Mrs. Williams is the Keyboarding Specialist for the 4th and 5th graders at Mapleton Elementary.  She enjoys watching and playing basketball, family history, playing the organ and piano, and reading.  Her favorite children's book is "The King's Equal" by Katherine Patterson.  She is married to Jason and they have four children.  Two daughters and two sons that also attended Mapleton Elementary.  Her favorite vacation was to Switzerland and Germany, and she would love to attend the Summer Olympics, wherever they are!

Mrs. Simmons is a 5th grade teacher at Mapleton Elementary.  She enjoys sports, gardening, scrapbooking, and reading.  Her favorite children's book is "Wonder" by R.J. Palacio.  She has Son's that love farm animals and showing animals, and Daughter's that like to dance and play the piano.  Her favorite vacation was to Disneyland and the beach, and she would love to go to Hawaii.  She loves working at the school because the kids are fun and amazing.

Miss Akin's class has been studying the water cycle the past few weeks in science, and they saw it in action in their class on Friday. Water, shaving cream and blue food coloring helped to illustrate condensation and precipitation, as the blue eventually broke their clouds and "rained" down. Fun was had by all! 

Mrs. Cox helps with Re-teach at Mapleton Elementary.  Shey enjoys sewing, and taking care of her dog.  Her favorite children's book is "Stinky Cheese Man and Other Stupid Fairy Tales" by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith.  She is married and has one daughter that is 18, and her dog Walley.  Her favorite vacation was to San Diego, and she would love to go on an Alaskan cruise.  She enjoys working at the school because she loves the kids, and she likes to watch them grow year after year.

Tonight will be the final performance of our school play "Annie" at 7:00 pm. The students have worked so hard and serve as both cast and stage crew. They've been doing an amazing job! Thanks to Ms. Thompson, Ms. Foster, Ms. Anderson and Ms. Blaisdell and all of the other teachers who gave of their time to make this happen. 

Mrs. Hutchins is a 5th grade teacher at Mapleton Elementary.  She enjoys to sew, go to movies, and play board games.  Her favorite children's book is "Pickle Chiffon Pie" by Jolly Roger Bradfield.  She is married, and has two sisters and one brother.  Her favorite vacation was to Australia, and she would love to go to Europe.  She enjoys working at the school because everyone is nice to each other.

The Sixth graders are having fun building R.O.V.s that they will be driving in a competition at the end of March.

Joslyn Wheeler entered the Hobble Creek science fair and is progressing onto the Central Utah Science Fair from her participation in the district fair.  Great Job joslyn!  

Our 2nd grade classes had a dental presentation Marionette puppet show by the Dental Association.