While students were off enjoying a much-needed Spring Break, many of the Armstrong teachers participated in the 2015 Utah Coalition of Educational Technology (UCET) Conference. The mission of UCET is to… …promote the cooperative development and effective use of information technology in Utah's educational institutions. …provide a forum for the exchange of information on technology by holding conferences, meetings, and workshops, and ...
Spring Walk ‘n Win
By using the UDOT Walking School Bus app to safely walk and bike to and from school, you can win prizes (donated from our sponsors). This includes an overnight stay and breakfast for parents at the Blue Boar Inn in Midway; bikes, scooters and helmets for students, and breakfast with the Utah Jazz Bear for the winning WSB group along with $500 for their school/PTA's safe walking and biking programs. How to win: Use the SNAP Walking School ...
Parking Lot Reminders
The springtime is a great opportunity for a review of the parking and drop-off/pick-up expectations. I want to say a huge thank you to the Armstrong patrons for helping this run as smoothly as possible and for helping us improve constantly. To help the process go even smoother, here are a few reminders or suggestions: Please refrain from using the north parking lot for drop off/pick up. We’ve been asked by Granite Transportation to keep that ...
Down the Stretch They Come!
Walking in and out of the Armstrong classrooms this time of year is a remarkable experience. Students and teachers may be making bigger gains right now than at any other time of the year. This is crunch time! Every student in the school is working towards a personal academic best in which each student will try to top the score he or she set last year (or the middle of this year). The students have taken this challenge seriously, and they ...
Clash of Classes – Paper Snowball Fight
Last Friday, Armstrong students enjoyed another great Clash of Classes reward activity—the Paper Snowball Fight. Students who had earned enough points on their Personal Training Charts participated in a head-to-head competition with the neighboring classes on their grade level. Students fought to clear their own village of any snowballs and to fill the neighboring villages with as many as possible. Therefore, this was an event where the lowest ...
Top Eagles for March 31, 2015
Rylee Larsen (Mrs. Roges) - Rylee is improving in all subjects. She works really hard and is nice to everyone. Taylor Nguyen (Mrs. Fisher) - Taylor has only been here a few weeks. She knows all her sight words and is a good student. She is an asset to our class. August Knobloch (Miss Johansen) - August has been working so hard in class. He does his best, is nice to others, and stays on task. Zach Jackson (Mrs. Hind) - He is a ...
March Community Council Meeting/Secondary STEM School
For the March meeting of the Armstrong Community Council, members of the council approved the Armstrong LAND Trust plan for the 2015-16 school year and it is a lot like the current year’s plan. Next school year’s plan will use the $45,000 in school trust land funds allocated to Armstrong to increase the percentage of students reading on grade level to 75 percent in first, second, and third graders by May 2016 and to boost the school-wide SAGE ...
Clash of Classes – Cannonball Shoot Out
Last Friday, Armstrong students enjoyed their first Clash of Classes reward activity—the Cannonball Shoot Out. Students who had earned at least 24 points on their Personal Training Charts participated in a head-to-head competition with the neighboring classes on their grade level. The competition was fierce, and you can see the results on this week’s ABC News. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnQmSi0tooQ&w=560&h=315] This week, ...
Top Eagles for March 24, 2015
Karmelo Tuamoheloa (Mrs. Fisher) - He is a good reader. Karmelo is a good friend to others. He is a good student! Zyania Gutierraz Ortega (Miss Johansen) - Zyania is our Top Eagle this week! Way to go! Dalton Cottle (Mrs. Passey) - Dalton worked very hard 3rd quarter. He loves to share his experiences and ideas with the class. Dalton is also kind to others. Justin Clawson (Mrs. Antonetti) - He works very diligently to understand ...
Personalized Goals
Last week, during the kick-off of the Clash of Classes event, students were given a personalized goal to work toward during the next few months of the school year and during the end-of-year testing. This goal is based on setting a new personal best and is, therefore, tailored to how each student performed the last time they took a similar test. The upper-grade students are trying to beat their own score on the SAGE test from a year ago. The ...
