May 2013

Friday, May 10, Mrs. Shelley Thomas' kindergarten class held their end of year program for their parents and grandparents. The theme for their program was, "Whirling Through the Year". Students sang songs entertaining the audience with what they have learned this year. It was a fun program and the students did an awesome job!

Monday, May 13, representatives from the Spanish Fork Library came to Brockbank to help motivate the students to read during the summer. They told the students about all the summer programs held at the library.  The library's theme is "Dig Into Reading!"

May 13, representatives from the Kiwanis Club came to Brockbank to award 6 sixth-graders the Terrific Kid Award. Terrific is an acronym that stands for Thoughtful, Enthusiastic, Respectful, Responsible, Inclusive, Friendly, Inquisitive and Capable. Students representing this qualities are chosen for this honor by their teachers and their names are engraved in a plague hung in the hall. This years Terrific Kids are  Luke Jensen and Karley James from Mrs. Kristel Peterson's class, Tobin Gonzales and Jentri Rozema from Mrs.

Brockbank recently held their reward activity for the second grade boys and sixth grade girls for winning the school's penny war. The penny war was a competition where each grade had a girls can and a boys can and students brought in their change to raise "Pennies for Pets". The sixth-grade girls brought in the most money but the second grade boys had the most penny points. Each winning team got to pick one adult to compete in a relay in front of the student body and throw flour balls at. The second grade boys chose Principal Alison Hansen and the sixth grade girls chose Mrs.

Recently the BYU International Folk Dance Ensemble presented a concert program of dances from several nations, including Ukraine, Russia, Korea, Poland, Mexico, and the United States to Brockbank students. The students really enjoyed all the bright costumes and watching them dance!

Brockbank School is pleased to announce Mrs. RaDawn Anderson as the recipient of the 2012-13 Horace Mann Crystal Apple Award. RaDawn has taught school for 27 years - one year in kindergarten, 24 years in second grade, and 2 years in fourth grade. RaDawn makes learning enjoyable. Students know she cares about them and she expresses genuine affection for all kids in every situation even when if one has tested her patience. In her spare time she likes to bike, golf, hike, swim, travel, and read. She is learning to play tennis and it has been said she has a great serve.

April was poetry month in the library. Librarian, Mrs. Peggy Rothaug held a competition challenging students to memorize poems. There were 9 different poems they could choose from and when they would memorize a poem and be able to recite it from memory they got to put their name in a drawing. The end of April, Mrs. Rothaug drew two winners - Tate Sorenson won for the younger grades and Xander Henry won for the older grades. They each recieved a book and a candy bar.

Brockbank is happy announce the Hansen Heroes for February. Hansen Heroes are students that make good choices and set good examples for their classmates!