Choir Concert

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On Monday, April 17, Maple Ridge Choir members performed for the school.  Throughout the last couple of months, students have come early to practice under the direction of the school music teacher Denette Steen, and fourth grade teacher Deann Sanders.  

Buddy Reading

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Several classes throughout the school have made arrangements to buddy read.  This program allows older, and more fluent students, to read with early readers.  Mrs. Andersen's sixth grade class and Mrs. Sandberg's class enjoy the opportunity to read together.  Mrs. Andersen's husband, also makes an occasional visit to read with students.

Sixth Grade Innovators

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Recently, four Maple Ridge sixth grade students placed second at BYU at the K12 Student Innovator of the Year competition.  Logan Smith, Austin Willson, Joseph Heaton, and Lars Simpson came up with the idea for an app to provide notification of completion of various household appliance tasks.  For example, this notification system would text you when your load of laundry was finished drying. Way to innovate!

Teachers Pampered with Teacher Appreciation Week

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During the week of April 17th-21st, teachers at Maple Ridge were pampered by both PTA and students.  On Monday morning, teachers came into the school, and were overwhelmed with the elaborately decorated doors, and a delicious breakfast of crepes.  Throughout the week, teachers were given notes from their students and provided another delicious meal by the PTA.  Thanks to all of the PTA for their hard work to make the teachers feel important!

Kindness Week at Maple Ridge

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Before Spring Break, students at Maple Ridge Elementary had the opportunity to participate in Kindness Week.  Kindness Week was sponsored by the student council.  Every day throughout the week, students focused on one way they could show kindness to others.  If students wanted to sign a pledge to be kind, they received a kindness button.

Kindy 500

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On Friday, March 24th, Kindergarten students at Maple Ridge donned their homemade race cars for the Kindy 500. The students learned about different places around the country while having fun at the same time. Many were impressed with how elaborate the costumes were.

Microbe Mania

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As part of their study of the PROTIST kingdom, sixth grade students recently created 3D models of amoebas, paramecium and euglena.