Martin Road Elementary School

Great news, MRE families and community! The new playground is moving forward beautifully. Construction crews have been hard at work over the last two weeks, and you can already s...

Lackawanna City School District is hosting a Special Education Information Night and Resource Fair on January 8, 2026, from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. at Truman Elementary School. Read th...

Our students celebrated their November birthdays with a bang! They had an amazing time rotating through fun-filled stations like race cars, Giant Uno, foosball, electronic basketb...

Our third graders in Mrs. Lynch's class are diving deep into multiplication, and today they demonstrated how confidently they can show and explain the different ways they use orde...

One of our favorite ways to kick off math instruction is a simple routine: Which One Doesn’t Belong? Students look at four images, numbers, shapes or graphs and decide which item ...

This past week marked a truly historic milestone for Martin Road Elementary School. After 22 years, our school community is proudly breaking ground on the first-ever Martin Road E...

Ms. Rozwood’s third graders have been diving into the wonderful world of words as they explore poetry in their Wonders Reading curriculum. This week, students studied alliteration...

Our second graders have been busy building their skills as researchers, writers, and illustrators! This week, Miss Sullivan and Mrs. Wagner's class worked in collaborative groups...

Martin Road Elementary families are invited to make a splash this fall! The High School pool will be open for two special Family Swim Nights, giving students a chance to enjoy sup...

In Mrs. Booth’s 5th grade classroom, learning is in full swing! Today, she met with a small group to dive deeper into decimal place value, helping students strengthen their unders...

Our 5th graders in Ms. Verstreate and Ms. Rzepka’s class were deeply engaged in learning today! As part of the station-teaching model, students rotated through different learnin...

Students with October birthdays were treated to a fun-filled celebration at Martin Road! They sang Happy Birthday and enjoyed exciting activities like giant UNO, giant Connect 4, ...

This weekend, our incredible Martin Road Girls on the Run team wrapped up their season by crossing the finish line at the Girls on the Run 5K on Saturday, November 8th! Under t...

Introducing our first Staff Spotlight of the 2025-26 School Year, 4th Grade Integrated Consultant Teacher (ICT) at Martin Road, Michelle Mazurkiewicz! Read Michelle's bio below. ...

Our 4th grade students in Mrs. Godzich's class are mastering the summarizing strategy SWBST: "Somebody, Wanted, But, So, Then!" To help remember each part, students learned a cat...

Our third graders are mastering the basics of multiplication! This week, they practiced multiplying by 0 and 1 — two important rules that build a strong foundation for future math...

Mrs. O’Connor and Mrs. Sprowal's second graders are diving into nonfiction with Baby Bears! Students are becoming text detectives, using text features to find important details a...

Our second graders are diving into data! This week, they’ve been learning how to draw and use picture and bar graphs to organize information in a fun and meaningful way. From fa...

Ms. Monaco, our ELA coach, joined Mrs. Short’s third graders for morning circle to kick off the day with building community and a love of reading! Students dove into the story "We...

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