Field Trip to Three Rivers Regional Park

With thanks to a private donor and support from friends like you, on a delightful spring day in early April, Maxfield Learning Center students visited North Mississippi Regional Park for a morning of adventure, exploration and learning.

At the visitor and education center, we were introduced to some land and water loving creatures,  like the crayfish that molted this skin:

and this toad:

 and this turtle:

We walked along a lovely woodland trail and explored early spring life under the leaves (bugs, beetles and larvae.)

We wandered down to the shore of the mighty Mississippi and put a finger in the river; walked the sandy shoreline looking for beaver chewed trees, shells, lovely rocks, and shared our treasures with our classmates; then, we threw a few stones back into the river just for the fun of it.

 Thank you for making this wonderful day in the great out of doors possible for our students.

100 Days of School Celebration

In Kindergarten, counting up to 100 Days of School is a very big deal.
100 stickers on a hat, 10 groups of 10 snack treats in 10 paper cups
 to mix together in a 100 Days snack, 10 sets of 10 different exercises to
focus our energy, poems, songs, books, a necklace with 10 groups of 10 fruit loops.
(It is really hard not to eat them while counting.)
A picture is worth a thousand words and these smiling faces tell a story.
Enjoy some of our 100 Days of School projects.
Thank you for making this possible for ALL of the
Kindergarteners at Maxfield on this day of celebration.

Thank you.

A Real Snow... 1, 2, 3, Snow People!

Finally, a snow that would pack (and then melt quickly) but we jumped at the opportunity, with wonderful snow pants, warm waterproof mittens and warm boots we went to work (and play!)

We packed, rolled, stacked, built, laughed and looked on with a sense of pride and accomplishment.  Thank you for your support.  Thank you for making this possible.

Gingerbread House Extravaganza 2011

After two weeks of reading every Gingerbread book we could get our hands on, connecting the Gingerbread to every area of academics, creating nearly every craft we could find connected to the gingerbread stories, and retelling the Gingerbread stories over and over, we celebrated with our annual Gingerbread house building extravaganza.  Here are just a few examples the fun we had:

Should I stick on my house or pop it in my mouth?'

So, you pick this up and stick it like this. Make sure you have a lot of frosting!

I'm ready to start decorating... I like the frosting.

Thank you for supporting students at Maxfield as they learn and celebrate their learning.

2011 Nettie & Friends Opening Reception at the Egg AND I East, Saint Paul

It was a dark and stormy night, and STILL friends came out to support Nettie & Friends and Maxfield School at the Opening Reception on Saturday, December 3, 2011.   Thank you all.  It was a fun evening. 
Remember, the sale continues through the month of December at the Egg And I.  Come on over for breakfast or lunch - - do some shopping -- do some good.

Ta Da! A Fireplace is built, the Nettie & Friends Sale is OPEN for business

With a bevy of devoted volunteers, we take a bare wall and build a fireplace in an afternoon.

Thank you for bringing tall ladders and a willing spirit to turn 

a wall into a warm inviting space for Nettie & Friends to 

show off their wares to sell to benefit Maxfield School in St. Paul.

We're ready for business! 

Thank you one and all for your support.

Thank you to the Egg and I for their willingness to host this annual event.

I hope to see you all at the Opening Reception.

Nettie

Fundraising Show and Sale to Support Maxfield School Opens in December