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P.E. Teacher needed!

Rose Springs Elementary is searching for a P.E. Teacher for the Kindergarten and First Grade classes.  It is a paid position.  If you or someone you know is interested in getting paid to play (doesn't get much better than that ), please contact either Principal Lori Buhr or Terri Chynoweth at (435) 833-9015.  Additionally, if you are willing to help cover the class until someone is found, please respond to this message and let me know. 

Book Battle

We are excited to announce our annual Book Battle event!
How it works:
Students read the listed books and take a comprehensive test at the end of January.  The highest scorers for each grade will then participate in a final quiz-show style competition in front of their classmates.
Parents are welcome and encouraged to participate in the reading and discussion of these books with their children.

Third grade list:

Freckle Juice - Judy Blume
Muggie Maggie - Beverly Cleary
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes - Eleanor Coerr
Molly's Pilgrim - Barbara Cohen
James and the Giant Peach - Roald Dahl
My Father's Dragon - Ruth Stiles Gannett
Boxcar Children - Gertrude Warner
Charlotte's Web - E.B. White

Fourth grade list:

Whipping Boy - Sid Fleishman
Shiloh - Phyllis Naylor
Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frandweiler - E.L. Konigsburg
Dinosaurs at the Ends of the Earth - Brian Floca
Sideways Stories from Wayside School - Louis Sachar
Under the Ice: A Marine Biologist at Work - Kathy Conlan

Fifth grade list:

Tuck Everlasting - Natalie Babbitt
Long Way from Chicago - Richard Peck
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson - Bette Bao Lord
Sounder - William Armstrong
Brian's Winter - Gary Paulsen

Sixth grade list: 

The Red Pyramid - Rick Riordan
The Heroes of Olympus: The Lost Hero - Rick Riordan
Number the Stars - Lois Lowry
Touching Spirit Bear - Ben Mikaelsen

Newsletter

Here is the August Newsletter for the PTA!

PTA August Newsletter

Live Fit Tooele County is excited to be implementing some new programs in the elementary schools this year to promote health and wellness in the classrooms. Below is a promotional video explaining how the program will work. Encourage your kids to start the day with play!

August 24, 2015

Back to school Night!  It will be from 5-7 p.m. at the school.  Come and meet your teachers for the year!
**First two sessions: 5:00 and 5:25
**Second sessions: 6:15 and 6:40
General PTA meeting. 5:50-6:10 (between teacher sessions)
  **They will be voting on the new board members as well as the proposed budget for the year.

Welcome back!

It's back to school time!  First day of school is on August 25, so let's get excited!