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Mission K9 Rescue Service Project

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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

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*** 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

Canned Food Drive Now Through November 9th

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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!

Check for Lice!

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Students in some classrooms at Quest have been hit with lice, and we do NOT want this to spread! Please, please check your child’s head for lice and for nits (lice eggs). We have had one student in our classroom identified as having lice, and that student has not returned back to school.  All of the students were checked the very next day by administration and were lice free as well as our classroom. However, please still check your student as this was over a month ago.   

If you do find lice, please know that the process of ridding your hair, clothing, and other articles (bedding, backpacks, etc.) of lice takes several days, as lice eggs usually hatch only after 7-10 days, but may take as long as 14 days! Lice combs do not remove nits, and are only able to separate hair and sometimes remove larger lice. If your child has lice, we do not want to see you back at school any time soon! Please do not bring your child to school again until all lice and eggs are completely removed and/or dead. The office would be happy to check your student for lice if you are concerned or to train you how to check.  We have been advised a healthy rule of thumb is a weekly check.  

Here is some information from the Health Department regarding lice (including videos and helpful documents). 
http://lancaster.unl.edu/pest/lice/video.shtml  – Removing Head Lice Safely Video (English and Spanish versions) from University of Nebraska

http://www.headlice.org/index.html – Head Lice website from the national Pediculosis Association. Has some FAQ’s, videos and resources about head lice prevention and treatment.

http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/lice/head/index.html – CDC Head Lice website. I haven’t seen any videos on this site, but good information and resources for public or anyone to use.

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