During the second week of January, students who had turned in their reading calendars for September, October, November, and December were given the opportunity to make baskets for cash. Students names were drawn out of a box in both the lower and upper grades, with students having the option of letting a teacher of their choice help them to make baskets when it got too difficult.
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Some lucky students from Barnett Elementary received an early Christmas present thanks to America First Credit Union. For the second year in a row, America First Credit Union chose Barnett Elementary to donate brand new shoes and socks to 50 students. The lucky kids were brought altogether along with their families and on the count of three opened their gifts to find a sparkling, brand new pair of shoes and comfy socks. The students, families, and Barnett staff are very thankful to America First Credit Union for the joy they brought to our school that day.
The responsible students who turned in their reading calendar for October were privileged to take part in a taping event. Mrs. Angela Stoddard and Mr. Austin Cope became stuck to the wall as each child who had turned in a calendar was given a piece of duct tape to tape to those two. Since this was a slightly laborious task, the students who waited all brought books and most students read throughout the waiting period.
Every year students get to compete for the best turkey gobble in the school. To prepare, each class did a competition to decide on a winner from each class. Then each of those winners got to compete with the rest of the student winners in the school. The judges for this year's Gobble Off were Mr. Don Applegate and Mrs. Shalynn Murdoch. After narrowing down the 20 or so candidates to five gobblers, Justin Reynaud from Ms. Robyn Curtis's class won the all-school Gobble Off! Justin won a turkey to take home; the other contestants took home a large candy bar.
The second to last week in November was an exciting week! Not only did SEPs take place that week and a week-long book fair, but Tuesday was the day of Parents and Pastries! The halls of the school echoed with the noise of parents and students eating their donuts, buying books, and reading in the hallway. It is a wonderful tradition that we're grateful we were able to continue this year thanks to the PTA!
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Students at Barnett Elementary have been working hard to earn Brag Notes. When a student earns a brag note their name is added to the Principal’s 200 Club Board. Brag notes can be earned by making good choices, working hard in school, and being a good friend or helper just to name a few things. Once the board is full of student names we have a drawing for books and prizes. Here are the students who won for November. Thanks for making so many good choices Barnett Bulldogs!
Barnett’s 6th Grade Gift of the Nile Egyptian Day activities. Each year students create Egyptian collars of a specific color to represent their class during their rotations. This year alongside the collars they created Egyptian cartouches, necklaces that have their initials carved in clay using hieroglyphics, to represent each person. Students rotated to each of the 6th mummies. In Mrs. Laudato’s rotation they mummified apples in which they are anxiously waiting to open at the end of the month. In Mrs.
Barnett Elementary Students have been working hard to earn Brag Notes. When a student earns a brag note their name is added to the Principal’s 200 Club Board. Brag notes can be earned by making good choices, working hard in school, and being a good friend or helper just to name a few things. Once the board is full of student names we have a drawing for books and prizes. We are filling up our Principal’s 200 Club Board faster than ever! Thanks for making so many good choices Barnett Bulldogs! Here are some of our recent winners.