The annual and highly anticipated FFA breakfast was held on Friday, February 21st, 2025, in the Madison C-3 AG shop. The AG shop was transformed to accommodate breakfasters with tables and chairs. The breakfast included biscuits, gravy, cheesy potatoes, bacon, sausage, fruit, and a choice of drink. 

Chapter support for the breakfast included thirty-seven FFA members who worked to ensure that the shop and the food would be ready to serve on the following Friday morning.  Older chapter members helped to preserve the tradition of preparing the coveted cheesy potatoes on the Thursday before the FFA breakfast handing down the secret recipe/process of one of the cornerstone foods that make Madison C-3 FFA breakfast a success.

 The Madison C-3 annual FFA breakfast served over 175 community members from Madison and adjacent local communities including Paris and Moberly.  The admission for the breakfast was a free-will donation event meaning that those donating could give what they could. With this system in place, the strong bonds of the Agricultural community showed strong support in both attendance and funds raised.

February marked the beginning of the Junior Class Shakespeare Pizza fundraiser.  Pizza's prices were set at $13 a piece offering a wide variety of toppings. Although the sales ended on February 25th, the Junior Class and Madison C-3 high school students benefit as the proceeds fund the upcoming Junior and Senior Prom. 

The Junior class Shakespeare Pizza Sales is not only a tasty way to raise money for the Junior and Senior Prom, but it also allows the opportunity for people to try Shakespeare Pizza and the chance to enjoy good pizza while supporting the junior class and the school.

On Thursday, February 20th Madison was scheduled to have their senior night in the gym to honor all the seniors. The weather did not want to cooperate and the game was canceled. Now for most of the seniors, that was fine because they weren’t a cheerleader or a basketball player, but for the 5 seniors who are it was a different story. While some seniors are indifferent, "It’s a shame that we didn’t get to have normal experience” says Raven Brush. Others are more upset about the subject “I think they should’ve been more responsible and picked a backup date. Keytsville always canceled on us They should’ve prepared for it. I’m glad we get to have something but I wanted to play a game for my senior night” says Carlee McCoy. Kennedy Duff says “I’m not happy that we made special accommodations for other schools so they could have their senior night but no school could do the same for us. In the four years that I have been at Madison Keytsville has canceled every game against us so they should’ve planned.”

Some think this might be a good thing in disguise “This way it’s not just focused on the basketball seniors because it's all the seniors so the groups like FFA and track get recognized too but I wish we played a game” says Abby Dameron. “I get how the other seniors who aren’t a cheerleader or play basketball feel that it’s okay because they still get a senior night but for me, I wanted to walk out in my uniform on our court after just cheering my classmates on. It sucks that I can’t do that now and won’t get the chance” says Abbie Painter. Overall it sounds like the seniors are happy that they get to have something but are upset they don’t get to have their senior night game. They played their last home game as a Madison Panther on February 4th and didn’t even know it. 

Have you ever heard of an event called Senior Night? If you haven't, it's a night where the Madison C-3 school honors the seniors between the girl's and boys' basketball games. Senior Night is an opportunity to honor our 2025 graduates, especially if they play sports. Senior night is an annual tradition that Madison takes part in each February. 

The February event was scheduled for February 20th to face the Keytesville Tigers. The game was met with anticipation as the Panthers had already faced up against the Tigers earlier this season.  

Overall Senior Night is a great memory for parents, grandparents, and all the families of our seniors as well as the community.  Unfortunately, the Senior Night game was canceled due to inclement weather. Without allowable time left in the schedule for another game, there will be a reception on Thursday, March 13th. 

To start the fun FFA week, all the FFA kids have the opportunity to participate in a lock-in at the school. The lock-in was held on Sunday, February 16th from 8:30 pm to 6:00 am. The lock-in was well attended with 32 kids and Mr. and Mrs. Jackson to help chaperone. 

The night started with an FFA-themed scavenger hunt. This activity was extremely fun and exhausting, but it got us ready for the night ahead of us. After that, there were many other activities throughout the night. Those activities consisted of sardines, hide and seek, dodgeball, kickball, and lots of card games as well as a Nintendo Wii.

By 4:00 am everybody was starting to wear down, so we had Mrs. Jackson’s room and Mrs. Havercamp's room open with movies playing to finish out the night. At 6:00 am everybody got woken up for one last activity… Homemade cinnamon rolls! It was a great way to end before everybody went home. Lastly, a big thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Jackson for helping chaperone, as well as Mrs. Havercamp who somehow had the heart to put up with all of us for 10 hours. 

Pancakes with Pals is Madison's first elementary-oriented event of 2025. It took place on February 27th. It started at 7:15 in the morning and then ran until 8:15 am. During the event elementary kids could bring a loving family member into school and eat some scrumptious pancakes. 

After speaking with a few of the students in attendance, some statements were taken. Colten Ridgeway said “These pancakes are way better than the schools.” and Maddie Maguire said that “Those were some awesome pancakes.” 

It is safe to say that this event was a smashing success amongst the elementary students who were more than happy to be able to eat some pancakes with their family. 

In Madison C-3 the warm air hits, happy faces arise, and great fun sports start their cue. Spring sports are in season and everyone is getting excited! Some of the spring sports that are starting up in Madison are High School Track, High school Baseball, Junior High Track, and tons of outdoor activities that come our way. 

With the start of spring sports, students may play with students that they normally do not interact with meaning that they may even make some new friends! Spring sports bring more opportunities to get your body working and burn off that winter “fluff”. As Madison C-3 spring athletes knock off the winter gloom, they look forward to spring sports and the opportunity to bring people together. Spring sports and sunny weather create happy memories that everyone can love and share.