Our school animals are thankful for pumpkins! We are grateful for the fantastic families, staff, and community that make Merrimac Community School one of a kind! Happy Thanksgiving!
A favorite MCS 4K tradition took place this week...The 4K Feast! Each 4K student brought food to the feast to share. The children served themselves, were allowed to use butter knives to cut, practiced their manners, and loved sitting at our long "family" table.
"Community" service is in our name! Students decorated the village planters for the season! Now, the winter decorations just need a little snow! We love service learning!
Stir it Up Sauk Prairie visited the 4th graders today. They learned about different sources of protein! They got to prep, create, and enjoy breakfast pizza and banana sushi!
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.
