Please fill out this permission form (ASAP) for the treat at the class Christmas party this Friday December 16th at 11:15. Thank you so much!!

Quest families,

With the holidays approaching, we wanted to send a few quick reminders and important information. Please read through this email in its entirety, then feel free to contact us with any questions.

2023-2024 Registration deadline: 

• If you are intending to have your student(s) return to Quest for the 2023-24 school year, the deadline for registration is this Friday, December 16 at 3:00. Please refer to the previous registration email for more information. If you are unsure of your intent to return, you will still want to register in order to hold a position for your student. If you do not intend to have your student(s) return, please contact the school as soon as possible.

Yearbook cover contest and sales: 

• The deadline for elementary yearbook cover entries is this Friday, December 16th at 9:00am. (No cover contest for junior high this year) 
• Yearbook sales for both elementary and junior high are open and available online only. You may access this link in our Online Payments page under CURRENT FAMILIES on the website. Please use the blue Yearbook link ONLY, when purchasing yearbooks. 

Dress down days this week:

• Thursday, December 15 is Dollar Dress Down Day. Our staff will be wearing their ugly Christmas sweaters, so all students who have prepaid or bring a dollar are welcome to join in! (Or wear dress down clothing of their choice)
• Friday, December 16th is our last school day before the holiday break, an early out (10:30am/1:20pm dismissal)and FREE Dress Down Day. **Our office will be closing early that day, so please be prompt in picking up your students after school. 

Lost and Found/Water Bottles:

• We have quite a collection of lost and found items, including some really nice water bottles. If you are missing outerwear or water bottles, please come in and take a look before Friday. (Lost water bottles can be found in the lunchroom) Any items not claimed will be disposed of/donated over the break. 

Final week of Elementary Choir:

• Wednesday, December 14 at 3:30-4:00pm-FINAL rehearsal in the Q1 Gym
• Wednesday, December 14 at 6:30pm-Ogden Christmas Village performance. Choir members will wear their choir shirts and meet at the Ogden Amphitheater at 6:15 on the east side of the stage.
• Thursday, December 15 at 6:00pm-Parent performance in the Q1 Gym. Choir members will meet in Mrs. Young’s classroom wearing festive best dress at 5:45pm.
• Choir members are asked to bring/wear their choir shirt to school on Thursday and Friday for in school performances. 

Parking Lot Reminders:

• Please be cognizant of our parking lot procedures as you are dropping off and picking up your students. Practice safety, patience and consideration, particularly as the weather makes conditions more hazardous. 

Thank you for all you do, and have a wonderful holiday break!

Quest families,

The time has come for us to select a yearbook cover for our 2022-23 elementary yearbook. We will be holding a Yearbook Cover Contest to select two students whose artwork will be featured on the front and back cover of the yearbook. Each entry must be on a white 8 ½ X 11” paper, and include their first and last name. We will be looking for entries that represent what Quest is. 

Entries are due by Friday, December 16, at 8:30 am. 

Feel free to call the school with any questions. 

Thank you, and happy drawing!

We will have our Winter/Christmas party on Friday December 16th 11:15-1:15. It will be a pajama and stuffed animal party! We will have a couple games, a craft, and a treat. Then we will watch a little bit of the Polar Express. It’s going to be so fun! I need 2 more volunteers to be in charge of a game and a craft. Email or text me if you’d like to help with either of those activities.

I am thankful for my amazing class. I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

We are now beginning Unit 4 in Language Arts. Below are the power words, oral vocabulary words, letters, and sounds we will be mastering during the next 3 weeks. By the time we complete this unit, we will have been introduced to all our sound wall sounds. We are working on handwriting and continuing to blend sounds to read words.

In math, we are exploring teen numbers. We will also be mastering counting to 100 by 10’s. We are also making great progress on our individual math pathways (ask us about the standard we are working on).

We look forward to our science and STEM lessons. We are exploring forces and working to solve problems together in groups. We look forward to completing our forces unit with a visit from Discovery Gateway. They will have several fun forces activities for us. 

We are excited for our upcoming Annual Reindeer Run. I hope to see all of you on Saturday, December 3. Sign up now to get early bird pricing. Click here to register: Quest 5K and Fun Run Registration

Positive Me Week will be October 31st – November 4th . The spirit days are as follows:

Monday 31st (HALLOWEEN) – Scare drugs away! *Wear your costume

Tuesday Nov. 1st – Dress like someone who doesn’t do drugs! *Twin day (twin with a friend, teacher, celebrity, etc.)

Wednesday Nov. 2nd – Drugs are wacky, so don’t do them! *Wacky hair day

Thursday Nov. 3rd – Drugs are so in the past! *Throwback Thursday (decades dress)

Friday Nov. 4th– Don’t fall for drugs! *Wear flannel day

Happy Halloween! We are having our annual Halloween parade on Monday, October 31. Please note that this is an early out day. Because the parade will start at 9:00am, we ask that students come to school already dressed in their costumes.

For those who would like to watch the parade, please plan on bringing camping chairs or blankets. You are welcome to set them up along the outside of either building (see map below—the yellow dots indicate where families can sit).

Costume guidelines:

Costumes should be modest and without blood or gore. Students are welcome to paint their faces and wear Halloween masks; however, those masks will only be worn when directed to do so by the classroom teacher (e.g. during the parade, when a class picture is taken, etc). Weapons and anything that depicts violence are not allowed on school property (knives, guns, swords, spears, etc.). If you have questions about costume accessories, please contact us. Just to reiterate, no blood, either depicted on the costume or in makeup, is allowed. Quest Administration

We are now beginning Unit 3 in Language Arts. Below are the power words, oral vocabulary words, letters, and sounds we will be mastering during the next 3 weeks. We will continue working on syllables, rhyming, identifying the beginning and ending sounds of words, and blending sounds to read words. We have learned most of our sound wall sounds and use our sound wall to help us spell and read words. In math we are learning different ways to make 10 and comparing greater than and less than with numbers and objects. We are starting math pathways which will allow us to work on our math lessons at our own pace. And in science, we are to exploring forces. We have discovered that there are pushes and pulls in any kind of work and that machines can help a job get done faster. We will apply what we are learning about forces as we work to control a “wrecking ball’s” push to solve a tricky problem.