April 2021
Nebo School District Keyboarding Competition
Maple Ridge fourth and fifth grade students completed a keyboarding unit this year and have been practicing their typing skills. Recently a few of our students participated in the Nebo School District Keyboarding Competition. They did an amazing job! Two of our students placed in the top ten of fourth graders in the Nebo School District. Nixon Merrell was 9th place and Chloe Emerick finished in 10th place. We are so proud of all our students who participated and grateful for all those involved in teaching our students this critical skill!
We Love Our Secretaries!
Happy Administrative Professionals' Day to our secretaries Mrs. Simmons and Mrs. Gatley! They are truly the "Best in the West!" They are the heart of our school and keep everything running smoothly. We are so gratful for them and all they do for Maple Ridge!
Spanish Fork Rodeo Reading Challenge
These Maple Ridge students were our Rodeo Reading winners! They each won tickets to the Fiesta Days Rodeo in July! We are so excited for these students and proud of them for doing their reading this past month! (From left to right: Lexi Jensen, Erik Smith, Brantly Smith, Izabella Hanson, Gunnar Olson, TJ Perry. Not Pictured: Lydia Williams). Congratulations to Lydia Williams and Brantly Smith for being our grand prize winners!
Teacher Appreciation Week
Thank you to our Maple Ridge PTA for sponsoring a wonderful week dedicated to showing appreciation for our Faculty & Staff and the great week they do!
Volunteers Needed!
Our PTA is having lunch delivered to our teachers during Teacher Appreciation Week and they need your help! Are you able to pick up lunch from a local restaurant on Wednesday, April 21, and bring it to the school for a teacher or two? If so, please go to this link for more details and to sign up. We sure love our PTA!
https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/805094ca9a72da31-teacher
Nebo is Partnering with Tabitha’s Way
Nebo is partnering with Tabitha’s Way for a new event called Read & Feed.
The purpose of this event is to encourage children to continue to read during the summer and to educate families facing food insecurity regarding food resources available to them and their children while they are not attending school. Our goal is to gather 10,000 gently used books that children can take home with them and keep to read during the summer.
The purpose of this event is to encourage children to continue to read during the summer and to educate families facing food insecurity regarding food resources available to them and their children while they are not attending school. Our goal is to gather 10,000 gently used books that children can take home with them and keep to read during the summer.
Attributions
Lana Hiskey
Nebo School District Offers Love and Logic Parenting Workshop
Nebo School District in partnership with Spanish Fork City presents a virtual Love and Logic Parenting Workshop.
“There's a lot of advice out there on how to raise your kids – some better than others. ‘Love and Logic’ is a favorite of therapists, family life educators, teachers, principals, and most importantly parents. It is practical, easy to learn, and really effective! Come and enjoy this fun, upbeat, and informative workshop full of useful tips!” – Jonathan Sherman, LMFT, Family Therapist and Parent Educator
Attributions
Lana Hiskey
Mrs. Sandberg's "Murph Madness" Month
It was a marverlous day last Wednesday at Maple Ridge. One of our favorite teachers, Mrs. Sandberg, is retiring at the end of this year. All month long we've been celebrating "Murph Madness" and Mrs. Sandberg's class has enjoyed visitors from past coworkers and friends of Mrs. Sandberg. Wednesday's visitor was a big surprise--Cosmo! Mrs. Sandberg is Cosmo's number one fan and a loyal BYU enthusiast. Cosmo brought some swag for Mrs. Sandberg and did a couple of tricks for our third graders.