Principal Praises
October 2020
New Bridge ~ Ensuring all students achieve academic excellence through relevant learning in Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math!
As we wind down our first quarter here at New Bridge, I want to thank you for helping us launch this unprecedented year and assure you that your students are learning in a kind, safe, and nurturing environment. I feel extremely fortunate to be the principal of a school with such wonderful children, a motivated and dedicated staff, and parents who work with us to create an environment where students learn through innovative and collaborative methods and activities. Our faculty and staff are highly committed to providing the most rewarding education possible and making this process of learning an enjoyable experience, in spite of the constraints of physical distancing, wearing masks, and changes to everyday procedures. We're including a few fun pics of our day-to-day learning, procedures, etc. Please thank your children for their cooperative efforts! Note the calendar items towards the end of this newsletter. Thank you!
Principal Bukey
Students working hard to physically distance!
How do germs spread?
To find out more about what they learned, try watching this awesome video.
Celebrating Summer SORA Challenge Winners! Celebrating Reading!
Ms. Castellaños~4th Grade Teacher
Jackson~4th Grade
Araya~5th Grade
Knights Bingo Winners!
New Bridge Noble Knights
Noble Knight Pledge:
I am a New Bridge Noble Knight. Today I pledge to be a respectful, responsible, and safe learner. I will be an example of scholarship, leadership, and moral excellence!
Students have multiple opportunities every day to receive "scholar points" for displaying positive behaviors and following school rules. Their tickets go into daily classroom and school-wide drawings. When their name is drawn in the school-wide drawing, they come to the office, receive a prize, sign our celebrity book, pick up their "positive note home" and then get their name up on our BINGO board. The first two rows who receive a bingo then get to celebrate with Principal Bukey. This month we had "Pizza with the Principal." Each winner chose a friend to join the principal for pizza. It looked a little different this year as we had to spread out outside on the grass, but we loved celebrating our students' positive behaviors. A special thanks goes out to our school counselor, Mrs. Welch, and her 6th grade peer leaders for helping us organize this! Here are our Knights Bingo winners and their teachers' names for our first celebration:
Hudson - 5th, Ambruster
Eiry - 6th, B Johnson
Casche - 3rd, Brunsvik
Dylan - K, Clark
Canon - 3rd, Eklund
Jaiden - 1st, Grunau
Samson - 1st, Grunau
Annalicia - 2nd, Henriquez
Christian - 5th, Hopkins
Jase - 1st, Losito
Barbara - 6th, M Johnson
Lauren - 6th, M Johnson
Allison - 2nd, Ordowski
Ty - 5th, Rockwell
Cole - 5th, Rockwell
Anavell - 4th, Stallings
Oskar - K, Tadlock
Rhykar - K, Tadlock
Lexie - 4th, Witkowski
Benjamin - 4th, Witkowski
SEPTEMBER - STUDENTS of the MONTH
Scholarship - "Students are taking ownership for their learning."
Leadership - "Students are working cooperatively to achieve goals, respect themselves and others, inspire and motivate their peers and promote a culture of school pride and belonging."
Moral Excellence - "Students are being good, honest, respectful, courageous, and kind. They do the right thing, even when no one is looking."
We are proud of our students who try every day to do their best and to become scholars, accountable for their behaviors, learning, and choices.
Congratulations to the following:
A shining description of what it means to show scholarship, by Mrs. Eklund!
A glowing example of what it means to show leadership, by Mrs. Olivieri
A stellar example of what we strive for when we have moral excellence, by Ms. Kartchner
Knights Passing off Math Lessons!
October at home STEM Challenge
From Mr. Palmer:
Here is the video for the October STEM challenge: https://youtu.be/vK25hIDBmCE
Please watch for fun details about this month's challenge and earn a "Unicorn" Knight just for participating! Due October 30 to the student's homeroom class. Papers went home last week with details.
This year we will be chucking pingpong balls instead of mini-pumpkins. Each child that brings a catapult will be given their own pingpong ball so that no materials are being shared. This is more sanitary and consistent for practice.
Here is a cool video about catapults and chucking pumpkins the students may enjoy.
Watch the full video here: https://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/00000144-0a40-d3cb-a96c-7b4d462a0000
Problem solving is what we're about at New Bridge!
4th Grade Project Lead the Way & Ozobots!
At New Bridge, our students start coding as early as kindergarten and code in many fun ways. Our 4th graders got to use our Ozobots for the first time and they had so much fun!
September STEM Challenge Winners
(Thanks for making those on our 3D printers, Mr. Palmer!!)
Kinder
1st place - 172 pennies - Antonio
2nd place - 136 pennies - Oscar
3rd place - 99 pennies - Victor
1st grade
1st place - 110 pennies - Garrett
2nd place - 86 pennies - Harley
3rd place - 75 pennies - Clayton
2nd grade
1st place - 165 pennies - Gabriel
2nd place 140 pennies - Dixon
3rd place - 107 pennies - Matthew
3rd grade
1st place - 136 pennies - Marlene
2nd place - 56 pennies - Cache
3rd place - 48 pennies - Landon
4th grade
1st place - 240 pennies - Vicente
2nd place - 229 pennies - Adison
3rd place - 193 pennies - Malakai
5th grade
1st place - 64 pennies - Aiden
2nd place - 50 pennies - Cole
3rd place - 24 pennies - Zabdiel
6th grade
1st place - 150 Pennies - Samantha
2nd place - 100 pennies - Tied: Jacob, Cesar, Ariana, McKenna
3rd place - 72 pennies - Caitlyn
Welcome to our new leaders & teachers, 20-21!
Mrs. Lovell - Assistant Principal
Mrs. Ordowski - 2nd Grade
Mrs. Olivieri - 2nd Grade
Mrs. Woodland - 3rd Grade
Mrs. Stallings - 4th Grade
Ms. Castellanos - 4th Grade
Mrs. Davis - Resource
Ms. Hopkins - Learning Center
We also have several new support staff members that we will be introducing over the next few months. We are grateful for all those who have chosen New Bridge and who "Choose Ogden!"
Last Day for our Virtual Book Fair! Help out our library fund raiser!
Calendar
Monday, Oct 19
- CIA I testing begins Oct 19-23
- Digital Citizenship Week
- School Lunch Week - Thank you to our Cafeteria staff!
- Flu Clinic starting at 1:30
Tuesday, Oct 20
- Five-day reading challenge due
Wednesday, Oct 21
- Last day for Book Fair
Thursday, Oct 22
- Minimum Day - Dismissal 12:45
- End of 1st Quarter
Friday, Oct 23
- Minimum Day - Dismissal 12:45
- Food Pantry - CCS
Tuesday, Oct 27
- Report Cards go home
- Author Visit 4th grade, J.H. Reynolds
Thursday, Oct 29
- Picture retakes
Friday, Oct 30
- Weather permitting, we will hold our annual Halloween parade in the park. Seating chart is included on this map.
- Voting/Election Day
Friday, Nov 6
- Student of the Month Awards
- Veteran's Day
- November birthday celebrations
- Virtual Reaction Time visit, 5th grade
- Educational Support Professionals Day
- Knights Bingo celebration with the principal
- Substitute appreciation day
- Food Pantry - CCS
December 21-Jan 1 Christmas Break - NO SCHOOL