Monday morning, October 22nd, the entire Santaquin Elementary studentbody, faculty and staff had to the opportunity to meet outside to "Run Away From Drugs and Violence" as a kick-off to our Red Ribbon Week! We all wore RED and our running shoes, and met to run around the perimeter of the school together in our School Fun Run! Go Santaquin!
Patricia Haroski, a secretary from Illinois, originated National Boss Day in 1958 in honor of her father who helped all of his children with good advice throughout their careers. In honor of his birthday, October 16th, Patricia registered the day with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Four years later, National Boss Day was officially announced. The idea quickly gained favor across the country and is now even observed in England, Australia and South Africa. Today at Santaquin Elementary we honored our very own Mr.
On Wednesday, October 10th, the Living Planet Aquarium's Education Program presenters visited the fourth grade students at Santaquin Elementary. The students were able to participate in several experiments to learn about their science core topic of understanding "the physical characteristics of Utah's wetlands, forests, and deserts and identifying common organisms for each environment." The wonderful presenters brought live animals indigenous to Utah, i.e., snakes, lizards, toads, etc., and taught the students how to classify them. The visit was "very infor
I won an autographed copy of the book Evertaster from the Author, Adam Glendon Sidwell. I thought Evertaster was an awesome book. It had good detail and good description. It’s the kind of book you do NOT want to set down.
On Friday, October 5th, the second grade students from Santaquin Elementary had the pleasure of visiting Harward Farms for their annual Farm Field Day. How much do YOU know about Agriculture? Well, we learned things like: a plant needs five things to grow - water, air, sunlight, soil, and nutrients; the Z.I.P. you get from eating beef stands for zinc, iron, and protein; and a mother sheep is called a ewe! Thank you, Harward Farms, for an amazing day of learning!!
The students in Miss Camper's class had a lesson about gravity. The students went to different groups to test objects to see which would hit the ground first.
At one center, Mrs. Smith, a second-grade helper, pulled out a paper clip and an orange ping pong ball, and asked which one would hit the floor first when she dropped them. Almost all of the students in her group said "The paperclip will hit the floor first." Most of the kids were wrong because the ping pong ball hit the ground first.
