Students in Ashley Mickelson's art class are detectives trying to recover stolen art and artifacts from around the world. These student's recovered the "stolen" African mask after finding hidden clues and objects around the classroom. They had to solve some challenging puzzles in order to find and unlock the bag the mask was hidden in. Great job detectives!
Students in Derek Sorenson’s class learned about how illnesses spread by playing “infection” with robots. If the blue screen robots were touched by a red one, they became infected and had to change their screens to red.
Students in Heidi Broderick’s class have been learning about forces and conservation of energy. Students put their knowledge of Kinetic and Potential energy to the test as they collaborated, designed, and built a roller coaster with tubing, 1 meter of making tape, and a BB. They had to include 2 loops, a corkscrew, and the BB had to stop within 30cm of exiting their track. There are really fine engineers at Maple Grove!
This week in PE, students had the opportunity to learn a new game called paddlezlam. They were working with a teammate to score different types of points. They really seem to be getting the hang of it and having a lot of fun!
Katie Miller's 7th Grade Science class was learning about gravity and inertia using a water balloon. Students used a water balloon connected to a clothespin and piece of string. The students swung the balloon around in a circle until the balloon reached escape velocity. Then the students noted that the balloon continued in a straight line from the point it left the clothespin.
Almost 100 students submitted a self-created bookmark for the first Maple Grove bookmark contest. Students used watercolor, paint, pencil sketches and many other mediums to make their unique bookmarks. Winners of the contest are Vivian Tew, Rachel Chamberlain, Mandi Smith, and Claire Trimble. The winning bookmarks will be printed and shared with the students at Maple Grove.
Photo Left to Right: Vivian Tew, Rachel Chamberlain, Mandi Smith - Claire Trimble was not present for the group photo.
Congratulations to the first ever Maple Grove Middle School Student Council.
Back Row Left to Right: Allison Bernardino, Shea Workman, Jane Dastrup, and Madison Jensen.
Middle Row Left to Right: Preston Mitchell, Rigdon Perry, and Trevin Fife
Front Row Left to Right: Owen Ryland, Jennilyn Hess, and Lucy McBride
Kendall Bosch's class loves doing math things! They are grateful for technology, learning games, and the awesome building with tables in the hallways for students to work collaboratively!
Maple Grove's first student of the month pizza luncheon was held September 30, 2021 to honor those students who REACH higher. These students are examples of being Resilient, Engaged, Aware, Caring and Honorable. Congratulations to all the students of the month.
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