October 2013

September was a blast for our new Barnett Student Council. The PTA was kind enough to let the Student Council run a booth of balloon animals at our School's Fall Carnival. This helped raise money for the Student Council Leadership Conference in October. The day of the carnival the Student Council learned how to make animal balloons. They learned and made all sorts of twisted balloons such as swords, flowers, giraffes, mice, hats and crowns. Before we knew it all the balloons were gone.

The Payson Fire Department held their Fire Prevention Week coloring contest this month and the winners from Barnett are: Mackenzie Christensen, Shanae Ramirez, Daniela Chavez, Madison Hill, Mark Peterson, and Sarah Thomson. These students got to take a ride on a fire truck to the fire station where they enjoyed a yummy lunch with our city firefighters. We want to thank the Payson Fire Department for helping our students learn about fire safety in a fun way!

Grandparents' Day with the third grade at Barnett Elementary is always a fun day for third graders and their grandparents, not to mention the parents that come to watch the program.  Not only is  it a fun day, but it helps students become more aware of the loving community around them, as they learn in social studies.  After a lunch provided by Barnett's own lunch ladies, some students took their grandparents on a tour of the school, while others sat and talked with their grandparents who had come for the special day.

Barnett Elementary recently held their First Annual Parent Night where parents could come meet with grade levels to receive instruction on how to help their children at home with reading, writing, and math. Teachers were excited to share with parents ways to check for understanding when reading, ideas to get kids writing at home, and how to solve real world math problems. Parents appreciated handouts, games, and strategies they could use at home with their children. Prizes were handed out to families as a thank you for attending.

Barnett Elementary had a special visitor to celebrate Read for the Record, an event where children across America celebrate literacy by reading the same book. Nebo School District Board Member, Christine Riley visited our school to share the book for this year, Otis by Loren Long. Mrs. Riley read to Kindergarten and 1st graders the book, Otis, about an important tractor and even shared a story abouther own family’s tractors. She then donated the book she read to our school library. The children loved listening to the story, Otis read by our special visitor.

Please see the October 2013 Newsletter attached below.