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Maple Messenger

February 2022 Edition

MapleMessengerFebruary 2022 Edition

Principal's Corner

I wanted to take a moment and talk to you about the academic progress our Maple students have made over the last five months. As many of you understand, the pandmeic has taken a toll on academics around the world over the last two years. The first year we lost a whole quarter of in person learning. The second year of the pandemic, the school day was shortened by two hours. This year our hours and instruction time was returned to normal. I would not call it a "normal" year, but at least the instructional time was somewhat normal.


Our teachers and staff have gone above and beyond for our students in their efforts to catch up our students academically. The students themselves have worked extremely hard and have given their best efforts in class this year. As a result, we have seen large growth gains in our benchmark assessments this year. I am so proud of our students, staff and families for their efforts this year!


Please see our graphs below for our outstanding progress. I am looking forward to seeing even more growth come our spring benchmark!!

Maple Overall Reading

Maple Overall Math

Come Visit the Maple Book Fair!!!

Date: March 14th-17th

Where: Maple Student Lounge


Hours:


Mon & Tues 3-5pm

Wed & Thurs 2-6:30pm

Fun Around Maple

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PreK is learning to build with friends

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Learning how things fit together in PreK!

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PreK's new lego table

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100's Day in 1st grade

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First grade science

First graders are studying the Earth's core.
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Core of the Earth models-1st grade

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Hat day in Mrs. Weston's room

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Second grade Valentine fun

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Mrs. Acton's class is hatching chicks

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100's Day balloon stomp in Kindergarten

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Kindergarten Valentines Day fun

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First grade mosaic designs

A Look at Academics Around Maple

Maple has so much learning going on right now. This is the time of year that students really start to flourish! Enjoy the peek of what is happening in the academic world at Maple!
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Second Grade CAFE

Some of our second graders are working on CAFE reading strategies.
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Fundations

Maple students are working hard to learn their phonics skills. This helps them with decoding and reading.
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Spelling Words

Teachers come up with creative ways for students to practice their spelling words.
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1st Grade Olympics

First grade is keeping a tally of the Olympic medals.
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Math Fun

First grade made a fun project out of addition and subtraction problems. Students are learning to master their addition and subtraction facts.
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Library

Our librarians have been busy making sure students have great books available to them to read!
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Daily 5

Students work on small groups of learning rounds using Daily 5. During these rounds, teachers work with individual readers or small groups of readers.
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Predictions

First grade made predictions about what the groundhog might see!
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I have a dream....

Second grade shared their own dreams for the world.
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2nd Grade Super Bowl Graph

You can turn about anything into a math project! Check out the Super Bowl predictions from one second grade class!
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Valentines Day Fun

How can you be kind?
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Second Grade Reports

Second graders are working on learning to write informational writing pieces.

Illinois Principals Association Maple Student Award Winners

Each year Maple nominates two second grade students for the IPA Award. Yaslin Puebla and Sam Tyler were chosen as Maple's award winners. These two students show compassion, good work ethic and kindness. We are so proud of them! Congratulations!

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Upcoming Events

  • February 18th 2:05 Dismissal
  • February 21st No School-Presidents Day
  • February 25th PBIS Celebration-Indoor Snowball Fight
  • February 28th Maple Fundraiser Begins
  • March 4th 12:05 Dismissal
  • March 11th All Fundraiser materials are due
  • March 14-17th Maple Book Fair in the Student Lounge
  • March 16-17th Parent Teacher Conferences
  • March 18th-27th No School-Spring Break
  • March 28th School Resumes