Brockbank Elementary first-graders celebrated the holiday season by having a Polar Express Day on 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. That afternoon they got to watch the movie, "Polar Express".

Brockbank fifth-graders in Mrs. Sally Nelson's class made log cabins as a Christmas project. They have been studying and reading the book "The Sign of the Beaver" and this project was a fun activity to go along with what they had read in the book.

In Mrs. Tara Farr's kindergarten classes, they have been reading books about "Gingerbread Men". For a class activity they made a big gingerbread man cookie, decorated it, and baked it. When they went to get the cookie out of the oven to eat it, he was gone. The gingerbread man left the students clues around the school of where to find him. Finding the clues helped the students become more familiar with the school. The clues finally led the students back to where they started and they found the gingerbread man waiting for them.

Top row; Storri Nelson, Macady Pulham, Zackery Schaugaard, Ashlin Argyle (Santa), Nicole Noorda, Jackson Baum, Jordan Robertson, and Ellie Ash. Bottom row; Lawrence Taylor, Tyson Burk, Reagan Marziale, Audrey Millet, Daniel Sigafus, Allysia Peine, and Caitlin Johnson

Brockbank fifth-grade students recently completed and graduated from their Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) training taught by Officer Bryan DeWitt of the Spanish Fork Police Department. 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.

Brockbank third graders were thrilled to receive dictionaries donated by Central Bank recently. Glen Roach is a part of the Spanish Fork Rotary Club. The Rotary Club has a goal of placing a dictionary in the hands of every third grade student. Each student put his/her name in the dictionary and is encouraged to use it during classwork and also at home. Mr. Roach has sponsored Brockbank Elementary for several years and we appreciate his continued support of our students. Third graders look forward every year to his visit and the dictionaries he brings.

Congratulations to Brockbank's Hansen Heroes for November!

Back - Erick Mendez, Jonathan Tingen, Audrey Borzellino, Principal Alison Hansen, Quinteney Gardiner, Max Hansen, and Sage Olson. Middle - Ashlin Argyle, Audrey Millet, Ramsey Anderson, McKenzie Oyler, Tobin Gonzales, Maklain Shepherd, and Kyson Melling. Front - Madysen Thornton, Alcira Miles, Abbie Kirk, Kami Holt, Trae Rasmussen, and Truston Sparks.

Brockbank Elementary recently got in the holiday spirit by holding their annual food drive. The student council sponsored the drive and worked hard to get all the students excited about it. To help get the students motivated, there was a contest between the classes and also grades to see who could bring in the most cans. If a grade brought in over 350 cans they qualified for an ice cream party for their grade. It was a great success! Four grades reached that goal; kindergarten, first, fourth, and fifth-grades will all get ice cream parties. Mrs.

November 23, 2010 Brockbank kindergarten students celebrated Thanksgiving by having their annual Thanksgiving Feast. Each student has 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 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.