🚀 STATE BOUND!
Congratulations to both our boys and girls cross country teams! Today, they clinched their spot at the State Meet at Fortress Obetz next weekend!
The girls claimed the Runner-Up hardware for the Division IV Regional, while the boys brought home the Championship! 🏆
The tradition continues in Columbus. Way to run, Rockets! 🏃🏼♂️🏃🏻♀️
The November Newsletter is here! 🍂🦃
This month’s edition is packed with important dates, school activities, and plenty of fall fun. Inside, you’ll find a look at upcoming November events, a Club Spotlight featuring Spanish Club, and a Teacher Spotlight on Mrs. Thompson.
Families can also enjoy a pumpkin bar recipe, Thanksgiving fun facts, family craft ideas, and a special “What Are You Thankful For?” Teacher Edition featuring responses from Maplewood staff.
This month’s edition is packed with important dates, school activities, and plenty of fall fun. Inside, you’ll find a look at upcoming November events, a Club Spotlight featuring Spanish Club, and a Teacher Spotlight on Mrs. Thompson.
Families can also enjoy a pumpkin bar recipe, Thanksgiving fun facts, family craft ideas, and a special “What Are You Thankful For?” Teacher Edition featuring responses from Maplewood staff.
🎶🚀 Rocket Pride! 🚀🎶
Congratulations to Kari McCartney, Maybrie Grill, Dakotah DeFrank, Preston Cooper, Izzy Young, Lorelie Goodman, and Fisher Morris for representing Maplewood Local Schools in the OMEA District 5 Honors Choir on Saturday, October 24, at Stambaugh Auditorium!
These talented Rockets delivered an outstanding performance and represented Maplewood with pride.
👏 Congratulations to all of our student musicians on this incredible accomplishment! Way to go, Rockets! 🚀🎵
Congratulations to Kari McCartney, Maybrie Grill, Dakotah DeFrank, Preston Cooper, Izzy Young, Lorelie Goodman, and Fisher Morris for representing Maplewood Local Schools in the OMEA District 5 Honors Choir on Saturday, October 24, at Stambaugh Auditorium!
These talented Rockets delivered an outstanding performance and represented Maplewood with pride.
👏 Congratulations to all of our student musicians on this incredible accomplishment! Way to go, Rockets! 🚀🎵
📚 YEARBOOK REMINDER, ROCKETS! 🚀
Don’t miss your chance to order the Maplewood Yearbook for $55!
💵 Friday is the LAST DAY to send in cash or a check for $55.
Checks should be made payable to Maplewood Local School District.
💻 Saturday is the LAST DAY to order your yearbook online for $55.
⚠️ Beginning Sunday, the yearbook price increases to $60.
Order yours before the price goes up!
Don’t miss your chance to order the Maplewood Yearbook for $55!
💵 Friday is the LAST DAY to send in cash or a check for $55.
Checks should be made payable to Maplewood Local School District.
💻 Saturday is the LAST DAY to order your yearbook online for $55.
⚠️ Beginning Sunday, the yearbook price increases to $60.
Order yours before the price goes up!
❤️ Maplewood Elementary Red Ribbon Week Celebrations! ❤️
This special week encourages students to make healthy choices, care for their bodies, and build habits that support a bright, drug-free future. Through age-appropriate activities and fun spirit days, we’ll celebrate how our everyday choices help us stay healthy and safe!
Join the fun by participating in the themed days on our flyer. We can’t wait to see our students show their school spirit!
#RedRibbonWeek #MaplewoodElementary #HealthyChoices
This special week encourages students to make healthy choices, care for their bodies, and build habits that support a bright, drug-free future. Through age-appropriate activities and fun spirit days, we’ll celebrate how our everyday choices help us stay healthy and safe!
Join the fun by participating in the themed days on our flyer. We can’t wait to see our students show their school spirit!
#RedRibbonWeek #MaplewoodElementary #HealthyChoices
❤️🚀 Maplewood High School 🚀❤️
Join us as we celebrate Red Ribbon Week and encourage our students to make healthy, positive choices! Students are invited to participate in our spirit days throughout the week:
🔴 Monday: Wear RED to kick off Red Ribbon Week!
🧦 Tuesday: “Sock It to Drugs!” — Wear your funniest or craziest socks!
🏀 Wednesday: “TEAM Up on Drugs!” — Wear sports gear or your favorite Rocket gear!
😴 Thursday: “Put Drugs to Sleep!” — Wear pajamas to school. Pajama pants only — no shorts.
🎃 Friday: “Give Drugs a SCARE!” — Halloween Dress-Up Day in collaboration with Spanish Club!
❤️ Together, we can make a difference and help our Rockets build a brighter future!
#MaplewoodRockets #RedRibbonWeek #RocketPride #MakeHealthyChoices
🎓 Maplewood High School Senior Families
Jostens met with our seniors today and distributed important information about ordering caps, gowns, and other graduation items. Families should also watch the mail for additional ordering information.
📅 Order Deadline: November 6
Orders can be placed online at Jostens.com or by phone or mail through the local Jostens office.
Questions may be directed to:
Rich Petro – Jostens
📧 rich.petro@jostens.com
📞 330-877-4700
Please be sure to place your order by the deadline. We wish the Class of 2027 a great senior year! 🚀
Jostens met with our seniors today and distributed important information about ordering caps, gowns, and other graduation items. Families should also watch the mail for additional ordering information.
📅 Order Deadline: November 6
Orders can be placed online at Jostens.com or by phone or mail through the local Jostens office.
Questions may be directed to:
Rich Petro – Jostens
📧 rich.petro@jostens.com
📞 330-877-4700
Please be sure to place your order by the deadline. We wish the Class of 2027 a great senior year! 🚀
Maplewood Local Schools Transportation Update 🚌
Maplewood Local Schools has added two additional bus drivers to strengthen our transportation team. As a result, bus routes have been adjusted to improve the flow and efficiency of student transportation and provide additional support when covering staff absences.
The updated routes will begin Monday, October 19, 2026.
👉 Click here to view the updated bus routes and times:
https://aptg.co/xrZmQg
We appreciate your patience and understanding as we continue working to provide safe and efficient transportation for our students.
🎉 Congratulations to our Maplewood Students of the Month! 🚀💙
🏫 High School
Annabelle Young
Dakotah DeFrank
📚 8th Grade
Jason Suverison
Paige Hanson
⭐ 7th Grade
Alaina Liptak
Ridge Shafer
We are proud of these Rockets for their hard work, positive attitudes, and leadership. Keep up the great work! 🚀
🏫 High School
Annabelle Young
Dakotah DeFrank
📚 8th Grade
Jason Suverison
Paige Hanson
⭐ 7th Grade
Alaina Liptak
Ridge Shafer
We are proud of these Rockets for their hard work, positive attitudes, and leadership. Keep up the great work! 🚀
🧪 Science was extra sweet in 2nd grade earlier this week! 🚀
Our 2nd graders spent time learning all about solids, liquids, and gases through some fun, hands-on experiments!
🎈 Students observed the Magic Inflating Balloon Experiment, where they watched baking soda and vinegar react to create carbon dioxide gas, inflating a balloon right before their eyes!
🍫 In celebration of National Chocolate Covered Pretzel Day, students continued their learning with a delicious science experiment! They observed solid chocolate melt into a liquid and then watched it turn back into a solid as it cooled.
Of course, the best part was getting to enjoy some delicious chocolate-covered pretzels generously donated by Daffin’s Candies! 🥨🍫
A huge THANK YOU to Daffin’s for providing such a yummy treat for our students and helping us make science learning extra sweet!
Our 2nd graders spent time learning all about solids, liquids, and gases through some fun, hands-on experiments!
🎈 Students observed the Magic Inflating Balloon Experiment, where they watched baking soda and vinegar react to create carbon dioxide gas, inflating a balloon right before their eyes!
🍫 In celebration of National Chocolate Covered Pretzel Day, students continued their learning with a delicious science experiment! They observed solid chocolate melt into a liquid and then watched it turn back into a solid as it cooled.
Of course, the best part was getting to enjoy some delicious chocolate-covered pretzels generously donated by Daffin’s Candies! 🥨🍫
A huge THANK YOU to Daffin’s for providing such a yummy treat for our students and helping us make science learning extra sweet!
On Friday, Sept. 25, our freshmen took to the stage to deliver their campaign speeches and share why they wanted to represent their class!
Congratulations to our newly elected Freshman Class Officers:
⭐ President: Conner Fisher
⭐ Vice President: Isabella Vernon
⭐ Secretary: Payton Thomas
⭐ Treasurer: Elizabeth Morse
⭐ Communication Officer: Alyssa Dutton
We’re proud of all of our students who stepped up, spoke in front of their classmates, and showed their leadership skills!
Congratulations to our newly elected Freshman Class Officers:
⭐ President: Conner Fisher
⭐ Vice President: Isabella Vernon
⭐ Secretary: Payton Thomas
⭐ Treasurer: Elizabeth Morse
⭐ Communication Officer: Alyssa Dutton
We’re proud of all of our students who stepped up, spoke in front of their classmates, and showed their leadership skills!
Our 2nd graders had the chance to become interviewers as they sat down with their reading partners! 🎤📖
Students practiced asking questions, listening carefully, and learning more about one another. It was a fun way to build communication skills while strengthening the connections between our reading partners! ❤️
Students practiced asking questions, listening carefully, and learning more about one another. It was a fun way to build communication skills while strengthening the connections between our reading partners! ❤️
Welcome to Maplewood, Mr. Adam Hughes!
We’re excited to welcome Adam Hughes to Maplewood and our Pre-Apprenticeship and Construction program!
Mr. Hughes brings eight years of experience teaching pre-apprenticeship and construction and is looking forward to continuing the strong tradition of hands-on learning in Maplewood’s wood shop while expanding opportunities for our students.
Students will continue working on familiar projects like picture frames, easels, lathe projects, pens, bats and CNC projects, while also taking on more construction-focused and real-world applications.
Through the Carpenter’s Union Career Connections curriculum, juniors and seniors will have opportunities to build birdhouses, cornhole boards, Adirondack chairs, picnic tables, sheds and more. Students will also be introduced to practical skills such as wall and roof framing, basic electrical work and plumbing.
We’re excited to have Mr. Hughes at Maplewood and can’t wait to see what our Rockets create, build and learn this year! 🚀
We’re excited to welcome Adam Hughes to Maplewood and our Pre-Apprenticeship and Construction program!
Mr. Hughes brings eight years of experience teaching pre-apprenticeship and construction and is looking forward to continuing the strong tradition of hands-on learning in Maplewood’s wood shop while expanding opportunities for our students.
Students will continue working on familiar projects like picture frames, easels, lathe projects, pens, bats and CNC projects, while also taking on more construction-focused and real-world applications.
Through the Carpenter’s Union Career Connections curriculum, juniors and seniors will have opportunities to build birdhouses, cornhole boards, Adirondack chairs, picnic tables, sheds and more. Students will also be introduced to practical skills such as wall and roof framing, basic electrical work and plumbing.
We’re excited to have Mr. Hughes at Maplewood and can’t wait to see what our Rockets create, build and learn this year! 🚀
🚀 Congratulations to our October Rockets of the Month! 🚀
We’re proud to recognize these outstanding students as our October Students of the Month!
Left to right:
⭐ Kindergarten – Maeve S.
⭐ 1st Grade – Grady S.
⭐ 2nd Grade – Frankie B.
⭐ 3rd Grade – Everett Q.
⭐ 4th Grade – Mia M.
⭐ 5th Grade – Douglas D.
⭐ 6th Grade – Sadie W.
Congratulations, Rockets! Keep up the great work! 🚀👏
#RocketPride #MaplewoodLocalSchools #StudentsOfTheMonth
We’re proud to recognize these outstanding students as our October Students of the Month!
Left to right:
⭐ Kindergarten – Maeve S.
⭐ 1st Grade – Grady S.
⭐ 2nd Grade – Frankie B.
⭐ 3rd Grade – Everett Q.
⭐ 4th Grade – Mia M.
⭐ 5th Grade – Douglas D.
⭐ 6th Grade – Sadie W.
Congratulations, Rockets! Keep up the great work! 🚀👏
#RocketPride #MaplewoodLocalSchools #StudentsOfTheMonth
🍂 October is packed with activity at Maplewood High School!
The latest MHS Newsletter is here with plenty to look forward to this month! Students and families can find important upcoming dates, athletic events, club activities, Parent-Teacher Conferences, Red Ribbon Week and more.
🎃 This month’s newsletter also features:
- A Teacher Spotlight on Señora (Mrs. Walters)
- A Club Spotlight featuring Pep Club
- A fall Butternut Squash Soup recipe
- Halloween fun facts and local community events
- A full schedule of October activities
Be sure to check out the newsletter and stay up to date on everything happening at Maplewood High School! 🚀
The latest MHS Newsletter is here with plenty to look forward to this month! Students and families can find important upcoming dates, athletic events, club activities, Parent-Teacher Conferences, Red Ribbon Week and more.
🎃 This month’s newsletter also features:
- A Teacher Spotlight on Señora (Mrs. Walters)
- A Club Spotlight featuring Pep Club
- A fall Butternut Squash Soup recipe
- Halloween fun facts and local community events
- A full schedule of October activities
Be sure to check out the newsletter and stay up to date on everything happening at Maplewood High School! 🚀
Learning Comes to Life at the Orchard!
This month, our first-grade students have been learning all about apple trees and the apple life cycle. Yesterday, they took their learning outside the classroom with a field trip to Hartford Orchard!
Students had the chance to pick apples and see firsthand how apples are cleaned, graded and sorted.
This month, our first-grade students have been learning all about apple trees and the apple life cycle. Yesterday, they took their learning outside the classroom with a field trip to Hartford Orchard!
Students had the chance to pick apples and see firsthand how apples are cleaned, graded and sorted.
🍎 Johnny Appleseed Day! 🍏
Last week, our kindergarten students had a great time learning all about Johnny Appleseed! Students from all three kindergarten classes tasted different types of apples and even made their own applesauce.
Last week, our kindergarten students had a great time learning all about Johnny Appleseed! Students from all three kindergarten classes tasted different types of apples and even made their own applesauce.
🔎 Who stole Mr. Wagner’s lunch?
Students in Mr. Wagner’s Criminal Justice class put their investigative skills to work during a hands-on fingerprint lab!
Students dusted the lunch container for fingerprints and compared the prints they discovered with fingerprint cards they created earlier in the week. There was even a little attempted sabotage along the way, but our investigators followed the evidence and ultimately identified the culprit!
Students in Mr. Wagner’s Criminal Justice class put their investigative skills to work during a hands-on fingerprint lab!
Students dusted the lunch container for fingerprints and compared the prints they discovered with fingerprint cards they created earlier in the week. There was even a little attempted sabotage along the way, but our investigators followed the evidence and ultimately identified the culprit!
From September 21–25, students will participate in Start With Hello Week, a Sandy Hook Promise initiative that helps promote an inclusive school culture. Check out some of the activities happening at Maplewood Elementary next week!
Last week, students in Mr. Dudley’s classes reflected on the events and lasting impact of September 11, 2001.
World History and Honors World History students explored a timeline and viewed videos showing how the day’s events unfolded. American Government students discussed the Patriot Act and watched a documentary, while Geography students studied flight paths, the hijackers’ countries of origin, and maps of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
These lessons helped students develop a deeper understanding of 9/11 and how it shaped our nation and the world. 🇺🇸
World History and Honors World History students explored a timeline and viewed videos showing how the day’s events unfolded. American Government students discussed the Patriot Act and watched a documentary, while Geography students studied flight paths, the hijackers’ countries of origin, and maps of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
These lessons helped students develop a deeper understanding of 9/11 and how it shaped our nation and the world. 🇺🇸
