The students at Larsen earned another fun reading reward activity for the month of November.  Our fearless leader, Mr. Andersen, was the lucky person to get pies thrown at him while wearing silly costumes that the students picked out.  One student from each class was able to throw a pie at the principal.  It was really fun and Mr. Andersen sure got a lot of whipped cream on him!  Keep up the good reading!! Thank you Mr. Andersen for being a good sport and thank you 1st grade teachers for putting it together!

Our Larsen 5th Graders had their D.A.R.E graduation ceremony recently.  Officer Dewitt runs our D.A.R.E program.  He does such a great job helping the students understand the dangers of alcohol, tobacco and drugs.  Officer Dewitt shared with the students some stories of people who have had a problem with drugs and how they have hurt their bodies and their lives. He let the kids look through his police car, brought the K-9 dogs, wear googles that show them how it is to be impaired and many other activities.

Larsen 5th Graders are helping bring the holiday spirit to our school by covering our windows with beautiful stained glass pictures.  This has been a holiday tradition for them for many years.  The windows are made by tracing a design on black contruction paper, cutting out some of the areas and adding tissue paper to make a colorful Christmas window.  We love the way it makes our school look during December!  Make sure when you drive by Larsen that you look them.  Thank you 5th Grade!

Parents,

This is a great program for those who have students preschool age and who will be attending kindergarten next year.  This program is effective in preparing students for kindergarten.

4-H Christmas Around the World Registration begins this morning (November 19, 2014) at 7:00 am.  Please use the following link to get a "ticket" for the event.  This is a special 4-H club that runs EVERY DAY for a ONE WEEK SESSION and features crafts, food, games and more from different countries around the world.  The cost for this session is $5.00, which needs to be paid in the office.  Please choose Session 1 (Dec 1-5) or Session 2 (Dec 8-12).  The program to register is different than we have used before, but we think you will like the change.

Larsen Student Council collected teddy bears and other stuffed animals to donate to Primary Childrens Hospital this week.  All together they collected 525 new and gently used stuffed animals for Project Teddy Bear.  These will be given to children that are sick and going through some rough times.  Thanks to everyone who donated to a great cause. We have the best parents and students!!

Mrs. Eckhardts afternoon Kindergarten class had a special visitor come.  Specialist Roberts, who's daughter Madaya is in that class, came and talked about what it is like serving in the Army.  He has served in Texas and on two different tours in Iraq. He brought his uniform, helmet and pictures showing the places he had been protecting. Specialist Roberts told a story of a little boy that was kindergarten age that he helped.  We at Larsen Elementary want to thank Specialist Roberts for his service and for visiting our school!!! 

Larsen Elemetary 5th graders got the chance to go visit Olymipc Park in Park City this week.  They had fun learning more about when the Olympics came to Utah in 2002.  The students learned about many of the athletes that competed in the 2002 Winter Olympics and also the many different sports that were a part of it.  Some 5th graders got to test out the bobsled and other equipment.  Way to go 5th Graders!

Today we had the honor of having some veterans visit our school.  One of them was our own Keir Scoubes who teaches 6th grade here at Larsen.   The Veterans served during Vietnam, Korean War, Desert Storm and The War in Iraq.  Larsen Elementary thanks all those who have fought for our freedoms and made our country the greatest place to live!