ONE YEAR OLDER AND WISER, TOO!

LORI (niece-in-law, October 10) AUNTIE ANN (October 26) HEIDI (niece, October 25)

Miss Mitchell turned one year older . . . and wiser, too!!! This is a picture celebrating with other birthday family members! Lori is married to my nephew, McKay, and is the mother to Cole, a 5 year old kindergartner at Orchard Elementary and Haley, 22 months old, and a beginning talker! Heidi is a nursing student at Dixie State College. She and her husband, Mike, came up for the big day!!!

OUR FAVORITE FALL/HALLOWEEN TREATS!

Our favorite fall/Halloween treats are: PUMPKIN CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES! They had 50% of the vote!



Our second favorite treat was candy corn, with 40%.


In third place, we a a tie...pumpkin pie and pine nuts, both with 20%

WHEN PIGS FLY!

The choir sang the "Day-O" song before the balloon launch.

Faith, and the top of Heather's head.

Hayley (blue jacket) and Hannah (holding hands) Chadwick.

Mrs. Chadwick's twins.

Logan (blue jacket)


Carissa and Mandy (center)
Annie (top right), Mr. Stephenson's daughter.
Gabi (scarf), Mr. Finlayson's daughter.


...in the beginning!


Stomach starts to inflate! Little itty, bitty tail begins to take form!


I'm trying really hard!


Almost there!


I'M UP!!! (notice the smile on my face!!!)


Pastor Fred, the principal of our sister school, Candlelight School in Kenya, got to go up in the balloon!


Best picture of all...a pig flying over the mountain! Next? A cow jumping over the moon!!! hahaha





Heather gets a better view.








Flying over Alpine Elementary!


This is the view out the window behind Miss Mitchell's desk!


The pig has landed...and is going down!!!

CrAzY hAiR dAy!

As part of "Red Ribbon Week", we had a "CrAzY hAiR dAy!!!


LoGaN...sPeNcEr...JoSh...McKaY...jUsTiN...dYlAn


hEaThEr...MaNdY...kAsSiE...cOrAl...AnAhi


MiTcH...rAiNeY...tHoMaS


fAiTh...CaRiSsA...aVeRy

OUR HALLOWEEN BULLETIN BOARD!

CHECK OUT OUR HALLOWEEN BULLETIN BOARD!!! If you didn't see it at SEPs, here is the masterpiece!!! We had several groups each make a part: Frankenstein, haunted house, pumpkin patch, scarecrow, sky, tree, graveyard, and Dracula! It was good for us to work together!!!

OUR FAVORITE HALLOWEEN DECORATION

Our favorite Halloween decoration is: PUMPKINS! It had 51% of the vote!

These are my cute "Mickey Pumpkins!"


These pretty pumpkins sit on my porch.


And, what would life be, without a BYU pumpkin?! The husband of my BFF made this for me one year for my birthday!



Our 2nd favorite was Frankenstein, with 25%.



Third, was a witch, with 22%

WITCHES

My great nieces & nephews (and their parents), went to see the Witches at Gardner Village! Great Fun!!! (It's hard to get all 7 kids to look at the camera at the same time!)



Flying Bicycle Witch.


Auntie Ann with all the kids!


Preston-22 mo, Courtney-9, Jaycie-4 1/2, Shayla-3, Haley-22 mo, Cole-5, Camry-4 with the hoola hooping witch! (The 2 youngest kids that are 22 months, are cousins, not twins. They are 5 days apart. They were born on different weeks, different months, AND different years!!! Preston...December 28, 2007 and Haley...January 2, 2008!)


This is what happens to witches who try to text while flying!

WE ARE WINNERS!!!

Our class won the "Box Tops for Education contest at our school! We brought in the most box tops! We were awarded a Root Beer Float party on October 9! Thanks for all your help! Even though the competition is over, you can still send your box tops to school with your child!

OUR CLASS VISITOR

Thomas brought in a caterpillar for our class to watch. The milkweed was in a bowl. Instead of hanging on the milkweed, the caterpillar climbed to the top of the Jazz bulletin board, and became a chrysalis. We watched it closely, and even changed the bulletin board! On Friday, October 9, we had a butterfly! He spent the day drying his wings, and then was let go outside.

HALLOWEEN COUNTDOWN!

There are two weeks left before Halloween! This is a HUGE day for the kids! First, all 5th graders will come to school dressed in their U.S. History Wax Museum costume. The Wax Museum will be from 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Students will then give an oral presentation to the class about their person. If they haven't previously turned in their written report, they will also turn that in. Our Halloween party will be from 2:20 - 3:20 p.m. Our FABULOUS room mothers will contact parents for party assignments. If a student wants to wear their Halloween costume, they can change into it at the 2:00 recess. Because this is an "end of month activity", students will still need to meet the requirements. So far, 6 students have qualified. Most just need a couple of SRAs, and 1 or 2 book reports. Because the party is on a Friday, students must also be completed with their "BACK WORK" from the week of October 19-23.
We will also have a "Pumpkin Decorating Contest". This is OPTIONAL! Students who would like to participate, will bring a decorated character pumpkin to school that morning. It CANNOT be carved! Each student who participates will receive a "little something" for their efforts.
After the party, the kids go home and get ready for the REAL Halloween day on Saturday!

EAGLE WALK WINNERS

Our Eagle Walk winners were Thomas and Avery! Thomas had the most laps of all the boys, and Avery the most of all the girls!



Thomas and Avery with our school mascot, Falco.

STATES OF MATTER UNIT

We just completed our States of Matter Unit in science.

Congratulations to Justin & Avery for receiving 100% on the test!
Other high test scores were:
Josh 98%
Faith, Savannah, Thomas, and Heather 92%
Coral 91%


SOLID (ice cubes)


LIQUID


GAS

Congratulations to Thomas, Josh, Carissa, and Heather for receiving the highest score on the unit~~~107%
Other top unit scores were:
Savannah 106%
Mandy 104%
Eric and Anahi 103%
Spencer 102%
Logan and Kassie 101%
Dakota and Avery 98%
Elizabeth 97%
Faith and Justin 95%
Rainey and Coral 94%
Dylan 93%