October 2012

Brockbank Red Ribbon Week "Our School Is Proud to Be Drug Free!"

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Tuesday, October 16, Red Ribbon Week continues at Brockbank with students encouraged to wear red. The theme for the day was "Our school is proud to be Drug Free!" Magician Paul Brewer came to Brockbank and put on a fun assembly for the students. He did several magic tricks using different students to help him. He told the students to keep their friends close and help each other make good choices, He encouraged the students to stay drug free! It was a fun assembly and the students really enjoyed it!

Brockbank Sixth-Graders Enjoy Serving on Student Council Committees

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Our sixth grade students love the opportunity of serving on student council. Each year, every student that wants to can participate in student council. There are five committees - Literacy Committee, School Spirit Committee, Food Drive Committee, Kid Power Committee, and Character Education Committee. Students name the top 3 committees they'd like to serve on, then 6th grade teachers divide up the students accordingly. Each committee elects a president and vice president and these ten students participate in the Student Council Leadership Conference at BYU each Fall.

Brockbank's Red Ribbon Week "United We Stand Against Drugs!"

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October 15-19, 2012 is Red Ribbon Week at Brockbank Elementary. Many exciting events have been planned for the week. Monday, Oct. 15, was "United We Stand Against Drugs!" The students were given a red yarn bracelet to wear all week and pledge to stay drug free. Daily prizes will be given but to be included in the drawings the student has to have their bracelet on. Students also made posters in their classrooms that will be hung in the lunchroom pledging to be drug free.

Brockbank's Book Fair is Coming Soon!

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Brockbank is excited about our upcoming Book Fair which will kick off this Friday, October 19 with our annual Dad's and Donuts! Make sure to bring your "superstars" (dad, mom, grandpa, grandma or any special family member) on Friday morning from 8 - 8:40 AM to browse through the book fair and enjoy donuts and milk. The book fair will run the following week Oct. 22 - 25 before school, during lunch, and after school and all evening Thursday night during SEP conferences. The book fair will close Thursday evening.

Brockbank Staff Spotlights

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Brockbank's staff spotlights this week are Mrs. Sheryl Wilson and Mrs. Patricia Richardson. Mrs. Sheryl Wilson works with students in our STAR tutor program. Sheryl and her husband live in Springville, they have two sons, two daughters and fifteen grandchildren. Sheryl likes spending her time with her family and since retiring from teaching she enjoys dancing with the group Jean's Golden Girls. Some of her favorites are chocolate, Bar J Wranglers, Mary Higgins Clark books, the movie "The Pelican Brief", eating at Cafe Rio, and watching football.

Brockbank Fourth Graders Enjoy Field Trip to "This Is The Place Heritage Park"

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Brockbank fourth-graders recently had the opportunity to go on a field trip to, This Is The Place Heritage Park. There students were able to take part in a ‘hands-on learning’ experience that complements the state curriculum for fourth-grade Utah History. Students participated in "life in Pioneer Times" which consisted of pushing a handcart. The students discovered what it was like to come West with a handcart.

Brockbank Staff Spotlight

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This week Brockbank is spotlighting Mrs. Susan Johnson and Mrs. Kandra Steinfeldt. Mrs. Susan Johnson is a speech therapist at Brockbank. She and her husband live in Springville and have two sons and three daughters (only one is still at home). Susan likes gardening, fitness, running, tennis, hiking, kayaking, sailing, reading and especially spending time with her family. Some of her favorites are the color purple, M&M's, chips & salsa, nachos, the Utah Jazz, movies - "Blind Side" & "Hitch", listening to the Beatles and James Taylor, and eating at the Bombay House.

Brockbank Elementary Participates in Read for the Record

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October 4, Brockbank Elementary participated in Jumpstart's national campaign to Read for the Record, where students were encouraged to read the children’s book "Ladybug Girl and the Bug Squad", by David Soman and Jacky Davis. Jumpstart’s mission is to work towards the day that every child in America enters school prepared to succeed. They are shooting to break the record for the most number of students joining in the shared reading of the book. Last year the record was over 2 million people. Brockbank had two books donated to our school, one by the Governor and the other by Mr.

Brockbank's Student Council Officers Attended Conference at BYU

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Thursday, October 4, ten sixth-grade student officers had the opportunity to
attend the Student Council Conference at BYU. Students heard from various presenters such as John Bytheway, Ryan Radebaugh, Darroll Young, and Josh Hewlett who have all had a variety of leadership experiences to draw from and are experienced youth motivational speakers. The students enjoyed hearing their stories and came back anxious and motivated to make a postiive difference in the their lives