MESA: Math, Engineering, and Science Achievement

MESA provides students with the essential skills and resources to achieve success in school, career, life and STEM-related disciplines. OSMO, Session 5, will be open to students in grades 1-3, and will introduce students to coding. This class will be held in the library and will be taught by Miss Shelley and Mrs. Young. Students who participated in previous sessions are also invited to join and continue into OSMO Coding Jam and then OSMO Coding Duo. 

This session is open to 30 students and will begin on Tuesday, March 21st. Each class in the session runs from 3:30-4:30pm. 

OSMO Spring 2023- March 21-April 13, 3:30-4:30PM on Tuesdays and Thursdays in the library 

MESA STEM Olympiad will develop skills to be used at the district STEM Olympiad on May 16th. The focus will be on the bottle rocket, circuits, and Sphero programming. This is open to students in 4-6th grades. It will be held in the 3/4th grade neighborhood and will be taught by Mr. Hall and Mrs. Obray. 

This session is open to 30 students and will begin on Tuesday, March 21st. Each class in the session runs from 3:30-4:30pm.

MESA STEM Olympiad-March21-April 13, 3:30-4:30pm in the 3/4 neighborhood

Information for First Lego League (FLL) and Mindstorms

Sand Springs Elementary Team

For Fifth and Sixth Graders

What is FLL? This is a Lego League team of students who are interested in robotics, engineering, technology, coding, math, and science. We will be using Legos to construct a robot and will program the robot to perform certain tasks. A school-wide competition will take place in March. Interested students will write a paragraph about why they would like to participate in Lego League. The teachers will be working together to select the teams.

What is Mind Storms? The 5^th grade competition is called “Amazing” and will learn how to program a robot to drive through a maze. The 6^th grade competition is called “Sumo” and students will learn how to stay on a circular platform while pushing their opponent off. The best part about this competition is that it will be two students to one robot. They get a lot of one-on-one time with the robot. The competition is held at Lagoon in May, where we will compete against other schools throughout the state.

VEX-IQ Challenge Rise Above

Applications are now available for the 2022-2023 VEX Robotics Team.

We would like students who are in 4th, 5th, and 6th grade to join us this year for VEX robotics. 

VEX is a great after school program to help you develop robotics skills, coding skills, and have a fun time both at school and at our competitions. 

Applications and information are in the front office, Mr. Hall's room or to print click here. Tentative dates click here. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Mr. Hall via email.  ghall@dsdmail.net Join us for an exciting year!

Things to consider when applying:

· The VEX Program will go from – September 12th-February 28th

· You should be able to make a commitment to participate for the entire year.

· There will be competitions which will be held on Saturdays. I think we will attend 3.

· We will have a competition at Sand Springs Elementary on Saturday, February 4, 2023 and we will be participating in 2 additional competitions – dates to be determined.

To pay online go to your parent DSD account 

· The estimated t-shirt charge for the team is $8

For more information and applications click here.

6th Grade Parents

This year your student has the opportunity to learn a string instrument in the Davis School District 6th Grade Orchestra. This is a wonderful opportunity to try something fun and rewarding.

Here are a few bullet points of information about the program:

• It is free- there are no registration fees
• Instruments will need to be provided by each participant

 

We are excited to offer a choir for the 2022-2023 school year. Mrs. Stephanie Bradshaw will be teaching this fun activity. Spring Choir starts on (? date coming soon)  at 7:45AM. Students who were in choir before do not need to turn in a form or any additional fees.

Students who were not in choir before and want to join will need to get a form from Mrs. Bradshaw and return it before March 3rd. They will also need to pay a $20 fee for a shirt and music costs. Come sing with us!

Singers Contract