Principal Praises
February 2019
New Bridge ~ Ensuring all students achieve academic excellence through relevant learning in Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math!
I hope you're enjoying this winter weather we're having and staying warm! Inside and outside the school there are lots of wonderful things happening. Teachers are providing engaging experiences for your students, and students are working hard and loving the learning. We want to also thank you for supporting your students with their Science & Engineering Fair projects. We had incredible participation and some truly exciting ideas presented. Thank you to Ms. Robinson, our STEM coach, and Mrs. Harris, our science specialist, for their organization of the event. And congratulations to our six 6th graders who qualified to advance to the next level of competition at the district. As we look forward to the rest of this 3rd quarter, I want to bring a few things to your attention. We hope parents will take advantage of this quarter's Parent STEM Workshop, where you'll design and build an engineering structure, AND it will help you with this month's home STEM challenge! (Feb 12, 10:00am) We also want you to be aware of the Idle Free Campaign coming up this week. Help support our safety patrol as they bring awareness to being idle free during the pick-up line. Also, we want to remind parents that there is no school Feb 18-19 for students and that parent/teacher conferences will be held Feb 27-28, with early out on those days and March 1. (see the calendar list below) We also look forward to our Scholastic Book Fair, 6th grade New Bridge hoodies fundraiser, grandparents lunch, STEM Family days, field trips, and our CIA (interim testing) this month! Whew! This is a great place to work and learn! Thanks for all your support and for being a partner with us in your child's education. Let's have a Fabulous February!
Principal Bukey
Parent STEM Workshop, February 12, 10:00 am
2018-19 LegoLeague Comp!
Guided by adult Coaches, FIRST LEGO League teams research a real-world problem and are challenged to develop a solution. They also must design, build, program a robot using LEGO MINDSTORMS technology, then compete on a table-top playing field. This year's challenge was titled "Into Orbit."
It all adds up to tons of fun while they learn to apply STEM Concepts, plus a big dose of imagination, to solve a problem. Along their discovery journey, they develop critical thinking and team-building skills, basic STEM applications, and even presentation skills, as they must present their solutions with a dash of creativity to judges. They also practice the Program’s signature Core Values which are:
- Discovery: We explore new skills and ideas.
- Innovation: We use creativity and persistence to solve problems.
- Impact: We apply what we learn to improve our world.
- Inclusion: We respect each other and embrace our differences.
- Teamwork: We are stronger when we work together.
- New Bridge sent 3 teams to this year's Lego League competition, and they all represented us well! We're proud of our teams!
Dartside Reading Challenge
STEM Magic Show 2nd Quarter Attendance Celebration
New Bridge Team Wins Rube Goldberg Comp!
Kinder Happenings
Exploring in First Grade
2nd Grade Aquarium Field Trip
PLTW Computer/Coding Systems Module
Way Cool Science!
New Bridge Science & Engineering Fair - Wow!
K-2nd Category:
- 3rd place - What makes a rock pop? - Edmond
- 2nd place - Turning food into energy without having to eat it! - London
- 1st place - How best to get your hands clean - Everette
3rd-4th Category
- 3rd place - Investigating changing the color of flowers - Bryleigh
- 2nd place - Wood isn't all the same strength - Cole
- First place - Making bubbles last - Alonna
5th grade Category
- Third place - Tasty Facts - Taylor
- Second place - Growing the perfect plant - James
- First place - Solving the shoveling walks problem - Kayd
6th grade Category
- Third place - Keeping the environment warm in the winter - Keira
- Second place - We can judge a book by its cover - Branson
- Directing wifi signals - Kyle
Sixth grade winners will advance to the next level of competition including the following qualifiers:
- Taking what we eat seriously - Absidee
- The impact of invasive species in our local environment - Breckin
- What materials stop radio waves? - Hazel
And a shout out to Miss Gerber's class for entering a class project into the fair!
6th Grade Heads to Nordic Valley
WSU College Bound Event!
World Read Aloud Day!
Thank you New Bridge PTA!
Calendar
(Please refer to NBS calendar by clicking here)
- Idle Free Campaign Week - sponsored by Ogden City & Weber-Morgan Health Dept
- 6th Grade Author Visit: JR Simmons
- Student of the Month Assemblies
- Food Pantry
- Community Council Land Trust training, School District board room, 5:00
- Math curriculum adoption review open house, open to public, school district building 2, 9am-6pm
- Community Council 3:00
- Parent STEM workshop, 10:00-11, Engineering Design
- 2nd Grade STEM Family Day, 1:30
- 4th Grade Author Visit, 1:00
- No School
- No School for students
- Teacher Training day
- Purple Ribbon Week - We will be bully free!
- 3rd Grade field trip, Planetarium
- 3rd Grade Family STEM Day,
- 1st Grade Family STEM Day, 1:45
- CIA III testing begins
- Dr. Seuss Week, Hats for Sale
- STEM Challenge (Zipline) due
- 5th grade to story telling festival, Eccles Center
- Early Dismissal 1:00, Parent-Teacher Conferences
- Scholastic Book Fair
- Early Dismissal 1:00, Parent-Teacher Conferences
- Grandparent's (or special guest) Lunch
- Scholastic Book Fair
- Early Dismissal 1:00
- Grandparent's (or special guest) Lunch
- Scholastic Book Fair
- CIA III testing continued
- Kinder Tree House Museum
- 3rd grade Hogle Zoo
- 5th grade book project day
- Student of the Month assembly
- Pennies for Patients fundraiser kick-off
- Early Dismissal 1:00
- Pennies for Patients fundraiser