Moorhead elementary schools closed out the 2022-23 school year with a productive spring: helping in the community, being active, hands-on learning experiences and more.
1. Probstfield Hatches Baby Chicks in Media Center
Students at Probstfield Elementary got a close-up look at how life begins for chickens, as the school’s media center hosted an egg incubator that hatched a handful of baby chicks. The school tech department set up a live webcam so students could even watch the eggs hatching while they were at home. After the baby chicks hatched, students continued to learn about the early lives of chickens—including equipment like brooders used to keep the chicks warm.
2. S.G. Reinertsen Fourth Graders Plant Trees
When temperatures started warming up, S.G. Reinertsen Elementary fourth graders from Mrs. Bergee and Mr. George’s classes teamed up with the City of Moorhead’s Forestry Division to plant trees at Village Green Park. Groups of 2-4 students each worked together to plant multiple trees throughout the day—not only helping out in the community but also experiencing what it takes for city workers to plant so many trees in the spring.
3. Ellen Hopkins Hosts Spud Splatter Run
In what has become an eagerly anticipated annual tradition, Ellen Hopkins Elementary hosted the Spud Splatter Run. Students and families decked themselves out in old clothes to run through clouds of many different dye colors. Each grade did a run around the track. The two classes that got the most signups for the event got the honor of throwing the dye in the air for Principal Nagel and Assistant Principal Mix.
4. Dorothy Dodds Embraces International Roots
This spring, Dorothy Dodds Elementary added large maps in the main hallway near the cafeteria, allowing students to show where their family came from and where they’ve personally been. This display is in addition to the flags that can be seen near the front desk, which display all the different nations of origin represented in the Dodds student body.
5. Robert Asp Walk-A-Thon a Success
Robert Asp Elementary once again hosted its annual Walk-A-Thon to help raise money for myriad projects around the school. Held during the last week of the school year, students were able to earn special prizes for walking the most laps and more. With the event far exceeding its fundraising goal, six students were selected to give a pie-in-the-face to Principal Triggs and Assistant Principal Rieniets.
6. Clap-outs Honor Outgoing Fourth Graders
On the last day of the school year, all five elementary schools celebrated their fourth graders’ graduation to middle school with the annual tradition of the Fourth Grade Clap-Out. K-3 students and staff lined the hallways of each school and clapped, cheered and offered high fives as the fourth graders made their final trip through their respective schools’ halls.