RISE & SHOUT! THE COUGARS ARE BACK OUT!!!

Our poll question of who would win the BYU-Utah game was:
BYU 75%
Utah 25%

What a thriller! BYU won by 3 points in overtime! RISE & SHOUT!!!

Eva Neves is a former student of mine! She is a sophomore at the University of Utah. She is also a member of the Ute marching band! Joe Phillips, the kicker for Utah, is a former student of Miss Mitchell's! Another former student, Zeke Mendenhall, plays defensive back for BYU. He is a junior. Some PROUD Miss Mitchell moments!
Other connections with Alpine Elementary: Mr. Stephenson's nephew is the kicker for BYU! And ... my student teacher 25 years ago, is the father of two BYU players: Nick and Terrance Alletto!


It's Senior Day! BYU Seniors were honored. The team wore royal blue uniforms in honor of the 25th anniversary NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP! (Yes, I was teaching then!)


TOUCHDOWN!


Beautiful view!


After 25 years, BYU FINALLY receives its national championship trophy! The crystal football trophy was started in 1985...BYU won in 1984. The NCAA said teams from 1950-1984 could receive their trophy. Elder Jeffrey Holland (a student in several of my dad's classes at Dixie High and Dixie College) was the president of BYU at the time. He presented the trophy to Coach LaVell Edwards. Then, Elder Holland accidentally knocked off the crystal football, but was able to put it back on!



BYU and Utah bands perform at halftime.


Ready to score the winning touchdown in overtime!


Can you find Andrew George after he scored the winning TD?


Stormin' of the field!

OUR FAVORITE THANKSGIVING FOOD

Our favorite Thanksgiving food was a 3 way tie!
Between:

TURKEY





DRESSING


AND ROLLS!

INFORMATIVE WRITING

We had a two week period where we went to different writing workshops. The choices were: Thankful Book, Persuassive, Poetry, Reader's Theater, or Informative. Miss Mitchell taught informative writing. We learned about making play dough, putting, fencing, piques, jumping rope, wall ball, perfect tackle, soccer, how to make chocolate spice bars, how to rake leaves, and how to be a good University of Utah fan. Here are some of our classmates with their informative presentations.

Heather taught us how to do a pique.


Go Heather, go!


Jumping double staircases on a scooter was demonstrated by Rainey.


Dakota demonstrated how to shoot a free throw.


Kassie brought her dog, and taught us how to properly brush and groom a dog.


Savannnah and Molly demonstrated how to walk a dog.


Eric told us about how to play a song in a G major scale on the piano. Unfortunately, the 6th grade was using the piano in their pillow concert, and didn't want to be disturbed!


One student from another class taught us about fencing! TOUCHE!!!


We had a great time!!!

MANNERS DAY!

Faith gets assistance from McKay.


Rainey helps Carissa with her chair.


Dakota is a real gentleman in helping Heather.


Eric and Avery practice manners.



Spencer assists Elizabeth.


Andrew helps Rachel.


Lucky Mandy! She gets to have help from Zach...


...and Thomas.


We were able to choose if we wanted to do one more activity during recess, or go to recess. Those that chose to do the activity, were able to play: "Please Pass the Candy."

TURKEY TIME!

Our class made this HUGE cornucopia! We made fruits and vegetables to fill it!


These are our cute turkeys that we made for Thanksgiving!

WE'VE COMPLETED OUR 1ST TRIMESTER

We have finished our first trimester...1/3 of the school year!

Congratulations to the top students in each of the following subjects:

Language Arts (Reading, Language, Writing, Spelling, Cursive): Dakota 96%

Math: Eric 97%

Science: Josh 107%

Social Studies: Heather 105%

Music: Josh, Carissa, Faith, Savannah, Justin, Dylan, Dakota, Rachel, Kassie, Thomas, Avery, Mandy, Heather, Zach, Elizabeth, and Hayden 100%

Art: Justin, Dylan, Dakota, Kassie, Thomas, Eric, Avery, Mandy, Hayden 100%

P.E. All students: 100%

MANDY TURNS 11 ON 11-11 !!!

On the 11th day of the 11th month, Mandy turned 11! Mandy is the youngest in her family, with 3 older brothers! Mandy's favorite colors are green and purple, and her favorite subject in school is math. Cheez-its and pasta are her favorite food. Mandy takes piano lessons, and will soon be enrolled in karate. Favorite places Mandy has visited are Bear Lake, Magic Mountain, Walt Disney World, and Hawaii. Happy Birthday, Mandy!!!

WE FINISHED OUR EXPLORER UNIT!

CONGRATULATIONS to Savannah & Heather for scoring 100% on our Early Explorer test!
Other great scores were:
Justin 98%
Josh & Eric 90%

CONGRATS also to the following for their terrific scores:

Heather 107% Heather did not miss a SINGLE point on this unit!!!

Savannah 106%
Thomas & Mandy 104%
Carissa, Kassie, Eric & Avery 103%
Josh 102%
Dakota 101%
McKay 100%
Logan & Elizabeth 99%
Rainey, Justin & Rachel 98%
Spencer 97%
Zach & Hayden 96%
Coral 92%
Faith 91%
Dylan & Andrew 90%

2009 WORLD SERIES

The 2009 World Series ended this week...but not the same way as our poll! For the first time ever, we had a TIE! 50% of the voters picked the Yankees, and 50% picked last year's winner, the Phillies! The Yankees ended up winning their 27th World Series! Can you say DYNASTY?

THIRTEEN FACTS ABOUT FRIDAY THE 13TH

If you fear Friday the 13th, then pull out your umbrellas. This week's unlucky day is the third of three this year. The first was in February, and the next one was in March. This triple whammy comes around only every 11 years.
Here ARE 13 MORE FACTS:
1. The British Navy built a ship named Friday the 13th. On its maiden voyage, the vessel left dock on a Friday the 13th, and was never heard from again
2. The ill-fated Apollo 13 launched at 13:13 CST on April 11, 1970 The sum of the date's digits (4/11/70 is 13)
3. Many hospitals have no room 13, while some tall buildings skip the 13th floor
4. Fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskavedekatriaphobia
5. Quarterback Dan Marino wore No.13 throughout his career with the Miami Dolphins. Despite being a superb quarterback he got to the Super Bowl just once, and was trounced 38-16 by the San Francisco 49ers and Joe Montana (who wore #16) won all four Super Bowls he played in.
6. Butch Cassidy, notorious American train and bank robber, was born on Friday, April 13, 1866.
7. Fidel Castro was born on Friday, Aug 13, 1926.
8. President Franklin D. Roosevelt would not travel on the 13th day of any month and would never host 12 guests at a meal.
9. Superstitious diners in Paris can hire a professional 14th guest.
10. Mark Twain once was the 13th guest at a dinner party. "It was bad luck," Twain later reported. "They only had food for 12."
11. Woodrow Wilson considered 13 his lucky number. He arrived in Normandy, France on Friday, Dec 13, 1918, for peace talks, only to return with a treaty he couldn't get Congress to sign.
12. The number 13 suffers from its position after 12. 12 months in a year, 12 signs of the zodiac, 12 gods of Olympus, etc.
13. The seals on the back of a dollar bill include 13 steps on the pyramid, 13 stars above the eagle's head 13 war arrows in the eagle's claw and 13 leaves on the olive branch. So far there's been no evidence tying these long-ago design decisions to the present economic situation.

DECK THE HALLS WITH . . . HALLOWEEN!

We started the afternoon with the parade! All preschool - 4th grade paraded!


Miss Mitchell's great niece, Jaycie, was a beautiful princess ballerina! She is in the preschool down the hall.


Mrs. Walter as Cruella Devile.


A 2nd grader was packing her head! YiKeS!~!


Mr. Francis, our art teacher, was the "Grim Reaper!" He was on stilts! His junior high son followed him from behind to help steady him!

Our party started right after recess. Since this was an end-of-month activity, AND a Friday, all students had to have 25 stickers, 2 book reports, 5 reading skills cards, and no "back work" from the previous week! Some were qualified the first day of the month, others wanted to wait till thirty minutes before the party!
Top 5 qualifiers were:
1. Heather
2. Carissa
3. Thomas
4. Dakota
5. Eric

We had a race to wrap a mummy!










A relay race to fill a jar with cotton balls.


Bouncing the Halloween ping pong balls into the holes.


Halloween "Fact or Fiction" with Dakota's dad.




...and we decorated Halloween cookies and drank Orange pop!










Welcome to the party, Ozzy Osbourne!


Elizabeth is a punk girl, and Rachel is Walt Disney.


Avery is going to get you!


Mandy was Minnie Mouse, and Heather wishes she was Minnie!


Savannah was a Sky Blue crayon!




Thanks so much to our helper parents:
Dakota's mom & dad (Dakota's dad went to junior high and high school with Miss Mitchell)
Carissa's mom
Savannah's mom

WE HAD A BLAST!!!