🌸 Better Together: May Day Fun! 🌸
Our second graders had some very special guests in the classroom last week! Members of the Sauk Prairie High School Key Club traveled to Merrimac to help our students craft beautiful May Day Baskets.
While the markers and tissue paper were flying, the real magic was seeing our older and younger students working side-by-side. It was a wonderful morning of mentorship, creativity, and community spirit.
🧺 Spreading the Joy
The baskets were a blast to make, but their real purpose is even better! We hope these colorful creations found their way to porches and front doors throughout the community to spread a little extra spring joy beyond our school walls.
A huge thank you to the SPHS Key Club for being such fantastic role models and for helping us celebrate the arrival of May in such a thoughtful way!
#SaukPrairieProud #MerrimacElementary #MayDay #KeyClub #CommunitySpirit #BetterTogether
5 months ago, Merrimac Community School
Searching for Wisconsin spring woodland plants on the #IceAgeTrail today! Grades 1&2 looked for seasonal changes from when they hiked this trail in the fall.
5 months ago, Merrimac Community School
A big thank you to the families and staff who helped with spring garden prep today! Your efforts enable all the students to plant, grow, and thrive in our beautiful community garden! Thank you!
5 months ago, Merrimac Community School
🌱 Community Heroes in Action! 🌱
Our Merrimac Community School students took to the streets today to show our village some love for Earth Day! 🌎 From our littlest 5K explorers to our seasoned 5th graders, these eagle-eyed volunteers worked hard to clear litter and keep our community beautiful.
But the green mission didn't end there! Every student headed home with their very own sapling to plant. We’re already looking forward to seeing these trees grow alongside our students. 🌳
As one enthusiastic young friend put it: "I can't wait to go home and bury my tree!"
Check out these proud smiles and hard-working hands in the photos below! 👇
5 months ago, Merrimac Community School
Grades 1 and 2 planted a Wisconsin 'garden in a glove' today, thanks to Ag in the Classroom! Lots of science questions with room to grow our learning!
#AgInTheClassroom
5 months ago, Merrimac Community School
First grade featured their habitat dioramas this week! Other classrooms visited the science displays and listened to the students discuss their ecosystems!
5 months ago, Merrimac Community School
A big thank you to our staffers who helped drag branches and prep the school prairie for our prescribed burn this spring!
6 months ago, Merrimac Community School
Before break, grades 2 and 5 teamed up for some outside community service. Students removed winter decor from the village planters and practiced pruning in the community garden. We love service learning!
6 months ago, Merrimac Community School
❤️🍎A big thank you to the Badger Apple Corp and the Sauk Prairie Conservation Alliance for the gift of a heritage apple tree! Students carefully planted it in the school orchard before the rain today! To learn more about the amazing local history, visit
https://www.saukprairie.org/apple-corps for more info!
6 months ago, Merrimac Community School
Celebrating #NationalAgricultureDay with our favorite Wisconsin dairy product... ice cream! Thank you Sauk County Farm Bureau! #AgInTheClassroom
6 months ago, Merrimac Community School
First graders just finished their "History of the Earth" unit. Look at these amateur paleontologists!
6 months ago, Merrimac Community School
MCS was well represented at the Serenity Art Gallery Children's Art Show in Sauk City. The art varied from colored pencil, mixed media, photography, collage, and paint. Great job, MCS current students and alumni!
6 months ago, Merrimac Community School
It was a sugar snow! Students boiled the last of the maple sap into syrup and enjoyed it on pancakes today! Math, science, and history all in one tasty project. Yum!
A big thank you to our neighbors for sharing their tree! ❤️
#AgInTheClassroom
6 months ago, Merrimac Community School
Leprechauns were seen sneaking around MCS today. These little leprechauns also had a great time sledding, listening to Irish music, and learning about rainbows. Happy St. Patrick's Day from MCS 4K!
6 months ago, Merrimac Community School
Students are monitoring wildlife in the school forest with Snapshot Wisconsin! Collecting data and identifying animals is real-life science and math!
#WIDNR #WisconsinConservation #SnapshotWisconsin
7 months ago, Merrimac Community School
Signs of spring! Bluebird houses are cleaned out for the early birds arriving on the playground and the maple sap is dripping into collection bags! Outside science is a sign of spring!
7 months ago, Merrimac Community School
Our trip to Olbrich Gardens was tree-mendous! Students reviewed forestry concepts and enjoyed the tropical rain forest blooming with orchids! It was plant-tastic!
7 months ago, Merrimac Community School
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7 months ago, Melissa Sumwalt
MCS 4K loved learning about pizza! The students made pretend pizzas with construction paper, had a pizzeria in the kitchen center, and made their own individual English muffin pizzas for snack. The school hallway smelled delicious and had the other grades wondering what 4K was up to this week!
7 months ago, Merrimac Community School
MCS 4K had a lovely time celebrating Valentine's Day this week. Students created heart projects, cut out hearts using fun edged scissors, and had buddy time with the 5th grade students.
7 months ago, Merrimac Community School
