January 2012

On Thursday, January 12th, the second grade students at Sage Creek had their annual Walking Report Card SEP Conferences! For this conference, our students participated in a progress report that actually showed parents what their child could do. This was the students chance to show off! A Walking Report Card is a progress report provided for parents in the form of an organized observation of their child in a school setting. Parents were provided the opportunity to assess their child's progress by watching him/her participate in academic and social activities. Walking Report Cards are a simple, efficient and fun way to provide parents with important hands-on information about their student’s learning and understanding. Keep up the great work, second graders!

On Wednesday, January 25th, the second grade students at Sage Creek Elementary were treated to a visit from Little Caesar’s Pizza as part of their social studies ‘goods and services’ unit.   Kyle Krebs, a former Sage Creek student and manager of the hard working Little Caesar’s Pizza team, is totally committed to excellence and serious about having fun.  Kyle demonstrated this as he rolled out balls of pizza dough creating pizzas for the students to sample!  The students learned how all of the dough is made fresh every day and needs to rise for 12 hours!  We also learned that the most popular type of pizza is pepperoni and that on any given Friday night, Little Caesar's makes around 1,000  pizzas!!  At the close of the presentation, each of the second graders were treated to a hot slice of the delicious pizza.  Thank you Kyle and Little Caesar’s for an awesome and very tasty visit!

January 23rd marked the beginning of Chinese New Year and was celebrated both abroad and at Sage Creek Elementary.  This year it was an especially significant event for Sage Creek Elementary Dragons as it is the year of the Dragon and also celebrates our first year as a Chinese Dual Language Immersion School!  Students started the day with a traditional Chinese Dragon parade and along with noise-makers chanted the phrases for Happy New Year ( Xin Nian Kuai Le) and Congratulations ( Gong Xi ) in Chinese as the dragon passed.  Students in each grade level also learned the story behind Chinese New Year and participated in fun activities connected to it throughout the day.  Even the Nebo District school lunch program  joined the festivities by providing orange chicken and rice, complete with fortune cookie, for an authentic Chinese lunch! 

At Sage Creek Elementary, classes are taught weekly the following Character Education skills:  how to show appreciation, accept responsibility, and make good choices.  These students have been chosen to be the Determined Dragons for the month of December because they have made our school a better place by using their Character Education skills.  They are: Lizzie Blonquist, Tyler Call, Andrew Florence, Mario Gallegos, Emma Goslin, Noah Houtz, Hailey Rollins, Addy Rowland, Adam Taylor, Ethan White, Audrey Wood.  Congratulations awesome students!!