We had an amazing assembly Friday, January 29th. The students were excited to welcome 14 year old McKenzie Wagner, author of 5 books. McKenzie gave introductions to her books and showed us a book trailer. She explained her process of writing and encouraged us all to begin now to follow our dreams. She will personally autograph your book if you order one. The order forms for her books are found on the Academy Park website. All orders and money ...
Souper Bowl Wrap-Up
Our Souper Bowl of Caring Food Drive wrapped up this last week, and our school was phenomenal with the donations that were brought to help other students in need. Here is the final count for the competition between each grade: Kindergarten: 164 cans 1st Grade: 99 cans 2nd Grade: 218 cans 3rd Grade: 278 cans 4th Grade: 137 cans 5th Grade: 277 cans 6th Grade: 144 cans Congratulations to 3rd Grade for winning the ice cream party. It ...
Sign-Up for SEP Conferences
Parents, Beginning January 23rd the window opens to sign up for SEP Conferences. Conferences will be February 9th and 10th. Click on the Online Scheduler to make an appointment. If you do not make an appointment by midnight Feb. 3rd, teachers will pick a time for you and notify you in a take-home note just prior to the assessment period. More detailed instructions for Online Scheduler can be found here and was sent home with reports ...
MLK Day Service Project with Playworks!
I wanted to take a moment and recognize that 12 out of the 15 Junior Coaches at Academy Park used their own time off of school to help with a service project yesterday. Academy Park by far had the highest percentage of students represented at our MLK Service Project and I am continually grateful for the strong community that has been established here. We spent 4 hours learning about the importance of service, creating hospitality kits for ...
First Lego League Team
Academy Park's very own First Lego League Team competed Saturday, January 16th, against dozens of other schools in the Salt Lake Valley. Competition was tough, but our team worked very hard together and received 9th place in the robot games! Our "Soaring Minions" have worked very hard the last 5 months building the missions, robot, and computer programing. They also learned a lot about themselves as they studied the First Lego League's core ...
McKenzie Wagner’s Benotripia Book Order Form
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Souper Bowl of Caring Video
Parents, Nominate a Teacher for Excellence in Teaching!
Dear PTA Members, For the first time ever, parents can now nominate teachers for the UEA Excellence in Teaching Award. But the nomination deadline is approaching quickly (Friday, Jan. 15)! These prestigious awards honor 10 outstanding Utah public school educators with a $1,500 cash award and recognition at UEA’s Superstars in Education banquet on May 13. If you know a deserving Utah public school teacher whose efforts in the ...
Souper Bowl of Caring
From January 11th - January 22nd, our school will be participating in The Souper Bowl of Caring. This is an event put on by the school district, giving food to students in need. Each grade in our school will be competing against one another to see who can donate the most cans of food to the event. Money may also be donated in the front office for the cause. At the end of the two weeks, the grade with the most cans of food donated will win an ...