This week was National school counselor and physiologist week. Mr.Ledesma and Mrs.Michelson do a phenomenal job. They bring positive change into the lives of students and others lives daily. They are so appreciated. Each day they bring in a bright light into our school. Thank you for all you do! 

The state of Utah provided money for each teacher in Utah willing to write a grant. In the grant teachers needed to describe what supplies they needed in their classroom. I wrote a grant asking for inside recess supplies. When the air quality isn't good enough or it's too cold to go outside we have to stay inside for recess. All kids need to run around and get some fresh air, but that isn't always possible. In the past whenever we had to stay inside my students have dreaded it. With our new supplies students have enjoyed inside recess a lot more.

Our third graders are loving learning fun things in Science with our "Force affects motion" unit! We loved exploring non-contact forces-(static and magnetic). We had so much fun applying our knowledge about these forces with soda can races! Each pair of students charged their balloons with static electricity by rubbing them on their heads, and then pushed or pulled their cans with their balloons. Pairs worked hard to get their soda cans to roll across the table or carpet and then we competed in soda can races! We love Science!

Second graders have started their animal unit. We were lucky enough to have Mrs. Smoot come make balloon animals for our class!"

We are so excited to learn to code!  Thanks to a wonderful grant, Ms. Craner's class received over 12 coding robots and other games to help us learn about computer science and coding.  We can't wait to start! Yippee!