The Traditional Holiday Sing-in

Today was our traditional holiday Sing-in.

Each grade level prepared a holiday song to share with the whole school.

It's a lot of fun and the students really enjoyed it!

This year, Mrs. Seamons prepared songs for the whole school to participate in singing together.

Her husband, Mr. Seamons, was kind enough to come and play piano for us. 

How fortunate we are to have such talented people willing to help us!  

Here's what each grade level performed:

Kindergarten 

 "Must Be Santa"

First Grade

"All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth"

Second Grade

"Mele Kalikimaka"

Third Grade

"Little St. Nick" by the Beach Boys

Fourth Grade

"I'm Gettin' Nuttin' for Christmas"

Fifth Grade

"Santa Claus Rock"

Sixth Grade

"Silver Bells" (with sign language)

Mrs. Hirz and Miss Herring's Classes

"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"

For the finale, Mrs. Seamons led everyone in the "12 days of Christmas".  Each grade level and group had a "day" to act out.  It was so much fun!  Let's hope this continues in years to come!

After the song, Mr. Cox read us a poem and reminded us that Christmas is about giving.  It was a very fitting ending to such a great activity!

MERRY CHRISTMAS, AVIATORS!!!!

Mrs. Hirz -- KSL Featured Teacher!

CONGRATULATIONS Mrs. Hirz!

Mrs. Hirz was recognized for her 

AMAZING work 

in our Behavior Unit by KSL this week.

Here is what was written about Mrs. Hirz on KSL's website (http://www.ksl.com/?nid=428&sid=27991480&title=carolyn-hirz---amelia-earhart-elementary)

"Carolyn Hirz - Amelia Earhart Elementary
December 11th, 2013 @ 3:18pm

I met Carolyn Hirz a few years ago when she joined our Special Education team as a teacher for children with behavior disorders at Amelia Earhart Elementary. During the years that I have known her, I have been continually impressed with her amazing ability to work with children who have problems managing their own behavior. Students who cannot succeed in their neighborhood schools are placed in Carolyn's classroom. These children have displayed a variety of behavior concerns—from refusing to comply and do the work needed to learn to more significant acts of verbal and physical aggression.
Carolyn faces each new challenge with the determination to make a difference in the child's life. And she does! Through consistency, humor and a genuine love, she is able to teach the students how to manage their own behavior. Many of her students have returned to their neighborhood schools with the skills they need to be successful.
One example of this is a young boy who threw a computer into the smart board at his school. He came to Carolyn's class full of anger and ready to hurt anyone who tried to work with him. Carolyn was patient, kind and fair in her dealings with this young boy and he soon came to trust her. Within a year's time, he was ready to return to his neighborhood school.
Carolyn is relatively new to the teaching profession. For someone so young she demonstrates the knowledge and skill level of a more experienced teacher. Carolyn works with some of the most difficult children in the district and makes it look surprisingly easy. She is truly worthy of recognition and the honor of being a "featured teacher".
--Shauna Raby"

Holiday Choir and Orchestra Performance

Congratulations

to the Amelia Earhart Choir and Orchestra 

for delivering an EXCELLENT performance 

at their concert on December 4th!

It was a great show that really put everyone in the Holiday Spirit.

Did you know that the orchestra and choir members come to school at 7:30 a.m. twice a week and also practice outside of school?  It takes a lot of work and dedication to participate in these activities.  

We are so glad they choose to do this and share their talents with us all!

A big THANK YOU 

goes out to our amazing choir director and school music teacher, Mrs. Seamons, and our awesome orchestra teacher, Mrs. Atwood, for their hard work in teaching and preparing for this show!  We are so fortunate to have such wonderful teachers!!!

Also, THANK YOU 

to Mrs. Chock who is so willing to come share her talents by accompanying the choir!  You are amazing, Mrs. Chock!!!

One of our 6th grade students, Katey C., also accompanied the choir on the piano for one of the songs.  She did an AWESOME job!  

Well done Aviators!

One of Utah's High-achieving Title One Schools

Stuart Johnson, Deseret News archives

Amelia Earhart was recognized on Wednesday, November 27, 2013 as one of 

Utah High-achieving Title One Schools by the Utah Office of Education.

There was an article in the Deseret News about it and our school's picture was featured in the article.

You can click HERE to read all about it.

Thank you to our amazing teachers and staff
for all your hard work!

And thank you to our hard-working students 
for always doing your best!

It's pretty exciting to be recognized for a job well done.

WAY TO GO AVIATORS!!!

Congratulations Mrs. Montano and Mrs. Armstrong!

On Tuesday, November 19th, Mrs. Sande Montano and Mrs. Kerry Armstrong were honored at our school's faculty meeting. 

Our amazing Title One Coordinator, Mrs. Sande Montano

Mrs. Montano received the Crystal Apple award for her outstanding work in our Title One office.  

Here is what was said about her achievements:

"Sande has worked as the Title One Coordinator here at Amelia Earhart for the last four years. During her time here she has helped the school to establish a successful intervention program that supports students in learning reading, writing, and math. Sande has also worked hard to institute very successful parent nights at the school.  One of the many parent night activities she has planned is the annual read-a-thon. She contacts people all over the state to get them to commit to come and read with students that day. The day has been a big success each year and we come closer and closer to the goal of having a parent read with every child each year. Sande is very supportive of teachers and wants to help them be successful in their classes by providing the tiered interventions. We are very appreciative of her many skills and hard work. We are lucky to have her be a part of our Amelia Earhart faculty."

Our wonderful ESL Coordinator, Mrs. Kerry Armstrong.

Mrs. Armstrong received the Outstanding Educator award for her hard work with our ESL students.

"As a faculty we appreciate all that Kerry does to help our ESL students. Kerry works very well with teachers to make the scheduled time work and still be able to provide the ESL services students need. Kerry has a very positive attitude and is great to work with each day. She has helped many students to feel successful, as they have worked to learn a second language and become proficient in reading. Kerry cares for the students she works with and they can feel it. They look forward to working with her on computers and practicing their new skills as she assesses them. We are very grateful for her hard work and the effort she puts in to teaching our ESL students. We are happy to have Kerry be a part of our faculty."

We are so fortunate to have such amazing ladies working so hard to ensure our students have such a rewarding experience here at Amelia Earhart!  

Thank you Mrs. Montano 
and Mrs. Armstrong! 

First Term Student Recognition Assembly

On Friday, November 1st, we held our Student Recognition Assembly for the first term of the school year.  Each teacher elects one or two students from their class who have shown improvement and/or outstanding achievement during the first term. All students names are placed in a drawing and an ipod shuffle is awarded to two of these students in grades K-3 and two of these students in grades 4-6.

Here's our Term One recipients:

(names are listed in random order and not in the order of the photograph)

KINDERGARTEN:  Robinho A., Christopher R., Kiana O., Derick K., Owen B., Alondra R.

FIRST GRADE:  Ethan Y., Dayanna M., Betzy A., Kayden M., Claire B., Luke H.,
Erick S., Taven O.

SECOND GRADE:  Caden M. Aiden K., Anette H., Christian D. Malibu F., Trinity L., Hyrum I., Malibu F.

THIRD GRADE:  Jessy L.,  Kate L., Jordan D., Zaid R., Katie J., Jayden A., Dejaryd V.

FOURTH GRADE: Alan F., Rebeca E., Alex N., Samantha B., Jayden C., Blake Y., Libby J., Hailee F.

FIFTH GRADE:  Maximo P., Katya I., Katie T., Eli R.

SIXTH GRADE:  Danely H., Josh M., Nicki H., Allizon Z., Katey C., Diego G., Vanessa C., Michael H.

WAY TO GO AVIATORS!!!! 

Keep up the great work!

Author Visit from Tom Angleberger

Amelia Earhart 5th and 6th grade students were excited to welcome Origami Yoda author, Tom Angleberger, to the school on October 18th. 

 Students were entertained by his energetic and fun assembly.  

Several students were called upon to participate in different activities throughout the assembly and everyone learned how to fold their very own Origami Yoda.  He was even nice enough to stay after and do some autographing. 

What a great guy!  

If you are a Star Wars fan and you haven't had a chance to pick up and read one of his books then 

WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?    

Halloween Parade 2013

Great costumes, Aviators!!!

Fun Run 2013

We held our Annual Fun Run on Friday, October 18th.

It was a lot of fun!

Mrs. Roberts, our AMAZING librarian, led the students in a ZUMBA warm-up to "Monster Mash". 

It was a great way to warm up for the run!

After running, students met in the gym where we had drawings for the many awesome prizes.  Some of the prizes this years were scooters, soccer balls, footballs, board games, gift cards, ipod shuffles, and the grand prize was BYU football tickets.

Our students raised over $3,000 to go towards field trips and assemblies.

Way to go Aviators!

You ROCK!

Things Were Wrong and Then They Were Right...

On April 18th, we had our Family Night here at Amelia Earhart.

Our Title One office and many of our students participated in a play called, 

"Things Were Wrong and Then They Were Right Here at Amelia Earhart Elementary." 

 Sande Montano, our Title One Coordinator, wrote and directed the play which was a huge hit! 

 The students who participated did such a wonderful job!  

The play started out with "Mr. Cox" explaining all the terrible, mixed up things happening at the school.  He was so troubled and didn't know how he was going to fix things!

Things were all wrong! The students weren't listening to their parents, they were getting all muddy at recess, the computers were freezing up, the teachers were late... Everything was going wrong!  

He decided to ask the students if they had any ideas about how to fix things.  

The first idea was to have a ukelele concert.

So, that's what they did.  Our 6th graders played and sand "Kiss the Girl" from The Little Mermaid and things started to get a little better.

The second idea was to have the 1st graders sing about what they knew.  So. they did and things improved some more but they still weren't quite right.

"Mr. Cox" was so troubled. He couldn't remember what the third idea was! 

Luckily a student came to the rescue and remembered what the third idea was -- a parade to help the students remember what they needed to do so they could be successful on the end of level tests!

So, there was a parade...

That was just what was needed!  

Pretty soon things were back to normal and our students were doing everything they needed to do so that they could be successful on their end-of-level testing!

They know they need to:

Get Enough Rest

Eat a Good Breakfast

Come to School Every Day 

Come to School On Time

Do your Homework

Read Every Night

When students did this, things at Amelia Earhart were back to normal and Mr. Cox was able to enjoy a well-deserved vacation in Hawaii!

Thank you to our Title One office and all their help in remembering the things we need to do!

You are all amazing!

And a special THANK YOU to Mr. Olsen (one of the Title One aides) for the AWESOME piano playing and song arrangements!  They were great!

Here's some more fun pictures from the night:

The "muddy boys"

Our fun narrators

A Ride in a Limo!!!

Congratulations to the winners of our cookie dough selling contest!

Alyssa J.

Dallas S.

Dafne G.

Grace M.

Hailee F.

Isaac T.

Kaleb P.

Madison F.

Santi A. 

Sophia L.

They won a ride in a limo to
Chuck-a-Rama for lunch
with Mr. Cox.

What an exciting outing for these students!  

It's not every day you get to go on a limo ride with your 

principal for lunch.

Thank you to our PTA for arranging this for us!