Announcements 12-15-2020

 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15th, 2020

IMPORTANT DATES DECEMBER Winter Break - No School Wednesday, December 23rd - Friday, January 1st. JANUARY Winter Break continued - No School Friday, January 1st.  MRUSD Board Meeting Wednesday, January 6th. 6:00 - 9:00 PM. Zoom Meeting link at https://www.maplerun.org/o/mrusd/events when available. Martin Luther King Jr. Day - No School Monday, January 18th.  Inservice - No School Tuesday, January 19th. MRUSD Board Meeting Wednesday, January 20th. 6:00 - 9:00 PM. Zoom Meeting link at https://www.maplerun.org/o/mrusd/events when available.

CODING  Students in Grades PreK-3 will enjoy connecting to their robotic learning in STEAM class with the BeeBot Emulator.  Click on this link and then code a Beebot through some virtual challenges.  Code to spell words, navigate through maps, and much more!   https://beebot.terrapinlogo.com/ A more detailed lesson and challenge using this emulator can be found in the SACs SeeSaw Library under STEAM/Computer Science. Teachers can find this at the following link: https://app.seesaw.me/pages/shared_activity?share_token=jG4QV5NlSOupFzl56gm-kg&prompt_id=prompt.0582c9f8-8685-4163-a770-340cf5d69e0c Students in Grades 3 - 8 are invited to Get your Dance on (or use CODE to control how computer characters move and groove!).   https://code.org/dance The tech team challenges you to complete the Code.org Dance Party activity and then share your dance creation with us.  We will gather all the creations and then invite you to a Zoom dance party.  Share your creations by copying the link and emailing it to drankin@maplerun.org or gborst@maplerun.org.

CODING PRESENTATIONS Month of Code Presenters Wednesday, December 16th Form to Sign up **Please go to the zoom meeting a couple of minutes early, we will be starting right at the scheduled time** Grades: 4-8 Simba 3D Modeling 11:00am 3D Modeling with Simba, we will talk about where we can use 3D modeling in our everyday life. How even the most complicated models can be broken down to basic shapes. Learn some cool Tinkercad tricks and tips, and build our own 3D day of code model! Grades: 7/8 Josh "Necro" Content Creation 1:00pm He will start with how he came across the idea of content creation by watching YouTube videos and justin.tv before it became Twitch He will talk a little bit of what my day to day looks like as a content creator He will also take a moment to highlight mental health as doing the same thing all day every day can take a mental toll pretty quickly and then cover things he does to counteract that. Video games are fun but isolation and sitting around can hurt mental state. There will be time for questions!

PICTURES VOYAGERS PE - JARVIS Ms. Jarvis’ students used the Wii stations, played four square, and played connect four during their PE class on Momday 12-14-2020. RECESS PHOTOS OF DREAMERS (DUPONT) & EXPLORERS 12-14-2020 MYSTERIOUS SPHERES OBSERVED ON THE SOCCER FIELD LAST WEEKEND Appear to have been dropped from the sky.  Aliens????

NEW LIBRARY BOOKS TO CONSIDER READING.   Link to the list of books highlighted in previous announcements.

8TH GRADER BABY PICTURES WANTED The yearbook committee would like 8th graders to submit baby pictures for the yearbook. It is best if you provide digital copies of your pictures to Mr. Craib at mcraib@maplerun.org. If you need to bring in the original image for scanning, you can give it to your 7/8-grade teacher who will pass it on to Mr. Craib. The picture will be scanned as soon as it is received and immediately returned safely to the student. Thank you.

MENU BREAKFAST Mon, 14th Tue, 15th Wed, 16th Thu, 17th Friday, 18th WG Iced  Honey Bun  Assorted  100% Juice  Milk Variety  OR  Whole Grain  Bagel  Cream  Cheese  Assorted 100% Juice Milk Variety Breakfast Round  Assorted  100% Juice Milk Variety  OR  Whole Grain Bagel  Cream Cheese  Assorted 100% Juice Milk Variety Remote learning Fruit Filled  Muffin  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, 14th Tue, 15th Wed, 16th Thu. 17th Friday, 18th Oven-Baked Chicken Nuggets Oven Crisp Tater Tots  OR  Chef Salad w/Dinner Roll Assorted Fresh, Dried or Canned Fruit Milk Variety Beef Taco w/ The Works Southwest Rice Pilaf Steamed Corn  OR  Deli Ham Sandwich Veggie Sticks Assorted Fresh, Dried or Canned Fruit Milk Variety Remote Learning Turkey & Biscuits Chef's Mashed Potato Steamed Green Peas  OR  Buffalo Chicken Wrap Veggie Sticks Assorted Fresh, Dried or Canned Fruit Milk Variety Pancakes Real Maple Syrup Mini Hash Browns Sausage Links  OR  Deli Ham Sandwich Veggie Sticks Assorted Fresh, Dried or Canned Fruit Milk Variety

WEATHER TODAY WEATHER EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK

BIRTHDAYS DECEMBER 14TH - 20TH STUDENT FIRST NAME LAST NAME Tobyn Ipock Gabriel Mergenthal Brayden Robtoy Mason Salter Sofia Hanvey Taylor Stewart Samantha White Ella Abair Talyiah Patterson Loki Doan Genesis Williams Alexa Yearman STAFF/TEACHER FIRST NAME LAST NAME Barb Frazier Alisha Adams Jessica Berry Andrea Racek Meghan Richard Jack O'Malley Nicole Minchin