Have ewe heard? The barnyard project is baaaack! Students interact daily with the chickens, ducks, and sheep. They will take turns caring for the animals and collecting eggs! We love hands-on learning! #agintheclassroom
7 months ago, Merrimac Community School
Juneberry is happy to be back at school!
Morning check in
Barnyard buddies
Kindergartners checking on the chickens .
Eggs-ellent experience !
Quack pack is back!
Up close
Baaaa!
Quality time
Family Night at MCS was full of books, play, pizza and fun! Thank you for attending the Book Fair, dedication of the OmniSpin, Family Picnic and Home and School Association Parent Meeting!
7 months ago, Merrimac Community School
Family Night
Family Night
Family Night
Family Night
Family Night
Family Night
Family Night
Family Night
Family Night
Family Night
4K had the best time learning about apples and fall this week! They practiced counting by measuring how many apples tall they are, worked on fine motor skills by tearing paper to make an apple craft, and made applesauce for snack using science. Learning in 4K is a lot of fun! #agintheclassroom
8 months ago, Merrimac Community School
Applesauce !
15 apples tall!
School orchard!
Making applesauce !
In the orchard!
Apple craft!
A musical, a hike, and a house full of history, oh my! Grades 2-5 spent the day in Portage with a triple trip. Students enjoyed the musical Alice in Wonderland at the Zona Gale Theater, then hiked and took in the history at the Indian Agency House. Great trip!
8 months ago, Merrimac Community School
Ready for the show!
Ready for the show!
History time!
Indian Agency House
Lots to learn!
Dugout discussion
Making connections
History hike
Nature kids!
Lunch break!
Acorns, bumblebees, and a big frog were highlights from the school prairie this afternoon. Second grade recorded observations in their nature journals from their "sit spots" around the prairie.
8 months ago, Merrimac Community School
Ready to go!
Recording nature data
Up close with goldenrod
Recording nature data
Making observations
Through the big bluestem!
Everyone has their own special sit spot!
Recording nature data
Fall colors
Last blooms!
Our student scientists released monarch butterflies tagged for #monarchwatch! We hope they make it all the way to Mexico! #togetherwesoar
8 months ago, Merrimac Community School
All smiles!
Ready to fly!
Close up!
Getting a good look.
Ready to fly!
Getting a good look!
Up close!
Tagged and ready to fly!
Open House was full of smiles at MCS! The staff is excited to welcome students back to learn together on Tuesday! #MCS #SPSD #togetherwesoar
8 months ago, Merrimac Community School
Back to school
We hope to see you there!
8 months ago, Merrimac Community School
Open House
Free food! Come pick beans, lettuce, and cucumbers! Help our community garden by watering or weeding, then help yourself to some produce! #togetherwesoar
9 months ago, Merrimac Community School
Sunflower love!
Come get some cucumbers!
Beans are ready to pick!
Bees, butterflies, and birds love our flowers!
Ironweed
Pumpkins are starting to grow!
Tomatoes
Grapes
Goldfinch
Beans, peas, lettuce, cucumbers, and a few kohlrabi are ready to be picked! Visit the school garden and take some fresh food! #togetherwesoar #ilovemymcs #agintheclassroom
9 months ago, Merrimac Community School
Cucumbers
A few tomatoes
Lettuce and kale
A few kohlrabi
Peas please!
Hunt for the beans
Prairie partners! Teachers from Tower Rock and Merrimac teamed up to conduct a bumblebee survey that observed the endangered Rusty Patched Bumblebee in our school prairie! #togetherwesoar #savetherustypatchedbumblebee #bumblebees
9 months ago, Merrimac Community School
Bumblebee survey!
Rusty patched bumblebee
Rusty patched bumblebee
Merrimac Community School Garden is pleased to be a part of the Sauk County Master Gardener Tour this year! New mulch from DelMor Nursery looks great in the paths! A big thank you to the Bourgeois, Meier, Scherbert, and Toberman families for raking and spreading the mulch!
10 months ago, Merrimac Community School
Fresh mulch looks great!
Pollinator bed is buzzing!
Mac is keeping watch.
Garden tour info.
Tomatoes look promising .
Cucumber blossom
Colorful blooms
Lettuce is ready for harvest!
Snap peas are ready for harvest.
Apples and pears are growing towards fall!
The garden is really getting growing! Stop by and check it out! Pinch off some young lettuce or kale to take home. Look under the milkweed leaves for monarch caterpillars!
10 months ago, Merrimac Community School
The salad bed is looking good!
Pea pods climbing steadily.
Lots of happy bees!
Kale is coming on!
A last day hike and monarchs closed the circle of second grade. Enjoy the summer!
11 months ago, Merrimac Community School
Last day hike!
Lupine pods
Into the woods...
Lupine
Spiderwort
Waiting for wings
At the end of the year, 4-5's squeezed in s'more science with solar ovens!
11 months ago, Merrimac Community School
S’mores!
S’mores!
S’mores!
S’mores!
S’mores!
S’mores!
S’mores!
S’mores!
Congratulations to the Class of 2031 as they move on from Merrimac! You are always welcome! We are proud of you! Here is the slide show link. https://youtu.be/TaqVcqX4cl4?feature=shared #ilovemymcs #togetherwesoar
11 months ago, Merrimac Community School
Class of 2031
Sweet singing!
Track awards
Track awards
Congratulations !
Congratulations !
5K awards
Congratulations
Congratulations
The Buddies Trip celebrates a year of multi-age groups reading and learning together! Older and younger buddies enjoyed mini-golf and a ride on the Dells Ducks! #TogetherWeSoar
11 months ago, Merrimac Community School
Arrr!
Mini-golf
Buddies
Buddies
Mini-golf!
Break time
Taking a break
Duck ride!
On the ducks!
Cool riders!
Peep peep peep! Chicks and ducklings add their voices to our classrooms and hatch the next generation of poultry for our school barn. #agintheclassroom
11 months ago, Merrimac Community School
Peep!
Chick watching!
Ready to leave the incubator !
It’s getting crowded in here!
Peep!
Breakfast
Ducky watch!
Fame Day is a highlight each spring for one day of mini-classes with crafts, sports, and activities! A favorite for all!
11 months ago, Merrimac Community School
Popsicles !
Archery
Chess
Pizza
Make a jump rope
Macrame
Slime
Recycled Robotas
Make a Vase
Make a Pillow
MCS was on the move on Saturday, June 1st! On the heels of the race/walk in the morning, it was MCS night at the Mallards Game! To top it off 25 current and former students sang the National Anthem to a sold out stadium on the second home game of the season. Under the direction of music teacher, Miss Knitt, they made us proud! Linked below is a video of them singing from the field. Thanks to the Mallards for a fun school family night out! #madisonmallards #togetherwesoar #MCS https://photos.app.goo.gl/2GKp3gjftsBjtPMQ7
11 months ago, Merrimac Community School
Mallards Game
Mallards Game
Mallards Game
Mallards Game
Mallards Game
Mallards Game
Mallards Game
Mallards Game
Mallards Game
Mallards Game