Play of the Week March 21, 2011

Tate Shepherd, a 5th grader in Miss Walker's class and Braylee Shepherd, a 1st grader in Mrs. Wing's class are the play of the week.  A couple weeks ago Mrs. Smalley arrived at school with her book bag, purse, and keys.  She must have dropped her purse as she was getting out of the car and didn't even notice it was gone until Tate and Braylee returned it to her before school started.  Congratulations, Tate and Braylee, for being our play of the week!

Bully Prevention Week--March 7-11

The week started off with an assembly on Monday.  The student council from Juab Junior High came to our school and taught the students about the types of bullying and things they can do to help stop bullying.  The overall theme was "TAKE A STAND, LEND A HAND TO STOP BULLYING NOW!" 1st and 2nd graders watched short video clips on the different types of bullying and learned a song about "Standing for something".  3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th graders watched as the student council explained and then acted out the different types of bullying.  They also watched a video telling the story of a kid who was bullied and eventually ended up taking his life.  A song was sung by Verena and Makena Lenhart letting us know that we all have the "Power Within" us to take a stand and to stop bullying.  These students were also taught a song by the JJHS student council that talks about how important is to stand for something.  We need to "Take a Stand."  The assembly was a great way to kick off a fun week. 

A big THANK YOU goes out to the JJHS student council:  Nick Robbins, Hannah Jacobson, Sarah Bonzo, Taylor Ludlow, Brock Anderson, Lydia Bailey, McKay Christensen, Riki Squire, Cameron Welburn, Shelby Cameron, and Steven Orme.  Below are a few pictures from the assembly:

During the rest of the week, bullying will be discussed in the classroom, and the students have the opportunity to write on our grafitti wall.  Friday, students will wear white for "peace."  Below are pictures of the grafitti wall in the lunch room and some of the things the students wrote.

Mrs. Ware said it best in the newsletter:  "With a team effort of students, teachers, and parents working togehter, we can reduce the problems of bullying in our school and community."  Working togehter is how we soar to success!

Fundraiser--once again our students work as a team and soar to success!

The orders have been sent and the money counted.  The Red Cliffs Eagles earned almost $12,300.  That is amazing.  We receive 50% of that profit.  The money we get will go to pay for the student's yearly school supplies (notebooks, pencils, crayons, glue etc..),  the class fieldtrips taken each year, and the publications used within the classroom (national geographic, scholastic news, etc.).  Thanks for all your hard work students, parents and teachers.  Working together we definitely soared to success!

REMINDER:  Cookie dough will be delivered to each child's classroom on Tuesday, March 15.  If your child has more than two tubs of cookie dough to carry, PLEASE plan on picking them up that day to help carry it.  Also try to deliver it that day or put it in the freezer.  THANK YOU.

Kayla Nichols is our play ot the week--March 7

Kayla Nichols is a 3rd grader in Mrs. Gledhill's class.  She stays after school each day to clean the whiteboards and get the attendance sheets ready for the next day.  She was absent a couple days last week and Mrs. Gledhill realized just how much she appreciates what Kayla does each day.  Great job for helping our team soar to success!