Fifth-graders help the kindergarteners write letters to Santa.

This past week 3rd-6th grade students and their teachers participated in the GAINS (Growing Arts in Nebo Schools) program.  The District Dance Specialist, Melanie Fillmore, has been visiting with students and teachers to help integrate more movement and into their day to day learning. They also worked on ways to use creative movement in their PE portion of the school day.

Every year it is a tradition for Salem Elementary to hold a Turkey Gobbling contest. There are two categories, gobble and strut, in which students can compete.  Grade level winners each took home a pumpkin pie! We definitely had a great time this year!!  Also, thanks Mrs. Houghton for showing us how it is done!

This year Gobble winners were: Jacoby Hall, Owen Lazenby, Braxton, Lydia Lamb, Dom Jex, Trevor Lamb, and Cache Crouch.

The strut winners were: Jamie Nelson, McKenna Wilson, Emmet, Brinley Baum, Breah Morris, Elaina Moreno, and Trey Smith.

Hard working 5th graders at Salem Elementary were on station and ready to come to life to present their annual “Night at the Museum” for parents and the community. This culminating activity had started a month and a half earlier, as each fifth grade student chose a famous person from history and then researched so they could do a biographical account on their famous person.

Congratulations to the following students for earning Star Cards in October: Danica Hughes, Braxton Ficklin, Evelyn Nielson, McKenna Wilson, Ryan Rhodes, Tyler Watson, Easton Pruitt, Addie Chase, Jamisen Doherty, Avery Miner, Chase Spencer, Lucias Holman, Scout Morgan, Leah Murdock, Brooklyn Burk, Brooklyn Roth, Adam Crouch, Cody Kolba, Rylee Osburn, Wyatt White, Ambree Jacobsen, Ethan Peterson, Trae Johnson, Aspyn Lynn, Max Tervenen, Paige Bagshaw, Noah Whiteman, Drexton Brower, Micah Anderson, Elaina Moreno, Ethan Lazarte

Just a reminder that the Fifth-Grade Night at the Museum will be held tomorrow, November 17 from 5:30-6:30, in the hallways of our school.  Parents are invited to come out and support our students.  It will also be going on Friday morning from 9:00-11:30 for other grade levels to see.

To encourage physical fitness with our students, the PTO plans monthly activities to show kids fun and different ways to exercise. Thank you to our awesome PTO and Angela Nielsen for teaching us Zumba this time! The kids had a blast and really worked up a sweat.   

Salem Elementary students learn about and pay tribute to our Veterans in a Veteran's Day Assembly.   We thank our Veterans, and all the men and women who are now serving our country, for their sacrifice so that we may enjoy our freedom each and every day.

Belva Parr, from University of Utah's Agriculture in the classroom, visited second grade classes.  Agriculture in the Classroom is a program with a goal to teach Utah students about the agriculture in our state.  It offers teachers integrated lesson plans that correlate with and meet core curriculum standards.  It is this program that helps put on the Farm Field Day field trip that students recetly attended. Thank you to Ms. Parr for coming in and helping our students learn about and appreciate agriculture in our state.