This last month, over 70 Reflections entries were submitted in the seven categories: 3-Dimensional Art, Photography, Music, Dance, Visual Arts, Film, and Literature.  At the end of the month, October 22, awards were given to the participants.  Two types of awards were given: Award of Excellence and Award of Merit. Those who received the Award of Excellence will go on to compete against other schools' participants in the Nebo South Council PTA.  They also receive a ribbon and a $2 bill.

Please see the November 2014 Newsletter attached below.

This installment of the Teacher Spotlight is on the first grade team: Mr. Jack White, Mrs. Patty Hanson, and Ms. Whitney Zylstra.  While these teachers have different personalities and life experiences, they have come to work together and become the foundational teachers for most of the students at Barnett, helping students learn to read, write, add, and subtract--skills that they will need their whole lives.

Fourth graders from Barnett Elementary joined the rest of fourth grade from Nebo school district to attend the Utah Symphony on Monday October, 27th. This year’s theme was, “What does music say?” The Utah Symphony did a marvelous job of providing an unforgettable experience. As is expected when attending a symphony, fourth graders dressed in their finest to provide a true symphony experience. They heard music that told a story, music that was sad, and music that was happy. They learned what allows music to speak to us as a language.

At Barnett Elementary we are keeping our fourth graders busy. Last week we visited Salem Pond to study wetlands. Thanks to our parent and grandparent volunteers we were able to have students rotate through seven different stations. Students found and compared bugs, identified plants and animals, and played a great game to learn about animal adaptations. They were able to write descriptive sentences about the wetlands and decorate a rock that we later named and wrote about. At the end of the day students participated in service learning by helping to clean up Salem Pond.