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The fun of working with robots continues this week as our high school student instructors from Springville High School teach us about the many parts that make a robot work! We had a chance to work on assembling the parts, which was a fun challenge!
One of the many student jobs available for students to apply for is the role of a student mentor. This job is reserved for students in upper grades, and allows them a chance to mentor a student in a younger grade. The mentors help students catch up on homework or get extra reading practice, all while building new friendships.
This year students from Springville High School are coming to our school and teaching 5th graders about robots and programming them. The students are programming finches, or little robots, to do things like move forward and backward and even spin. It is a really cool experience to learn how to do all of these cool things. They help all of the kids to learn how to make the robot move and talk. This is helping us learn and it is an amazing experience for these students. The high school students are helping our program. It is super fun.
By: Reagan McSweeney & Zander Oakey
In light of the recent events in Florida and other tragedies that have happened around the country, Nebo School District is teaming up with KSL on February 22, 2018, as we Stand Up for a Safe Utah. Utah has a very powerful resource and that is the SafeUT app. As you all know, the SafeUT app provides real-time crisis intervention and has been proven to save lives and stopped planned school attacks. Our goal is to make sure that every parent, student and educator is aware of the app and has it downloaded on their phone. Throughout the day, KSL will be highlighting all that the app can do, the history behind it, the success stories and much more. In addition, there will be some fun for the students. Below is the outline to encourage student involvement:· Encourage your friends to download the app· Use hashtag #SafeUT on posts To ENTER the KSL contest, do the following: 1. Download the SafeUT app on to your phone 2. Take a sreenshot of your phone with the app open 3. Post the picture to the contest post on the KSL TV Facebook page and tag Cherry Creek Elementary in the post using our hashtag #leadersofcherrycreek Individuals will be entered for a chance to win a $50 Visa gift card, AND the school who has the most tags will win 100 pizzas from KSL! The contest is already open, and will close tomorrow, Friday 2/23, at 3:00pm. Watch KSL tomorrow at 5:00pm to find out which school will be receiving 100 pizzas!
We do our best to spread kindness and inspire friendship. Whenever someone in our class has a birthday, they sit at the front of the room while everyone comes up to the smart board to write something kind about them. It's a great way to lift each other up--especially on someone's birthday!
Nebo School District is always trying to improve communication and responsiveness to our stakeholders. To that end, we invite students, parents, and teachers to give feedback on teachers and administrators in Nebo District schools. A link to the Nebo Stakeholder Survey 2017-2018 will be found on the Nebo home page at www.nebo.edu beginning Wednesday February 7th and remaining open until Wednesday, February 21st, where Nebo District stakeholders will be able to share their thoughts and experiences. (Parents and employees will be emailed a link to help them gain access, while students will be shown the link in their computer labs.)
The purpose of the Nebo Stakeholder Survey is to help us improve instruction and to keep our finger on the pulse of our patrons. For feedback to be most useful, we suggest being polite even when sharing intensely positive or negative feelings, sharing specific experiences that illustrate your ratings, and using appropriate language in all circumstances.
Thank you for your helpful feedback.
For the past several days, Mr. Duncan has been in Philadelphia, PA to attend the National Title 1 Conference. This conference aims to support educators working in Title 1 schools to improve instruction, family engagement, and cultural understanding. Mr. Duncan has told us that whenever he attends these conferences, he is reminded of how lucky we are to work, teach, and live in Nebo School District. He says, "Nebo really is a very solid district with tremendous leadership at the top and dedicated educators throughout."
Mr. Duncan has also had a chance to visit historical sites in Philadelphia, including Independence Hall, where the U.S. Constitution was signed.
We can't wait to have you back, Mr. Duncan!
Mr.Cornwall’s class reached 20 "excellent" reports from the specialty teachers. This earned them a chance to hang out as friends in the Croc Cave!! Nice job Mr. Cornwall’s class!!!!
You'd think the students had put the teachers out of a job! They help fill so many responsibilities both in their classrooms and around the school. Every student has the chance to contribute to how Cherry Creek operates day in and day out, and they do such great work! Some jobs include morning announcements, setting up for assemblies, leading lines quietly down the hall, time keepers, cleaners, delivering office notes, conducting morning lead time, keeping computers charged, and passing out papers. The jobs are endless! Even helping with small tasks helps these kids feel empowered, important, and that they have a chance to lead their peers.
White Ribbon Week has been a great success thanks to our amazing PTA! Every day this week the kids got to participate in various activities during their lunch hour and in their classrooms to help them commit to making smart media choices. They are ready to be heroes online!
