September 2012
Foster Grandma Marie Hansen Honored for Outstanding Years of Serivce
Congratulations to Brockbank's Foster Grandma Marie Hansen! Marie Hansen is a foster grandma in Mrs. Marcy Noorda's first-grade class and was recently honored by the Utah County Foster Grandparents for 19 outstanding years of service. She is currently on her 20 year as a foster grandma. Marie is a remarkable lady, at almost 90 years old she still maintains a garden and still cans most of the food she grows. She enjoys crocheting and tying quilts.
Brockbank First-Graders Read Book, "Enemy Pie"
Brockbank first-graders read the book, "Enemy Pie" written by Derek Munson about a boy whose summer is ruined when Jeremy Ross moves in and becomes number one on the enemy list. Fortunately, for the boy his father has a secret recipe for a pie that is guaranteed to help get rid of enemies. While his Dad works on mixing the ingredients and baking the pie, he explains that his son's role in the plan is that he needs to spend a day with his enemy. Even worse, he has to be nice to him. It sounds tough, but the boy decides to give it a try.
Author Visits Brockbank Sixth Graders
Brockbank sixth-graders had an amazing visit from Peggy Eddleman, an up-and-coming author for middle grade books.
Brockbank Spotlights Suzanne Livingston and Cleon Lawrence
This year each week Brockbank is going to spotlight members of our faculty and staff as a fun way for everyone to get to know each other better. This week Brockbank is spotlighting Mrs. Suzanne Livingston and Mr. Cleon Lawrence.
Principal Hansen Reads to Kindergarteners!
Meet More of Brockbank's New Staff Members
Meet more of Brockbank's new faces.
Mr. Doug Patterson is our new night sweeper. He lives in Provo and has 2 daughters and 2 sons. Doug enjoys fishing, swimming, and football, his favorite team is the Denver Broncos. Some of his other favorites are the colors blue and yellow, Snickers, Pepsi, and the Beach Boys. Doug's favorite vacation destination is the Washington Coast. Welcome aboard, Doug!
The Utah Water Van Visits Brockbank Fourth-Graders
Thursday, August 30, Brockbank had two representatives from the Utah Water Van program come to visit. The Utah Water Van is an educational outreach program about Utah's wetlands and is offered by The Living Planet Aquarium to fourth-grade students throughout Utah. Fourth-grade students are allowed through the use of models, to see and better understand the importance of Utah's wetlands and about some of Utah's native wetland plants and animals. Students got to see a toad, frogs, and a snake that are found in wetlands. It was a very educational program and the
Meet Some of the New Faces at Brockbank this Year!
Meet more of Brockbank's new faces!