CLEAR CREEK 2011

On September 13 and 14

we went to

CLEAR CREEK!

We loaded the bus

 Riding the bus

 Jane and her mom.

  We passed Scofield Reservoir, and after 90 minutes,
arrived at
Clear Creek!

We got settled into our cabins and went and
ate our lunches in the trees.

 Next, we started our rotations.  We had six of them.
Mohawk Walk
Wild Woozy and TP Shuffle
Whale Watch and Nitro Crossing
Bingo
Cups and Sandtrap
Hats

 Starting "Mohawk Walk"

Walking on the cable

 You have to have a great spotter

 This is the spot where we were told to 
"Swing Like Tarzan, and
Yell Like Jane!"
Our own Jane, was really good!

 Chandler

Jackson

Jane and Ari change positions
 

 Mrs. Gillett tries her hand at it

 A "Proud Miss Mitchell Moment!"
Mrs. Gillett is a former student of Miss Mitchell's!
1982-1983

 Casey and Kobe

 Kobe

Lydia takes a turn

Lydia's mom gets an assist from Kobe.
(Her husband went to high school with Miss Mitchell!)
 

 Deisy

 Mason and his dad

 It's easy for Deisy to walk on the cable

 Mrs. Michals tries it

 Aspen

 Jakob and Dyson


 
Vienna

 Jessica and Bo

 Dyson and Mr. Gooch

 Aspen and Jakob

 Dyson

 Lauren and Erin

 Sage

 Payton

Mr. Page (another Alpine Elementary alum) and Sage
 

 Erin and Lauren

TP Shuffle
How to figure out to get the entire team to
switch places on the log, without stepping off

Nitro Crossing
How to figure out how to get your entire team to swing on the rope
to the platform, without touching the ground

Scavenger Hunt
We had to find a . . .
Hawaiian Lei
Chinese YoYo
Glow in the Dark Bouncy Ball
Key Chain
Friendship Bracelet

We checked out our "cabins"

We ate in the dining room

 We had skits

RELAY
We had to race to the chair
Get a balloon
Blow it up
Pop it
And follow the instructions on the paper
Pretty fun! 

We danced
(Thanks, Miss Larsen)

We did "The Limbo"

We had fun in our cabins

On day 2, we had six more rotations:
Necklaces
Hike
Golf Ball Carry and 2 x 4
Soccer
Storytelling
Musical chairs

Necklaces

2 x 4
We had to figure out how to cross on these blocks
and pick them up as we went 

Golf ball carry
We had to figure out how to all lift the board with a golf ball on it,
and carry it a certain distance 
without dropping it

We jumped for joy that we came to Clear Creek!
Vienna, Erin, and Deisy

THANKS TO OUR GREAT PARENT HELPERS:
Mrs. Archibald
Mrs. Arnold
 Mrs. Gillett (former sudent)
Mrs. Greer (has known Miss Mitchell since age 12)
Mr. Higbee (former student) 
Mr. Ihrke
Mrs. Neves
Mr. Page (former Alpine Elementary alum)

 Our group...with Mr. Page taking the picture.

WE HAD SOOOO MUCH FUN!!! 

OUR FAVORITE FALL ACTIVITY

Our favorite fall activity is . . .

COLLEGE FOOTBALL - WITH 38% 

Former student, Clint Mower (#39) playing in the Sugar Bowl.

 Former student, Joe Phillips, kicking a field goal to win a game.

  Former student, Zeke Mendenhall (#30), playing Oklahoma in 

Cowboy Stadium.

Our 2nd place vote getter was . . . 

AUTUMN LEAVES - with 16%

 Autumn in New England

Some of my great nieces and nephews playing in the leaves

We had a 3-way tie for 3rd place . . .

 Bottling fruits and vegetables

 Hiking

 . . . and soccer

with 11%

In 4th place . . .

a tie between

 

 and

 Thanksgiving

with 5% 

IT'S SEP TIME AGAIN!

It's that time of year again . . . SEPs! SEPs will be held Wednesday, October 5 and Thursday, October 6. To sign up for SEPs, go to the school website: http://alpine.alpinedistrict.org  Scroll to the bottom, and click on the Online Scheduler icon. The first 10 students who are signed up will receive 2 stickers! The rest will receive 1 sticker!

HaPpY bIrThDaY, jEsSiCa!

On Saturday, September 17, Jessica turned 10 years old!

Jessica has 1 brother and 1 sister, and is the youngest in her family.

Jessica grew up in Hawaii, and moved to Alpine when she was in 3rd grade.

Favorite colors are black and bright pink.

Her favorite treat is "Peeps," and her favorite hobby is writing.

Jessica took an art class this summer from a friend of Miss Mitchell's.

Jessica also plays the piano and plays for the Alpine F.C. soccer team.

Water tubing with cousins and white water rafting with family have been

some favorite activities

  She also went traveling to Canada this summer to see cousins and grandparents.

Jessica's older brother, Eric, was in Miss Mitchell's class 2 years ago.

hApPy BiRtHdAy, JeSsIcA!

hApPy BiRtHdAy, BeN!

On Saturday, September 17, Ben turned 11 years old!
Ben has 4 brothers and 1 sister.
His sister, Kyrsten, was in Miss Mitchell's class.
He is the middle child in his family.
His favorite colors are green and red.
Favorite food is pizza.
Ben's favorite hobby is skateboarding, and also
likes to play dodgeball.
Ben is very kind, and a friend to all!
HaPpY bIrThDaY, bEn!

hApPy BiRtHdAy, SaGe!

On September 10, Sage turned 11 years old.

Sage has 2 brothers and 1 sister, and is

the youngest in the family.

His favorite colors are green, white, and blue.

Favorite food is an orange.

Sage also plays the drums.

His favorite trips have been to California

and Mexico.

He loved Six Flags and Magic Mountain this summer.

HaPpY bIrThDaY, sAgE!

NEVER FORGET . . . 9-11

The students this year were less than a year old

when our world changed forever.

It's hard to forget the look on President Bush's face

when he received the news...as he was reading to a school class in Florida.

 Two hijacked planes, flown by terrorists who had taken over the planes, crashed them into the World Trade Center Towers...the tallest buildings in the U.S.

Other terrorist planes struck the Pentagon in
Washington D.C. and another plane, 
that was heading for the White House, was
brought down in a Pennsylvania field by the
passengers on board.

Many heroes emerged from the tragedy.

President Bush rallied the rescue workers.

Firemen raise the American flag.

September 11, 2001.

OUR FAVORITE SUBJECT IN SCHOOL IS . . .

MATH

 with 21% of the votes.

In 2nd place, we had a three way tie:

P.E.

 

 READING

 and SOCIAL STUDIES

with 17%.

In 3rd place, a tie between

 ART

 and SPELLING

with 8%

We also had a 4th place tie:

HEALTH

 

and SCIENCE

4%

Sorry . . .
Cursive, Language, Music, and Writing . . .
0 votes this year. 

THE FUNKY RELAY

CAN YOU SAY, "FUNKY RELAY?"

For P.E., we had relays where we had to pass a beanbag that was held between our feet, over our heads, and into the "foot grasp" of the person behind us.

IT IS HARDER THAN IT LOOKS!

5TH GRADE BY THE NUMBERS

2011-2012:  The years we are in 5th grade

30:  Number of students in our class

17:  Number of girls in the class 
15:  Our room number 

13:  Number of boys in the class
9:   Number of students whose siblings had Miss Mitchell as a teacher (17 total)

4:  Number of grandstudents in the class (a student whose parent had Miss Mitchell as a teacher)
3:   Number of students new to Alpine Elementary
1:   Number of students whose parent went to high school with Miss Mitchell

I'VE GOT MAIL!

After two email addresses through the school district:
ann.mitchell@alpine.k12.ut.us 
and
mitc103@alpine.k12.ut.us
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I have a new email address:
fmitchell@alpinedistrict.org 
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