This week, students participated in Hour of Code, a global movement to give students an opportunity to try coding.  Employees from Inside Sales, a local business partner, have been working with Sage Creek students in our traditional classes since September teaching students principles of coding.  This week, they hosted an assembly for all of our students in 4th-6th gr.  The students learned about giving specific instructions to computers including using loops.  Along with our Unplugged Activity, Inside Sales shared several opportunities to try coding using computers, tablets, or even smart phones.  These can be found at the website: code.org/learn

There are many different coding opportunities on this website.  For our assembly, we focused on the Moana activity, but if another coding activity is more interesting (Minecraft, Star Wars, Frozen, etc.) please do that!

 Coding helps students learn to think differently.  It helps them learn problem-solving techniques including breaking problems into smaller steps, noticing when steps are repeated, and persisting until a working solution is reached.  This benefits students in almost every subject.  Give coding a try today!

A huge THANK YOU to Inside Sales for their time and efforts in working with our students each week!

Congratulations to this weeks "Go the Distance" award winners at Sage Creek! Thanks for working hard and going the extra mile!

Katie Jones is a 3rd grade teacher at Sage Creek Elementary.  She has been teaching for 3 years.  She graduated from BYU in Elementary Education. Katie’s favorite subject to each is math.  When asked about a funny teaching moment she recalls one time when a student brought a pet cat to school in a backpack!  She likes to ski, play ultimate Frisbee and is an Imagine Dragons fan. Katie is a pleasure to teach with and we are happy she is with us at Sage Creek Elementary.

Congratulations to this weeks "Go the Distance" award winners at Sage Creek! Thanks for working hard and going the extra mile!

Sage Creek had an action packed two days before the  Thanksgiving break. First grade held their annual pow-wow and feast to celebrate Thanksgiving. The student body enjoyed  an Cultural Awareness assembly and Mrs. Giles second grade classes performed a Thanksgiving program for their parents. See more pictures on our Facebook page.

Congratulations to this weeks "Go the Distance" award winners at Sage Creek! Thanks for working hard and going the extra mile!

Congratulations to this weeks "Go the Distance" award winners at Sage Creek! Thanks for working hard and going the extra mile!

Sage Creek Elementary participated in a flag ceramony for Veteran's Day. A local scout group presented the colors and and raised the flag. A choir of Sage Creek students sang the Nation Anthem and a local war hero was celebrated.

Shout out to the 5th graders of Sage Creek! Thanks for sharing your reports on famous people by participating in the Hall of History.

Mrs. Fullmer, our librarian, has recently converted a corner of the library in to a MakerSpace,  She applied for and received a grant to purchase items that allow students to invent, create, construct, and learn.  MakerSpaces allow students to tinker in constructive and productive ways and continually stimulate the creative and learning part of children's brains.