Madison Preparatory Academy - School Information System

Madison Prep plans to offer a competitive seasonal sports program in the fall, winter, spring and summer, and
club sports during the summer. Its competitive teams will compete in different middle school and independent
sports leagues in Dane County. It’s golf team will compete against each other and other youth golf clubs in Dane
County and its Track & Field team will compete against other track clubs locally, in the state and nationally (if
students qualify for national junior Olympics, Penn Relays, etc).
Seasonal Sports Offered at Madison Prep
Fall Winter Spring Summer
YM YW YM YW YM YW YM YW
Football Volleyball Basketball Basketball Baseball Softball Golf Club* Golf Club*
Soccer Tennis Intramurals Intramurals Track & Field Track & Field Track & Field Track & Field
YM = Young Men and YW = Young Women
Madison Prep will also explore partnership opportunities to offer rowing, tennis and swimming to its students
who are interested. These are generally non-traditional sports for young men and women of color; however,
Madison Prep has a commitment to engage students in activities that expand their knowledge, awareness, skills
and interests. As the school helps its students expand their horizons academically and socially, it will also do the
same through its co-curricular programs and sports offerings.
The cost of co-curriculars and athletics will be covered through a combination of student fees, private fundraising
and annual savings.
Parent Engagement
Madison Prep will engage parents in several ways to ensure they are engaged in their children’s learning and
involved with the school community. Madison Prep will ensure optimal parental engagement through its Parent
Association, Destination Planning for Parents, Parent Report Card, and by offering transportation and childcare,
on a case-by-case basis, to parents who demonstrate a need to ensure they can participate in important school
events and activities with their children.
A. Parent Association
Madison Prep will have a Parent Association (PA). The PA will consist of parents, teachers and staff of
the school who pay a nominal membership fee, with fee waivers for parents who can demonstrate a
significant financial need. To ensure parents who might have transportation difficulties can participate,
the PA will be separated into neighborhood “cluster” teams covering multiple neighborhoods (aka
sectors) in which significant numbers of Madison Prep students reside. Each team will be led by two cocaptains,
with one being a parent living in one of the neighborhoods within their neighborhood cluster and
a Madison Prep faculty or staff member. These two persons will be responsible for coordinating monthly
meetings, sharing information with parents, hearing from them and ensuring that the school is creating
opportunities for all parents to be involved in the school community. Each PA will have a small budget
that it will use to support parent involvement with the school and opportunities for Madison Prep parents
to sponsor activities for other parents and children in the neighborhoods covered by their cluster. Madison
Prep will seek to have businesses adopt each cluster and support them by providing volunteer, financial
and in-kind support.
Madison Prep’s Parent Association will be comprised of four officers: a president, vice president,
secretary and treasurer. The President of the Association, and all other officer positions, will serve a oneyear
term and cannot hold the position for more than two consecutive terms. They will be voted on by
Parent Association members, faculty, staff and students to ensure a person is chosen who is truly involved
with and invested in the school community. The school’s administrators will be exempt from voting. The
Association’s president will serve on the Board of Madison Prep. In the first three years, there will be one
Association serving both schools to ensure continuity of implementation and expectations. After year
three, a decision will be made regarding maintaining one Association or splitting it into two separate
Associations serving each school.
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