May 2013

Monday, May 20, was the final reading assembly for the 2012-2013 school year at Barnett.  It started out with a bang with the Barnett teachers doing the Harlem Shake up on the stage.  Books, money, games, outside toys, backpacks, and HangTime passes were given out for reading tickets, math fact tickets, and brag notes.  In the lower grades, students got to choose from bubbles, as well; in the upper grades, students got to choose from candy and an iTunes gift card, also.

This Spring, the fantastic Barnett Choir Performed their "We Love Our World" Concert. The choir consists of 125 students from 2nd grade - 6th grade. Their choir director Christine Muniz is VERY proud of them, and the hard work that went into practicing for the concert. There were solo's done on the piano, and singing. Fun songs were shared, and some with actions to make your heart smile. Even the Alumni came up to join in a really special song that has been a  Favorite! The Barnett Choir has been going strong for almost 8 years.

The beginning of the 2012-2013 school year at Barnett began with a vision, a goal, for the students. This goal was to get a school wide total of 70,000 days read this year--that means that 80% of the Barnett students had to read 5 days or more this year.  Not only did the students meet this goal, they surpassed it!  They read 79,500 days, which was 104.5% of the original goal!  It was fantastic!

Every year the fifth graders at Barnett Elementary are able to research an important person in United States history, create a speech, come up with a creative costume, and present themselves as that person during a wax museum presentation.  The students this year did an amazing job coming up with creative costumes to try to imitate the person they were representing.  Not only did they look great, but the students put a lot of time into researching their person and competently gave information as about 500 people filed through the lunch room on the afternoon of May 2, 2013.

If you haven't seen the YouTube craze entitled, Kid History videos, you should definitely watch them!  Not only are they hilarious, they are related to the Barnett first grade teacher, Mrs. Patricia Hanson.  Mrs. Hanson was able to introduce her nephews to the Barnett students on Friday, April 26, to shouts of excitement and acclamation.

April 25, 2013 marked a beautiful, sunny, clear day for the fifth grade track meet. Students were able to compete with other fifth graders in the Payson area in this annual event.  Barnett fifth graders placed in first, second, and third places in several of the track and field events.  It was a fun and exciting time for all the students and teachers.

The students of Mrs. Spencer’s sixth grade class at Barnett Elementary had the opportunity of working on a quilt for the Veterans Nursing home that is under construction on North Main Street in Payson. Belle Piatt, a grandmother of one the students, provided the squares of material and the skills of her sewing to put it together. The students in Mrs. Spencer’s class decorated the pieces with the freedoms they enjoy because of the service provided by the loyal and brave American veterans.