Cherry Creek Elementary

The Lost & Found is Growing Coats and more. Winter weather has finally come and our Lost & Found is growing by the day. Parents, do you recognize any of these coats? Please have your child come by the Lost and Found table and collect their items. These coats are keeping the tables warm!

1st Grade continues to show that they have Spirit! This week, Mrs. Golding’s 1st Grade class takes the trophy back. Congratulations!

A 2nd Grader in Ms. Christensen’s class made the Impossible Shot. Congratulations! Those 2nd Graders must have the magic touch!

We had a 3 way tie for Spirit Day. This week, Mrs. Jensen’s 1st Grade class, Ms. Christensen’s 2nd Grade class and Ms. Beeson’s 2nd Grade class won the Spirit Day trophies. Congratulations!

Twinning with the Principal is fun. Finding more friends dressed alike is even more of a surprise. Wild Wednesdays at Cherry Creek is the best!

Mrs. Jensen’s 1st Grade class has been learning about the history of the earth in knowledge and this week we’ve been talking about what the earth is made of. We made yummy pudding cups to represent the inner core, outer core, mantle, & crust.

The 1st Graders went on a field trip to the Scera Theater. They got to see the production: A Peter Rabbit Tale. Looks like they had fun on the bus ride and watching the performance!

⏰ PTA Meeting Tomorrow
🗓 February 10
🕤 9:30 AM
📍 PTA Room | Cherry Creek Elementary

Come join us!

1st Grade continues to show their school spirit! Mrs. Golding’s class and Mrs. Jensen’s class both won the spirit day trophy this week. Any other classes want to give them some competition? Who else has school spirit?

The 5th Graders have been perfecting their keyboarding skills. Recently, they had a competition to see who was the fastest and most accurate. Here are the winners from 5th Grade. The student holding the Golden Keyboard was the fastest 5th Grader at Cherry Creek and she will be moving on to the district competition. Congratulations!

Last week, the 5th Graders went on a field trip to visit the Capitol Building. Here they learned about Utah State Capitol history and architecture, Utah history, and government processes. They were fortunate that the Utah Representatives were in session and were able to meet with Representative Whyte.

On Friday, we had our January Victory assembly. Top Crocs and Leaders of the Month were announced. Mrs. Truscott was recognized as Cherry Creek’s Teacher of the Year. The winners of the Kindness Poster competition were chosen. Progress for our 2 Wildly Important Goals were discussed. Mrs. Darrington challenged all Crocs to do their nightly reading so that we can achieve our Reading WIG and have a skate party.

What a way to start off the new week in comfort! Another 2nd Grader saved enough Croc Cash to buy Mrs. Darrington’s chair for the day.

The 2nd Graders celebrated the 101st Day of School with Dalmatian Day. And on the 102nd Day of School, they wondered how it would be like to be 102.

1st Graders also celebrated the 100th Day of school with some fun activities.

The Cherry Creek PTA had a fun Friday activity for White Ribbon Week. Students went on a hunt for clues for things they thought about when using phone and technology and how they treated others. When they found all the clues, they were rewarded with a mustache. How fun was that?!

This week, the Kinders celebrated the 100th Day of School. They had fun counting to 100, stacking 100 cups, eating different snacks that classmates brought, writing the number 100 using all kinds of items and lots more fun during the week.

Here's a unique opportunity coming up for students to participate in a youth exhibition at the Springville Museum of Art connected to the larger America250 program happening nationwide to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States.

This America250 Youth Exhibition will be open to K-12 students in Nebo School District or living in Springville and Mapleton. Accepted student submissions will be displayed alongside a selection of pieces from the Museum’s Permanent Collection from May 2026 through October 2026.

Student Prompt:
Since the founding of the United States, artists have used art to explore identity, community, belonging, and to tell the many stories that make up our shared history. We invite students to create an original artwork that reflects their perspective and responds to the questions below:

How do your experiences with community, culture, family, place, or your personal journey connect with or differ from the stories you see in the selected artworks from the Museum’s Permanent Collection? (Please visit website below to view these works.)
What story about life in the United States feels important for you to tell?
How do you see yourself contributing to or shaping the American story?
Requirements:
Artworks are to be original and individually conceived by the students.
Works will not be considered if they contain glitter, candy, glued-on beans, macaroni, or similar materials that tend to fall off when handled or invite pests into the Museum.

Each student is limited to one entry.
Submitted works will be judged by the SMA Staff. To eliminate any cost barriers, the Museum will provide a limited number of canvases for students, available on a first-come, first-served basis. You can view the full prompt and additional submission information on our website here: https://www.smofa.org/america250-YAE.

Teachers and parents may bring entries to the Museum on May 5-8th between 1:00-5:00pm. A list of accepted works will be posted on SMofA.org on May 13th by 5pm. Once the show concludes on October 24th, artwork should be picked up by November 30th.

For more information and complete guidelines for this exhibition, please refer to our website.

We look forward to working with you on this special project! If you have any questions, please reach out to me at CAbilez@springvilleutah.gov.