2017-2018 Enrollment

Online enrollment begins August 1

Online resources for the 2017-2018 school year

We've assembled a "digital folder" of materials, including the 2017-2018 calendar, lunch menus, school supply lists and more.

Pen Pals

Ms. Steinhoff's class celebrated with their pen pals from Covenant Church. After notebooks going back and forth for several moths, the students and adults got to meet each other in person and celebrated a great year of sharing.

Did you know that we provide free meals for kids during summer vacation?

Kids can eat free, nutritious food,
Monday through Friday, June 19 - August 11

Movin' Minds

Every morning, Ms. GG leads the whole school through a Movin' Minds practice where everyone practices mindfulness and relaxation. Students use these skills to help them learn throughout the day.

Backpack Bead Bonanza!

We celebrated school wide students being safe, respectful, and responsible. Every single student got to go around the school, visited each classroom to collect a bead, and created their own back pack bead key chain. Oh what fun!

Celebrating Cinco de Mayo at our annual spring school dance!

Students and their families came out for a picnic, had fun with a pinata, and enjoyed some music and dancing in the gym. Thank you to all the parents and volunteers who coordinated and helped put this event together!

2017-18 School Year Calendar Now Available

The calendar for the 2017-18 school year has been finalized and posted at mmsd.org/calendar.

A Work of Art

Brothers of Alpha Phi Alpha - Gamma Epsilon chapter invited our students to participate in their Women's Appreciation Week art night at the Memorial Union's new Wheel House art studio. Students painted flower pots and planted flower seeds for their mothers for Mothers' Day.

Together We Grow! Celebrating Our Third Community Circle.

Go Badgers!

Stephens' Fun Fair 2017 - Under the Sea

Thank you to Stephens PTO for putting together another funfilled Fun Fair! Students and parents had a splash playing games, enjoying food, and enjoying each other's company. Staff members were even challenged with a game called "Octoarms." Check out the video with the link below.

Mid-Year Review of Progress

See examples of our progress so far this school year and updates on schools and students

Book Bowl

Our annual book bowl took place this week where teams of 4th and 5th grade students get together to read books and answer questions about the books they read. The winning teams were 4th Grade: The Book Eagles (Shabnam Qader, Patrick Yu, Mia Magill, Sofia Chacon) and 5th grade: The Book Detectors (Sydney Dai, Sophia Jiang, Maya Stegner, Sydney Campbell). Congratulations to all who participated!

Read Your Heart Out at Stephens!

In celebration of National African American Parent Involvement Day and African American History Month, we invited parents of African American students and community members to come out and read to our students. We had over 15 guest readers who read books authored by an African American person or books with an African American theme in it.

Comedians of Stephens

We celebrated things that gives us joy at our second community circle. Students in 2nd and 3rd grade told jokes and or shared a play on words.

Congratulations to Jacob Zimmer!

Students in 4th and 5th Grade participated in the Geography Bee this week. After three days of competition, it came down to Lyndsey Diefenthaler and Jacob Zimmer tied in the school's final round. In the end, Jacob had the correct answer. Jacob will take the written test to qualify for the state competition. Congratulations, Jacob!

Family Wellness Night

Jus Tme and Ms. Angele Wolcott came to Stephens to provide sessions on wellness and mindfulness. Jus Tme's session focused on taking care of your mind, body, and spirit by engaging in mindfulness practices such as deep breathing, movement, and poetry. Ms. Wolcott's session focused on staying active by doing aerobic exercises. What a fun night!

Meet your child's new report card

Find resources to learn what the new standards-based report cards are all about

Our School Garden

One day a second grade Stephens student asked her mom, "why doesn't our school have a garden?" And that is all it took to get a handful of interested parents and staff members together to plan out how to put together a school garden at Stephens. Follow the path to check out the site of our future garden and stay tuned for what this will look like come spring!

School Community Partnership with Covenant Presbyterian Church

In our partnership, we learn from each other and support one another. Members of the church has visited our school, provided healthy snacks for every child and volunteered to help in the classrooms or put together projects. A big thank you for the school supplies that were donated to our school. It has been put to good use already. To learn more about our partnership, click on the link below.

Glenn Stephens Elementary School