Kayla Huynh

3 weeks ago | captimes.com | Kayla Huynh

As a student learning English as a second language, Grace Huang struggled to communicate with her peers growing up. In kindergarten and first grade, her classmates in Madison teased her for not understanding the language. But Huang later used writing as a creative outlet and a way to prove her classmates wrong. On her sixth birthday, her grandparents gifted her a journal and she fell in love.  “I wrote in it every single day after school,” Huang recalled. “I would not eat dinner.

3 weeks ago | captimes.com | Kayla Huynh

As a student learning English as a second language, Grace Huang struggled to communicate with her peers growing up. In kindergarten and first grade, her classmates in Madison teased her for not understanding the language. But Huang later used writing as a creative outlet and a way to prove her classmates wrong. On her sixth birthday, her grandparents gifted her a journal and she fell in love.  “I wrote in it every single day after school,” Huang recalled. “I would not eat dinner.

4 weeks ago | captimes.com | Kayla Huynh

Madison School & Community Recreation is slated to receive a financial boost in the Madison school district’s next annual budget, according to a proposal shared with the School Board. Leaders of Madison School & Community Recreation, also known as MSCR, are requesting a $678,000 increase in funding for staff and programming as more students are participating in the department’s activities.

1 month ago | captimes.com | Kayla Huynh

Average homeowners would see a more than $833 increase in property taxes under the Madison school district’s proposed budget for next school year — down from previous forecasts. Last year, during the Madison Metropolitan School District’s campaign for two referendums, the district estimated property taxes would increase by about $1,000 for the average homeowner.

1 month ago | captimes.com | Kayla Huynh

On Madison’s west side, 4-year-old kindergarten through eighth grade students at Lighthouse Christian School welcome guests with greetings unique to each class. In the Eagles class, named after Edgewood College, seventh graders eagerly stand atop their seats to recite a mantra. “Welcome to the home of the Edgewood Eagles, where we soar to new academic heights, and we grow in maturity and responsibility, and we rely on the joy of the Lord to be our strength,” the students chant in unison.