April 2012

Jackie Olsen was the recipient of the Outstanding Employee Award at Sierra Bonita Elementary School. Jackie is the school secretary and has been the head secretary of two schools over the past nine years including Sierra Bonita and Rees Elementary. Jackie connects with all students, families, and staff members. She gives of all of her time and talents and goes above and beyond to contribute to the school. Jackie is loved and appreciated by everyone. Congratulations to Jackie for being the Outstanding Employee at Sierra Bonita!

The student council had a blast hosting "Teacher Idol" on Friday, April 27th. Haley Crowther beautifully performed the national anthem to kick the assembly off. The contest was judged by our special guests "Jennifer Lopez", "Stephen Tyler" and "Randy Jackson". In the end, the 4th, 5th, and 6th grade teachers won first place, followed closely by the 2nd and 3rd teacher team. We look forward to seeing what the teachers will do next year!

The students at Sierra Bonita Elementary recently participated in a Penny Wars fundraiser for students in Cambodia. The students first participated in a presentation given by Carina Ream about the students in Cambodia. She shared with the students that all of the money raised would be going to purchase school uniforms. Carina let the students know that in Cambodia children cannot attend school without a uniformand got them excited to help raise money . The students were also motivated to bring their pennies by competing as grade levels in a school wide competition.