Maple Creek Elementary

Throughout the year we engage in multi-cultural education activities in the classroom, around the campus, and throughout the year. We engage students with meaningful experiences that allow them to expand their understanding and appreciation for diversity. 

Save the date: Mac N Kids meeting dates for the 2024-2025 school year:

Mac & Kids will hold a meeting each quarter. Students MUST attend with their parent. 4th - 6th grade students can earn a Block H point by attending all 4 meetings with their parent and completing their assignment on Google Classroom with in 48 hours of the meeting.
Dates for this year: 
1st quarter: 9/17/24 at 6pm in the MPR
2nd quarter: 12/3 at 6pm in the MPR
3rd quarter: 2/18 at 6pm in the MPR
4th Quarter: 4/1/25 at 6pm in the MPR

For more information please contact Mrs. Emami 

MAC & Kids- Multicultural Advisory Committee & Kids

MAC & Kids is a multicultural club at Maple Creek whose goal is to promote awareness, understanding, and acceptance of cultural diversity. Our club provides the opportunity to become more familiar with our diverse community at Maple Creek. Involvement in MAC & Kids helps develop self-esteem and pride in one’s heritage.

MAC & Kids members are devoted to learning about customs, beliefs, and foods that are unique to different cultures. Our group will organize major events throughout the school year so we may educate our school community about different cultures. 

Membership includes parents and their children, of all ages, sharing and learning. A particular culture is celebrated at each meeting by providing parents with stimulating discussion while their children engage in a fun activity.

Cultural Education and Projects
Each year the grade level teams specifically target multiple cultural projects to enhance their curriculum. They focus on celebrating cultures in their classrooms and allow students to share their own unique experiences. The teachers collaborate to expand on the cultural focuses identified in the ELA Benchmark curriculum. These projects include STEM activites, research projects, literature studies, as well as arts. 

Multicultural Fashion Show
Maple Creek established an opportunity for students to display their culture through an annual fashion show. This show allows students to model and display clothing from their culture. The entire student body gets to learn about the various cultures within the fabric of Maple Creek.
This show is held during our schoolwide multicultural month every December. In 2024, we had over 40 students participate in our fashion show. Our students showcased our diversity with representation from over 20 different cultures!

Benchmark Curriculum

The Benchmark curriculum includes texts from Kindrergarten through 5th grade that provide a study and highlight of diverse people, cutltures, and the importance of valuing one another's contributions. 

Supplemental Curriculum

Core Curriculum is supplemented with many resources that are often researched based in an effort to enhance instruction.  Supplemental curriculum is highly engaging and designed to meet the needs of all students. 

Collections Curriculum

Our Collections curriculum in 6th grade includes a variety of texts for students to read that illustrate diversity, inclusion, and appreciation. Within our ELA standards, students are challenged to read text close, discuss, think critically and formulate opinions as they interact with various text. 

Maple Creek strives to be a benchmark for cultural education while exemplifying celebrations of diversity. Our entire staff is committed toward the continuance of a strong and thriving school culture that promotes acceptance, understanding, and appreciation of ALL students and staff. 

Student Human Relations Liaisons

As part of our Student Leadership we have three elected Student Human Relations Liaisons (SHRL's) in grades 4-6.  Our Student Human Relations Council meets with our Principal at least one time monthly to provide important and feedback toward school improvement. The SHRL Council is focused on problem-solving issues that may be effecting our campus. The groups membership is representative of our school's demographics offering diverse representation.  In addition to monthly meetings with our Principal, the SHRL Council meet regularly within Student Leadership and attend our site PBIS meetings with staff.  It is our goal that our SHRL Council serves as a student advisory committee to our site administration. As SHRL's students are encouraged to offer input to the planning of intentional school activities that will promote intergroup relationships.  

Staff Development

Throughout the year, teachers participate in various diversity trainings and trauma trainings. This past year teachers were trained in the following:
Trama Informed (ACES)
Muslim Awareness
English Language Instruction
Growth Mindset
Cultural Proficiency
Positive Behavior Intervention Supports 

Additionally, character education happens all year long through Character Counts curriculum, 2nd Step Curriculum, Stop-Walk-Talk and more.  Our school was certified as a Common Sense Media School for the work our team has done with Digital Citizenship.  Students are educated throughout the year about responsible usage of Social Media utilizing the curriculum found on the Common Sense Media website.
 
Core curriculum is supplemented with research based curriculum that enhances our school-wide efforts.  Supplemental curriculum is engaging and designed to meet the needs of all students! 

Spirit Days
Maple Creek holds special Spirit Dress Up days throughout the year to highlight Drug Awareness, showcase various Authors, reinforce Character Traits, and educate on Disabilities (Down's Syndrome & Autism). The purpose of our Disability days is to highlight the challenges faced by those with various Disabilities and bring forward how such disabilities impact daily lives.... while expanding friendships and contributing to an overall positive school climate.