Students in 3rd and 4th grade got to learn all about marching band from Merrimac Alums Charlotte and Luke! They are members of the UW Marching Band. They talked about their experience in the band, demonstrated their instruments, and even taught students how to march!
While learning about the Maya, Aztec, and Inca civilizations, the fifth graders have learned about many indigenous foods of Mesoamerica and Central America. Today, they learned about and tasted quinoa, an ancient grain of the Inca Empire. They built their own quinoa based salad bowls by adding vegetables and dressing of their choice. It was a delicious way to conclude their study of the Inca! Learning is delicious!
Winter arrived and MCS kids were all for it! #SPSD #saukprairie #merrimac
Mouse tunnels! Deer tracks! Observing how different trees affect the wind and snow. Amazing winter walk in the woods!
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Lots to see on our #firstdayhike in grade 2. Even with minimal snow, there was lots of winter wonder in the woods.
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Staff and students enjoyed our last day before break caroling in Merrimac, Sauk Prairie and Baraboo. Enjoy your holidays and winter break, see you next year!
Curriculum connections! Kindergarten got up close with a bison, grade 3 acted out Roman myths, and fifth grade made special hot chocolate as part of the study of ancient Mayan and Aztecs. Busy, busy, busy!
Things are getting festive at MCS! Happy Holidays from our halls to yours!
Students are having fun moving in music! Strumming, singing, swinging, and shaking!
MCS 4K Holiday Craft Night was a success! Families had a great time making crafts together and getting to know the other families who will be with them at MCS in the future!
The #firstdayhike for December featured an amazing flyover by a hawk as students watched silently. An awesome closeup experience.
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Agriculture and literacy made learning delicious in Cooking Time this week!
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Ready... Set... Snow! Students enjoyed the first snowfall of the season!
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Our fourth grade class practices math skills on a website called Prodigy. Students have been competing with other 4th grade classes in Wisconsin to see how many math problems they can get correct each week online. They have won two times already and enjoyed rewards of working with partners in the classroom during math time and playing multiplication basketball. Way to show what you know, fourth graders!
Thanksgiving spirit was strong around the school this short week!. Our recess supervisors sported matching turkey hats, 4K had their annual Thanksgiving Feast and Mrs. McCann's class investigated pumpkins by measuring, weighing, counting the seeds and comparing during math instruction. Of course the pumpkin was then made into a pie for all to enjoy! From all of us here at MCS, Happy Thanksgiving!
It is hard to believe but we are already thinking about and planning for next year's school garden!
Merrimac Community Garden is participating in the #SeedMoneyChallenge, a 30-day fundraising challenge and we could really use your support TODAY! In addition to keeping 100% of the funds we raise from individuals like you, we have a chance to win a challenge grant of up to $1000 from SeedMoney based on how much we raise over the course of the 30-day period running from Nov 15 to Dec 15.
As extra incentives, SeedMoney is offering a $400 bonus grant to the campaign that raises the most in the first 24 hours and 50 $100 bonus grants to the 50 garden projects that raise the most during the first week. Your support TODAY can put us into the running for one of those bonus grants. You can find our donation page here:
https://donate.seedmoney.org/9073/merrimac-community-garden
Our very own PE teacher, Mr. Jacob Breunig, is the recipient of the 2023 Wisconsin Health and Physical Education Advocacy Award. He was nominated for his technology based instruction, support for his district teammates and innovative support for students with disabilities. We are lucky to have him on our team as one of the state's best Physical Education teachers! To celebrate we had a "Dress Like Mr. B. Day!"
A nice covering of leaves puts the garden to bed for the winter. Grade 2 mulched the raised beds with leaves and covered the mosaic deer with tarps. Great teamwork!
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While learning about chemical reactions, the fifth graders experimented with gathering natural yeast in a classroom sourdough starter. Their experiment was a huge success! Their experiment grew and grew over the course of 7 days. On Thursday, the fifth graders used their captured yeast to mix together a simple sourdough. After proofing overnight in the refrigerator, they shaped it into loaves, baked it, and ate delicious sourdough bread on Friday. They each made an small loaf to share with their families. Science is delicious!
MCS 4K students were very excited this week because their quail eggs hatched! Many thanks to Middle School Ag Teacher, Jared Mack, for giving the class the quail eggs. Students observed them in the incubator, watched the eggs pipping, and then hatching. 4K students will enjoy watching them grow over the next few weeks!
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