Our student council got the opportunity to attend an all day leadership conference at BYU. They learned how to be a leader, how to help kids who are getting bullied, and they also did some fun team building activities. They had a lot of fun and are ready to serve Canyon Elementary!

The Canyon Elementary Fifth Graders were treated to an adaptation show presented by the BYU Bean Museum.

After surviving an election campaign of writing an essay, making a poster, and delivering a speech to the student body, these 10 students got the most votes, and get the title of student council representative!    Front Row: Sami Branch, Irelynn Reid, Shaylee Taylor, Journey Palfreyman, Rachel Meservey, Axuray Talbot. Back Row:  Carter Flory, Joey Hill, Topher Riding, Brad Dixon.  Congratulations students!

On Friday, after a week of campaigning with posters, 20 of our sixth graders got the opportunity to give speeches to the upperclassmen at Canyon (4th, 5th and 6th graders).

They all did such a great job, and displayed impressive public speaking skills and creativity!

The upperclassmen then went to their classrooms and voted for their top 3 candidates.

Good job to all who ran for student council. Results to come!

Today, the the entire school participated in a flag-raising ceremony in honor of 9/11, now known as Patriot Day. The boy scouts at our school were able provide the colorguard for the ceremony, and they did a wonderful job. Together, students, teachers and staff  recited the pledge of allegiance, and then we all sang patriotic songs, while gathered around our country's flag.

The 4th grade classes held their annual Utah Map Walk on Friday. Students were instructed to create a map exhibiting geographical features of Utah, using materials of their choosing. Parents and students of other classes got to walk around the classrooms to see them all. There was some amazing creatvity put into all the maps!

Last Thursday night (August 29th) Canyon hosted a Curriculum night. This was a great opportunity for parents to learn more about what their students would be learning throughout the school year. Some grades met with their teachers, while others attended the open literacy class taught by Robin Wheatley (our new reading specialist), or the Student Success session taught by the counselor, Andria Lewis. There was a well attended PTA meeting, and treats for all!

Thanks to everyone who came out! It was a great night!

Sterling McDonald, 5th grade student,  and Elliana Francis, 1st grade student, each won a $50 Savings Certificate from the Ken Garff Road to Success Reading Program that Canyon Elementary participates in.  Each month, if students read the required number of minutes for their class reading goal, they get to fill out an entry slip and put it in the big jars by the office to be entered for drawings throughout the year.  Congratulations to Sterling and Elliana!  Keep up the great reading!

Pictured L-R:  Sterling McDonald and Elliana Francis

Canyon fourth-grade students study Utah history in their social studies curriculum.  As a culminating activity, they had May 22, 2013 as their "Pioneer Day".   Students came to school dressed like pioneer children and they got to participate in pioneer activities throughout the day.  One of the activities was a potato peeling contest.  Students got to see how quickly they could peel a potato.   Parent helpers came to help, too.  They collected all of the peeled potatoes and cooked them in Dutch ovens for the students and teachers to enjoy.  &nbsp

Once again, Canyon Elementary had it's annual 6th grade vs Faculty Kick Ball Game.  Because there were so many more 6th grade students than faculty members playing the game, they counted each run for the faculty as 3 points.  The whole school came out to cheer their favorites on.  In the end,  the 6th graders won 43/33.  (If the faculty could have gotten just 4 more runs, they would have won!)  Maybe next year.

Pictured:  Music Teacher, Aileen Keliiliki, scoring a run.