April 2012

Hobble Creek's Debate Team ties for 6th place

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 14:12
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Hobble Creek students Tiffany Asay, Sophie McCausland and Elizabeth Rex, Leah Ribble tied for 6th place at the Utah State Elementary Debate Division I on Thursday April 26, 2012
        Eliza Kriser, Samara Lessley, Silas Miller, and Ethan Blackett also participated in the state debate that was held at Hillcrest High School.
         This year's resolution is:  Resolved that the state of Utah should provide incentives to increase local food production and consumption in order to improve air quality and reduce energy use. 
         

DEBATE provides an excellent opportunity for students to use their skills of reading, thinking, writing, speaking and listening.

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Carol Day

April 27, 2012 Students of the Week

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 13:54
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The pictured students were Hobble Creek Elementary's STUDENTS OF THE WEEK on April 27. 2012:  Ivan Moulton, Emma Ornelas, Hunter Metler, Rie Ann Briggs, Cole Rasmussen, Samantha Johnson, Will Jenkins, Kayte Conners, Jessica Lambert, Kekai Palmer, Andrew Jensen, Analesa Delgado, Abbie Garrett, Kaylee Anderson, Jensen Felt, Brinnley Crane, Ty Wolfgramm, Calvin Barrett, Karson Anderson, Zach Hamilton, Nathaniel Hales, and Tahlia White.

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Pamela Schultz

Teacher of the Year Award

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 04/23/2012 - 14:00
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Garry E. Hart won the Teacher of the Year Award!  He has received Teacher of the Year in 1985 while at Goshen Elementary, Teacher of the Year in 1991 while at Parkview Elementary and The Crystal Apple in 2005 while at Hobble Creek Elementary.   He has been teaching for 31 years, 30 years in Nebo School District and 1 year prior in another district.  He has taught 2nd grade (1 year), 5th grade (2 years), 3rd and 4th spilt grade (2 years), 4th grade (2 years) and 3rd grade (21 years).  He has been involved with NEA, UEA, Nebo Education Association, PTA, city youth recreation and the Boy Scouts.  His hobbies and interests are fishing, reading, U of U sports, children and grandchildren.  He says that the best part of teaching the last 31 years has been that when he went to work he entered a classroom of students who loved and appreciated him!  He will be moving to Davis County at the end of this school year where his wife is teaching Special Education.  He will start another teaching career in a year or so.  He has touched many students’.   Congratulations Garry for receiving this award and your many years of service!

March 20, 2012 Students of the Week

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The picutred students were Hobble Creek Elementary's STUDENTS OF THE WEEK on April 20, 2012:  Ayson Beardall, Wesley Brunt, Cooper Murphy, Bryson Hansen, Brianna Lewis, Alexis Christensen, Samuel Delacruz, Henry Killpack, Emily Porter, Tyler Holloway, Spencer Winward, Maya Harrell, Elli Chiniquy, Inez Scott, Leah Ribble, Bailey Morgan, Kaycie Bleggi, and Asha Peterson

March 6, 2012 Students of the Week

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The pictured students were Hobble Creek Elementary's STUDENTS OF THE WEEK on April 6, 2012:  Michaela Pendleton, Robert Hagen, Cole Hixson, Katelyn Ross, Lydia Rowe, Savanah Butler, Aaron Campbell, Steven Lopez, Michael Wirthlin, Dillon Hales, Paige Snyder, Abby Garrett, Brenden Dusenberry, Jacob Pritchard, and Samantha Snyder.

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Pamela Schultz

Miss Jonhson's 6th Graders penpal with students in Egypt!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 14:08

Miss Johnson's 6th grade class has been receiving emails and writing letters to a 6-7th grade class in Cairo, Egypt since the beginning of this school year. It has been a great experience for both the Hobble Creek students and the students from Egypt to learn about each others cultures. They recently received a package from their penpals full of letters and pictures. Mrs. Pakinam Elalfy of the Neferteri school in Cairo says, "My students are so excited to receive letters and emails from their new friends in Utah, USA.  This has been an amazing experience for them to communicate with kids their own age on the other side of the world!"

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Jayme Johnson

It Pays to Read!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 04/03/2012 - 15:09
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The students at Hobble Creek Elementary were chanting “It Pays to Read!” at an assembly on Friday, March 30th, 2012. The school had set a goal, for the school as a whole to read a total of 400,000 hours by March 30th, 2012. The students needed to bring in a slip of paper that the parents signed for every 100 minutes that would go into a pot for their names to be drawn to win prizes that consisted of posters, books, book lights, headlamps, footballs, basketballs, Barnes and Nobles gift cards, iTunes gift cards, iPods and Kindles.

Since the school as a whole read 467,700, which was more than their goal, they were rewarded with an assembly. At the assembly names were drawn for the different prizes. There were also 4 athletes from BYU who showed up. The athletes were Andrea Grant (swimmer, freshman from Walnut Creek, CA), Silvia Correa (golfer, freshman from Columbia), Leo Durkin (Volleyball, freshman from Las Vegas) and Mapleton’s very own Lexi Eaton (basketball). She played at Springville High. She averages 10.5 points and 2 assists per game. The athletes talked to the students telling them how important reading has been in their life.

Two names were drawn out of the pot per each grade level to shoot basketballs. These students picked four other people from the athletes or teachers to also shoot basketballs. Within 30 seconds all 5 shooters had to try and make a basket from different lengths from the basket. The student would start first. Then when they made the basket, the others could start shooting. After the 30 seconds was up, the student was rewarded with dollar bills for the amount of baskets made, for a total of $15. Once the student received their money the whole school would chant, “It Pays to Read!” Having people stand behind the student shooting and supporting them was a way of showing how important
reading is and that we are behind them and support them in reading. They will learn so much and their creativity will grow from reading books.

The staff at Hobble Creek wanted the students to know that it really does “Pay to Read.” As exciting as it is to win a prize or being able to shoot a basket with Lexi Eaton or the teachers, the real prize comes within every child. As the students were more engaged in reading, they gained knowledge and a greater love of reading. That’s the real “payoff”.

We would like to give a special thanks to Wal-Mart, Sams Club, and ProcessModel, Inc. for giving donations for prizes. We would like to thank the PTA, especially Alisa Corfield (chairperson), for all their time and hard work in helping put the assembly together as well as getting the prizes. We appreciate Mr. Rowe, Hobble Creek Teachers, parents and most of all the students for supporting this event. It really does “Pay to Read!