October is bullying awareness and prevention month. DCPS will participate in the National Unity Day 2024 campaign on Wednesday, October 16, 2024. All students, staff, and community members are encouraged to wear ORANGE to show a visible message of building commUNITY through kindness, acceptance, and inclusion to prevent bullying! Everyone is encouraged to post pictures to social media using the hashtag #UnityEveryDay.
No need to cook dinner tonight! Stop by Chipotle between 4-8 pm to support Maple Elementary School! 25% of event sales will be donated to our PBIS and Houses initiatives!
Students in Ms. Drake’s second grade class finished out their week in math with a subtraction scoot. They worked with a partner, moved around the room, and solved subtraction problems within 100.
A visit from the fire truck for Fire Prevention Week!
Yesterday was our Family Math Night! Thank you to all the families who joined us for fun math games, face painting, and our annual pumpkin decorating contest!
This week, Mrs. Gardner's third graders learned a new multiplication strategy using arrays. The students enjoyed arranging M&Ms into arrays and writing matching multiplication equations.
Congratulations to our Students of the Month for September! 🌟 🦁
Happy National Coaches Day to Mrs. Pritchett, our reading coach, and Ms. Jones, our math coach! We appreciate everything they do for the staff, students, and families at Maple.
Congratulations to Dorchester County Public Schools' Teacher of the Year, Katelyn Blair, honored at the Maryland Teacher of the Year banquet last night! Your Maple family is proud of you and grateful to have you representing the incredible teachers of DCPS.
Today, Mrs. Pinder and Mrs. Meekins focused on emotion recognition in play therapy. Mrs. Barnes' class did an excellent job identifying emotions!
Ms. Leas' first graders practiced their short vowel sounds and identified vowel sounds in words with a fun game of BOOM, CLAP, SNATCH!
Our Fall Family Math Night will be on Thursday, October 10th, from 5-6:30 pm. Please RSVP by October 3rd. We will also be having our annual pumpkin decorating contest. Please let us know if your family will be bringing in a decorated pumpkin to enter the contest.
Today marked our first House Meeting of the school year! Students loved spending time with their house families and building connections!
Yesterday, we hosted our Title I/Back to School Book Tasting event, and it was a fantastic evening! Students sampled various books and took home their favorites. Parents learned about Maple being a Title I school and the exciting initiatives planned for this year. We wrapped up the night with delicious food and door prizes! Thank you to everyone who participated!
Tomorrow is our first House Meeting! Students may wear their House color!
MES families, we'd love for you to join us this Wednesday at 8:15 am for prayer at the flag pole!
This week, our third graders created scaled picture graphs using Playdoh! This hands-on activity introduced them to multiplication concepts. Next up: exploring equal groups and arrays!
Pre-K and Kindergarten had a fantastic week of learning in Mrs. Blair’s and Mrs. Weglarz’s classes! Check out these pictures of the students fully engaged and focused.
This week in 4th grade was a blast! In Ms. Cook's math class, students participated in a Jeopardy review to prepare for their Unit 1 checkpoint on Monday. Teams competed for a special prize, making it a super fun and engaging day! In Mrs. Kolakowski's class, students enjoyed a book tasting, exploring various titles from the hook book collection! Students were so excited!
Happy Community School Liaison Week to Mrs. Higgins! She consistently goes above and beyond for our staff, students, families, and the entire school community. We love you, Mrs. Higgins!
