Canyon Student Council sponsored a food drive this week. All food brought in will be donated to Tabitha's Way. Classes earned entries into a raffle by bringing in cans of food. The winning class will get a party. We appreciate the generosity of our students and families.

Mrs. Harreld’s class used their creativity and engineering skills to build boats. They needed to float their boat in water. Weights were also added on the boat to see if it would still float. They could go back and rework their boat as needed. They even named their boat.

Remember to bring in canned food this week December 9-13. 

Mrs. Bateman's class video promoting the canned food drive and kindness. 

Grandparents are the best!!! Amelia Wessman, a 3rd grader in Miss Nuttalls's class, gets to share her grandpa with our class every Monday. Grandpa, as he wants to be called, visits our class every Monday with a new book and lesson. We love listening to his expression and life lessons. We also love that he takes the time to explain things going on in the book and when he lets us use our reading skills as he asks us to share our thoughts and predictions.

Mrs. Perkins took the sixth-grade students into the computer lab for a space mission. The goal of the mission is to set up accurate defense systems around the planets and some moons in our solar system.  The students then test the systems through a holographic simulation. Canyon Elementary is fortunate to have an InfiniD Learning Lab at our school which allows students to apply what they learn in class through game-like simulations. 

No School: Thanksgiving Break will be Nov. 27-Nov. 29.

First-graders finish out the week with a good book and some singing! Literacy month gave students time to snuggle up with a good book at our readathon. We listened to poetry and we wrote poetry. Thanks, PTA for letting us have so much fun! We love books!

Canyon's PTA sponsored our Literacy Month with reading contests, a book swap, and a poetry slam. Students in fourth through sixth grade wrote poems and entered them into a contest. The winners were able to read their poems during an assembly. Three BYU students came and shared their poetry with the students. Congratulations to all the winners and those that participated. Keep writing and being creative!

BYU's Dunk Team and volunteer student athletes came to Canyon for an assembly. They talked to the students and faculty about being strong mentally, socially, and physically. They emphasized that it's okay to make a mistake. The key is to keep on trying and not to give up. They also emphasized the importance of teamwork. The students loved the assembly, especially watching Cosmo and our own Mr. Evans slam dunk the ball!