Principal or Dean before being allowed to go to their 5th hour class. We will also follow-up this communication with your student by sending an email to parents/guardians letting you know that your student did not arrive back to school on-time after lunch, so that together we can support your student in getting to their classes on time.

Reporting Absences: Absences (appointment, illness, college visit, etc.) should be reported to your student's neighborhood office administrative assistant in the morning. You may also submit an online request through the Parent Portal in Infinite Campus. Contact information for the neighborhood offices is as follows:

Athletic Event Reminders

  • No bags or outside food/drink.
  • ID is required. Students must have an ID to enter the game. 
  • Students on the No Admit List will not be permitted entry to the game.
  • Middle school students must be accompanied by a parent/guardian. This person cannot be an 18 year old student. 
  • No loitering. It is assumed that upon entering the game, a person is there to watch the game. No loitering by concessions, cafeteria, hallways, or bathrooms. Those observed loitering are subject to being dismissed from the game.

No Admit List

We will again be implementing our No Admit List to encourage strong attendance during the school day so that students can attend after-school sporting events (as spectators) and dances.  Starting Monday, September 8th, students and parents/ guardians of students with 2+ unexcused absences and/or 4+ tardies during the preceding week will receive a Monday email letting them know their attendance as currently recorded in IC has identified them as needing to be on the No Admit List for the upcoming week.  The week of September 5th was a “practice week” for students as they learned to navigate our building and received reminders as to on-time class attendance. Attendance from the Week of 9/8/24 will be used to determine possible inclusion on the No Admit List for the week of 9/15.  To read more about Memorial’s No Admit List, read this information sheet.

Bus / Madison Metro Information

Find bus routes and bus stop reminders, as well as additional information for students riding Madison Metro buses at mmsd.org/transportation. Students can ride the Madison Metro Transit bus to and from school for free during the first days of school.  Students eligible for free bus passes can pick them up the first week of school through students’ neighborhood offices.

Madison Metro Customer Service

Madison Metro wants to hear from parents and students as soon as possible if a bus does not pick up a student. You or your student can call Metro Customer Service directly at 608-266-4466 if a bus does not show up. Metro can let you know if the bus is running late. If the driver made an error in a route, they often will send a bus back to pick students up.

Find bus routes and bus stop reminders, as well as additional information for students riding Madison Metro buses at mmsd.org/transportation. Students eligible for free bus passes should request one through their neighborhood office. 

Athletics Online Ticket Sales & Live Event Streaming

All of Wisconsin’s Big 8 High School Conference teams have integrated their scheduling, ticketing, streaming and athletic websites into one place with Elite One programming. All tickets for the 2025-26 athletic seasons will be purchased through online ticketing. Visit the GoFan website (http://gofan.co/) or download the GoFan app from the Apple Store or Google PlayStore, search for Memorial, and buy tickets for any sporting event. For more information on the ticketing service, watch this  introductory video by Madison West Athletic Director Corvonn Gaines (https://youtu.be/sZhwiUfJ2lM).  Please note, cash sales are no longer available at ticketed athletic events and refunds cannot be issued for tickets purchased in error.

  • Event Streaming: Through NFHS programming, every sporting event in our spectator gyms and stadiums within the Big 8 conference, both home and away, will be streamed online. Watch a streaming tutorial video by MMSD Athletic Director Jeremy Schlitz to learn more (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59vlUt2toFk).

This Year’s Daily Schedule

Be sure to review our 2025-2026 Bell Schedule.

MMSD School Year Calendar 

For more information regarding this year’s school calendar, visit mmsd.org/calendar.