MAY 2004-During the " Artist of the Year" celebration May 2004, Ms. McCord's after school art club unveiled the first sculpture garden made by children in the art plaza behind Maple Hill School. Children from grades 3-5 participated in the creation of "Lotus Hues." The sculpture represents the bud of an emerging flower and each contour of the petals creates a color route of subtractive primary colors to show how color is made when combining the primaries: magenta, yellow and cyan. The style of the art work is based on work Ms. McCord saw when she visited schools in Japan as a guest of the President of Education in April 2004.

Summer Olympics begin at Maple Hill
MAY 2004- Staff and students at Maple Hill piled into the gym for the Summer Olympics opening ceremony. Students participated in a variety of activities throughout the week with hopes of winning gold, silver and bronze medals.

Teacher honored by Wal-Mart as Teacher of the Year
APRIL 2004- Teacher Patricia McGorry was named Teacher of the Year by Wal-Mart and was honored with a brief ceremony at Maple Hill Elementary School. Wal-Mart representative Mr. Lafayette was on hand to honor Ms. McGorry. Congratulations!

Third Annual National Library Week Read Aloud
APRIL 2004- In celebration of reading and literature, Maple Hill once again hosted a Read Aloud, where guest readers visited students throughout the week of April 19, 2004.  During the week, volunteers shared their favorite children’s books or poetry with students!

Fifth grade students graduate from D.A.R.E. program
MARCH 2004- Over 250 fifth grade students graduated from the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program at Maple Hill Elementary School on March 3, 2004. The program at the school is part of the City of Middletown Police Department's effort to educate students about the dangers of drugs, alcohol and violence.