Standard Examiner “Apple for the Teacher” Awards

Posted on April 28, 2017 by megan.dunmeyer

Since Quest is a charter and not a district school, district awards are not given to teachers and we rely on awards presented by local organizations. Quest administration would like us to share the following information from the Standard Examiner on our blogs:

Who is the local teacher who’s had the greatest impact on you or your child — the one who works hard and goes above and beyond every day to inspire students and help them grow? The Standard Examiner wants to know your answer to that question!

The teacher who receives the most votes will be announced as the
Apple for the Teacher honoree on May 21st and receive $500 in prizes!

To submit a teacher’s name, please click on the following link:

http://www.standard.net/Education/2017/04/19/Apple-for-the-Teacher-2017-Who-s-the-best-teacher-in-Northern-Utah.html?utm_source=Educators&utm_campaign=f87e1601ab-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_04_21&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_da9279aece-f87e1601ab-147245225

Personality Portrait

Posted on March 28, 2017 by megan.dunmeyer

Bell Photography will be here as we return from Spring Break on Monday, April 10th for Spring Personality Portraits. If you are interested in purchasing pictures you don’t have to do anything right now. Picture packages will be sent home later for you to review before you buy. But if you do not want to purchase pictures, please sign the flyer that came home with your student today and return it. By signing the flyer your student will not have their picture taken and the picture packet will not be sent home.
Thank you!

DATE CHANGE FOR PATRIOTIC CONCERT!

Posted on March 17, 2017 by megan.dunmeyer

Due to scheduling conflicts, we had to change the date of our Patriotic Concert, which will now be held on Wednesday, May 17th:

Wednesday, May 17: ASSEMBLY FOR STUDENTS/FACULTY ONLY – 1:45-2:45

Wednesday, May 17: PARENT/FAMILY PERFORMANCE – 6:00-7:00 (doors will open at 5:40) in the Q1 gym (PLEASE PLAN TO BRING YOUR OWN CHAIRS AND/OR BLANKETS FOR SEATING; CHAIR SEATING WILL BE TOWARD THE BACK OF THE GYM, BLANKETS UP FRONT).

Yearbook Orders

Posted on February 22, 2017 by megan.dunmeyer

Yearbook Pre-sale is happening NOW. Order before March 1st to receive the $15.00 discounted price for the Elementary Yearbook. Click here to order: Yearbook Online Order

Dramatic Reading for Thomas Jefferson: more “Crazy Professor!”

Posted on February 20, 2017 by megan.dunmeyer

This is a video clip of the students doing a dramatic reading for a biography of Thomas Jefferson. I am so impressed with the kids’ amazing expression and dramatic interpretations of Jefferson’s life! 🙂

A Visit from George Washington!

Posted on February 2, 2017 by megan.dunmeyer

Last week, George Washington visited our classroom! We have been reading about this historic figure, and I was so impressed with the abundant and thoughtful questions that the student posed for President Washington. It was a visit to remember!

“Attack of the 4-Foot Teddy Bear” STEM Project!

Posted on February 2, 2017 by megan.dunmeyer

For this S.T.E.M. project, students used a flashlight and a teddy bear to attempt to create a teddy-bear shadow that is at least 4 feet long! After many adjustments and tests, all groups were successful in create an “attack of the 4-foot teddy bear!” 🙂

“Crazy Professor” Dramatic Reading

Posted on February 1, 2017 by megan.dunmeyer

Your adorable children were so darling and animated during our reading activity the other day, that I just had to post a video of the fun! This reading “game,” which we lovingly call “Crazy Professor,” involves the children performing dramatic readings of a difficult text to their partners. They are supposed to act out the words of the text, and they had so much fun doing it! In this clip, they are reading a biography about Dr. Martin Luther King, Junior. Enjoy!

Still Looking for an Alexander Graham Bell, Martin Luther King, Jr., and a Rosa Parks to Visit Our Classrooms!

Posted on December 12, 2016 by megan.dunmeyer

This year we will be learning about many of our great American Heroes. We would like to invite those interested to come dressed as one of the characters and share their story with our students. Presenters will visit each 1st grade class for 7-10 minutes.

We hope to help our students create a memorable connection to history and understand the impact these instrumental people had upon our country.

Please sign-up now for the American Hero you would like to represent for our students by clicking on this link: American Hero Sign-up Form

A Visit from Mazzie, the War Dog!

Posted on December 9, 2016 by megan.dunmeyer

Today Mazzie, a war dog who was abandoned in Kuwait after his service, visited our classroom to wish us a Merry Christmas and to thank us for choosing K9 Rescue as our service learning project! These war dogs provide a great service to our military and are often abandoned after their missions are complete. As mentioned in a previous post, our classroom is collecting spare change to donate to K9 Rescue, an organization that rescues war dogs after their service. This will be first grade’s Service Learning Project for the year.

Below are some pictures of Mazzie visiting our classroom:

Spirit Shirts: Friday, Dec. 9

Posted on December 8, 2016 by megan.dunmeyer

Friday, December 9th is not an early-release and is not a dress-down day, but if your child wears a Quest spirit shirt or a Quest Reindeer Race shirt, he/she will receive a free raffle ticket to be entered into the raffle for the gift baskets that are on display in the Q1 foyer!

Yes, We “CAN!”

Posted on November 2, 2016 by megan.dunmeyer

Wow! 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 182 cans (which equates to 7 cans per student) of food for local food banks! 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 7th, and these donations will also count toward another possible dress-down day!

Canned Food Drive: Now through November 9th!

Posted on October 31, 2016 by megan.dunmeyer

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:

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!

If 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, when 15,000 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!

Fun with Seeds!

Posted on April 8, 2016 by megan.dunmeyer

We had a visitor from Red Butte Gardens share some special seed and planting activities with us this week! We now have a garden growing in our classroom! Later in the week, we dissected lima beans to identify the parts of a seed.