February 4, 2015 Weekly Parent Newsletter
Dear Diamond Fork Parents,
School Counselors Celebrate During National School Counseling Week, Feb. 2–6, 2015
All in for Each Learner
Dear Diamond Fork Parents,
School Counselors Celebrate During National School Counseling Week, Feb. 2–6, 2015
Diamond Fork Parents,
Dear Diamond Fork Parents,
We are embarking on our 2nd semester journey this week! It seems as though the latter part of the school year flies! The Roman writer, Seneca, once stated, “Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” At the beginning of each semester, during E-time, teachers facilitate lessons for students pertaining to our core values and our mission. This allows students to refresh their knowledge of and reflect on their actions as they practice courage, compassion, perseverance, respect and integrity.
"Each year thousands of schools in the United States participate in the National Geographic Bee using materials prepared by the National Geographic Society. The contest is designed to encourage teachers to include geography in their classrooms, spark student interest in the subject, and increase public awareness about geography. Schools with students in grades four through eight are eligible for this entertaining and challenging test of geographic knowledge." - nationalgeographic.com
In December, the Teen Living class was able to attend a lunch held at Magleby’s in Springville. It was a pleasant experience being able to dress up and eat at a nice place. The point of going there was for the students to prove that we could, in fact, eat properly and know how we are supposed to act in a restaurant setting, and even at home.
Dear Diamond Fork Parents,
This week is the end of Term 2. I cannot believe we are this far into the school year! It has been a fun year and the students have been amazing. We have a great group of young people and we are excited to see what the next semester brings.
We have only a few announcements this week as we prepare for the new term.
DIAMONDBACK GEMS
National Jr. Honor Society:
Dear Diamond Fork Parents,
In recent weeks we have talked about our five core values of courage, compassion, respect, integrity and perseverance. The impetus for the five values came from our mission statement that reads, “We empower students to think critically, live responsibly and lead ethically.” Our students practice core values by living the mission of the school. We believe when we act in accordance with our mission, we will become productive members of our citizenry.
In Biology, we’ve been learning about water. We learned that water is the universal solvent. A solvent is a liquid that a substance dissolves in. To prove this point we conducted an experiment. On lab day, we conducted our first one. We poured 10 mL of water into four different test tubes. Next, we added either sodium chloride (also known as table salt), sugar, baking soda, or epsom salts. We set a timer and after one minute, we saw how much the substance had dissolved by comparing it to a test tube that had the same amount of the substance in it.
Dear Diamond Fork Parents,