Just a FEW of the MANY silent auction baskets you’ll find at the PTA Fiesta Fundraiser on Friday, May 9th, 5-8p.m! There are so many amazing things to bid on to take home! Come enjoy food trucks, bounce houses, a performance by the middle school mariachi band, and MORE!
ONE WEEK until the annual PTA fundraiser! Come celebrate, eat some food from FOUR food trucks, bid on some stellar silent auction items, listen to the Payson Jr. High Mariachi band from 6-7p.m., visit with Santaquin Police and Fire, and let your kids bounce on EIGHT bounce houses! Yep, EIGHT!! Your attendance and continued support of the PTA sponsored events allows some amazing things to happen in our school and for our students! See you all there! Friday, May 9th!!
We honored royalty, aka our awesome principal, Mrs. Ribble, on Thursday, with the letter "K" for Kings and Queens! She is absolute royalty, and her crown and sparkly shoes were appropriately worn to celebrate! We would absolutely "Fall to Pieces" without her! 🥰
The annual PTA fundraiser is happening Friday, May 9th! Come celebrate the school year, eat some delicious food truck food, play games, bounce on bounce houses and bid on some amazing silent auction items. We will have lively music and a we will have a whole lot of FUN!! See the flyer for more details!
Yesterday's Chalk the Walk Day was a huge success. The artwork from so many students was bright, cheerful and SO colorful, and the students got to enjoy the beautiful weather a little extra. Can you tell that 1st grade is learning about American Independence and important American symbols? We will be enjoying all of these beautiful chalk drawings for many days through our countdown to the last day of school!
B-I-N-G-O!!
Our countdown to the last day of school continued with the letter B! We played Bingo as a school and our bingo caller, Mrs. Braithwaite is SO FUN!
We will be counting down the days and going through the alphabet with an activity each day!
Monday is the letter C, chalk the sidewalk! Enjoy pictures of some of the winners!
Our most recent students of the month! These students worked hard and showed off their Chieftain Pride! And amazing weather called for an outdoor picture, featuring our adorable spring window art!
Spring BOGO Book Fair starts on Monday April 14th, after school! The book fair will only be open during lunch on Friday. Please note the change in hours and communicate with your students!!
BOGO is the BEST bookfair because everything is buy 1 item at regular price, get one FREE!! We'll see you all there!
Can you believe it is already time to register for the next school year?! Time flies when we are having fun!
Registration opens on April 7th! Get your student(s) registered sooner than later. It helps so much with placements, class sizes, and preparation. Registration is easy through Infinite Campus. Verify your student(s) and all personal information. If you have a new student to add, please make sure you have the proper documentation ready to upload. Once it is done, you don't have to worry about it again until next year😉
Maraca's is SO SUPPORTIVE of our school! They have donated student of the month certificates, donated food to feed our faculty, donated to our festivals and silent auction, AND hosted many past spirit nights! NOW they are hosting our final spirit night for the '24-'25 school year and they have come up with a Santaquin Elementary Spirit Special, 15 tacos for $30, ALL DAY, Tuesday, April 8th!! Dine in or take out any other menu items as well! Come support a local business who continuously supports our school!!!
College and Career Week is March 24th-March 28th! Get your students excited about their future! Our school counselor has been sparking their interest in their futures and speaking with students about what they want to be when they grow up. Next week we will celebrate all that their future's have to offer with these fun spirit days!!
Save the Date! Join us for a fun, free to enter family night event!
Monday, March 24th from 5-7 p.m. We are celebrating literacy and Read Across America with a literacy event. Kona Ice will be selling sno-cones, students and their families can see and learn how students have been studying literacy through art, and participate in activities and games based on reading! Fun for the whole family ❤📕📖📘
Mrs. Howard, our art specialty teacher, applied for and received a grant from the Nebo Education Foundation. She requested funds to purchase digital cameras for the students to use to study photography, movement, balance and many other principles of composition. She has big ideas and high hopes that this will be a fun way for students to engage with technology safely and appropriately, while also learning how to transform images in fun, artistic ways! Congratulations, Mrs. Howard!
Today was the first day of Art Club! It was a fun, successful day of painting dogs! PTA sponsored clubs have been a fun addition this year. If you are interested in helping with a club next year or are interested in starting a new one, please attend the next PTA meeting, date to be announced soon!
"Kind People Are Our Kind of People"
Kindness week continues at Santaquin Elementary. Students signed and drew on a kindness banner. Mrs. Teuller, our school counselor, has had great activities for students at lunch all week, and it has been so fun watching the students participate!
Ms. Nielsen, one of our fabulous first grade teachers, won a Constitution Teacher Contest from the 2024 Freedom Festival. She had to submit images of her and her class learning about the United States Constitution and she WON a hefty ca$h prize! Congratulations!!
Students worked hard on designing and creating a yearbook cover for the yearbook cover contest. While this is the fourth consecutive year of the contest, it is the first time that every student participated.! They made them during their art specialty, focusing on how to convey a theme. This year's theme was "Life is a Highway." Each cover was evaluated and a top 30 were chosen anonymously by faculty and staff. The top 30 were displayed proudly in the main hall. Then EVERY STUDENT got to cast their vote for their favorite! The winner was fifth grader, Avery Staheli. Congratulations! Her artwork will be featured on the cover of the 24-25 yearbook! Don't forget to order yearbooks by March 31st :)
It is kindness week at Santaquin Elementary! Students had the chance to write on a heart what kindness means to them! It is a colorful and beautiful reminder of what and how we can show kindness to ourselves and others. It means so much to hear what our students have to say about kindness....
"Kindness is..."
"...like a big hug"
"...a friend who would put your needs in their hands"
"...helping someone out just to help out, but you don't do it for a reward"
"...a super power no one will change"
"...the only thing you need to guide you to success"
"...respecting others, little things still count!"
It has come to our attention that our school drop off procedures are causing some distress. If you are a grown up, bringing children to school, please do it patiently, and safely. Our students, families, and faculty are SO important to us, and our goal is for Santaquin Elementary to be a SAFE place. Please give yourself enough time to get to school, to wait in line, and to practice the drop off line etiquette. We ask that vehicles pull forward as much as possible, have children exit quickly and safely, and then continue to exit the parking lot. The pull through lane is for cars who are going to pull through to the parking lot and/or designated parking spaces. Please use the lanes accordingly. In reference to the crosswalks, please be patient, as our students who are walking or crossing have the right of way. Our faculty works hard to ensure they're crossing safely, so please make sure to give them a polite and friendly wave for doing everything they can for our students. Thank you all for your help with this and Happy Friday Eve!
PTA sponsored clubs have been a HUGE success this year. Students are loving them. Please consider joining our outstanding group of PTA parents to make sure they can keep the clubs on the calendar for next year. If you have an interest in sports, science, games, etc., and can contribute some time to help our students develop their skills outside of the classroom, then this would be the perfect opportunity. More information about clubs will be shared at upcoming PTA meetings.
