Maude Saunders Elementary

Please read the notice from Superintendent Hughes regarding Fortify Florida

Based on information from the National Weather Service and with our local weather partners, all Walton County schools will remain closed on Friday, September 27th. Tropical storm force winds and rain are anticipated from approximately 7:00 p.m. until 3:00 a.m. from Hurricane Helene. Closures are for all students, staff, and SPICE. Extracurricular decisions will be made by individual schools, including Friday football games, so please look to your schools for more information. All schools are expected to open Monday, September 30th. Stay safe, and continue to check our district and schools’ websites and social media platforms for more information. Las escuelas estarán cerradas mañana viernes 27 de septiembre debido al huracán Helene.

Based on information from the National Weather Service and with our local weather partners, all Walton County schools will remain closed on Friday, September 27th. Tropical storm force winds and rain are anticipated from approximately 7:00 p.m. until 3:00 a.m. from Hurricane Helene. Closures are for all students, staff, and SPICE. Extracurricular decisions will be made by individual schools, including Friday football games, so please look to your schools for more information. All schools are expected to open Monday, September 30th. Stay safe, and continue to check our district and schools’ websites and social media platforms for more information. Las escuelas estarán cerradas mañana viernes 27 de septiembre debido al huracán Helene.

As we celebrate Dr. Seuss's birthday, It's TWIN day at MSE and so far we have spotted 3 kinds of twins... identical, fraternal, and besties. 😊

Ms. Brazile's Kindergarten students always pick up trash they find on the playground while at recess. They love to see our school campus looking tidy, and challenge all the classes in the school to do the same!

Mrs. Ascetta's first graders are now accomplished writers and illustrators! Families, save this picture so they can share it when they hit #1 on the best-seller list one day!

Our lost and found box is OVERFLOWING! The jackets in the lost and found do not have names in them so it is difficult to find their owners. Please put your child's name in all outerwear (jackets, hats, gloves, etc.) and next time you are here, search the lost and found box if your child's jacket is missing!

With a little help from their teacher (aka the Gingerbread Construction Crew), families and 5th grade honor roll students, our kindergarten students created the most beautiful and tasty Gingerbread Houses!

Maude Saunders was well represented at rescent Lego League event in Freeport.

Mrs. Ascetta's class designed and created their version of the Macy's Parade "Balloons over Broadway".

We are so thankful to our PTO for sponsoring a popcorn fundraiser to benefit our school this year. The students who sold popcorn have been enjoying the rewards, including a limo ride to lunch and an icee party. A special thank you to the DeFuniak Chick-fil-a for welcoming our students, giving everyone a free ice cream, and providing a tour of Chick-fil-a and explaining how they make their yummy chicken meals! The fundraiser earned almost $10,000 for our school!

As the top seller for our recent PTO Popcorn Fundraiser, Lily Spence was allowed to "silly string the principal"! Mrs. Neale was a good spot and they hugged it out at the end.

Happy Thanksgiving from Maude Saunders! We loaved seeing so many of our MSE families at our annual Thanksgiving Family Lunch. Over 1,000 students, family members, and staff participated in this EPIC event. Thank you to all who helped decorate, checked visitors in, checked students out, sold tickets, ensured everyone's safety, served meals, and especially those who prepared the food.

December Students of the Month

More Career Day photos

As an AVID school, Maude Saunders students are already exploring their college and career options. Today, all students participated in a Career Exploration Day, where community members shared many different job opportunities with students. We are very thankful to the many volunteers who took time to share their expertise with our scholars!

Ms. Andrews third graders are proudly displaying the Accelerated Reader grade level trophy and the book they chose from the St. Joe book vending machine. Your child should be reading an A.R. book every night for at least 20 minutes and testing at school. To make their individual goal and receive recognition, they need to earn the following points, while maintaining an 85% accuracy level. Kindergarten - 30 First grade - 40 Second grade- 50 Third grade -60 Fourth grade- 70 Fifth grade - 80

As always, the Fall Festival was a blast! Thank you to all the staff, especially Racheal Spence, Beverly Morrison, and Sommer Pickard, and the Walton High School Key and Anchor Club members, who worked hard to make it such a fun night! We love seeing all of our students and families enjoying family time in a fun, safe environment.

Who's afraid to get a little pumpkin on their hands? Not these first grade "pumpkin investigators"! They carved, scraped, dug, counted, sorted, estimated, measured, and weighed these pumpkins and their seeds!

Congratulations to these Little Warriors, who won ribbons at the Walton County Fair last week. The word of the week at MSE was "creativity" and they are certainly showed their creative in their awesome artwork!