Mrs. Mathews' 4th grade class observed patterns to show Earth's rotation around the sun as they looked at changes in length and direction of shadows at different times during the day.

Second Graders recently had the opportunity to attend Farm Field Days at Harward Farms and had a blast! 

This field trip is a fun and engaging way to learn a lot about farming, nutrition, life cycles, animals, planting and growing crops, and more!  The second graders loved the baby animals and the talking tomato the most. A big thank you to Harward Farms for inviting us and to all of the amazing presenters.

Maple Ridge fifth graders recently read a book about the Everglades. After reading, they had the opportunity to Zoom with Everglades park rangers and learn more about the ecosystems there.

Students in Mrs. Olson’s fourth grade class recently learned about circuits, waves and energy during science!

Students in Miss Stokes’ class read “If I Ran the Zoo” by Dr. Seuss and then had to decide how tall the animal’s cages should be using cubes, tiles and counters! They learned how to measure by tiling and estimating!

Students in Mrs. Southam's class did a science inquiry lesson on habitats. They looked for patterns of living things and wrote down their observations. Each group found out that the animals were separated into categories based on their habitats. They found similarities between the animals that told students more about the environments that the animals lived in. 

These Maple Ridge students were our students of the month for March. They were recognized for being generous. We are proud of them! (Not pictured: Reese Robinson, Kai Cook, Thea Eppich, Maddie Puntsag, Willow Wilson, Boston Hill, and Lorelei Peterson)

Mrs. Gatley, one of our wonderful front office secretaries, was recently recognized by Craig Harvey of Horace Mann as our Maple Ridge Classified Employee of the year. Mrs. Gatley is one of a kind! She works with parents, students, and teachers and staff every day. You can often find her fixing up skinned knees, tying shoes, answering phones, laminating, copying, providing a listening ear, tutoring students, problem solving, even hairstyling! Mrs. Gatley does it all and Maple Ridge would not be what it is without her! She takes such good care of all of us! Congratulations Mrs. Gatley!

Second graders in Mrs. Berbert’s class learned about the importance of using the right tools when measuring! We used yard sticks to measure how far we jumped outside and learned that it’s helpful to use a big tool for a big measuring job!

Mrs. Sanders’ 4th graders have been doing a lot of reading since March was declared reading month at Maple Ridge. They have been working on identifying theme, main idea & details, and summarizing.

Have you been reading? Splash Summit Reading calendars are due tomorrow! Turn them in if you got 500 minutes of reading this month!