Send those box tops to school...time for another Box Top competition!!  The class that collects the most box tops between January 9th through January 25th will get to choose either a movie with popcorn or hot chocolate and doughnuts.  Sounds yummy!!  Thank you, Mrs. Jennie Elder for heading this PTA assignment.   We appreciate all the parental support we have at Mt. Loafer, we couldn't hold school without you.

Utah was the 45th state in the USA; it became a state on January 4, 1896 and Mrs. Bradley's first grade celebrated Utah's birthday.  

Her first grade students learned the geography of Utah.  They created a sugar cookie of Utah complete with the Colorado River, Green River, Great Salt Lake, Utah Lake, Bear Lake, and the mountain ranges.  They also inspected the state flag and learned what the  beehive, Sego Lily, and the Bald Eagle represent on the state flag. 

Thank you Mrs. Bradley and Happy Birthday, Utah! 

Friday, January 20th, is our second Club Day!   Each student will again choose a club of interest to participate in on Friday from 9:15-10:00 a.m.  The clubs are the same; ranging from sign-language, balloon animals, bead art, magic, drama/theater, movie make-up, magnets, jellyfish, double-dutch, games, slime/marshmallow shooters, line-dances, volleyball, scrapbooking, Spanish, and more.  The clubs are aimed at allowing students to focus on their own special areas of interest or explore other areas while still developing academic and social skills. 

It's time for the Grizzly Buck Store!!  Please return all reading calendars by Friday, January 6th.  Mrs. Ferguson, will be visiting the classrooms with prizes for those students who have reached their reading goal.  Alot has happened during December, hopefully all students have been able to reach the grade level reading requirement. 

Each grade level has a different monthly reading requirement:

Student Education Plan Conferences are an important component of ongoing home–school communication and family involvement in children's education. Our Student Education Plan Conferences will be held on Wednesday, January 11th, and Thursday, January 12th.

Sometimes change is difficult but it helps us grow in ways not yet known.  We are experiencing a change of leadership at Mt. Loafer and are prepared to move forward with this change.

We are so grateful for the time we spent with Mrs. Rudd and send her our love and best wishes as she embarks on her new adventure as principal of Brookside Elementary in Springville. We will miss you, Mrs. Rudd.  

Miss Dolman's third grade students are bound to love reading!  Her students become excited and enthusiastic about reading when they are presented with the opportunity to participate in Readers Theater. Readers Theater is an activity in which students, while reading directly from scripts, are able to tell a story, perform in groups, and practice using their voice to depict characters from texts.

Students and faculty have had an enjoyable December remembering the events that occurred under Mrs. Rudd's leadership.  Thank you, Mrs. Rudd for all the fond memories and friendships. 

Students in grades 4th-6th presented the annual Christmas program on Friday, December 16th. The music program was entitled "Sing of Joy" and included both traditional and new Christmas songs. The students performed under the direction of our fantastic music teacher, Mrs. Robin Brown!

On December 9th, both of Mt. Loafer's fifth-grade classes explored historical figures of the world by transforming themselves into a live wax museum.

Each student picked a figure from any genre of fame, whether it was a business figure like Steve Jobs or Milton Hershey, a sports star such as Babe Ruth or Michael Jordan or an historical figure like Betsy Ross or Jackie Kennedy.  Each student had to research and write a brief biography to help explain their figure's childhood, their rise to fame, and what they are doing now or when they died.