Brockbank students in Mrs. Louise Crook's class made Christmas cards for the troops. It is hard for members of the military to be deployed overseas during the holiday season. To help them during this difficult time, students made cards to let the troops know that we are thinking about them and appreciate their sacrifices.
Thursday, December 5, Brockbank fifth-grade students having completed their Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) training taught by Officer Bryan DeWitt of the Spanish Fork Police Department graduated. Officer DeWitt taught the students several lessons on drugs and ways to avoid drug use. He stressed the influences that drugs can have and the potential dangers. As part of the D.A.R.E. requirements, students were encouraged to write an essay on what they have learned. Outstanding essay winners had the opportunity to read their essay at graduation.
Mrs. Shaunie Critchfield is a special education technician in Mrs. Shelley Thomas' kindergarten class. She and her husband live in Lake Shore and have two sons and two daughters. Avery, in fifth-grade is the last of her children to go to Brockbank but they all attended here. Shaunie likes the outdoors, jogging, hiking, camping, watching sporting events, spending time with her kids, fishing, and biking. She also likes sewing, reading, canning, making crafts, baking, and mowing the lawn.
In art, Mrs Brenda Dudley taught students how to make friendship bracelets out of yarn. The students really enjoyed making and showing them off. Mrs. Dudley always has fun and creative projects for the students to do in her class.
Brockbank first-graders learned about the first Thanksgiving by making colored bead bracelets and retelling the story of how the Pilgrims came to America. Each bead in the bracelet represented a part of the story.
Tuesday, November 26, 2013, Brockbank kindergarten students celebrated Thanksgiving by having their annual Thanksgiving Feast. Each student had a specific job to do to help put the meal together and they learn the importance of working together. The students really enjoyed eating a meal that they helped to make!
Brockbank first-graders recently finished reading the book, "Turkey Trouble" written by Wendi J. Silvano. In the story a turkey is in trouble, bad trouble, it is almost Thanksgiving and he is the main course. Farmer Jake is looking for him. Turkey has an idea what if he doesn't look like a turkey? What if he looks like another animal instead? First-graders then got to use their imaginations and pick a disguise for Turkey so Farmer Jake won't recognize him.
Brockbank Elementary is happy to share some fun ways on "How to Cook a Turkey" according to second graders. Students had a creative writing assignment which lets the students use their imagination with no prompting from the teacher as far as content, they are able to write their own ideas. Below is some ideas of "How to Cook a Turkey" by Brockbank second grade students in their writing: