Happy St. Patrick's Day
Whether it was walking the halls in as much green as possible or being in Kindergarten where a "Leprechaun" visited, St. Patrick's Day is a lot of fun at Art City Elementary School.
Whether it was walking the halls in as much green as possible or being in Kindergarten where a "Leprechaun" visited, St. Patrick's Day is a lot of fun at Art City Elementary School.
On Tuesday, March 18th, Josh Carter, a parent of a student in Mr. Gibson's sixth-grade class, came and dissected a sheep's brain with Mr. Gibson's class in conjunction with National Brain Awareness Week at BYU. The class discussed many important functions of the brain while talking about the basic anatomy of the brain. Brigham Young University's anatomy department hosted this and various other activities throughout week (March 10-14) to raise awareness of just how incredible brains are.
Nebo School District celebrated National School Breakfast week March 3-7th. All students were invited to eat a complimentary breakfast at Art City on Tuesday March 4. In conjunction with the National School Breakfast week the district held a coloring contest; the theme was "Take Time for School Breakfast". Jane Wilson, a fifth-grade student of Art City was one of the four winners to win a bike.
Let' have a reading fiesta! Join us for our Scholastic Book Fair March 17-20. Put on your sombrero and celebrate family night Tuesday, March 18, from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. for an evening filled with games, treats, and lots of books. Wednesday, March 19, will be a late night of shopping until 8 p.m. We all want books! Let's get reading! We hope to see you at our Fiesta.
Mrs. Lori Nielsen, Principal of Art City Elementary celebrated Dr. Seuss day by dressing up as the "Cat in the Hat". Students loved seeing her walk the halls, Mrs. Luther's first-grade class was able to hear her read "The Cat in the Hat" to them. Other Celebrations included making Cat in the Hat's in Kindergarten and in Mrs. Morgan's Kindergarten they ate what looked like green eggs--it was really whipped cream with green sherbert on top. Students brought blankets and pillows, books, and lots and lots of books to read throughout the day.
The Nebo District chess tournament was held on Saturday March 5,2014 at Cherry Creek Elementary school, in Springville, Utah. The top ten results are as follows: 1 ART CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 147.0 2 HOBBLE CREEK ELEMENTARY 144.0 3 BARNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 117.5 4 MAPLETON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 109.5 5 MAPLETON JUNIOR 104.5 6 MT. LOAFER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 94.0 7 C. H. TAYLOR ELEMENTARY 85.0 8 MT.
Art City Elementary School Spelling Bee was held on Friday February 7, 2014, there were approximately 50 students participate in the spelling bee. All students who were interested in participating in the spelling bee had the opportunity to have a mini "bee" in their classrooms, then if they were the top five they were able to move onto the school "bee"; students where given lists in December to study and prepare. Kathay P. (center) was first, Hannah M. and Jonathon C. tied for second. Kathay will have the opportunity to participate in a District Spelling Bee.
Art City Kindergarten Celebrates their 100th day of school by making posters and hats, by counting cereal, making 100 dots, counting 100 steps, and counting to 100 at least 100 times. In Kindergarten, instructional time should focus on two critical areas: (1) representing, relating, and operating on whole numbers, initially with sets of objects; (2) describing shapes and space.