December 2012

Brockbank Staff Spotlights!

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This weeks Brockbank spotlights are Mrs. Terri Jensen and Mrs. Julie Hardy. Mrs. Terri Jensen is the school counselor here at Brockbank. She and her husband live in Lake Shore and have three sons. All of her sons have attended school at Brockbank and Lance still does. Terri likes the guitar, singing, reading, gardening, people, music, and sports. She likes basketball and enjoys any team her son is on.

Brockbank Employees Enjoy Christmas Party!

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Wednesday, December 19, Brockbank's employees met in the library for a Christmas Social! Games were played, yummy treats eaten, door prizes were given, white elephants exchanged, lots of laughing, and a fun time had by all that came! It was a fun way to relieve the stress of the coming holidays by getting together and enjoying each others company! Brockbank has a great faculty and staff!

Brockbank Elementary Students Help Make "Project Teddy Bear" a Success!

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The Bank of American Fork's annual "Project Teddy Bear" ended with great success. Spanish Fork High School's Letterman Club invited Brockbank Elementary and Canyon Elementary to join with them and the Bank of American Fork in collecting stuffed animals for at-risk children in local treatment centers. Students brought in new or gently used stuffed animals to help in this cause. 1,452 stuffed animals were collected by the three schools and taken to the Bank of American Fork.

Brockbank First-Graders Enjoy Polar Express Day!

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Brockbank Elementary first-graders celebrated the holiday season by having a Polar Express Day on Thursday, December 20. They earned this day by meeting their classroom reading goals. Each first-grade class had to fill their Polar Express train car and in order to accomplish this, each student had to read at least six books. As a reward for meeting this goal, students got to wear pajamas to school; make Polar Express trains out of HoHo's, starlight mints, and chocolate bells; make engineer hats out of paper; and received a bell to wear.

Brockbank Second-Graders Decorate Gingerbread Houses!

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Second-grade students at Brockbank Elementary celebrated the Christmas season by presenting a special program on Thursday, December 20, to their parents and grandparents. The students enjoyed entertaining their families by singing several Christmas songs. After the program, the students and their parents returned to their classroom to decorate gingerbread houses. It was a fun day!

Brockbank Staff Spotlight!

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This weeks Brockbank staff spotlights are Mrs. Martha Heward and Mrs. Frances Dyches. Mrs. Martha Heward is the ESL (English as a Second Language) technician here at Brockbank. She and her husband live in Spanish Fork. They have two sons, both of which have or currently attend Brockbank. Martha likes simple crafts, scrapbooking, but most of all playing and spending time with her family. Some of her favorites are the color blue, chocolate candy, chocolate malts, the book, "Rikki Tikki Tembo", chick flick movies, volleyball, and BYU. Martha's favorite vacation destination is to Wyoming!

Santa Visits Brockbank!

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Brockbank Elementary had a very special visitor on Wednesday, December 19, Santa Claus came to visit! The students were very excited to see Santa and to be able to tell him what they wanted for Christmas!