George Wang, one of our 4th grade students participated in the 2nd largest chess tournament in Salt Lake last weekend.  Even though he is only in 4th grade, he competed with 8th graders and still took 1st place, earning a full 4 points in his ranking..  Congratulations to George!

Mr. and Mrs. Callister came into Ms. Callister’s 1st grade classroom to share some stories and art from their trip to Peru.  Our first grade classes have just completed their unit on the Inca and these stories and pictures from actual villages in the Andes mountains were a special treat.

We had a very successful “Rock the Socks campaign at all of our APA schools!  Giving back to those in our community is one of the foundational principles of our schools.  It is amazing what can happen when we get involved and help, even in such simple ways.  Thank you to all of our school community for your contributions this holiday season.

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It is always exciting to greet our students after they return from a break.  Presley Page used this extra time to get in some extra learning and brought in a bug that she created.  Pursuing learning for learning’s sake is always inspiring.  Thanks Presley for inspiring us to continue learning even during a break from school.

 

CONGRATULATIONS to the 6th grade Science Fair winners. They will be advancing to the SL Charter Science Fair in February.

Alli Sorenson – 1st place

Carter Vijay – 2nd place

Samantha Milar – 3rd place

The following students will also be advancing to the SL Charter Science Fair

Emelia Humphries Luke Carlson Eliza Pierce Sarishika Pandini Jennifer Parke

WOW! Our sock drive is Rockin’ it!  We have surpassed our collection goal by thousands!  Way to go Draper 2!  Thank you Mr. Miner for getting the big ladder out to help us with our display in the front lobby.  We are collecting socks until Friday, please continue bringing in socks for The Road Home.

Our 6th Grade Ambassador Leaders were rocking the sock puppets this week as they went into the lower elementary classrooms to talk with students about our school’s donation drive.  In the “Kigatsuku” spirit, Emelia Humphries, made all of these incredible sock puppets for this project!  Thanks Emelia and all of our 6th grade Ambassador leaders for getting students excited about our donation drive.

Congratulations to all of our finalists in the Geography Bee!  The top 10 students from grades 4-6 competed in the final round.  The final round was held this afternoon and Riley McGee won 1st place, with Sidharth Mahajan coming in 2nd!

Congratulations to Hridaan Lala, one of our second grade students that recently won The Stewart Open Chess tournament, a US Chess Federation rated tournament.  Hridaan has been participating in our chess club over the last few years and has been a great help playing with and teaching other students.  Congratulations Hridaan!