Happy National School Counselor Week to our fantastic school counselor, Mrs. Brindley! This year Mrs. Brindley has implemented our Maple Ridge S.T.R.O.N.G lessons and she goes into every classroom each month to teach different skills to help students be the best people they can be (S.T.R.O.N.G stands for: supportive, thankful, resilient, optimistic, nice, and generous). Beyond teaching us these lessons, Mrs. Brindley jumps right in and helps whenever and however she can and is a very important part of our school. We are so grateful to have her at Maple Ridge. Thank you for all you do, Mrs.

First Graders in Mrs. Williams' class had a busy week! On Monday last week, they celebrated the 100th day of school. They each brought 100 things from home and participated in a 100 things museum with other first graders. On Tuesday they had  a fun math lesson with Mrs. Nelson from the district. They used Code and Go robots to create greater than, less than and equal statements. They had a blast.

Mrs. Brown (Nebo Visual Arts Specialist) recently visited some of our 5th grade classrooms and did some fun art projects with them. Here are some pictures of the day the 5th graders did Native American pottery. The students loved it and we have enjoyed having Mrs. Brown at Maple Ridge!

The 3rd grade got a welcomed visit from the Bean Museum where they learned about animal inherited traits during a really fun and interactive science presentation!  They learned why animals are able to survive in their environments. Third graders even got to see (not touch!) a live tarantula named Rosie! Pictured here are Ms. Harward’s and Mrs. Rasmussen’s classes.

February 9th is the date for the next parent workshop by Heidi Whitaker (Nebo School District Parent Consultant). This is a great workshop to help parents who are raising children with Disabilities! This meeting will be held via zoom and is open to everyone, but you will need to RSVP. See the flyer for more details. 

Maple Ridge 5th graders participated in BYU Sports Hero Day. They played games with athletes, watched the dunk team, and listened to athletes teach about characteristics of great people. It was a great opportunity for our students!

Mrs. Olson's 4th graders recently had "Glow Math and Reading Review" Day! What a fun way to review concepts!

Mr. Bates’ class recently spent time working on and understanding wave patterns during science!

Congratulations to these Maple Ridge students. They were our students of the month for December. They were recognized for being thankful. We are proud of these students and their good examples! (Not pictured: Rhys Bigelow, Harper Allen, Aleah Garcia, Jimmy Beck, Tyler Goeders, Korver Ulland, Alessa Caldwell, and Milo LeBaron)

Mrs. Seoane's 3rd grade class learned that if everyone does a little, you can do a lot together, as they created a collaborative art project honoring the life and work of Martin Luther King Jr.