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!

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!

Join us in celebrating our awesome educators here at Maple Ridge!

Recently, second grade students from Maple Ridge were able to visit Harward Farms.  They had a fun day of walking and seeing a variety of farm animals.

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.

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.

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

Did you know that our amazing librarian recently built an igloo out of milk jugs?  Miss Stacey, the librarian, issued a challenge for students to guess how many milk jugs were used in the construction of the igloo.  Those with the closest guesses were recognized.

Students at Maple Ridge who earned Cecil Bucks, recently were able to use them at the Cecil Store for prizes and treats.  Cecil Bucks are awarded to students with good behavior.

Recently, representatives with Clark Planetarium in Salt Lake City visited Maple Ridge to teach students about science concepts.  Students were able to learn more about why we have seasons, and why the earth is actually colder when we are closer to the sun.  Students were also able to hold a real meteorite.