January 2012

Rees Faculty Select Mr. Jeff Ballard As Crystal Apple Recipient

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Mr. Jeff Ballard, a long time member of the Rees faculty, received the Crystal Apple award on Monday, January 23rd.  The Crystal Apple award is sponsored by Horace Mann and is given once each year to a teacher selected by his or her fellow teachers.  This year, the teachers at Rees Elementary chose to honor Jeff Ballard, a multi-age teacher.  Mr. Ballard has done so much over the years for the students and other faculty at Rees.  Fellow teachers spoke many kind words as he received the award, among them team teachers Brenda Beyal and Chris Roberts.  Mr.

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by Ethan Deceuster

Rees Sixth Graders Perform A Christmas Carol

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A Christmas Carol is a ghost story!  Mrs. Frey's 6th grade students took to the stage on December 16th to haunt old Ebenezer Scrooge, and present Dickens' classic holiday tale of a  miser who changes his ways.  The cast performed well, and received many compliments.  Under the direction of Mrs. Bean, the students rehearsed the play for just over a month in order to prepare and give the performance to the Rees community as their holiday gift.  Thank you 6th graders!

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by Lisa Bean

Rees Fourth Graders Visit Utah State Capitol

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The fourth grades at Rees Elementary were able to go to the Utah State Capitol Building.  This was a great experience where students were able to go on a tour of the Capitol Building.  They were able to learn about respecting the building and showing a reverent attitude toward it and what goes on there.  Students were able to learn about the process that a bill would go through to become a law.  This is a part of the curriculum that fourth graders learn.  They were allowed to go into the actual room that our state representatives are in and sit in their seats.

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by Claudia Jex

Singing Around the Tree at Rees Elementary

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Christmas carols filled the gym and halls at Rees school as students performed and sang along at the annual Singing Around the Tree.  From Monday, December 19th to Wednesday, December 21st, the school joined in a celebratory assembly at the end of each day.  The Christmas tree was decorated and glowing as each grade level and the school orchestra performed their musical numbers.  The audience sang together many popular tunes like "Frosty the Snowman" and "Up On the Housetop" while they waited for the next performance. 

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by Ethan Deceuster