October 2009

                              Red Ribbon Week at Spring Lake Elementary in Payson

Red Ribbon week started off with a big surprise as students gathered on the playground and said, "No to drugs and violence". To launch off the Red Ribbon Week  students launched a red balloon signifying their willingness to stay drug free and to avoid violence.  The week included wearing red and purple day, crazy hair day, silly sock day, and wearing halloween costumes on Thursday to "Spook drugs out of our life!"

                               Constitution Day at Spring Lake Elementary in Payson

               Students recently gathered together on Constitution Day for a special flag raising ceremony. Students also participated in various classroom activities emphasizing the importance of the U.S. Constitution and the contributions of the founding fathers. The day ended with students watching President Barrack Obama's address to American school children stressing the importance of education.

It seemed as if St Patrick's Day came a bit early this year, but in reality it was Green Ribbon Week! Mrs. Pennick's First Grade Class (pictured) received a special reward for wearing the most green! The week's activities included walking to school,mismatched shoes, funky sunglasses, tying green ribbons on the fence and wearing green! The students had fun walking to school with Payson High School cheerleaders and the Payson Lion! Green Ribbon week was sponsored by the Spring Lake PTA all in an effort to promote safety for all students. A special "Thanks" goes out to April Jones for planning such a fun week for the students!

On the first day of school, kindergarten students at Spring Lake Elementary made and decorated a gingerbread man. He ran away during recess! They spent the next week looking for the gingerbread man. The kindergarten students were thrilled when the custodian had an idea: he dressed up as a gingerbread man and "caught" the gingerbread man and brought it back to the kindergarten students.