A few pictures from the Kindergarten field trip to Glen Ray's Pumpkin Patch this past month!

We had so much fun today! We hope all our students have a happy and safe Halloween!

More Halloween fun at Maple Ridge!

More Halloween fun at Maple Ridge!

Halloween fun at Maple Ridge!

A BIG thank you to all our parent helpers who came and helped with class parties today! We are grateful for all your help and support!

Such a fun Halloween at Maple Ridge this year!

Our annual Halloween parade will take place tomorrow (Friday, Oct. 30) and will begin promptly at 9:30 AM. Students should come to school in their costume and ready for the parade. Parents are invited to watch the parade around the outside perimeter of the school. Please keep the sidewalks clear so students can walk around the school. Dress warm!

Costumes: Please ensure that there are no weapons or facsimiles thereof (as per district policy), that costumes follow district dress code, and that we can still recognize your student. Halloween masks can be worn during the parade but will need to be taken off for the remainder of the day. Please keep blood and gore to a minimum and be mindful not to wear costumes that may be offensive. We want all students to have a safe and enjoyable day at Maple Ridge. Thank you for your help with this.

Students in Mrs. Seoane's third grade celebrated Halloween and our skeletal systems at the same time this month by creating skeletal friends and dressing them up in our favorite Halloween Costumes!

🎃 No tricks—just a tasty treat! Join us for school lunch this Friday and enjoy a student favorite - CANDY CORN PARFAIT! 🍬🌽

The Nebo Child Nutrition Team wishes all of our students and staff an exciting and safe Halloween! 👻🧡

Last week we were so lucky to have Jaker's Pumpkins come and bring each of our Maple Ridge students their very own pumpkin! The students were so excited and grateful! Thank you to Harward Farms and Kaison Wilson for donating pumpkins and making our October so festive!

We hope everyone has a fun fall break! With the extra time, we would love for your kids to create a unique work of art for Reflections! The theme is My Culture and your child can create 2D art, 3D art, literature, photography, dance choreography, music composition and film that represents their culture. Please visit the website for more information and rules. All work is submitted online, judged and awards will be given for each category! All entries are due on Tuesday, October 20th when we get back from the break! Happy creating!

Maple Ridge second graders enjoyed the sunshine during their Utah Read-a-thon time! We were happy to have an excuse to drop everything and read on October 2nd with the rest of the state.

Let's rally around Gunnar Olsen on Tuesday, Oct 13

This summer, Maple Mountain High School senior Gunnar Olsen was in an accident that left him paralyzed from the chest down. Since then he's been working hard every day in treatment and recovery, and his family has been right there with him. Now it's our turn to show up for them.

On **Tuesday, October 13, from 5 to 10 PM**, Coin Crazy Family Fun Center in Spanish Fork is hosting a fundraiser night for Gunnar. All profit from the night goes to Gunnar and his family to help pay for his ongoing care. Students, teachers, families, and friends are all welcome. Grab your friends, play some games, and help fill the place for Gunnar.

**Where:** Coin Crazy Family Fun Center, 1024 Expressway Ln, Spanish Fork

If you can't make it, you can still help through Gunnar's GoFundMe at gofundme.com/f/support-gunnars-recovery-family-medical-needs, and you can follow his progress at @strongerwithgunnar on Instagram.

Mrs. Short's second graders and their Chinese New Year project.

We have had so much fun having our District Arts Specialist, Mrs. Andersen with us for the past couple of months. She has taught us so much and brought creativity into many of our lessons with visual arts! We are grateful for you, Mrs. Andersen!

Our first graders are getting hands-on! Mrs. Andersen stopped by Ms. Hardy’s class for a special art activity matching their human body unit. Students created awesome "x-ray" art to showcase the bones in their hands! 🦴🎨

🎃 SPOOKTACULAR NEWS! October is here, and our school lunch menu has gone SPOOKY! 🕸️ 🌭 THE MUMMY DOGS ARE BACK! 🌭 These frightfully delicious favorites are crawling back into your school lunchroom on Tuesday, October 6! BEWARE! They only rise ONCE A YEAR, so don’t let this delicious opportunity disappear into the night! But wait… there’s MORE! We’ve got some frightfully good, October-only treats creeping onto our menu! 👀 STAY TUNED… IF YOU DARE! 🎃👻

Mrs. Esplin's first graders just finished talking about body systems. They made a project where they got to put in the different parts of the body system and then they wrote a sentence about why they love their body.