Mrs. Clark's

Middle of year testing is complete. I have sent an email out with your child’s updated LEXILE reading number. This is a number that helps you find books for them to read on their reading level. We can discuss this number and middle of year scores during PTC.  Here is a link to help you learn what books are on their level. There is an additional chart that let’s you know what grade level your child is reading at.

Remember, our school’s homework policy is to have each student read for 20 minutes a night. I prefer you to read with your student anytime possible. If you need that LEXILE number again, please email me 😉

• Monday, Jan. 3rd – First Day Back at School
• Monday, Jan 17th – No School – Martin Luther King Jr. Day
• Feb. 2nd & 3rd – Parent Teacher Conferences – Early out both days
• Friday, Feb. 4th – No School – Teacher Work Day

Dr. Dave is going to let kids join in the Holiday festivities that the staff are participating in the rest of the week! Your students can wear CLEAN pajamas tomorrow (modest). Thursday we are wearing red shirts and/or pants (still uniforms). Friday is a free dress down day/ugly sweater day for everyone. 

We still need several WHITE ELEPHANT gifts brought in by tomorrow. If you can bring an extra one to donate-that would be wonderful.

WE HAVE WORKED AND WORKED AND WORKED ON OUR DIAGNOSTICS AND IREADY ACCOUNTS ALL WEEK!

TO CELEBRATE, WE ARE HAVING A SHOW-N-TELL DAY TOMORROW. Students may bring one items to show us tomorrow (no electronics). Fragile items are highly discouraged.

Ask your student how they did on their MIDDLE OF YEAR testing!!! We will go over these scores again during PTC Feb 2nd and 3rd.

Friday, December 10, permission slip to participate in Rendezvous are due. CLICK here to fill this out. Don’t forget that we have early out this day.

Monday, December 13, Rendezvous items are due this day. Please send them to school with your child. See previous post for those details. They can come down to the room to drop them off before going outside. FYI: I will have a sub this day.

Tuesday, December 14, Rendezvous posters day. We will be making our posters in class to display during our economic fair. If you have any marker that you would be willing to donate for this activity-please send them 🙂

Wednesday, December 15, Quest student sing-a-long with the principals (in the morning).

Thursday, December 16, Quest concert performance in the morning 9:45-10:30. Fourth grade Rendezvous will be held in the Q1 Gym from 2:00-2:45. This is a fun activity for all who come! ALL are welcome including smaller siblings. Guests will receive complementary “pelts” at the door to spend too. 

Friday, December 17 DDD! and it is our Christmas grade party. Ugly sweater are encouraged. We will be rotating into different 4th grade classrooms. This will be similar to our Halloween grade party.

Clark’s Christmas CLASS PARTY: This will be in the morning and after lunchtime. It is always fun to have students bring prize bags to share with the class (we have 26 kids). Feel free to do this, if you would like to. For our HALLOWEEN party, kids had fun prizes brought it to play with and take home. THEY LOVED IT! Thanks to those families would brought them in.

We are also going to have a WHITE ELEPHANT gift exchange during Friday’s class party. Send a wrapped prize to exchange-don’t label who the gift is from. It is optional to bring gifts. I would like all of the kids to participate if they are here Friday, December 17th. If you would rather me buy the gift and bring it for the students, please let me know. So, that I have time to gather and wrap any extra gifts. Email is best. Please have the gifts here by Wednesday, December 15. Students can start bringing those in anytime beginning today. If you can, please send an extra gift for the students that forget one or can’t bring one. Please bring a prize from you home you already have or something less than $5. Not food can be brought for the white elephant prize.

Party snacks. During Christmas party, students can bring in snacks and a small drink to snack on during the day. They will not be able to share any snacks with other students. Please only send quantities they consume. ALSO, a small blanket and/or pillow can come to chill on. Maybe a furry friend too 😉

Teacher gifts are always welcomed 😉 I love AMAZON gift card (which I used to buy classroom fun) and I really LOVE DIET mountain dews! Teaching yours kiddos is a gift! Happy Holidays! FRIDAY IS EARLY OUT! We are out for Winter break. See the kids back on January 3, 2022!!!

Quest Families,

Our annual Reindeer Run/Breakfast with the Grinch is coming up soon! This community event is lots of fun and will be held on Saturday, December 4^th. The breakfast begins at 9 am and goes until 12 pm. The Grinch will be here and photo booth pictures will be available.  

The Fun Run is at 10 am for elementary aged students (and younger). There will be two bounce houses as part of this run. Participants will receive swag bags which will include reindeer antlers and a shirt.

The 5K race will begin at 10:30 am and is for anyone 8 and over who would like to run. These swag bags include a neck gaiter and a shirt. The overall prizes for 5K winners are: a 55” Toshiba TV, an Apple iPad, a Nintendo Switch Lite, and medals for the top 3 winners in each age category.

*If you would like a swag bag for either event, you must preregister by November 20^th at www.questac.org or in person at the school. Please see Quest’s website or social media accounts for more information.

Please join us for this fun community event on December 4th!

Quest Jr. High

FINALLY, after COVID, we will be having our annual fourth grade Rendezvous (a.k.a. the Economics Fair) on Thursday, Dec 16th. It will be held in the Q1 Gym from 2:00-2:45. This is a fun activity for all who come! ALL are welcome including smaller siblings. Guests will receive complementary “pelts” at the door to spend too. 

In the next month, we will be learning about economics and rendezvous as part of our Utah history lessons. This activity will help students gain a better understanding of basic economics as well as how mountain men and early pioneers made and sold products. This activity is part of our social studies curriculum. All students are encouraged to participate and will need to be present on the day of the activity.

To be ready for this event, students will need to make a product or plan a service to “sell” during the rendezvous. Some examples are (but not limited to):

We have had in the past: flower pens, play dough, slime, hand warmers, jewelry, and other simple crafts. You pick what you would like to bring BUT no food items will be allowed. Remember what you have learned about economics, make something that no one else has. That way, you can charge more for the product because you won’t have any competition. HIGH DEMAND=MORE SALES/PROFIT  😉 Your overall profit will reward you with bragging rights. We don’t use any “real” money. We will be using rendezvous “paper pelts.”

From now until the rendezvous, students will have the opportunity to earn “animal pelts.” This is our form of money/currency given out by 4th Grade Teachers to be used to buy things at the rendezvous from other students. You will turn in your paper pelts afterwards. Whatever you choose to make should be homemade or a kit (Amazon has several-but order soon). Don’t stress about this project, you can paint/use markers to color rocks and call it good. Remember***you want to have a product kids want to buy in the end though*** Students should use materials that can be found around the house to make their product-don’t break the bank. Any cost involved in purchasing materials should be minimal. Students will need to make 30 items to sell. Please let the students make this product/service with minimal help from grown ups. Rendezvous items are due Monday, Dec 13th. This will assure that students are ready to sell on Thursday and give time for teachers to help students price their product and make a poster in class. AGAIN, the product posters are being made in class.

Lastly, please fill out this Google Form to allow your student to participate. 

Feel free to email me with any additional questions.

Here is a 4th Grade list of books recommended from the Weber County Library. If you child is not on a fourth grade lexile, please read these books with them 🙂 Additionally, a printed version was sent home today.

I am excited to meet with you this week. If you can’t make it in this week, please contact me and we can find another time that works. I will be going over the student’s Lexile level during this time. The following chart will be useful in understanding your child’s reading level. Ask your child for their grades that were sent home last week. Aspire has their ELA scores posted too. See ya soon.

Dear Quest Families,

It is that time of year for our annual BESST Realty Food Drive. We love participating in this event because it helps so many people in our community. We will be collecting canned food donations until Wednesday, November 3^rd. Quest students will also have an opportunity to bring 5 canned food items on Tuesday, November 2^nd to participate in a dress down day.

Parent Teacher Conferences are coming up on Wednesday, November 3^rd and Thursday, November 4^th. The elementary parent teacher conferences will be scheduled through your child’s teacher.  The jr. high will have on-campus conferences on Wednesday and virtual conferences on Thursday.

Quest Administration