Maple Elementary

🐾✨ PAWSOME STAFF SPOTLIGHT ✨🐾 Join us in celebrating our PAWsome staff member of the week, Ms. Walter! 🦁💚 Ms. Walter is a huge asset to our students and staff. She never hesitates to jump in and help whenever needed — always ready to lend a hand or a listening ear. She has built strong, positive relationships with both coworkers and students, and it truly shows each and every day! We are so grateful for her hard work, dedication, and the kindness she brings to Maple Elementary. Thank you for being PAWSOME, Ms. Walter! 👏

3 months ago, Maple Elementary

Our artists have been hard at work designing collaborative shape banners in Mrs. Turner's art classes! 🎨✨ Before getting started, students explored the concepts of positive and negative space in art and discussed how both play an important role in creating dynamic designs. After creating their positive space shapes, they were given full creative freedom to add color that filled their negative space. Students were encouraged to let their colors and shapes overlap, resulting in artwork that is bold, joyful, and full of vibrant energy! We love seeing their creativity shine through in every unique design.

3 months ago, Maple Elementary

This week at Maple Elementary School, we launched TWO exciting new student incentives — and we’re already seeing our students shine! ✨ 🚌 Gold Medal Bus Riders – Awarded to students who demonstrate safe and responsible behavior on the bus. 🌟 Golden Tickets at Lunch – Given to students showing the very best behavior while ROARing to Success by being: ✔️ Respectful ✔️ Organized ✔️ Attentive ✔️ Responsible We are so proud of how our students are stepping up and modeling what it means to ROAR every day! 🐾 Check out our Week 1 winners below — congratulations to each of you! Keep up the amazing work!

3 months ago, Maple Elementary

We are excited to continue celebrating Black History Month with our optional Spirit Week dress-up days! 📅 Tomorrow is Wednesday, February 25th – Pan-African Pride Day! Students are invited to wear red, green, yellow, and/or black to celebrate Black history, culture, and pride. Here’s what’s coming up for the rest of the week: ❤️ Thursday – “I Have a Dream” Day Wear your favorite PJs inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous speech. 🖤 Friday – Unity Black Out Day Let’s unite and wear ALL BLACK! We can’t wait to see our students and staff showing their spirit and celebrating together!

3 months ago, Maple Elementary

📚🏅 Going for Gold — One Book at a Time! 🏅📚
Read Across America Week at Maple Elementary
🗓 March 2–6

We are excited to celebrate reading all week long with fun, Olympic-themed spirit days — and a special Reading Marathon to wrap it up!

🥇 Spirit Week Schedule

📅 Monday, March 2 – OPENING CEREMONY
Wear your favorite team colors or red, white, and blue.

📅 Tuesday, March 3 – TORCHBEARER TUESDAY
Wear red, orange, and yellow.

📅 Wednesday, March 4 – VOCABULARY VAULT
Wear neon or bright colors (like highlighters!).

📅 Thursday, March 5 – GENRE GAMES
Dress as your favorite book character or represent your favorite genre.

📅 Friday, March 6 – READING MARATHON
Wear comfy athletic wear and bring extra books!

📖 READING MARATHON – March 6th

Join your child for our Reading Marathon!

Throughout the day, students will have various opportunities to read as a class and/or independently to log minutes for our annual Read-a-Thon and increase steps to qualify for Shorebirds tickets.

Families are invited to join their child during one of the assigned reading times listed below — bring a book!

⚠️ Due to space in classrooms:
• Only one adult per student
• No siblings, please

🕘 Reading Marathon Schedule

PK3/4
9:00 (PK3 only)
9:30
11:20 (PK4 only)

Kindergarten
9:00
10:15

1st Grade
10:05–10:20
11:30–12:00

2nd Grade
9:00–9:35
10:40–11:15

3rd Grade
9:30
10:00
10:30

4th Grade
9:00–9:30
11:45–12:15

5th Grade
9:10–9:40
10:40–11:10

We can’t wait to celebrate reading, school spirit, and time together as a Maple community. Let’s go for gold — one book at a time! 🦁📚✨

3 months ago, Maple Elementary

Good Evening!

Due to the current weather conditions, DCPS will operate on a virtual learning day tomorrow, Tuesday, February 24, 2026. Students should follow their school's schedule as they did today. THERE WILL NOT BE A 2-HOUR LATE ARRIVAL AS PREVIOUSLY PLANNED. Other staff are required to telework. If that is not possible, contact your supervisor. Please stay safe!

3 months ago, DCPS

Something exciting is coming—our Read-A-Thon launches next week! 📚🎉 Here's how it works: Kids read. You support. We raise BIG!💰Watch for your child’s registration link soon.

@myreadathon #ReadRaise #MyReadathon

3 months ago, Maple Elementary

🐾✨ PAWsome Staff Spotlight✨🐾 Join us in celebrating Mrs. Wilson! Mrs. Wilson has recently stepped up as a teacher in PK4 while Mrs. Sann is out on maternity leave. She has done an incredible job continuing to foster a warm, engaging, and structured learning environment for all students. Her dedication, patience, and enthusiasm have helped create a smooth transition for the class. We are so thankful for her hard work and commitment to our Maple Elementary Lions family! 🦁💚

3 months ago, Maple Elementary

Good evening!
Due to the predicted weather conditions DCPS will operate on a virtual learning day tomorrow, Monday, February 23, 2026. Students should follow their school’s schedule. Other staff are required to telework. If that is not possible, contact your supervisor.
Please stay safe!

3 months ago, DCPS

❄️ Maple Families ❄️

Check out our Peek of the Week: https://app.smore.com/n/gzmp9

We hope you are staying warm and preparing for the possible snow expected tonight and tomorrow. Please stay safe!

If we have to be virtual, please review the Virtual Day section for important reminders.

🖤 Week of February 23rd – Black History Month Spirit Week (Optional)

Students who participate do not have to be in uniform. Check the flyer for daily themes! Students can still participate even if we are virtual.

📘 Yearbooks are on sale now through April 30th! Don’t miss out — see the Peek of the Week for information on how to order yours today.

3 months ago, Maple Elementary

There is a slight possibility of winter weather this weekend. As a precaution, students are being sent home with their devices and/or paper learning packets tomorrow, Friday, February 20th in the event that school is impacted next week.

Should weather conditions cause a school closure at the start of next week, we will transition to virtual instruction. We hope that the weather will cooperate and that we will see our students in person, bright and early, on Monday.

Thank you for your support and understanding as we prepare for all possibilities.

#BelieveInUs

3 months ago, DCPS

More pictures from our Royal Ball!

3 months ago, Maple Elementary

More pictures from our Royal Ball! Thank you, Ashley McHenry Photography, for capturing it all!

3 months ago, Maple Elementary

Happy 100th Day of School!

3 months ago, Maple Elementary

Reminder: Tomorrow is our 100th Day of School! Students may dress casual as we celebrate 100 amazing days of learning, growing, and roaring with pride! 💚

3 months ago, Maple Elementary

🌟🎉 Quarter 1 & Quarter 2 Perfect Attendance Stars! 🎉🌟

We are incredibly proud to recognize and celebrate our amazing students who achieved Perfect Attendance for Quarter 1 and Quarter 2! Their dedication, responsibility, and commitment to showing up every single day truly sets a wonderful example for everyone. 👏✨

Their consistency and hard work do not go unnoticed. Keep up the fantastic effort — we are so proud of you all! 🌟

3 months ago, Maple Elementary

Good afternoon! This is just a friendly reminder that on Tuesday, February 24th, students will report to school on a 2-hour delay. Thank you!

3 months ago, DCPS

🦁💚 PAWSOME STAFF SPOTLIGHT 💚🦁 Help us celebrate Mrs. Lewis, our incredible 2nd grade team lead! Mrs. Lewis consistently goes above and beyond for her team and her students. On virtual days, she checked in with her entire team, kept everyone informed about important report card deadlines and grading procedures, and was always willing to share resources and lend a helping hand. Thank you, Mrs. Lewis, for all you do for your teammates and our students — we are so lucky to have you! 💚🦁

3 months ago, Maple Elementary

We are so proud to celebrate two of our very own who were recognized as district finalists! 🦁✨ 🏆 Cierra Robinson – Teacher of the Year Finalist 🏆 Hannah Malbouf – Early Excellence Educator Finalist Your hard work, dedication, and heart for our students truly shine every day. Thank you for the love, passion, and excellence you bring to Maple Elementary! 💚 Please join us in congratulating Ms. Robinson and Ms. Malbouf on this incredible honor! 🎉👏 #WithJOY

3 months ago, Maple Elementary

📗🦁 Maple Elementary School Yearbooks Are On Sale! 🦁📗

Don’t miss out on the memories from the 2025–2026 school year! Yearbooks are on sale now for $25 each.

🗓 Orders are due by Thursday, April 30!

Purchase online here:
👉 https://inter-state.com/order

🔢 Order Code: 0269ME

3 months ago, Maple Elementary