Go the Distance Awards

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Congratulations to the students at Sage Creek Elementary for earning the weekly "Go the Distance Award". Students earn the award by going the extra distance to make Sage Creek a great place to be.

Teacher Spotlight at Sage Creek

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Dayna Tanner is a Kindergarten teacher at Sage Creek Elementary.  She has taught for 20 years.   She graduated from BYU and also received a master’s degree from USU.  Her favorite subject to teach is Reading and Writing. When asked a funny teaching moment she said that she was teaching and asked “What do trees give us? What comes from tree’s?  a student answered “Toilet paper” then another student said “Oh yeah – I saw toilet paper on tree’s before”.  Dayna likes to watch old movies, go hiking and go on quiet walks on the beach.  We are happy she is with us at Sage Creek Elementary.

SEP Conf's Coming Up Mar 16 - select READ MORE to sign up!

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Please join us for our last SEP Confernces of the year!  SEP Conferences, or Student Education Planning Conferences (Parent/Teacher Conferences) are wonderful opportunities to share your child's progress and plan goals to wrap up the year successfully.  Please click on the appropriate link below to sign up.  Click READ MORE to see sign-ups.

K-3rd Traditional:  http://bit.ly/MarK-3SEPSignups

4th-6th Traditional:  http://bit.ly/Mar4-6SEPSignups

Chinese All Grades:  http://bit.ly/MarChineseSEPSignups

Teacher Spotlight as Sage Creek

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Louise Crook is a 4th grade teacher at Sage Creek Elementary and has been teaching for 7 years.  She graduated from UVU and SUU.  Her favorite subject to teach is Math and Reading.  When asked about a memorable teaching moment she recalls her very first field trip as a teacher the bus ran into a light post and the bus was a total loss.  Louise loves to travel, go 4 wheeling and support and cheer her children on in sports and cheerleading.  Louise is a pleasure to teach with and we are happy she is with us at Sage Creek Elementary.

 

Dr. Seuss Day - Read Across America!

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We had a wonderful celebration of Dr. Seuss at school!  March 2 is Dr. Seuss' birthday and in honor of him, we celebrate his quirky characters and lively story lines.  Most of all, we celebrate his message of loving to read and fostering that love in each child.  Pictured here are Ms. Greenburg's 3rd gr and Ms. Tanner's Kindergarten classes showing some Dr. Seuss spirit!

Interested in becoming a student storyteller?

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From the Storytelling Festival:  Youth storytellers have been part of the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival for twenty-five years.  We believe they bring a vibrant presence to stages at the event.  Open youth auditions will be held at the Orem Public Library on Thursday, March 16.  Anyone interested in scheduling can email me at ewilcox [at] timpfest.org (ewilcox[at]timpfest[dot]org) or call the Timpanogos Storytelling Institute office at 228-7384.  The deadline to sign up for an audition is 5:00 pm on Monday, March 13.

During the first audition round, students will be asked to present a two minute portion of their full story.  Finalists will be invited back to the call-back auditions the following week.  If they are invited back to the finals, youth will tell the full version of their story, which can be 3-9 minutes long.  All participants will be judged on performance skills such as poise, voice expression, eye contact, and body language.  Please click here to see a description of the rubric the judges will be using to evaluate the stories.  If your school is outside of the Wasatch Front, we can also accept electronic entries.  Please contact me for more information.