MONDAY, JANUARY 11th
| IMPORTANT DATES JANUARY St. Albans Pop-up Covid-19 Testing event. Wednesday, January 13th. More information at this link Martin Luther King Jr. Day - No School Monday, January 18th. Normal School Day - No longer an in-service day. 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. FEBRUARY MRUSD Board Meeting Wednesday, February 3rd. 6:00 - 9:00 PM. Zoom Meeting link at https://www.maplerun.org/o/mrusd/events when available. MRUSD Board Meeting Wednesday, February 17th. 6:00 - 9:00 PM. Zoom Meeting link at https://www.maplerun.org/o/mrusd/events when available. Mid-Winter Break Monday, February 22nd - Tuesday, March 2nd |
JANUARY, 2020
January 1st - No School January 4th - Inservice Day - No School January 5th - Remote learning day - all students January 18th - No School: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day January 19th - Normal School Day (no longer an in-service day) |
SNOW TUBE GUIDANCE Snow conditions will be fast today. Please walk up the sides of the hill behind the straw bale barriers to avoid getting hit. Also, this will prevent the sledding hill from being packed down to the point where it must be closed. One person per tube. Masks up at all times. Stack tubes at the top of the hill when your group departs. Thank you. |
| PICTURES PHOTOS OF DISCOVERY, USA AND TRAVELERS STUDENTS SNOW TUBING Link to 60 Pictures taken on Thursday the 7th and Friday the 8th of January. Snow conditions on the sledding hill were excellent! STUDENTS THOUGHTS ON WEARING MASKS There are six videos about masks and one or two will be shown daily. For Monday: 1. What students don't like about wearing masks. 2 minutes 18 seconds 2. What students do like about wearing masks. 24 seconds Shown last Friday: How students feel about wearing masks. 2 minutes 10 seconds | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
OPEN DOORS Starting January 25th-February 19th, Monday and Thursday - 2:30-4:00 pm. A Sign-up Link will be opened on Monday, 1-11-2021. Check back on the link later on Monday if a message states that it is no longer accepting responses. At present, we are planning to move forward with session two of Open Doors, beginning January 25th. Unlike the last session, the students will attend two days, Monday and Thursday for grades 1st-6th. 7th and 8th-grade students will attend just the day they attend in-person classes. There is a max of 10 students per program.
There is NO bussing.
OPTIONS Creative Creations (1st-3rd grade) - Instructor: Wendy Trainer, location: Cafeteria- This program will entail wood, paper, and other creative crafts that will help students learn to use their imagination and gift of creativity!
Food Carving (2nd-4th grade)- Instructor: Margaux Vaillancourt, location: Kitchen- The art of carving food, a very common technique in Europe and Asian countries, and particularly popular in Thailand, China, and Japan! There are many fruits that can be used in this unique and fun process! Students will carve different grocery store foods into edible art!
Girls Who Code (3rd-5th grade)- Instructor: Darcie Rankin, location: Library - Girls can join the sisterhood of supportive peers and use Computer Science to change the world! Girls will learn by reading excerpts from our books Learn to Code and Change the World and The Friendship Code, practice new skills by completing fun and simple online coding tutorials, and build community through interactive activities with the rest of your Club.
Ping-Pong (4th-8th grade)- Instructor: Michael Jetter, location: Small Gym- Like most other sports, table tennis had humble beginnings as a “parlor game,” open to anyone with access to a table, paddle, and ball. Additionally, other healthy and relaxed activities will be planned.
Photography (5th-8th grade)- Instructor: Christian DiFranco, location: Library- Come learn the basics of photography! Through daily lessons and prompts, students will learn the basics of photography and visual storytelling. All you need is any device that can snap a picture! We will touch on shot framing, exposure, and how to tell stories through photographs while practicing every day. |
MEALS | ||||
MON 11th | TUE 12th | WED 13th | THU 14th | FRI 15th |
BREAKFAST | ||||
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 | ||||
Cheeseburger Oven Crisp Tater Tots Steamed Green Peas Or Chicken Caesar Salad Wrap Dinner Roll Assorted Fresh, Dried or Canned Fruit Milk Variety | Nachos Supreme
Mexicali Corn
Rice Pilaf
Or Chef Salad w/Dinner Roll Dinner Roll Assorted Fresh, Dried or Canned Fruit Milk Variety | Remote learning | Macaroni and Cheese
Steamed Broccoli
Dinner Roll
Or Deli Turkey Sandwich Veggie Sticks Assorted Fresh, Dried or Canned Fruit Milk Variety | Oven-Baked Chicken
Nuggets
Seasoned Green Beans
Or Chicken Caesar Salad Dinner Roll Assorted Fresh, Dried or Canned Fruit Milk Variety |
WEATHER TODAY WEATHER EXPECTED OVER THE REST OF THE WEEK |
NEW LIBRARY BOOKS TO CONSIDER READING Here are the three featured books for this time period. Please contact Ms. Ashley Levine if you would like to read one of these books or have any questions about them. | |
 | What does it take to be an astronaut? Excellence at flying, courage, intelligence, resistance to stress, top physical shape -- any checklist would include these. But when America created NASA in 1958, there was another unspoken rule: you had to be a man. Here is the tale of thirteen women who proved that they were not only as tough as the toughest man but also brave enough to challenge the government. They were blocked by prejudice, jealousy, and the scrawled note of one of the most powerful men in Washington. But even though the Mercury 13 women did not make it into space, they did not lose, for their example empowered young women to take their place in the sky, piloting jets and commanding space capsules. ALMOST ASTRONAUTS is the story of thirteen true pioneers of the space age. |
 | Growing up quiet and lonely at the beginning of the twentieth century, Gyo learned from her relatives the ways in which both women and Japanese people lacked opportunity. Her teachers and family believed in her and sent her to art school and later Japan, where her talent flourished. But while Gyo's career grew and led her to work for Walt Disney Studios, World War II began, and with it, her family's internment. But Gyo never stopped fighting -- for herself, her vision, her family an d her readers -- and later wrote and illustrated the first children's book to feature children of different races interacting together. Check out this Red Clover book from our school’s library today! |
 | Katina King is the reigning teen jujitsu champion of Northern California, but she’s having trouble fighting off the secrets in her past. Robin Thornton was adopted from an orphanage in India and is reluctant to take on his future. If he can’t find his roots, how can he possibly plan ahead? Robin and Kat meet in the most unlikely of places—a summer service trip to Kolkata to work with survivors of human trafficking. As bonds build between the travel mates, Robin and Kat discover that justice and healing are tangled, like the pain of their pasts and the hope for their futures. You can’t rewind life; sometimes you just have to push play. |
NEW LIBRARY BOOKS TO CONSIDER READING. Link to the list of books highlighted in previous announcements. |
BIRTHDAYS JANUARY 11th - 17th
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