Tuesday, October 8, Brockbank fourth-graders went 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.

Box Tops for Education is one of the nation’s largest school fundraising loyalty programs and has been helping schools succeed since 1996. Brockbank's PTA collects box tops for our school. Last year Brockbank families brought in over $900 in box tops that the school was able to buy new PE equipment. This year we are earning money for track meet buckets so that each grade level 3-6 will have their own equipment; stops watches, balls, etc.

Brockbank Elementary is excited for a great school year, but we can't do it alone. Brockbank is lucky to have great parent volunteers that are willing to come and help in the classrooms. Recently the PTA held a room parent meeting where parent volunteers came in and met with teachers to help plan for the fun school year.

Friday, Sept. 27, Kindergarten students at Brockbank Elementary celebrated Apple Day at school. The students participated in several different activities including tasting apples in several different forms; cut in slices, applesauce, pie, and juice; deciding which color of apple they like best, doing math and science activities involving apples, and illustrating their own apple books. It was a fun educational day that the students enjoyed.

Brockbank is happy to announce the first Hansen Heroes for the 2013-14 school year! Hansen Heroes are students that make good choices and set good examples for their classmates!

Picture #1 (back) Kaitlyn Cloward,  Principal Alison Hansen, Alejandra Greenhalgh, and Oaklee Giles. (front) Ava Thorpe, Kynslie Farr, Andrew Hult, and Kaleb Blackett. Absent from photo was Meaghan Peine.

Brockbank's PTA recently awarded prizes to the students that excelled in the walk-a-thon. The walk-a-thon was a great success with several students walking over 100 laps. Students that walked a 100 laps or more were given a gift certificate to the book fair and a coupon for a free mini pizza at Papa Murphys. Prizes were also given to the students in each grade that walked the most laps.

Brockbank Elementary would like to thank Gary's Meats, Shepherd's Egg Farm, Aaron Cloward Dentistry, Zions Bank, and Security Insurance for donating money so that we were able to get a large blow-up slide and a bouncy house that the students could enjoy taking turns on. We would also like to thank the many other businesses that were generous in their support to help our students.

Brockbank PTA along with Brockbank staff recently held their eighth annual walk-a-thon fundraiser. It was a great success with lots of support from the students and parents. Students, along with many of their parents, walked laps around a track set up on the grass field as a way to exercise and raise money for the school. It was a fun evening! We intend to put the funds we raised towards some matching funds grants. Each of our students will benefit from increased technology in every classroom.