🍎🍏A few more pictures fresh from the orchard!
about 9 hours ago, Merrimac Community School
A is for Apple! 🍎 🍏 Students are picking apples from the school orchard for cider making and cooking time! A project that started growing 20 years ago is bearing lots of fruit!
#SeedsToSnacks
#AgInTheClassroom
#SchoolOrchard
about 9 hours ago, Merrimac Community School
This was a week of firsts for many 4K students at MCS - first time writing their name, first time cutting with scissors, first time mixing colors to make new colors. Their brains are constantly taking in new experiences!
about 18 hours ago, Merrimac Community School
Students are harvesting the vegetables they planted in the spring and making fresh, healthy snacks! Grade three chopped and stirred up some salsa! Yum! Full-circle learning!
#AgInTheClassroom
#SeedsToSnacks
#WisSchoolGarden
1 day ago, Merrimac Community School
An excellent morning show at Zona Gale Theater Culver's Stage in Portage followed by a nature hike at John Muir Park! A fantastic first field trip for grades 3-5!
2 days ago, Merrimac Community School
In between rain showers on Friday, grades 1 and 2 released more monarch butterflies! Both classrooms are observing monarch caterpillars in science class. ❤️🐛
4 days ago, Merrimac Community School
Even with the rainy days, it was sunshine and smiles the first week in 4K at MCS!
7 days ago, Merrimac Community School
Science in the garden!
Science with a shell!
Science in a jelly jar!
The second day went well!
9 days ago, Merrimac Community School
Old friends and new friends! Big smiles and lots of laughing! The first day of school was a huge success! Let's do it again tomorrow!
10 days ago, Merrimac Community School
Our open house for families is Thursday, August 27th from 2-6pm. Meet the teachers, take your school photo, and get ready for the first day! The 4K meeting starts at 5:30pm. See you there!
17 days ago, Merrimac Community School
Outdoor work is underway! The swings and trees damaged in the big storm are being removed to make way for new! The garden is getting growing as the beds are weeded and mulched to start the summer. Stay tuned!
3 months ago, Merrimac Community School
4K is getting ready to set sail for Kindergarten! MCS 4K students learned about the ferry this week. They enjoyed an ice cream treat from Mr. Adam, rode on the ferry, and had a great time creating pirate hats with our high school intern.
4 months ago, Merrimac Community School
What do The Alamo and our school sheep have in common? Wool! Some of our wool from the shearing field trip today will be donated to The Alamo (yes, THE Alamo)) for use in their historic demonstrations!
Students also released the 52 rainbow trout we've been raising since January. Big day! Great trip!
4 months ago, Merrimac Community School
A big thank you to Buttermilk Barn for donating gorgeous flowers! Students are making the village beautiful all summer by filling the planters along the highway with the blooming plants. Community service helps everyone grow!
4 months ago, Merrimac Community School
A field trip for the history books! Old World Wisconsin brought the 1800's to life for grades 2 and 3! Students were excited to donate the wool from our school sheep to their living history demonstrations.
4 months ago, Merrimac Community School
🌸 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
4 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
