Mission K9 Rescue Service Project

mission-k9-rescueLast Friday we attended a special Veteran’s Day Assembly with the Crismer’s and their war dog Mazzie from Mission K-9 Rescue. We learned about the sacrifices many dogs are making to protect the lives of our soldiers.  Unfortunately, these dogs are left behind after their work is done. Mission K-9 Rescue is striving to Rescue, Reunite, Re-Home, Rehabilitate and Repair any retired working dog that has served mankind in some capacity.

This year for one of our service learning projects we will be collecting coins to donate to Mission K-9 Rescue. 

As a First Grade we have been learning that everyone can serve and help others through stories such as “The Lion and the Mouse”. Though our children may be young, they too can make an important difference and our small contributions of a coin here and a few coins there will truly add up to something great.

We are also learning about financial literacy principles; for example, we are learning about the principle of saving and we are learning that, to earn money, one must work.  We are encouraging our students to do extra jobs at home for family or friends to earn coins to add to our Mission K-9 Rescue fund.

Quest Academy Rudolph the Reindeer Fun Run

*** AS OF THIS AFTERNOON- 1ST GRADE IS IN THE FIRST PLACE POSITION TO WIN***
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*Every student that signs up to run in 5K walk/run or Fun Run will be entered in a drawing for a Kindle Fire (one winner for Elementary and one winner for Jr. High) 

*The grade that has the most students sign up to participate will receive a Pizza Party from POQA. K-5, and 6-9th will each have one party.  

Click here to register online: 5K and Fun Run Registration

Or to print a registration form click here: 5k Registration

Parent Teacher Conferences

Our parent-teacher conferences this month are on Thursday, November 17th and Friday, November 18th.  Below is the schedule for conferences.  

 Thank you so much!


Thursday, Nov. 17thParent Teacher Conference
10:55am Claire Swenson
11:05am  Hannah Peay
11:15am  Litzy Haan

Friday, Nov. 18th
10:55am  Joseph Salazar
11:05am  Gunnison West 
11:15am  Zoey Salerno


Library Reading Challenge

unknown“WHERE IN THE WORLD WILL READING TAKE YOU?”

This year for the library’s reading challenge, we will submit reading minutes to travel across the continents. At the end of the year one class per grade will win the fabulous prize for the most reading minutes. In addition, the student(s) with the most reading minutes will qualify for a prize.

What is your role in this reading challenge?  Simply click on the “Library Reading Challenge” tab on our class blog and complete the online form each week.  Because these reading minutes will only be available to the librarian,  you will still need to complete our regular reading log to receive homework credit for reading.

Family Fun Themed Raffle Basket

Our class will be putting together a “Family Fun” themed basket to auction/raffle for the fundraiserbasket-auction-clipart-p6uhx8-clipart in December. We are asking students and families to donate items for the basket that are centered around the theme “Family Fun.” Donated items may be new or gently used, but should be items that you would want to win (not junk or cast-offs). Donations for the basket will need to be submitted directly to our classroom any time before November 29th. 
THANK YOU!


Yes we “CAN”!

canWow!  Thank you so much for the amazing canned food donations!  Although our grade did not win the free dress-down day, our class brought in 60 cans of food for local food banks!  If every student brought in 6 cans of canned food we could win!  Thank you so much for your generous donations!  If you were unable to donate this time and would still like a chance, we will still be collecting canned food donations through November 7thand these donations will also count toward another possible dress-down day! 

 

Canned Food Drive Now Through November 9th

We are lucky to be partnering with Besst Realty to assist in their goal of raising 100,000 cans of food to help local food banks between now and November 9th. Besst Realty is donating $20,000 to the schools that participate in this service project, and, to date, there are 14 schools participating.  The $20,000 in donations will be awarded as follows:
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1st place : $5,000
2nd: $3,500
3rd: $2,500
4th: $1,500
5th-9th: $1,000 each
10th-14th: $500 each

The grade (K-5 & 6-9) that has the most cans of food donated by Wednesday, Nov. 2 will get a free dress-down the following day. Cans will be counted again on Monday, Nov. 7. The winning grade will get another free dress down day! 

pigIf a total of 5,000 cans (between 5-6 cans per student) are collected,students K-5 will enjoy karaoke during their lunchtime for a day!  Jr. High students will enjoy watching Mr. and Mrs. Smedley (avid Ute fans) wear BYU attire from head-to-toe for a day!When 10,000 cans are collected (11 cans per student), students will enjoy watching teachers participate in a pie-eating contest! And, finally, when15,000 cans (16 cans per student) are collected, administration be forced to kiss a big, fat pig on the mouth!

Let’s do it!  Please donate to this worthy cause so that you can help our community and help our school!  All donations should be taken directly to our classroom.
Thank you!

Reading for All Learners iPad App!

reading-for-all-learnersI was so excited to discover that the Reading for All Learners books (the books we use for our “Book Buddies”) could be purchased as an iPad app!  This could be a great alternative for you if you want the capability of doing reading homework on an iPad!  The prices are reasonable, too: each book set is $9.99, or the entire collection, including all book sets, is $49.99.  If you are looking to have these books available on iPad for your first-grader or for a younger sibling, this is a great option.  

Click on this link:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/reading-for-all-learners-i/id576498956?mt=8