JUSTIN IS 11!

Justin turned 11 on May 17! He has 2 brothers and 1 sister. He is the youngest in his family. Brown and blue are his favorite colors. Justin likes to play soccer, dodgeball. Favorite places Justin has visited are: Bahamas, Virginia, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., California, Arizona, Florida, Wyoming, Colorado, and Oregon. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
(Justin is spending from 2013-2015 in Spain.  His father is Mission President)

HOW TO RETIRE FROM A FAMOUS CHOIR

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir is known as "America's Choir." It was given this nickname by President Ronald Reagan. The choir originally began in 1847 when the Pioneers came to the Salt Lake Valley. They began to broadcast over 80 years ago. They are the oldest continuous broadcast in the nation!
The choir has traveled all over the world! They have sung for Royalty, presidents, and for regular people. They have sung at 5 U.S. Presidential Inaugurations, and the 2002 Winter Olympic Opening Ceremonies. The father of one of our 5th grade friends is the voice of the choir!
Trying out for the choir is very rigorous! But once you're in, you're in! You are allowed to stay in the choir for 20 years, or age 60...whichever comes first.
My friend, Analee Wiser, was retiring from the choir in April. She taught 5th grade at Alpine Elementary for 8 years!

This is the view I had of the broadcast.


The cameraman in front of me ran a GINORMOUS camera! When he disassembled it, it had a lot of weights on it. He had to be really strong to run the camera!


President Monson spoke at the special retirement after the broadcast.


Mrs. Wiser retired with another friend of mine, Sterling Mortensen. They both teach at Forbes Elementary.


Mrs. Wiser and Miss Mitchell

MOTHER'S DAY

Our April End-of-Month Activity was making Mother's Day gifts! We made some pretty FaBuLoUs crowns! Special thanks to Rainey's mom for teaching us the project. Thanks also to Dakota, McKay, and Spencer's moms for all of their help!


Andrew & Hayden


Coral, McKay, Avery, & Justin


Rachel, Dakota, & Mandy


Sophy, Faith, and Thomas


Dakota & his mom


McKay & Spencer and their mom

Congratulations to our top 5 qualifiers:

1. Carissa
2. Heather
3. Maddie
4. Avery
5. Hayden

AVERY TURNS II!

On April 23, Avery turned 11! Avery is the oldest of 4 girls. The youngest sister was born this year! Avery likes purple, blue, and green. She likes to read, play tetherball, soccer, and kickball. Cookies are her favorite treat! Fun places Avery has visited are: California, Oregon, Disneyland, Hawaii, and France! HaPpY bIrThDaY!

STATES & CAPITALS TEST

Our States & Capitals test was great!

The following students received 100% on their Capitals test:
Savannah
Justin
Mitch
Spencer
Thomas
Eric
Avery
Mandy
Heather

98%
Josh
Dakota

96%
Maddie

The following students received 100% on their State Location test:
Josh
Carissa
Savannah
Justin
Dylan
Dakota
Mitch
Logan
McKay
Spencer
Rachel
Avery
Mandy
Heather
Sophy
Maddie

98%
Eric

96%
Thomas

92%
Hayden

90%
Rainey

Students could also receive 1/2 bonus point for each state or capital spelled correctly...for a total of 25 bonus points!

Students receiving top scores were:

Capitals Test
Thomas & Avery...124%
Savannah...123%
Justin, Mitch & Mandy...122%
Josh & Dakota...119%
Heather...117%
Maddie...115%
Eric...114%
Spencer..110%
Sofy...93%

State Location Test
Savannah & Dakota...125%
Josh & Carissa...124%
Justin & Avery...123%
Mitch & Sofy...122%
Heather & Maddie...121%
Thomas...118%
Rachel...116%
Dylan & Hayden...112%
Spencer...111%
Rainey & Eric...110%
Logan...107%
McKay...106%
Coral...101%

WAY TO GO!!!

OUR FAVORITE SPRINGTIME ACTIVITIES

Our most recent poll was a fun one..."What Is Your Favorite Springtime Activity?"
#1 in our poll, with 20% of the votes was...

...WALKING

In 2nd place, receiving 16% of the votes...

...JAZZ PLAYOFFS!

In 3rd place, we had a three way tie, with 12% of the votes.

Working in the yard.


Planting a garden.


Counting down the days until summer.


Other votes, receiving 8% . . .


Running...and


...riding a bike



With 4% of the votes:
...going to St. George...

...playing soccer...and...


...Surviving allergy season

Those activities not receiving any votes were:
Baseball
Easter
Putting away winter clothes
Spring cleaning
Sunbathing

OUR FAVORITE JAZZ PLAYER!

Our favorite Jazz player is:

DERON WILLIAMS
Deron recieved 33% of the vote!

In 2nd place was...

...CARLOS BOOZER
Carlos received 20% of the vote!

In 3rd place...

...KYLE KORVER
Kyle received 16% of the vote!

Other vote getters were:
Andrei Kirilinko 12%
Paul Millsap 8%
CJ Miles & Memhet Okur 4%

TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK

March 29-April 2 was "Teacher Appreciation Week." Each teacher had their door decorated with the theme: "Where Did You Go To College?" My door was soooo cute! I not only had BYU (Bachelor's Degree), but Dixie State College (Dixie Jr. when I was there...Associate's Degree), my favorite!!!










A great surprise were notes from some of the kids! The envelopes had a BYU sticker, and the card was written on Dixie State stationery!

Thanks to Mrs. Hansen & Mrs. Jensen, our fabulous room mothers! And also to Mr. Hansen for helping out!

SOPHY TURNS 12!

On March 30, Sophy turned 12! Sophy is the oldest in her family, with 1 brother and 1 sister. Her favorite colors are aqua, purple, pink, and blue. Her favorite food is spaghetti & meatballs...favorite subject in school is reading...favorite activities are swimming, ice skating, and visiting amusement parks! Sophy used to live in Peru! Favorite places she has visited are Lagoon, Boise, Washington D.C., and Peru!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SOPHY!

MARCH END OF MONTH ACTIVITY

For our end-of-month activity for March, we had a grade level movie! We saw the movie, "Holes", and enjoyed treats! Thanks to Mrs. Hansen for helping with the treats!






Congrats to our top 5 qualifiers:

1. Savannah
2. Carissa
3. Heather
4. Mandy
5. Elizabeth

SWEET!

My nephew, Chris and I, went to the Energy Solutions Arena to see the "Sweet 16" 

and "Elite 8" in the NCAA Men's Basketball tournament! (Chris was always my "go-to"

companion for years to BYU football and Utah Jazz games.  Now, married, father of 2 girls

with a little boy on the way.)  In 3 games, we saw a #1 team eliminated, a double overtime game, and an underdog team from a midmajor conference 

upset a #2 team! It was soooo fun!

The arena and atmosphere was really different!

If you did not know you had walked into the

Energy Solutions Arena, you would not know where you were!

Everything hanging from the rafters were taken down.

(Retured jerseys, etc.)

All adds were covered in black.

Of course, there was the tournament floor.

The atmosphere was different, too.

People were not as excited as they were at a Jazz game.

They were not invested in the teams.

The best part, was the NCAA does not sell beer!

There were also few kids running around.

LOOK CLOSELY AT THE MASCOTS!

Butler Bulldogs

Xavier Muskateer

Kansas State Wildcat

...and the cutest mascot of all...Syracuse Orangeman

Just a little post tournament info.

The Utah Jazz drafted one of the players

that played in this tournament from Butler . . . Gordon Hayward.

Hope he does well for the Jazz!

MEET MY NEWEST FAMILY MEMBER!

Meet Carter Chris Mitchell.

He is the newest member of my family! I currently have 5 great nieces, and Carter is my 3rd great nephew. In May, I will have my 6th great niece! (I only have 1 brother.)


Carter's dad is my oldest nephew, Chris. Chris was my buddy growing up...and we went to A LOT of BYU football and Jazz games together! We recently attended 2 "Sweet 16" games, and 1 "Elite 8" game. Chris was 3 months old when I began teaching school! So these games were celebrating his BIG 3-0 (May 24.)


Carter was born December 14, 2009.


Here is Carter with his family...dad, Chris...mom, Kim...sisters, Camry, 4 1/2, and Courtney, 9 1/2.