Madison Central School District

Madison Area Swim Club at 13 and over State Champion Swim Meet. Members present in the photo include Oliver Meyer (left), Charles Meyer, Sienna Maxwell, Delilah Maxwell, Cassandra...

Photo credit: Sarah Rayner Through our rapidly changing society, scientists make new discoveries everyday. Recently, scientists have refined knowledge and insight of climate chan...

“Promposals”: what are they? As April quickly approaches, prom is right around the corner. Girls are looking for their dresses while guys are looking for their dates. With dates...

I recently started learning sign language and have been consistently asked the question: “Why?”. My answer is that I want to connect to people who don’t often get to fully comm...

Madison’s Quiz Bowl home meet was held on February 9. What is Quiz Bowl? It is a competition where students answer a variety of questions. Students meet every week and practice que...

Lunar New Year is a major, multi-day celebration marking the beginning of the new year on the lunar calendar. This event is celebrated by millions of people mainly from China, Viet...

Josiah Queen Josiah Queen is a 23 year old Christian singer/songwriter. He released his first song titled “God of Miracles" in early 2020. One of his most popular songs is called...

Delilah Maxwell, born and raised in Madison, is known to most as simply “D,” though her sister Mya affectionately calls her Lala and her dad goes with Lila. She’s part of a close-...

In my last issue, I wrote about the dangers of fast fashion and the fast fashion industry. If you haven’t read that article, I hear it's great. One thing that I cover extensively ...

Gavin Patrick Schneider, also known as “Wiplash” because of his iconic Fortnite gamertag, is a senior at Madison High School. He has been a part of the Madison community his whole ...

Dasia Love Yager was born on October 20th, 2007, and has spent her entire life in Madison, South Dakota, where part of her family has spent their entire lives as well for many gen...

Cale Daniel Johnson has been a bulldog his whole life. Cale is a member of a family of five, including one older brother, Parker, and his twin brother, Cooper. If Cale won $5 milli...

Tyler Joseph Olson, known to some as “TO”, is a senior at Madison High School. He has lived in Madison his whole life and is the youngest of three in his family, with one older br...

Kai Carlyle Thomsen is the only son of Stacy and Cory Thomsen. His nickname is Tentmaster Kai. He got his funny nickname during his freshman year when Mr. Cordts needed help settin...

Shane Roger Veenhof, also known as “Moosh”, is an 18-year-old senior at Madison High School. He hasn’t always lived in Madison, as he was born in Aberdeen, South Dakota, and lived ...

Wyatt George Pickard, also known as “Ryatt”, is a senior at Madison High School. He is the son of Bill and Monica Pickard, and has lived in Madison with his three sisters and pare...

Ahmad Ashour is a 16-year-old MHS student who moved here from Jordan. He’s lived in Madison for about two months with his parents and brother, Jamal Ashour. Ahmad enjoys spending h...

Jamal Abed Alnaser Ashour is a brother of Ahmad Ashour. He easily speaks two languages. His favorite activities are hanging out with friends, playing soccer, and scrolling on socia...

Braelyn Marie Abraham is a 17-year-old senior at MHS. She has lived in Madison for most of her life, but spent time in Dell Rapids, SD, for preschool. She has a family of four: one...

Bailey Jo Meadows is the youngest in a family of 5. She hasn’t lived in Madison her whole life; she was born in Devils Lake, North Dakota. Her family moved to Madison when she was ...