Could you imagine if every classroom adhered to these expectations?? 😻

Thanks to the incomparable Robb Hedges, our Space Campers learned about forces that help us get to space! #sciencerocks

Our MGES garden is popping after a two-year COVID hiatus! Family Night tonight 6:30-8 pm. Join us to see what’s growing, to tend the garden, and to sample our produce! MG garden located on corner of 171st and Ditch. #getgrowing #MapleGlenWWS

The Dot Challenge: 14 index cards and 24 dot stickers. Which team can make the tallest bridge? So impressed how Ss failed forward!

Kinders are learning about balance as they build their alphabet trees. #ChickaChickaBoomBoom Maple Glen

Stellar harvest today at the MGES Giving Garden! Here’s what collaboration with WHS, SFE and MGES “produces!” MGES PTO Maple Glen WWS

Teachers, want to take something off your plate? Put HW in the trash. Especially for elementary, let students go home, run, play, and enjoy being a child. And read a little after playing. Then they come to school recharged instead of stressed out and you will too!

A real focus on student success would include: * later start time and shorter day * more Arts, Physical Ed. * more recess * More focus on students' strengths * more divergent learning (innovation/ creativity) *less high stakes testing * more fun * celebrate successes

Please don't remove students from physical education, music, Arts, or other classes to remediate them in other areas. These classes are just as important for overall education and may be their favorite classes and one of the reason they actually enjoy school.

Our students need recess, unstructured play, physical education, all the Arts, and their extracurricular activities! That's how we make their social/emotional health a priority and actually increase their academic achievement as well.

So true.

Second graders just harvested 27 pints of tomatoes (cherry, orange, yellow pear, tiny treat) and several pints of peppers. Lots of happy, healthy eating from our sustainable Glen Giving Garden!

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Happy International STEM Day!

These MGES Rockin’ Robots teammates are crushing it!

What an amazing tool for teaching students all things astronomy and space technology! So grateful for our Digitarium!

Golden Rules of Leadership

We at MGES had such a great robotics scrimmage with SSES. These kids really rocking it. #proudrobotcoach

How would you build a flood resistant home? These third grade engineers are working on it.

We always had SEL in schools. It was called recess, play, Music, Art, Physical Education, etc. But now we limit or take them away & then we wonder why students lack social/emotional skills, resiliency, and the ability to connect with others.