Pumpkins, cranberries, and hydroponic lettuce highlight Wisconsin agriculture during cooking time! The sheep and chickens are loving the pumpkins from Buttermilk Barn! Thank you! #AgInTheClassroom
Lions, and tigers, and a bear, oh my! A field trip to the Big Cat Rescue in Rock Springs made for an interesting morning! A stop at Oschner Zoo rounded out our habitat trip on a beautiful fall day!
We are going batty for #InternationalBatWeek in grade 2! Students measured and built six bat houses, learned about the importance of bats in the ecosystem, and read lots of bat books!
❤️🦇 The bat houses will be installed in different places around the school grounds, prairie, and forest to provide habitat for our local flying mammals.
We’re sad to share that Miss Amy has accepted a new position closer to home. She will be greatly missed! If you’re interested in working with the friendliest students and staff around, we’re looking for a new Head Cook at MCS—apply today!
Medical team to third grade... finishing their unit on body systems, third graders scrubbed up and used their learning to make models of organs, perform surgery, and have fun!
A big thank you to Keller's Kornucopia for a fabulous field trip! Kindergarten and second grade enjoyed picking pumpkins from the field, seeing the honeybee hives, and navigating the hay bale maze!
The skeleton crew is ready for Halloween! Fifth graders learned about the skeleton system with a milk jug project!
🎃🍁 Our 5K students at MCS had a “gourd” time celebrating the season with pumpkin pie–scented playdough! The classroom smelled amazing, and the fun was as sweet as pie! 🥧✨ #MCS #FallFun #HandsOnLearning #SPSD
Our K-5 students saw all 15 species of cranes today at the International Crane Foundation. The fantastic tour was a hit as students learned about the amazing conservation efforts locally and around the world!
#InternationalCraneFoundation
#TogetherWeSoar
❤️🥚 Our egg-cellent birds have been laying lots of eggs! On Friday, eggs are for sale for $3 (pick up at the office or pick-up line after school). All money supports the barnyard project.
Comment or message to reserve your eggs.
Monty the Mammoth greeted our hikers on their final segment of the #MammothHikeChallenge on the #IceAgeTrail today! Students connected their classroom learning through three habitats as they completed the last seven miles and practiced positive perseverance!
#TakeMeOutsideDay
🌿 Many Hands Make Light Work! 🌿
It was a beautiful day for our Family Garden Clean-Up Day! Students, families, and staff came together to pull the last of the produce, tidy up the beds, and prepare our school garden for winter. 🌻🥕🍂
Thank you to everyone who pitched in — your hard work keeps our garden growing strong year after year! 💚 #MCSGarden #CommunityInAction #ManyHandsMakeLightWork #SPSD #togetherwesoar
It was a beautiful day for our Family Garden Clean-Up Day! Students, families, and staff came together to pull the last of the produce, tidy up the beds, and prepare our school garden for winter. 🌻🥕🍂
Thank you to everyone who pitched in — your hard work keeps our garden growing strong year after year! 💚 #MCSGarden #CommunityInAction #ManyHandsMakeLightWork #SPSD #togetherwesoar
Our intrepid hikers on the #IceAgeTrail showed perseverance in the wet weather today! Lots of tree and leaf learning as they continued the #MammothHikeChallenge! A big thank you to Bruce and Jenifer for the trail magic on the Lodi Marsh segment. The kids loved it! ❤️
🎭✨ MCS students in grades 3–5 enjoyed the Sauk County Schools Renaissance Faire Field Trip Day at Circus World! The experience, hosted by Shakespeare on the Edge, connects beautifully to our Amplify language arts curriculum and literally brings knowledge to life for our learners!🌟
#MerrimacCommunitySchool #RoguesAndRuffians #ShakespeareOnTheEdge #CircusWorld #SPSD #AmplifyELA
C is for Coniferous!
D is for Deciduous!
Kindergarten-second grade students took a habitat hike through Steinke Basin.
Grades 3-5 took a turn through Johnson Moraine for a geology hike. A wonderful way to finish our Friday!
Walk in the woods Wednesday! Grades 1 and 2 continued racking up the miles for the #MammothHikeChallenge on the #IceAgeTrail.
A big thank you to #AgInTheClassroom and the Sauk County Farm Bureau for bringing Wisconsin agriculture to second grade.
Have ewe herd the news? The Barnyard Project is baaaaack! Students have the opportunity to learn about animal husbandry, responsibility, and so much more while the animals are on site.
#AgInTheClassroom
#ProjectBasedLearning
☀️😎 Merrimac Community School showed up in style at the SPHS Homecoming Parade! A record-setting hot day didn’t stop us from looking cool in our newly donated shades. 🖤 Go Eagles!
Farm week was so much fun in 4K, it wore out the students! Grandpa Palmer brought a tractor and all the students climbed up to check it out. They also made very colorful cow puppets and enjoyed singing Old McDonald had a Farm.
#AgInTheClassroom
#SPSDlearns
#MerrimacCommunitySchool
