Maple Ridge second graders participated in a grand turkey trot, completing 18 laps to gear up for Thanksgiving. Following the run, they enjoyed a break, eating delicious healthy snacks provided by local businesses. The event was a fun start to the Thanksgiving break!

Congratulations to Ms. Jordan! She was recently awarded the Crystal Apple Award by Craig Harvey from Horace Mann insurance. Ms. Jordan is one of our amazing 2nd grade teachers and she is well loved by her students, parents, and the faculty and staff. Her team made her bracelets with words that describe her: enthusiastic, amusing, sincere, sparkle, light. We love Ms. Jordan and are thankful to have her at Maple Ridge!
 

Maple Ridge 5th grade students recently participated in a virtual field trip to the Everglades and learn more about the ecosystems there.

We held our 9th Annual Maple Ridge Gobble Off today! Congratulations to Allie Jensen, Nolan Peterson, and Steele Hansen for being this year's winners. They each took home a turkey to their family. We are grateful for our Maple Ridge students and parents and we wish all of you a Happy Thanksgiving!

For Red Ribbon Week, we learned about keeping our bodies healthy. A wonderful parent volunteer came into our class and taught us how to add more fruits and vegetables into our meals. We learned what to eat to be kind to our bodies and brains. We also did a little activity with exercise. The best part of the lesson was shopping in our classroom! They got to pick healthy foods, fun outside toys, a recreation pass, waterbottle, and sunglasses. This amazing Maple Ridge parent got donations from many local businesses and the kids loved the lesson.

Maple Ridge 4th graders were recently taught about fossils with a visit from the Natural History Museum.
 

Mrs. Jensen’s 5th grade used manipulatives to create and develop ideas, descriptive details and characters in preparation for a narrative write.
 

First Graders in Mrs. Williams class learned about sequencing and have been practicing putting things in order using the words first, then, next and last! They are are using the words in their writing to tell how to complete different tasks!

Last week was National School Psychologist week and we celebrated our awesome school psychologist, Mrs. Sonntag. We are so grateful for her and all she does to help our Maple Ridge students to be successful.
 

Fifth graders at Maple Ridge Elementary were fortunate to participate in NOVA led by Officer Miller. NOVA is a Utah based program to help students in 5th grade with decision making. It is focused on core values , avoiding harmful substances, and being responsible with the choices they make. Students recently wrote essays about what they learned during NOVA and had their graduation on Nov. 15. We are so thankful for the Mapleton Police Department and Officer Miller!