Dear Eagles,
This Thursday is Spirit Day: Crazy, Wacky, Silly Hair Day! Each month our Student Council picks a theme for Spirit Day for our students to get a little silly and show some school spirit. We invite all our students, in-person or not, to join our Spirit Day on Thursday. Feel free to send us some pics that we can put up on our TVs here in the cafeteria. We look forward to seeing some fun hair!
We have a new Instagram page to celebrate the fun happenings at Silver Mesa! The account is named silvermesa_eagles. Follow us to get a glimpse of some great Silver Mesa students and staff. Positive comments on the posts are always welcome.
Candy Grams
The Silver Mesa Student Council is excited to continue their tradition of selling Candy Grams to celebrate Friendship month!
Candy Grams are pencils or suckers with a note attached. They are $0.25 each. Due to Covid-19, we made some changes in our selling process. Students will need to bring in an order form filled out with the recipient’s name and teacher and whether they would like a sucker or pencil. They must pay with exact change. No change will be given. An order form will be sent home with each child around Feb 1st. There will also be an order form you can print off of the Silver Mesa Website. We are selling on Feb. 3rd and 4th and Feb. 8th and 9th. Happy Friendship Month!
https://silvermesa.canyonsdistrict.org/candygrams-for-friendship-month/
Kindergarten Supplemental Hours of Instruction
There is still space in our Supplemental Hours of Instruction Kindergarten classroom for next year. Here’s the link to apply: online applications Cost for the program is $2,950 a year, and can be paid in monthly installments. More information, including the online application, can be accessed at the Canyons District website. There are also fee-waivers available for families in need.
Kindness Is Cool
Here are some more examples of kindness happening at our school these past couple of weeks. We have the best students!
Brooke Portiss (2nd grade) – shows kindness and enthusiasm when helping other students learn new concepts
Nixon Mendy (2nd grade) – shows patience and kindness while working with others.
Sage Savage (2nd grade) – Assisting students to put things away.
Troy Zobell (1st grade) – helping Whitney wash her hands!
Annabelle Lennon (3rd grade) – being kind and including everyone
Azaylea Olson (3rd grade) – Always kind and helpful to her classmates and her teacher
Theo Sanchez (5th grade) – retrieving a kickball at the end of the day!
Brooke Grimshaw (5th grade) – untangling the computer cords!
At Home Learning Tech Support
https://www.canyonsdistrict.org/parent-connections-tech-support/
Or call: (801) 826-5200
PTA News
Reflections
Congratulations to the following students who won awards of Excellence at our Regional Reflections competition:
Brielle | Tomlinson | 2 | Coleman | Dance |
Bek | Nacey | 3 | Trifilio | 2D |
Zoe | Norr | 4 | Brown | Film |
Alex | Gonzalez | 5 | Sandgren | Literature |
Katie | Twitchell | 5 | Perez | Music |
Blair | Wixom | K | Keller | Photography |
Way to go!
Reflections Theme Poster Contest
Three winners will be chosen and will receive Amazon gift cards. The first place winner will receive a poster and the honor of having their art chosen to represent reflections through the entire state of Utah. The 2021-2022 theme is “I Will Change the World by…” Enter as many times as you want!
https://www.utahpta.org/reflections-theme-poster-contest-rules-instructions
Valentines
There will be class parties on Thursday, Feb. 11th. Students may bring valentines to pass out–just make sure that everything is wrapped, and everything will go home and will not be eaten in the classroom.
Next year’s PTA board
If you can believe it, it’s already time to start thinking about next year’s PTA board positions. We will soon be posting our open positions and descriptions of each volunteer opportunity. If this is something you are interested in, please email silvermesapta@gmail.com.
Next Family Fundraiser Night
Chipotle at Ft. Union
Tuesday, Feb. 16th
4-8 PM
Next PTA Meeting
Monday, February 1, 12:30 pm via zoom
Upcoming Dates
Jan. 20th—Date opens to apply for kindergarten supplemental hours of instruction for school year 2021-22; Apply at this link: https://ksih.canyonsdistrict.org/ksih/#/start
Jan. 28th—Spirit Day: Crazy, Wacky, Silly Hair Day!
Feb. 3rd-4th & 8th-9th: Candy Grams facilitated by our Student Council; https://silvermesa.canyonsdistrict.org/candygrams-for-friendship-month/
Feb. 1st—PTA general meeting; 12:30; Zoom
Feb. 3rd—SCC meeting; 7:15 am; Zoom
Feb. 7th-14th: Window to change your child’s learning option for the last trimester; if you are planning to stay with the option you currently have, there is no need to do anything.
Feb. 11th—Valentine’s Day class parties
Feb 24th and 25th—Virtual Parent Teacher Conferences
Feb. 25th—Early Out Day
Feb. 26th—No School; teacher compensatory day
Here’s to another GREAT week!
Julie Fielding, Principal
Silver Mesa Elementary
