Canyon Elementary Fifth and Sixth Graders recently enjoyed a concert by the SFHS Marching Band.  They enjoyed learning about the different instruments and listening to the music.  Many are looking forward to the time they will have the opportunity to participate in a marching band.  Thanks for visiting our school.

If you have ever wondered what it would be like to put on waders and walk in a stream at the end of September, just ask a fourth grader.  They can tell you all about it.  This is science at it's best.  Thanks to the Forest Service who made this fun field trip possible.  

5th grade got to go to Springville Power Plant last week. The students
were able to learn about electricity and how it works in homes and
through a city. The best part was being able to work hands on with
magnets and static electricity.

First Graders are always fun to watch perform, but when they sing patriotic songs it brings a tear to your eye and a tingle to your spine.  Our First Graders have been practicing since the beginning of the school year for this patriotic program and it was wonderful.  Thank you to them and their teachers.

Canyon Elementary recently held the Student Council Elections.  Eleven were chosen out of the 36 students that volunteered for that responsibility.  Each student wrote an essay explaining why they felt like they would be a good Student Council member.  After reading the essays, twenty students were then asked to give a speech in an assembly for all the fourth-sixth grade students.  Everyone of these speeches was exceptional.  It was a hard choice, but the final student council members were announced on Monday, September 19.  Congratulations!

Canyon Elementary has welcomed Mrs. Gale to our school.  The Kindergartners in her class enjoyed an open house with their parents this past week.  They are all excited to go to work!  Welcome Mrs. Gale, and the kindergarten kids, to Canyon Elementary.

The PTA Carnival, held on Monday, September 19, was a huge success.  Students, parents, sibllings and teachers wandered the hall, auditorium and outside fields enjoying games, food and good company.  The weather was perfect.  Thank you PTA for providing the fun activity for us.

US Synthetics came and taught the 6th grade about PDCA which stands for plan, do, check, and adjust. PDCA helps you with daily problem solving. We did a project for PDCA and there were two rounds. The first round you built a tower using index cards and the goal was for the tower to be able to hold a package of index cards. The second round you had to follow the PDCA process and you had to figure out what would work or what wouldn’t work and whatever didn’t work then you wouldn’t try it again. Also, you would try and improve on your height you got for your tower.

The fourth grade had a Utah Map Walk.  We learned about Utah's mountains, lakes, rivers, and deserts.  We liked the mountains the best.  The Wasatch Mountains go north and south, and the Uinta Mountains go east and west.  Also, did you know that the Great Salt Lake is so salty because there are no rivers running out of it?  We each made a map to show where everything is in Utah.  The third grade and a lot of parents came to see our maps.  There were a lot of different maps because the teachers said we could make our map out of anything we wanted to.&

It was a crisp, cold morning, but that didn't stop Canyon Elementary from celebrating their annual Constitution Day Flag Raising.  The entire school gathered around the flagpole and watched as a colorguard of scouts raised the Flag and led the school in the Pledge of Alligance.  Each student then joined in singing "God Bless the USA".  What a great tradition!