Madison School's reading program featured for fostering community connections
Madison School was featured on the "Read to Them" blog on Mar. 26 for its "One School One Book" program, which aims to build stronger connections between home and school through shared reading. The blog article, titled "Madison Elementary Creates Connections with One School One Book," highlights the positive effects of this initiative.
The program, now in its fourth year at Madison School, brought together students, staff, and families to read Beverly Cleary’s novel The Mouse and the Motorcycle. Previous books chosen by the school include Wishtree and Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library. The Parent Teacher Organization supported the effort by providing each family with a copy of the selected book.
According to the feature, a shared story helped foster a sense of community across Madison Elementary. Increased reading engagement and meaningful conversations were reported among students, parents, and staff as a result of participating in the program. Following these outcomes, Madison Elementary plans to continue offering this tradition in future years.
Hinsdale Community Consolidated School District 181 represents schools across DuPage and Cook counties including Clarendon Hills Middle School, Elm Elementary School, Hinsdale Middle School, Madison Elementary School, Monroe Elementary School, Oak Elementary School, Prospect Elementary School, The Lane Elementary School, and Walker School according to Illinois Report Card. The district enrolled 3,743 students during the 2019-2020 school year as an elementary district serving pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade in Clarendon Hills and DuPage County according to Illinois Report Card.
The district is composed of approximately 282 teachers who earn an average salary of $94,227 before pension contributions; about ninety percent are women while ten percent are men; there were no teachers with more than ten absences in a school year according to Illinois Report Card. Demographically it is made up of nearly seventy percent White students with Asian (15%), Hispanic (7%), and Black (1%) populations represented as well according to Illinois Report Card.
In terms of spending per student for 2020 within Hinsdale Community Consolidated District 181 it amounted to $31,308 per student totaling $117 million overall according to Illinois Report Card. Chronic truancy rates remain low at just four chronically truant students or about one-tenth of one percent compared with a statewide average close to ten percent according to Illinois Report Card.
You can read more about Madison’s OSOB program on the "Read to Them" blog: https://readtothem.org/madison-elementary-creates-connections-with-one-school-one-book/