Newsletter Nov 08

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EtnaElementarySchoolWhere weThink, Learn, Achieve , &Care

November2008

Calendar

11/6 Etna students attend SVHS production Grease. Busses leave at8:15 a.m. Students return to Etna for lunch.

11/7 End of Trimester 111/11 Veterans Day11/12-13 Parent-Teacher Conferences - 3:00 to 7:00 p.m.11/14 No School Today11/18,25 & 12/2,9 After-School Enrichment Classes (2nd Session)11/21 School Picture Retakes11/26 Early Release at 10:45 a.m.11/27-28 Thanksgiving Break12/11 Orchestra/Music Concert12/23 Early Release at 10:45 a.m.12/24-1/2/09 Holiday Break1/5/09 1st day of school in 2009!

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On a Mission

As many of you know;thanks to the help of students, staff, and

stakeholders; EtnaElementary Schoolhas adopted this newMission Statement: EtnaElementary School -Where we Think, Learn,Achieve, & Care.

For our mission to besuccessful, we need toknow it and use it on adaily basis. To help withthat cause, your PTOhas helped purchase anew Etna Elementary

t-shirt for every student.We hope to have certaindays throughout theyear where we all wear

our shirts and show ourschool pride. I am veryexcited for the new shirtsand look forward tohanding them out verysoon!

For a student to geta shirt, he/she will bepresented with a couponwith our school missionstatement printed on it.

Each student will needto recite (from memory)the mission statement

to their teacher, parents,and principal and gettheir signatures on thecoupon. A completed

coupon will earn thatstudent one shirt. It ismy hope that the shirtscome in the next fewweeks and you will seethose coupons very soon.

Thank you foryour support, EtnaElementary is veryfortunate to have you aspart of our educational

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Introducing! We would like to introduce more of our new staff members.Hi! Im Monica Weston from Bear Lake, Utah. My family lives in Laketown andmy Dad owns a cattle ranch in Randolph. (Kudos to those who know where thoseplaces are.) I got my undergrad and graduate degree from the University of Utah and specialized in Speech Pathology. I love being a speech teacher and helpingstudents correct speech/language/social skills.

I love to run, read, quilt, crochet, snowboard, mountain bike, play piano, spendtime outdoors and ride horses. My main interest/hobby is Irish Dance! Ive takenlessons for eight years and have taught for two and am excited to teach Irish Dancehere in Star Valley.

Diane Robbins earned her BA in Speech Science in 2005 inPocatello and then went on to Washington State University inSpokane for her Masters Degree. She did her clinical fellowship inOsburn, Idaho and then moved to Afton to be closer to her childrenand grandchildren. Diane says, We love shing and campingand most of all pines and mountains. We also love exploring andantiques. I love seeing my children and their children. We hope toget a four-wheeler someday and travel (especially in the Northwest) Mrs. Diane Robbins

Speech-LanguagePathologist

PTO News

Thank you to EVERYONE who supported PTOs fundraisers. Bakers Potatoes and The MaredyCatalog Fundraisers were very successful. Money earned helps support Celebrating the Arts,Red Ribbon Week, Grandparents Day, Literacy Week, the Science Fair (in January or February),Banking Day, Accelerated Reading events, Field Day on the last day of school, and other events

throughout the school year.The boys and girls who attended the potato bar were very appreciative and well behaved. It was a

privilege for the PTO to serve them!

HELP! We have an URGENT NEED for Math Game Volunteers.

You dont have to be a Math Wizard to help in the classrooms. We play games like: Sorry, Skip-Bo,Bingo, Stack-um, Grids, Draw a Picture, and more to encourage addition, subtraction, multiplication anddivision. The kids really have fun playing these games while increasing their math skills. We volunteerevery Tuesday for 15 minutes in each classroom from 12:30 - 2:30. You could even trade with a friendevery other week.

PLEASE, WE DONT WANT TO LOOSE THIS PRIVILEGE AND IT IS SO VERY IMPORTANT FORTHE KIDS AND TEACHERS.

Please call Sharon 883-8488 if you would like to volunteer.

Ms. Monica WestonSpeech-Language

Pathologist

Dont forget the Book Fair!

November 10-17


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Etna Enri chment Express! Our rst session has been a real whistle

blower! The next session will be coming up inNovember.Look for more news coming soon!

The Etna Enrichment Express is off and running.Students are busy learning about horses,playground and indoor games, line dances,cheerleading, piano keyboarding, and science -not to mention the fun of Readers Theater.

Bene t Dinner for the Kenner Johnson Fund

The bene t dinner will be Sat. Nov. 8 from 5-8 PM at the Thayne Senior Center.

The dinner will be a chili supper with cornbread, salad, and brownies. There will also be hot dogs.

Adults $10, Children (6-14) $5, Kids (5 & under) FREE.A dessert auction will start at 6:30 PM.

There will be a bounce house set up for kids.Donations can also be made to the Kenner Johnson Fund at 1st Bank in Alpine at 654-3629.

Two-year-old Kenner Johnson is recovering from severe head trauma after falling from a 2nd story window.

Etna 5th grade students learned about the electoralprocess and a senators duties from Senator Mike

Enzi. Senator Enzi said he really enjoyed ourbeautiful new school and the students energy andenthusiasm.

Students learn how to exit a bussafely during a mock drill sponsored

by the LCSD2 TransportationDepartment to celebrate School BusSafety Week.


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Etna Elementary Shows Off! Please enjoy the following writings by our wonderful Etna students.

Going to Strawberry! ( A Dogs Point of View) by Bailey Hodges

Everyone piled into the new Chevy truck - cousins and all! I was so excited I started whining. Oh, ya, I almostforgot - my name is Jackson. I am a yellow lab. Im about 6 years old. Well, everybody was laughing andpointing the whole way there. Bailey kept telling me to be quiet, but I couldnt help it, I was so excited, be-cause we were all together!

When we nally got there to the river, some tall, slim, almost bald guy opened the tailgate! I jumped but Ididnt land. Instead I swung around to the side of the truck, my hind feet barely touching. I was terri ed! Istarted thinking, Come get me! Am I going to die here? While I was thinking; the tall, slim, almost bald guyand Baileys dad jumped out of the truck and saved me!

When they unlatched me from the truck I ran around as fast as I could, glad that I was OK! Baileys dadcalled for me, so I came. He threw a stick in the water. I jumped into the cold icy water, it felt good against mywarm furry body. I love to swim and go in the water; it is always so much fun, but tiring.

As I was still having fun, I could hear the moans and cries of the worn-out young children. Coldness wascreeping up arms and legs like a cat creeps up on a mouse in the eld. We decided to leave, so we all piled backinto the truck. I got tied again and this time I knew I did.

Dump Truckby Lindi MooreWant to play. Wyatt kept demanding.

Okay, Okay I nally gave in. I walked with him up the stairs. I got my shoes on and helped Wyatt get hison. We walked outside onto the deck.

Clomp! Clomp! Wyatts shoes thumped on the deck as he bounded like a deer over to his dump truck. Hehopped on and started pushing himself around. I sat on the white lawn chair that was beside me.

Wyatt, No! I screamed.Wyatt was heading straight for the stairs but it was too late, he started going down! The yellow and blackdump truck front- ipped down the stairs and Wyatt was tossed off like a rag doll. His head hit the rst stair andhis back hit the second. The bloodcurdling scream that followed cut through the air like a knife. My brother laythere, like a piece of crumpled paper.

I rushed down to him, my heart aching, knowing I was responsible for him.Mom I screamed, my words came out splotchy and spluttery. I was so worried.Oh where are they when I need them I muttered to myself.I ran as fast as I could up the stairs and into the kitchen. I grabbed some paper towels and ran as fast as a

speeding bullet to him. I dabbed as gently as a lamb at the wounds.His body lay there, he was breathing heavily and slowly. I carried him up the stairs and gently laid him down.

At that moment my mom came up the stairs. . . she gasped at the bloody, crumpled heap that lay before her. Shegingerly picked him up supporting his head and legs. She carried him in . . .

To this day I still remember that earpiercing, bloodcurdling scream that came from his fragile body when hehit the stairs. The noise will always stab like knives through my head.

Clomp! Clomp! came Wyatts shoes on the deck after he felt better. He came to where I was sitting.That was a dumb idea. He said. His voice had a hint of laughter and his eyes had a sharp, sparkling gleam in

them.Yes I returned his half question. You will not be riding your dump truck for awhile.He laughed and got up on the chair beside me.


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5th Grade Candidates Give SpeechesFifth grade students running for student council representatives gave their campaignspeeches to the student body during their mock National Convention last month. Fifthgraders have been learning about the U.S. election process as they themselves register tovote and become involved in their political parties (Interested or Concerned). On electionday (Tuesday, November 4th) student council representatives will be elected from each

fth grade class.

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