Announcements 11-30-2020

 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30th, 2020

IMPORTANT DATES DECEMBER BFA Experience CANCELLED Tuesday, December 1st. 6:00 to 8:00 PM MRUSD Board Meeting Wednesday, December 2nd. 6:00 - 9:00 PM. Zoom Meeting link at https://www.maplerun.org/o/mrusd/events when available. 5th and 6th Graders return to school four days per week Thursday, December 3rd. Picture Retake Day. Appointment required. Call Margaux Vaillancourt @ 527-0565 Wednesday, December 9th. 9:00 - 10:00 AM. Location: Large Gym Entrance If your child signs up for retakes a form will be sent home with them as soon as we receive those forms here at school, thank you. MRUSD Board Meeting Wednesday, December 16th. 6:00 - 9:00 PM. Zoom Meeting link at https://www.maplerun.org/o/mrusd/events when available. Winter Break - No School Wednesday, December 23rd - Friday, January 1st.

PICTURES PAJAMA DAY (11-24-2020) Quite a few learning communities or individual classrooms chose to make the day before Thanksgiving break pajama day. Staff and students came dressed in pajamas. Here are a few images from around the school.  Learning communities can share more pajama day pictures with the announcements if they wish. Send to mcraib@maplerun.org Quadruplet Unicorns - Team Imagination - Koldys Team Travelers - Lewis Team Discovery - Murphy Team Adventurers - Farrell DISCOVERY SCIENCE - KUTKA Students in two different pods (classrooms) mixed several liquids (vinegar & cabbage juice) and various solids (tums, alka seltzer, honey, sugar, bread, banana, tea, cinnamon) together to see what would best neutralize acids. Prior to this step, they had a lesson and discussion on human digestion and the purpose of acids and bases found throughout the digestive system. Once they had an essential understanding of how food is processed in the body, students were asked to consider what kind of commercial or home remedies work best for dealing with excess stomach acid, e.g. a cause of the commonly experienced “heart burn”.  11-24-2020. Careful observation and classroom discussion led to some great learning. Link to 28 6th Grade Pictures.   Link to 34 5th Grade Pictures. ADVENTURERS STEAM CLASS - RANKIN Ms. Rankin brings STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, and the Arts) into PreK and Kindergarten classrooms on a regular basis. On Tuesday, 11-24-2020, Ms. Darcie, as the students call her, had Ms. Farrell’s students use art supplies to create birds that would fly with a homemade wind tunnel. The 34 pictures linked here show the creation of the flying objects and how the flight system looked like when each child got to test their creation out. Everyone had a chance to return to their seats and make upgrades to their work before flying it a second time.  Link to 1 Minute of Video Clips

MENU BREAKFAST Mon, 30th Tue, 1st Wed, 2nd Thu, 3rd Friday, 4th WG Iced Honey Bun Fresh Fruit Milk Variety Or Whole Grain Bagel Cream Cheese Fresh Fruit Milk Variety Breakfast Round Assorted 100% Juice Milk Variety OR Whole Grain Bagel Cream Cheese Assorted 100% Juice Milk Variety Remote learning Delicious Fruit Filled Muffin w/String Cheese Assorted 100% Juice Milk Variety OR Whole Grain Bagel Cream Cheese Assorted 100% Juice Milk Variety WG Croissant Grape Jelly Assorted 100% Juice Milk Variety OR Whole Grain Bagel Cream Cheese Assorted 100% Juice Milk Variety LUNCH Mon, 30th Tue, 1st Wed, 2nd Thu. 3rd Friday, 4th Oven Baked Chicken Nuggets Oven Crisp Tater Tots OR Deli Turkey Sandwich Veggie Sticks Fresh Fruit Milk Variety General Tso Chicken Veggie Fried Rice Steamed Broccoli OR Chicken Caesar Salad Dinner Roll Assorted Fresh, Dried or Canned Fruit Milk Variety Remote Learning Spaghetti w/Meat Sauce (Ground Beef) Steamed Green Peas OR Tuna Salad Sandwich Veggie Sticks Assorted Fresh, Dried or Canned Fruit Milk Variety Chicken Patty Sandwich Roasted Sweet Potato Fries Seasoned Green Beans OR Chef Salad w/Dinner Roll Dinner Roll Assorted Fresh, Dried or Canned Fruit Milk Variety

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