March 2020

We are proud of our great Big Umbrellas this week!  Thanks, students!

The U.S. Census Bureau has embarked on a nationwide effort to inform everyone living in the United States and five of its territories about the upcoming 2020 Census and to encourage them to respond online, by phone, or by mail.

Everyone counts. The census counts every person living in the U.S. once, only once, and in the right places.

It’s about fair representation. Every 10 years, the results of the census are used to reapportion the House of Representatives, determining how many seats each state gets.

DeAnn Carter and Laura Theodosis have been selected to receive the Utah PTA Outstanding Support Staff (DeAnn) and Utah PTA Outstanding Volunteer (Laura) Awards for Utah PTA Region 10 for Provo and Nebo School Districts!  "We are so impressed with everything you have contributed to Spanish Oaks Elementary and we feel that you exemplify everything that this award stands for!  Thank you for your service!"  These very deserving friends will be honored at the annual Utah PTA Region 10 Awards dinner in April.

Mrs. Slaymaker is the lunch clerk here at Spanish Oaks.  Her favorite hobby is boxing.  Mrs. Slaymaker’s favorite food is pizza.  Her favorite movie is Grease.  Mrs. Slaymaker’s favorite color is orange. Her favorite drink is Dr. Pepper.  The thing she likes most about working at Spanish Oaks is the students and helping them.

Written by: Maverick Dustin & Ayden Naron

The students in Mrs. Stewart’s class have been learning all about the earth, sun and moon. Today they learned about rotation and revolution and got to use movement to show how the earth rotates.   They had a great time!

Congratulations to Tanner Christiansen, Kenzie Baird, Owen Young, Hallie Britain, Chloe Davis, Madison jensen and Noah O'Gwin on being chosen to move to the next phase in the science fair competition.  Best of luck to each of you!

Our school took 3rd place in the elementary division at the Nebo District Chess Tournament held this past weekend at the Summit Center due to 3 of our boys that rocked!  We are so excited for our students who played in this tournament!  They are:  Isaac Rueckert Kindergarten, Max Rueckert third grade, and Parker Rueckert fifth grade.  Way to represent us!

Our PTA put on a fun night in conjunction with Read Across America/Dr. Seuss Day.  There were fun art projects that correlated with some of our favorite Dr. Seuss books, as well as a presentation on resilience and emotionally supporting our students in a challenging world.  Thanks to PTA and our counselor Teresa Winkler for their contributions in making this night a success!

We have the sweetest group of Excellent Explorers this term!  They all work every day to be kind and to be a role model for the other students.  We appreciate them so much!  Congratulations on a job well done! 

Our Excellent Explorers are:

Mrs. Huffman is a P.E Specialist here at Spanish Oaks.  Her favorite food is anything Mexican.  Her favorite movie is Pride and Prejudice.  Her favorite color is green, she enjoys hiking and her favorite drink is Raspberry Lemonade.  Her favorite thing about working at Spanish Oaks is teaching kids P.E. 

Written by: Lincoln Beenfield & Mason Ford