An American Preparatory Academy School
One of the great parts of our school are the week long breaks that are scheduled throughout the year. It gives all of us a chance to rest and recharge. Spending part of the break reading from the stack of books that one collects, is always one of my favorite ways to spend the extra time. Here are some of the books from my stack that were read over this break.
After a full and busy week of teaching at American Prep, our staff enjoyed a wonderful luncheon together this afternoon. BIG THANKS to our amazing parent volunteers that put this event together and a special SHOUT OUT and THANKS to the Song family of the Draper Cup Bop and Itto Sushi in Midvale for providing the amazing and delicious meal.
During one of our meetings this afternoon, we had a surprise visit from a singing quartet that serenaded one of our fabulous instructors, Ms. Hughes. It was an exciting moment that all of our instructors got to share on this special day. Congratulations to Ms. Hughes and all of our staff that got to enjoy this serenade.
Thank you to our wonderful team of Baristas, Laura, Amber and Shannyn that provided our staff with delicious hot drinks this morning. Their smiling service went well with the breakfast sandwiches provided by Chick-Fil-A.
Our teachers and instructors are enjoying all the decorations and food provided by our wonderful parents. Our staff work very hard providing a high quality liberal arts education for our students. Working hard gives them an appetite and they appreciate all the extra food and special decorations that our parents are providing this week.
As part of an American Prep tradition, our parents decorate our teachers doors as part of our staff appreciation week. This years theme is “The Magical Kingdom of APA”. Thank you to all of our wonderful parent volunteers that started their decorations today and will be working over the weekend transforming our school into a Magical Kingdom.
Congratulations to all of our Spelling Bee Finalists and winners from grades 1-3.
Sushmita Venkatesh – 1ST PLACE
Vaishnavi Kothamasu – 2ND PLACE
Tanisha Chavan & Jude Suh – TIE for 3RD PLACE
Congratulations to all of our Spelling Bee Finalists from our 4-6 classrooms! The final round took over 100 minutes and in the end, we have three school finalists that will represent our school in the District Spelling Bee on March 13th. Congratulations to Anna Stewart 1st, Kyle Bergquist 2nd and Saathwik Pai 3rd place. We know you will represent our school well in the district competition.
Our Character Development Team invited families to come in and learn about our state’s legislative process by playing a game designed by their team. It was a great family game night event. Thanks to Catherine Findlay and her team for creating this game and special event!
Our campus is K-12 and it was very exciting to have a homecoming basketball game to attend over at Draper 3. Our school’s mascot, Ace, showed up and was a big hit with the young students. He was also hanging out with Trent Sims, one of our Super Star Seniors. What an exciting game and event!