Madison School hosts High Interest Day for grades 3-5 students
Madison School held its annual High Interest Day on May 22, providing 180 students in grades 3-5 with opportunities to explore a variety of interests. The event was organized by the Madison Parent Teacher Organization and allowed each student to participate in five rotating, 20-minute classes based on their selections.
The day featured 26 workshops covering academic, creative, and physical activities. Sessions included career and STEM exploration such as Be an ER Doctor, Pediatric Anesthesiologist, Firefighter for a Day, Mighty But Micro Organisms, and Jury Trial Calls. Creative arts and technology options were also available with classes like Arabic Ink Mark-Making Workshop, Imagine, Design, Create!, Glow Up - A Day at the Spa, Hair Braiding, and Game Design & Coding.
Hands-on activities included Bricks 4 Kidz LEGO Engineering, Little Italian Chefs Cooking Class, Make Your Own Soap, Fencing, Pickleball, and an Escape Room experience. The school reported that the event provided a memorable and enriching experience for participating students.
Hinsdale Community Consolidated School District 181 represents schools across DuPage and Cook counties including Madison Elementary School among others such as Clarendon Hills Middle School and Elm Elementary School, according to the Illinois State Board of Education. The district enrolled 3,743 students in the 2019-2020 school year as an elementary district serving pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade located in Clarendon Hills and DuPage County.
Teachers in Hinsdale Community Consolidated School District 181 earn an average salary of $94,227 before pension contributions; ninety percent are women while ten percent are men. There were no teachers with more than ten absences in a school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education. The district is comprised of approximately seventy percent White students along with Black (1.1%), Hispanic (6.8%), and Asian (15.4%) populations.
The district spent $31,308 per student in 2020 totaling $117 million overall expenditures during that period, according to the Illinois State Board of Education. Chronic truancy rates remain low at just four chronically truant students or about one-tenth of one percent compared to a statewide average rate of nearly ten percent.