📚 Reminder: Reading Marathon is TODAY! 📚
Students will have opportunities throughout the day to read as a class and 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 — please feel free to bring a book!
Important Reminders:
• Due to limited classroom space, only one adult per student at a time
• No siblings, please
Reading Times
PK3/PK4
📖 9:00 (PK3 only)
📖 9:30
📖 11:20 (PK4 only)
Kindergarten
📖 9:00
📖 10:15
1st Grade
📖 9:55–10:10
📖 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 hope you’re able to stop by and enjoy some reading time with your child today! 💚📖
Students will have opportunities throughout the day to read as a class and 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 — please feel free to bring a book!
Important Reminders:
• Due to limited classroom space, only one adult per student at a time
• No siblings, please
Reading Times
PK3/PK4
📖 9:00 (PK3 only)
📖 9:30
📖 11:20 (PK4 only)
Kindergarten
📖 9:00
📖 10:15
1st Grade
📖 9:55–10:10
📖 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 hope you’re able to stop by and enjoy some reading time with your child today! 💚📖
Mrs. Thibault’s third graders have been busy exploring fractions in fun and hands-on ways!
Students used playdough to build and identify fractions, helping them see and feel how parts make up a whole. Students also practiced placing fractions on a number line, strengthening their understanding of fraction size and how fractions relate to whole numbers.
Great work, Mrs. Thibault’s class! 🌟
💚 Happy School Social Worker Appreciation Week! 💚
This week we proudly recognize Mrs. Pinder and Mrs. Meekins for the incredible work they do for our Maple students each and every day. Their compassion, patience, and dedication help support the social and emotional well-being of our students and families.
They listen, encourage, advocate, and help our students navigate challenges so they can focus on learning and growing. Our school community is stronger because of the care and support they provide.
Thank you, Mrs. Pinder and Mrs. Meekins, for the difference you make at Maple every single day. We appreciate you! 🦁💚
📚🦁 Maple Elementary Read-A-Thon Update!
We are off to a great start with our Read-A-Thon and are so proud of our Maple readers!
✨ Current Totals:
📖 123 registered readers
⏱ 8,086 minutes read
💰 $5,553 raised so far!
Shoutout to our current leaders in registrations, minutes read, and donations—keep up the amazing work! 👏
If you have not registered your reader yet, it’s not too late! Registering ensures your child receives credit for all of the minutes they read.
🔗 Register here:
https://www.read-a-thon.com/readers/r/aWiHje?utm=email
Thank you to all of our Maple families for supporting reading and helping make this event a success! 📚
We are off to a great start with our Read-A-Thon and are so proud of our Maple readers!
✨ Current Totals:
📖 123 registered readers
⏱ 8,086 minutes read
💰 $5,553 raised so far!
Shoutout to our current leaders in registrations, minutes read, and donations—keep up the amazing work! 👏
If you have not registered your reader yet, it’s not too late! Registering ensures your child receives credit for all of the minutes they read.
🔗 Register here:
https://www.read-a-thon.com/readers/r/aWiHje?utm=email
Thank you to all of our Maple families for supporting reading and helping make this event a success! 📚
We are proud to recognize four outstanding members of the Maple Elementary family who have been named DCPS Team Member of the Year Finalists! Their dedication, compassion, and commitment to our students and community truly make Maple a special place. 💚
🌟 Leadership:
Natalie Drake
🌟 Impact:
Katie Scarpati
🌟 Service Above Self:
Carlos Wilson
🌟 Community Connections:
Gray Jimenez
Each of them works tirelessly to support students, families, and colleagues, and we are incredibly proud to see their hard work recognized across the district.
👏 Please join us in congratulating Ms. Natalie Drake, Ms. Katie Scarpati, Mr. Carlos Wilson, and Ms. Gray Jimenez on this well-deserved honor!
We look forward to celebrating them at the DCPS Awards Gala on April 9th. 🎉
A huge THANK YOU to the Cambridge Rotary Club for donating brand new dictionaries to every one of our 3rd graders at Maple Elementary School!
Our students were beyond excited to receive their very own dictionaries and wasted no time putting them to good use. They especially loved learning about the longest word in the dictionary — a whopping 1,909 letters long! 🤯📖
We are so grateful for community partners like the Cambridge Rotary Club who invest in our students’ learning and help spark curiosity, vocabulary growth, and a love of words. Thank you for supporting our ROARing readers! 💚✨
Maple Elementary is on a roll! 🏅🚌
Our students are SO excited to earn their Gold Medal Bus Rider tickets, and we just had to share a few more of our shining stars! 🌟
These students are showing what it means to ROAR to Success — being Respectful, Organized, Attentive, and Responsible from the moment they step on the bus. We are so proud of the positive choices they are making each and every day!
Our Read-A-Thon kicks off tomorrow! 📚✨ Register your reader today so they can hit the ground running: https://www.read-a-thon.com/readers/r/aWiHje?utm=email
Every minute read and every dollar raised makes a difference!
@myreadathon #ReadRaise #MyReadathon
Every minute read and every dollar raised makes a difference!
@myreadathon #ReadRaise #MyReadathon
Maple Families,
Please take a moment to check out this week’s Peek of the Week:
https://app.smore.com/n/rd9j4
We have a LOT happening at Maple!
📚 Our Read-A-Thon kicks off tomorrow — we can’t wait to see our students reading and reaching their goals!
📖 It’s Read Across America Week, and we have special dress-up days planned. Be sure to check the Peek for details!
💚 Families are invited to come in and read with their child. Please review the Peek for grade-level times and information.
⏰ Early dismissal on Friday due to Parent Conferences.
🚌 March 17th – PK4–5th grade students will head to CSD for a field trip.
…and so much more!
Thank you for your continued support in making Maple such a special place to learn and grow. 🖤📚
Please take a moment to check out this week’s Peek of the Week:
https://app.smore.com/n/rd9j4
We have a LOT happening at Maple!
📚 Our Read-A-Thon kicks off tomorrow — we can’t wait to see our students reading and reaching their goals!
📖 It’s Read Across America Week, and we have special dress-up days planned. Be sure to check the Peek for details!
💚 Families are invited to come in and read with their child. Please review the Peek for grade-level times and information.
⏰ Early dismissal on Friday due to Parent Conferences.
🚌 March 17th – PK4–5th grade students will head to CSD for a field trip.
…and so much more!
Thank you for your continued support in making Maple such a special place to learn and grow. 🖤📚
🐾✨ 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! 👏
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.
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!
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!
📚🏅 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! 🦁📚✨
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! 🦁📚✨
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!
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!
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
🐾✨ 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! 🦁💚
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!
❄️ 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.
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
