You know that it is near the end of the school year when Mrs. Spittle is on the roof of the school taking a class picture of the 5th graders.
This week we had @Treasurevalleysaferoutes host a Bike Rodeo at Silver Sage! As the weather warms up, our bike tires are getting pumped up and helmets are being strapped on to have some fun! They taught our students about safe riding by sharing the road and obeying traffic signs on our pathways. Students got to feel the wind blowing in their faces as they navigated the course, making turns, going uphill, swerving around the slalom cones, and delivering newspapers while riding bikes and scooters! Lots of smiles! Thanks to Lisa, Charlie and Jacob for visiting and our parent volunteers for helping students!
Be sure to look at what is coming up ahead after Spring Break. In just the first few weeks we will have pictures, yearbooks, and volunteer opportunities to help enrich our students education. Check the latest newsletters for more information.
Another shout out for Lisa Jimenez and Carrie Lenhart for being recognized as our Teacher and Classified Employee of the Year for 2023-2024! Both show dedication to their students and leadership to staff, which is just the start of why they were chosen for this award! Thank you for being a part of our Silver Sage Community!
Idaho Theatre for Youth excited and wowed our students by bringing their performance of The Legend of Finn McCoy! Students' were caught in the story, props and costumes. It was a great way to end our Friday before Spring Break! Thank you @idahoshakespeare for bringing these performances for students!
Congratulations to Lisa Jimenez, our Teachers of the Year for 2023-2024! Lisa brings so much ever day for students and staff as one of our 4th grade teachers, leading by example with her enthusiasm and creativity. We are so glad to have her in our Silver Sage community and represent us for this very well deserved honor!
We are so excited to congratulate Carrie Lenhart, our Classified Employee of the Year for 2023-2024! Carrie is one of our paraprofessional's working with students in a variety of settings towards their goals. Students and staff value her help and kindness every day and is a valuable part of our community! Congratulations!
Family Read Night was a great time! Thanks to the staff for showing our students that stories and reading are amazing! Families came out to play reading games, hear books being read, and explore and wonder about the fairy tales that books being for us!
Read Week has been a ton of fun! Besides dressing up, we have had students helping each other. Here is 5th grade and Kindergarten teaming up to share the stories and words of Dr. Seuss!
More pictures from our dance last week!
We had such a RADICAL time at our 80's glow dance! Parents - way to go digging out your old threads from the back of the closet! We enjoyed seeing all the scrunches, side pony tails, neon and tubular dance moves! Thanks PTO for hosting such a cool community event!
This year, students and teachers are working on being "On Track" with our learning. Students are encouraged to work on iReady lessons to assist them in their learning goals. Each week, students get to move across the board for how many lessons they have completed so far in the school year. Students get excited when it is their turn to take their picture and move it to the next level! Keep it up!
Kindergarten celebrated the 100th day of school! Aren't they the cutest?!?
This week we celebrate our own Mrs. Moore! Mrs. Moore has been the counselor at Silver Sage for 8 years and we are so thankful she chooses to stay with our community. She is always a calming presence and is a valuable resource to the staff and students. She is hands down the best counselor around!
We love celebrating students and learning from each other. At our assemblies we have been highlighting our community members from different cultures. This month we learned about the Ukrainian language and were taught how to count to 10 from our own students and staff members whose first language is Ukrainian! It's so much fun! Also, did you know Ukrainian was voted the 2nd most beautiful language in the world?
Mrs. Ellington's Kindergarten class did a taste test. They have been discussing the five senses and they finished it by using those senses for a taste test of some different foods. Students determined which food they liked best as a class, and which ones they did not like. They used this information to compare the numbers.
Our January newsletter has been sent out to emails! Be sure to check it out! There is a lot to look forward to the next few months. There is an updated events calendar, along with great information about student progress, kindergarten registration, PTO events, the district art contest, and after school opportunities. The email contains links with a lot of this information that is not included directly in the newsletter, so be sure you get all the info!
Book Fair has been this week and this is the final call for purchasing books. The library is open for buying books today (Thursday) from 4:15-6:00 PM and tomorrow (Friday) morning from 8:15-9:00 AM. Lots of good reading available!
Today we had our Donuts with Grownups event! It was so much fun to share the joys of reading and books with students and their families at school today. Students were able to share time with families by enjoying a donut, showing their families books they wanted to buy at the bookfair, enjoying a book walk, and getting signed up for a library card! Thanks to the staff for helping organize the event, help in the book fair, and pass out donuts. Thank you to all the families we got to share the time with, it was a great way to start our day! Keep reading and learning!
Checkmate! Students have been learning the game of chess in our after-school chess club for the past few weeks. Yesterday they held their final meeting and played their final games in a tournament. As always, they shook hands, played with sportsmanship, and tried to outmaneuver their opponents! Fantastic work by all players! Thank you to PTO and parent/family volunteers to teach our students this game.
