Important for the MADlings of 2023-24
Quick Updates
- Tuesday, August 22: First Day for 9/10 Students at MAD!
- Bus routes may have changed with construction, but generally school buses will drop students at the front door around 8:40am and pick them up at 3:10pm
- Please email teachers about any appts coming up
- Google Classroom invitations have been sent to school emails for students to confirm their place in those classes. The classes are blank at present
MAD Live Calendar of Events
Can't see the live calendar? Click here for December's non-live calendar
Here's a little synopsis of what MAD is about
The Music, Arts and Drama program is a publicly-funded high school program that works to provide experiential learning in theatre, film and more. We incorporate our English, Social Studies, Physical Education, and more into working in our theatre environment, and perform a number of shows per year, now online, and hoping to return to live shows.
Your teachers for your year at MAD are Carolyn Westberg and Dave Kanary. Carolyn is your teacher for Drama and English classes, while Dave teaches Social Studies, PE, Dance, as well as another senior theatre credit.
The first semester of the year is for Grades 9 and 10, while the second semester is for our Grade 11 and 12 students.
At the bottom of this page you will find a live calendar for shows and other important dates for this school year.
*Previous experience in Music, Dance, or Theatre is not a requirement for entrance to the program.
The Music, Arts and Drama program is a publicly-funded high school program that works to provide experiential learning in theatre, film and more. We incorporate our English, Social Studies, Physical Education, and more into working in our theatre environment, and perform a number of shows per year, now online, and hoping to return to live shows.
Your teachers for your year at MAD are Carolyn Westberg and Dave Kanary. Carolyn is your teacher for Drama and English classes, while Dave teaches Social Studies, PE, Dance, as well as another senior theatre credit.
The first semester of the year is for Grades 9 and 10, while the second semester is for our Grade 11 and 12 students.
At the bottom of this page you will find a live calendar for shows and other important dates for this school year.
*Previous experience in Music, Dance, or Theatre is not a requirement for entrance to the program.
This website is for the M.A.D. students.
This site will provide you with a schedule of lessons, a calendar, handouts, assignments and due dates. Pictures will also be posted throughout the semester.
In the event that you are absent it is your responsibility to catch up on outstanding assignments.
This site will provide you with a schedule of lessons, a calendar, handouts, assignments and due dates. Pictures will also be posted throughout the semester.
In the event that you are absent it is your responsibility to catch up on outstanding assignments.
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Welcome to the MAD Program!
Welcome to our 2022-23 MAD 9/10 class! We are now beginning our foray into the land of theatre for a class of all-new students to our program. Here are some important first-day details:
- MAD is at Wood Street Centre (411 Wood Street, corner of 5th Avenue and Wood Street)
- We begin our day at 8:45am, but most students will arrive between 8:30 and 8:40am, and we finish at 3:05pm
- School buses arrive around 8:40am, and pick up around 3:10pm, city bus drops most at 2nd and Steele and they walk)
- Dress for mess! We get dirty and sweaty because we lift, carry, and paint everything! Work clothes in class is absolutely necessary. While in theatre classes our theatre wear is super-neutral, industry standard of high-neck t-shirt and gym pants or leggings for easy movement, with an eye on being able to perform as any one and anything (referred to as blacks), the tradition of no jeans still applies, 29 years later (did they have jeans back then, you might wonder- yes they did, your first Social Studies lesson). There will also be dance/exercise clothes, and we'll cover all that the first day, but dance isn't starting for another week
- You all get your own locker in the classroom and it has your name on it. Desks too, but since we're easily bored, you'll likely sit with everyone, eventually
- Student phones go in the "phone jail" for privacy concerns around performing and to avoid unnecessary distractions while in class, so please direct all calls to the Wood Street office at (867) 667-8413. Students get their phones at lunch, but lunch can be little short on busy show days!
- No visitors upstairs, please, but parents are welcome to come up at lunch if you need, just check in with the office to the right as you come through the doors, where Susanne can greet you!
