Good News

We have a beautiful building where we get to fulfill our mission of helping our students become as smart, kind, respectful and involved in their communities.  This building has been provided to us by the taxpayers of Utah and we want to be good stewards of such a wonderful gift.  This picture of the American Flag reflected in the front windows of our school reminds us about this gift and our mission to be good stewards of the resources provided to our school.

Sharing our school with our secondary students creates some challenges that our teachers use as opportunities.  Since our band classrooms are being used for other academic courses, Mr. Wendall found some space outside to conduct music practice after school.  These students love playing music and enjoyed this opportunity from Mr. Wendall to practice in an unusual space.

 

Eliza Pierce and Lillie Phillips took advantage of the shade and bench next to our building to get started on their Saxon Math homework. Utilizing some of their school day to get a head start on their homework demonstrates initiative and responsibility.  As you can tell from the expression on their faces, they also seem to be enjoying their math homework.

What an incredibly fun and entertaining time at our Annual Fall Festival. This annual event brought our whole Draper community together to enjoy the games, food and festivities.  Here are a couple of pictures showing the crowds and some of the characters in attendance.  Bacon Man made his third appearance at the festival and was joined by a couple of his bodyguards and the other picture gives you a little perspective on the crowds that were enjoying the food, games and bounce houses.  A big shout out to our FSO from all three campuses that organized this event and to all of those that participated.

There are many special moments everyday at our school.  It was one of those moments as I arrived during the morning carpool drop off as Mr. Waghorn was getting help from Hudson Mair.  Thanks for your help Hudson!

Every week our students get the chance to “Show what you know” at our assemblies.  These are opportunities for students in the various grades to share some of the poetry and songs that they learn in their classrooms. Showcasing the knowledge and content they are acquiring is a great way for students to share this with parents and students from other grades.  Since we are sharing the indoor spaces with our secondary students, we decided to move these assemblies outside.  This is the first time it has been done at our campus and the weather was fantastic for our first one with grades 4-6.