February 2015

Taylor Elementary's January students of the month got to enjoy a fancy lunch of pizza and soda with Mr. Daybell. These students were chosen by their teachers because they make great efforts in academics and behavior choices each day in their classrooms. These students have set a high standard for the rest of the school to follow! Way to go Taylor Tigers!

Kindergarten: Autumn Farr, Makenna Peterson, Elise Lyman, Preslee Orton

First Grade: Oaker Cox, Jonathan Zavala, Jeiny Castro Soto

Second Grade: Tanner Grant, Matalyn Kalmar, Alyse Sumens

Parents,

This Wednesday, February 25th, students will be getting out at 12:00pm so teachers can attend district trainings.  Lunch will still be served.  There will be no afternoon Kindergarten and morning kindergarten will go until 12:00pm.  If you have any questions please contact the office or teacher.

Thanks,

Mr. Daybell

Each year, students in Mrs. Provstgaard's class read Newberry Award winner,  "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen.  As part of this students celebrate the book by making it come alive. A few of the activities the third graders did were creating dioramas to show how they visualized Maple Hill to look in their mind. Students also  wrote an opinion essay about whether they would like to live on Maple Hill or their own home.

Students in Mr. Hansen, Mr. Richins and Mr.

Students at Taylor Elementary were recently delighted by the magical skills of magician Lance Nielson!  Lance not only taught the students about magic, he showed the students that bullying is wrong.  Lance turned to magic as a youth to distract others from the things that made him different.   He encouraged students to look at each other as friends and find the good in one another.  He even revealed a secret or two about his magic tricks!   Thank you to Taylor's PTA for inviting the students to be a part of such a great assembly! &

The Living Planet Aquarium came to visit fourth-grade students teache them about Wetlands of Utah.  Fourth-graders learned about how wetlands can provide a habitat, clean water and slow floods in the state of Utah.  Students were even able to see live animals from Utah's wetlands such as salamandars, toads, and snakes.  Fourth grade student, Jack Hardy, said, "My favorite part was looking at the salamander because it was spotted and had mucus on it."  This is always a treat when the aquarium comes to visit the school because they make science in Utah come alive for stude

Taylor's Kindergarteners made it to the 100th day of school!   Students were invited to dress up as a 100-year-old and spend the day celebrating the number 100!  Congratulations kindergarten students!