Dear Parents,
We have noticed that some parents are parking in the handicapped parking stalls during drop off or pick up that don’t have a handicapped sign on their vehicle. We have several students in our school whose families need that parking spot to get out a wheelchair or crutches for their child. Please help us keep those spaces open for our families that need them. Thank you!
More information about our Halloween Parade is included in the dates section of this email.
Volunteers
Our Halloween parties are coming up this Friday. If you are planning to volunteer in the classroom or on a fieldtrip (4th grade has a field trip this Thursday!), you must first do the online district application. This application must be done annually, so if you’ve signed up in previous years you must do it again. We can’t let parent volunteers in without this approval. Please make sure you have taken care of this before you come in to volunteer. We don’t want any disappointed students or parents! The link is below and is included on every Monday Minute.
Kindness Is Cool
Here are some more examples of kindness happening at our school these past couple of weeks. We have the best students!
Rigby Young & Nolan Tadehara (5th grade) – Collected everyone’s iPads while others were finishing their Lego projects and put them back in order.
Emma Thor & Alex Taylor (5th grade) – Put away everyone’s iPads as the class was leaving. It helped SO much as a different grade was coming into the room
Luke Lunt (4th grade) – saying thank you to Mrs. Baird for holding open the door
Luke Tanner (1st grade) – helping students log into a new app
Sylvie Sanchez (1st grade) – switching seats
Lincoln Randall (Kindergarten) – helped a friend who was sad
School Website: https://silvermesa.canyonsdistrict.org/
Instagram: silvermesa_eagles
Parent Volunteer application link: https://volunteer.canyonsdistrict.org/volunteersystem/volunteer/
Lunch Menus: https://canyonsdistrict.nutrislice.com/menu/silver-mesa/lunch/2021-09-01
PTA News
October is National Principal Month!!!
We are so lucky to have Ms. Fielding at our school. She is phenomenal!! Let’s show our appreciation to her with a “Thank you”, fist bump, note or even a smile.
Thank you for all that you do Ms. Fielding!!!
PTA Board Meeting
Join us for out next board meeting. Nov 2nd at 12:30.
Virtual Option available- https://meet.google.com/sdi-xrso-eyi
Silver Mesa Choir- 3rd, 4th, 5th Graders
Practices are Tuesday and Thursdays 7:30-8:10
Red Ribbon Week-
We will be participating in Red Ribbon Week at Silver Mesa Elementary from
October 25- 29th. This is a chance to educate and encourage our students to be Drug and Bullying Free. For additional information, please check out https://www.dea.gov/redribbon for ways to talk with your children about making healthy life choices.
Egg Drop will be on Thursday Oct 28th- click here for more information
Activities for Red Ribbon Week:
Monday: Spooky Drug-Free Posters sent home. Turn them into your teacher by Thursday to receive a prize. Wear your Red Ribbon wristbands all week long!
Tuesday: “Hooked on Books, Not Drugs” Read-In during school
Wednesday: “Red Alert”- Wear Red to show your support for a Drug and Bully-Free community. Classes with the most Red will win an awesome prize.
Thursday: EGG DROP at lunchtime. Please see packet sent home for instructions. 4th Grade will complete their Egg Drops after returning from their field trip.
Friday: “Say Boo to Drugs”- Photo station at lunch for students
Watch D.O.G.S (Dads of Great Students)
Attention all Dads and/or Father Figures!!!!
This a fantastic new program that we are starting at Silver Mesa. We will be having our first social in November. Details to come. If you would like more information, please sign up through the link – Sign Up
Come Play With PTA
There are some Come Play With PTA events coming up for our PTA members. This program is one of the benefits of membership and gives you discounts to activities around the valley. Click on the links below to get the details!
https://www.utahpta.org/warriors-rugby
https://www.utahpta.org/real-monarchs-soccer
https://www.utahpta.org/grizzlies-hockey
PTA Membership:
Be a voice for your child! Just $6.50 to provide national, state and local advocacy for your student. No participation/volunteering is required beyond signing up as a member, but you are always welcome!
Sign up today:
https://silvermesapta.org/Packet/Donate/ProductsPacketPage/1
Want to know where your dues go?
https://silvermesapta.org/Page/PTA/PTA%20DUES
Upcoming Dates
Oct 25-29—Red Ribbon Week
Oct. 28th—4th grade fieldtrip to This Is the Place; Parent volunteers that are going must have their clearance from the district completed before that morning.
Oct. 29th—Halloween Parade will be outside at 8:30 in the morning. Please send your child in their complete costume. As always, no masks or weapons (even fake!) are allowed. Class Party times will be determined by each grade level. We will start the parade in the building and then come outside at the west side of the building (probably around 8:35-8:40ish). We’ll go to the curbing and follow that around to the south side of the building and then head north towards the front door. Cones will mark the pathway, and you are welcome to bring a chair to sit in as well. The church across the street has extra parking for this event. The order of grades will be kindergarten, 1stgrade, 2nd grade, 5th grade, 4th grade, and 3rd grade. Please don’t try to come in the front doors of our building until the parade is completed. It generally takes about 20 minutes or so for the parade to conclude. Thanks for supporting all our students!
Nov. 2nd—PTA Board Meeting; 12:30; All are welcome!
Nov. 3rd—SCC Meeting; 7:15 am; All are welcome! Zoom link: https://canyonsdistrict-org.zoom.us/j/82999368357?pwd=UlFKYTdZeE1jNXVtc2Y3RHZNTkI2Zz09
Nov. 5th—No school; Teacher preparation day
Nov. 5th—Career Day This will be moved to spring
Nov. 10th-14th—Papa Murphy’s Spirit Night
Nov. 15th—Report cards will be sent home from the first trimester
Nov. 23rd—Last date for parents of kindergarten students to apply for the Dual Language Immersion program starting in 1st grade. Parents and guardians can apply online anytime from Oct. 4 to Nov. 23. Siblings of current DLI students must also apply.
Have a great day!
Julie Fielding, Principal
