D.A.R.E. Graduation at Spanish Oaks

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Our 5th grade students at Spanish Oaks Elementary ended their Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) training on Tuesday, November 24, with a graduation ceremony for parents, students and teachers.  Officer Warner of the Spanish Fork Police department was our amazing instructor this year.  During the course students learned skills to help them make wise choices throughout their lives.  At the graduation three students were recognized for writing outstanding D.A.R.E. essays, and ALL celebrated being outstanding D.A.R.E. students.

We LOVE our Support Professionals at Spanish Oaks

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"Annually observed ... during American Educational Week, NATIONAL EDUCATION SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS DAY honors the contributions of school support employees.  These support professionals provide invaluable services and are essential partners in the children’s education process ..."  The end of this month we celebrated all our Classified Employees ... ALL of the "support" individuals who help keep our amazing school running!  Each class thanked and celebrated one of these outstanding individuals ...

BYU Fieldtrip for Spanish Oaks

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Our Spanish Oaks students (grades 2nd-6th) could be found cheering for the BYU Lady Cougars at the basketball game today.  The students were amazing and represented Spanish Oaks with respect and wonderfully appropriate behavior.  Everyone had a great time ... and BYU totally won!!  Thank you, BYU, for the awesome opportunity ... Go, Extraordiberries!

Tabitha's Way Food Drive

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Students of Spanish Oaks have had the giving spirit.  We collected 2,232 food items to donate to Tabitha's Way.  That equals over 1,000 lbs of food!  It's an average of between 3-4 items per student from the school.  Awesome job, students!  Thank you to our student council and Mr. Crockett for organizing this event ... and a special "thank you" to all who donated.

 

Colonial Day in Fifth Grade

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Time stood still today in the fifth grade as they spent a day back in Colonial America.  Names were changed, class rules were a bit different, dress was proper, and activities had nothing modern about them!  Only the SMART phone used for pictures was from 2015.  What a great learning experience for the students to compare their daily classroom with a class from Early America.  Fun day!

Great Reflections Participation at Spanish Oaks

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We had some super entries this year for our Reflections contest!  A special "thank you" to all who participated!  We had numerous winners, with four entries that went on to the district level.  Our Merit Winners are:  Gavin G. in literature, and Allison C. in Music Composition.  Our Awards of Excellence will be continuing on to State:  Allison C. in Photography and Bailey M. in Photography.  Well done, students!

A special thank you to Laura Bigler, and our wonderful PTA members who helped with organization, assembly and judging!!

Project Teddy Bear at Spanish Oaks

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It is our pleasure to participate in "Project Teddy Bear" again this year!   We will be collecting items beginning December 1, 2015 - December 15, 2015.  We will be collecting new or gently-used stuffed animals.  These stuffed animals will go to thousands of at-risk children in Utah.  Our goal for "Project Teddy Bear" this year is to collect at least 100 stuffed animals.

https://www.bankaf.com/Special_Pages/ProjectTeddyBear.aspx