Brockbank First Graders Plant Seeds and Make a "Grass Person"

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Brockbank first-grade students learned about seeds and plants in class. They had the opportunity to plant seeds in cups and grow "hair" for their own "grass person". The student's cups are left at school for the students to make sure they have water and sunlight. After two weeks their "grass person" had long green hair. Before taking them home some of the students gave their "grass person" a hair cut. It was a fun way to learn about how seeds grow!

Brockbank Elementary Participates in the "Great Utah ShakeOut"

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Brockbank Elementary participated today, Tuesday, April 17, in the "Great Utah ShakeOut" that was held throughout Utah, by holding a schoolwide earthquake drill. The purpose is make sure everyone is ready if a big earthquake hits the Wasatch Front. Brockbank believes it is important to be ready by having monthly fire, earthquake, or lockdown drills throughout the year. It is important to know what to
do if anything were to happen, we want our staff and students to be prepared.

Brockbank PTA Awards Teachers of the Year!

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Each year during Teacher Appreciation Week Brockbank PTA members vote and award two deserving teachers $100 for being "Teacher of the Year". A teacher from K-3 and a teacher from 4-6 were chosen, this years recipients were second-grade teacher, Mrs. Laurel Koyle and fourth-grade teacher, Mrs. Larina Quispe. Congratulations to these two deserving teachers!

Brockbank's PTA is the Best!

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Brockbank's PTA is the best! To help celebrate "Teacher Appreciation Week", Monday morning in the faculty room there was a "Sweet Shop" set up with all kinds of sweet treats. The theme was, "We are SWEET for Our Teachers and Staff!". Fun posters and decorations filled the halls. All during the week teachers and staff were spoiled with gifts and delicious meals. With the help of Natalie Jensen, Sara Petersen and Sheryl Litster, the teachers received fun books that their students helped make for them.

Brockbank Hansen Heroes for March!

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Brockbank is happy to announce the Hansen Heroes for March!

Picture #1- Gabriella McClure, Peyton Harrison, Gage Baum, Luke Roberts, Principal Alison Hansen, George Heyward, Kaleb Adams, Sophie Cluff, Brooklyn Pintar, and Kate Jones. Absent from photo was Jordyn Ferandez.

Picture #2- Back; Laynee Giles, Taylor Swan, Principal Alison Hansen, Alexander Baltazar, Blayne Campbell, and Luke Jensen. Front; Caydin Craig, Alex Chandler, Adiah Olsen, and Garrett Dedrickson.

Representatives from Living Planet Aquarium Visit Brockbank Fourth Graders!

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Friday, March 30, Brockbank had two representatives from the Utah Water Van program come to visit. The Utah Water Van is an educational outreach program about Utah's water cycle and is offered by The Living Planet Aquarium to fourth-grade students throughout Utah. Fourth-grade students were allowed through the use of models, to see and better understand Utah's water cycle and how Utah uses its water. Students learned about water conservation, importance of wetlands and about some of Utah's native wetland plants and animals.

Brockbank Third-Graders Compete in Spelling Bee!

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Wednesday, March 28, Brockbank Elementary third-graders held their Spelling Bee. The spelling bee is held in conjunction with the Spanish Fork Rotary Club and their donation of a dictionary for every third-grade student. Glen Roach, a member of the Spanish Fork Rotary Club and representative of Central Bank donated the dictionaries to Brockbank third-grade students in the fall. Spelling bees were held in the individual classrooms during the month of February and the top four winners from each class competed with each other to determine a winner. Classroom winners were from Mrs.

Brockbank Students Enjoy Indoor Tennis!

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Brockbank's Speech Teacher, Mrs. Susan Johnson helped to start and supervise an after school tennis program. Mrs. Johnson has over 30 years of tennis experience and wanted to give the students something else to do inside during the winter months. So with the help of the United States Tennis Association who generously donated junior size tennis nets, foam balls, and rackets, and with the help of volunteer staff members, she made it happen. The first session was for the older grades 4-6 and currently the younger grades 1-3 are meeting one day a week for an hour after school.