Kindergarten was surprised with a Fluorescent Day today! They've found a new favorite day!! They wish the room would stay this way until the end of the year! They had a blast playing with balloons, tic-tac-toe, Jenga, connect four, painting, chalk, body paint, bowling, and building necklaces! They even took a test, which was AWESOME. Everything is better when you're glowing! #Prep #FluorescentDay 🔆
Yesterday was fun-filled Sports Day for our students!
Our Middle School students kicked off the day at the Hagerty Events Center to compete in field sports against one another. Each middle school homeroom teacher had a team! Mr. Conley was black, Ms. Rohm was red, Ms. Nolan was orange, and Mr. Cox was grey. Students competed in soccer, ultimate frisbee, and other sports.
Later on in the day, Elementary School students joined in on the fun at HFEC, while Middle School headed back to school. They played dodgeball, soccer, limbo, and had several relay races!
We were so blessed to have such a beautiful day to spend with our students having fun! #MTA #SportsDay⚽🏀👟
Our fifth graders were selected to participate in WQLN’s second annual Buckethead KIDZ bucket drumming program. They completed a curriculum to learn specific rhythm figures and patterns, how to read and write them on the musical staff, and how to improvise upon them. Last Tuesday, they gathered with hundreds of other aspiring student musicians on the pavilion grounds of WQLN to tap out the beat of the street! A professional band was on hand providing live music for the students to play along to. #MTA #BucketheadKIDZ 🥁
Kindergarten had a fabulous “M” day yesterday! First, they made their own masks. Then, they watched Minnie's Masquerade and read “Marcello Mouse and the Masked Ball.” They learned what a masquerade was and had their own!! They enjoyed M&Ms, marshmallows, Munchies and moon pies! They also learned about the miracles of Jesus and closed the day learning about moose! #MTA #Kindergarten #MDay 🎭
Happy Mother's Day!! 💙🧡💐
“P” Day was a SUCCESS!! Kindergarten had such a great time at the park yesterday! They enjoyed playing in their play clothes, having a picnic and having a blast on the playground. They went on a hike to a HUGE maple tree and we found a HUGE teepee! They went back to school to learn about Percy Peacock, how to draw a peacock and ate some pretzels! #MTA 🦚🥨🏞
Garden Club took advantage of the beautiful weather and planted geraniums today. They have been taking care of these same geraniums for the past three years in our greenhouse. #MTA #GardenClub 🌷
Over the past couple of months, first grade has spent time creating their published book, “All About MTA.” This idea and content came from the students! They learned how to interview, continue a conversation, and form questions. After interviewing each other, students interviewed MTA teachers. Once the interviews were complete, they had to use their best writing to complete the final copy. They sent it out, and finally got the hardcover book back! Everyone was very excited to see their hard work! #MTA 📚
As an exciting way to review for MAP assessments, middle school students participated in a Math Glow Day yesterday. During math class, students rotated between four stations, including tic-tac-toe, Connect Four, Jenga, and mystery cup. As students answered review questions correctly, they were able to take a turn of their game. They loved all the neon and glow throughout the room and were so engaged in the math questions! #MTA #MathGlowDay 🌟
This week is Teacher Appreciation Week! Today, we want to take some time to thank our amazing faculty & staff for their hard work and commitment to the education of our students and dedication to our school! We appreciate you all! THANK YOU! #MTA #TeacherAppreciation 🍎
It's UNANIMOUS! Kindergarten’s “U” day wins! They first made unicorn hats! Then, just when they thought they we were about to take a boring math test, a UNICORN CAME TO CLASS! They couldn’t believe it was Ms. Nolan! They absolutely loved the unicorn! They also read the book “Unicorn Day” and wrote how they were UNIQUE (their new vocabulary word) like a unicorn. They enjoyed unicorn cupcakes and had a directed draw of a unicorn. Thank you everyone who helped make their day special! MTA #Kindergarten #Uday 🦄
Today was the last cross-curriculum day of the year at MTA and theme was the beach! Middle school science students learned how to make kinetic sand. Students then sculpted out some masterpieces! 🏖🐢🐟
Kindergarten had a WONDERFUL Western Day yesterday! First, they went to art where a surprise a cowgirl was waiting for them: Ms. Nordlund! She's a real-life cowgirl! She taught them all about her horses and how to draw a horse. Then, in math, they all had silly “W” team names for their review game! For reading, they listened to “The Cowboy Gingerbread Man!” It was like The Gingerbread Man, but also different…so they compared and contrasted the two. Then, they colored their own Cowboy Gingerbread Man! They enjoyed several “W” treats. Ms. Nordlund then came back to their class to teach them about the saddle and how to put it on and off the horse. They also learned how to get on and off the horse! #MTA #BackwardsBootcamp 🐴
Sixth and seventh grade students used VR headsets for the first time in class today. Sixth grade explored a colonial American village, while seventh grade was able to explore Machu Picchu in Peru. #MTA #VirtualReality
Yesterday was National School Principals’ Day! Some of our students channeled their inner Mr. L and dressed up for the occasion! #MTA #NationalSchoolPrincipalsDay 👔
Middle school science students learned about the history of magnets and the many different uses of them. They also learned magnets have two poles and participated in various experiments to see how magnets work. #MTA #Science 🧲
One of the topics first grade wanted to learn about was worms! So, last week they researched them. They learned about the different body parts, that they have hair, can make cocoons, and their importance to the Earth. On Friday, they got to touch worms and watch how they move. Although many friends were hesitant to touch worms at first, they were sad to let them go! #MTA 🪱
Kindergarten kicked off their “Backwards Bootcamp” last Thursday with a trip to the zoo for “Z” day! They had their own education class learning all about animal adaptations! They saw a lion's skull, orangutan skull and hand skeleton, porcupine quill, owl feather and even pet a bearded dragon! They enjoyed a lovely lunch at the picnic tables and loved seeing all the animals. They then came back to school and learned about zebras and ate Zebra Cakes! #MTA #BackwardsBootcamp 🦍🦏🦁🦉🦎
It was butterfly release day earlier this week at MTA. Unfortunately, Mother Nature was not agreeing with our butterfly release day on Monday, so we improvised and let them loose in our heated greenhouse! #MTA #ButterflyRelease 🦋
Fourth grade learned about figurative language last week in reading class! They had the chance to use the outdoor classroom to write sentences about nature that use alliteration, personification, onomatopoeia, and many more types of figurative language! The sunny day and warm breeze were a perfect spark for their creativity. #MTA #FigurativeLanguage 📝
