Monday Minute 10.19.2020

Friday Learning

This Friday will be only our second Friday that there is no students at school.  Teachers will send home learning opportunities and assignments students can do at home.  Some activities will be technology-based (CANVAS, Lexia, Dreambox, etc.) and others will be learning tasks with paper/pencil.  Any assignment that is technology-based will be optional as we recognize not all students will have access to technology.  Teachers will have office hours from 10 am—noon on Fridays if you would like to set an appointment with them or call in that day with questions.

Window to Request Change to Learning Option

The window for submitting change requests is Sunday, Nov. 1^st through Sunday, Nov. 8^th. Learning option changes will take effect with the start of the trimester on Monday, Nov. 23^rd.  Those wanting to shift from in-person to one of two remote learning options available, or from remote learning to in-person instruction, will need to submit a change-request within that timeframe. No action is required of families who wish to stay with their chosen path.

Kindness Is Cool

Here are some more examples of kindness happening at our school these past couple of weeks.  We have the best students!

Owen Gedge (4^th grade)-Super helpful and kind in class, he sees a need and fills it

Nick Christensen (4^th grade)-Showed empathy for his teacher by asking how she was doing and feeling

Brooke Grimshaw (5^th grade)—helped a classmate understand the steps in a problem

Rome Moran (2^nd grade)—helped clean up a mess another student made

Dual Immersion 

Parents and guardians of kindergarten students can apply online anytime from now through Wednesday, Nov. 25.  In addition, families interested in learning about these programs are invited to a virtual Orientation Night on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 6:30-8 p.m. To join the orientation, click here and enter the meeting ID 861 2733 3185 and the passcode 201030.  Please note, that students with siblings currently enrolled in a Dual-Language Immersion school must still submit applications by the Nov. 25 deadline.

Here’s a link to begin the application process:

https://dual.canyonsdistrict.org/dual/#!/start

At Home Learning Tech Support

https://www.canyonsdistrict.org/parent-connections-tech-support/

Or call:  (801) 826-5200

PTA News

Papa Murphy’s Dinner Fundraiser-THIS WEEK!

Support SILVER MESA Elementary this week at Papa Murphy’s Pizza in Sandy, UT.  Show this message or the flyer to the cashier and they will donate 15% of order back to us.  Valid 10/19/2020- 10/25/2020 at SANDY location ONLY.  For online orders, use the code SPIRIT. Put the teacher’s name and grade in comments for credit for the pizza party.  Thank you for supporting Silver Mesa!

Reflections

LAST WEEK TO WORK ON REFLECTIONS! Participating in Reflections this year has SO MANY PERKS!  Check out our http://silvermesapta.org/Page/PTA/Reflections to learn more.  If you need help submitting your reflections entry online, our Reflections chair will be at school on Th, 10/22  from 7:45-8:15 am, 11:30-12:30 pm, and 3:00-3:30 pm in the SE corner of the school (weather permitting)  Entries due Oct. 26th.

Read-a-thon

Hopefully students got some good reading time in over the break! This week’s BINGO sheet is still orange and it is oriented around diversity–finding books written about life in another country, written by an author of color,  characters with disabilities, and much more.  Check out the sheet for more ideas.  These topics will help children broaden their horizons.  Return orange sheets next Monday, 10/26.  Top boy and girl readers in each grade earn a trip to the prize table (Salt Lake REAL t-shirts, fizz gift cards, Barnes & Noble goodies to name a few things on the table), top classes earn a treat, and teachers of top classes earn a REAL shirt/sweatshirt. 

*Yellow sheets can still be turned in.  We are trying to earn 350,000 minutes in order to have a pie-throwing party, and last week we only turned in 30,000.  If you have a yellow sheet that’s still sitting around the house, turn it in!

**ALL BINGO sheets can be found on our website if you need another copy.

What do I do with….

BINGO sheets?   Mark off squares that students complete, record your minutes, turn in on Mondays (exception:  NOT today. 🙂

PLEDGE ENVELOPE?  Record pledges and minutes read;  collect money after read-a-thon is over; return to school w/ money on Monday, Nov. 2

SKINNY SLIPS OF PAPER that say Book: Author: Student: Teacher:? Fill them out each time you read a book and turn them in.  We are making a giant “bookshelf” with all the books read at our school.  Prizes can now be earned for turning them in.

Need new masks?

Have you found your supply of masks dwindling?  We still have CHILD spirit wear masks available for purchase on our website. 

Amazon Smile

We have an updated account with Amazon Smile.  Are you a devoted Amazon shopper?  Now you can shop AND make money for Silver Mesa!  Just add/change your account to PTA Utah Congress Silver Mesa Elementary PTA… (We know, it’s a weird name.  Use it anyway!:)

Box Tops

We know that Box tops has gone digital, but do you still have any clipped box tops hanging around at home?  Send them in a ziploc to school with your child’s name and teacher on them and we’ll make sure they get sent in!  Thanks!  Deadline for sending in paper box tops is Oct. 29th.

Red Ribbon Week

We have a fun red-ribbon week planned for the last week of October.  Instead of doing the egg-drop at school, we are encouraging families to do it at home the weekend of Oct. 22nd, and send in your pictures to do a school video.  All the rest of the info will be up on our website.

Fri. 10/22:  Egg drop with families

Mon. 10/26:  Wear Red!

Tues. 10/27:  Crazy Sock Day!

Hispanic Heritage Month

Sept. 15th-Oct. 15th is Hispanic Heritage Month.  We have an awesome bulletin board on display in the school hallway celebrating the contributions of Hispanics who have contributed great things to our world.  

Upcoming Dates

Oct. 20^th—Papa Murphy’s Family Dinner Fundraiser Week

Oct. 22^nd—Spirit Day:  Rainbow Day!  Each grade will wear the color determined by the Student Council.  Kindergarten—yellow; 1^stgrade—orange;  2^nd grade—green; 3^rd grade—red;  4^th grade—blue;  5^th grade—purple  

Oct. 22^nd—At-Home Egg Drop

Oct. 22^nd—Virtual Dual Immersion Orientation Night, 6:30-8 p.m. To join the orientation, click here and enter the meeting ID 861 2733 3185 and the passcode 201030.

Oct. 26^th—Reflections Entries Due

Oct. 26^th-29^th—Red Ribbon Week

Oct. 29^th—Halloween class parties; We will not have a parade this year as we can’t have large gatherings.  Volunteers to help with parties will be limited.  Thanks for understanding!

Nov. 1^st-Nov. 8^th—Window to switch learning options (see district website)

Nov. 2^nd—Picture Retakes

Nov. 2^nd—Fundraiser collections due; PTA Board Meeting at 12:30

Nov. 25^th—Deadline for applying for the Dual Immersion program

Here’s to another GREAT week!

Julie Fielding, Principal

Silver Mesa Elementary