REFLECTION entries are due TOMORROW, OCT 10th!

REFLECTION entries are due TOMORROW!!!

The theme for Reflections this year is "The magic of a moment." Reflections is an art contest that allows students to create an original piece in one of eight categories. The categories are: dance choreography, film production, literature, photography, musical composition, visual art, theatre, and 3-D art. Detailed guidelines and entry forms can be found on the Sage Hills webpage under the PTA tab or in the office. http://sagehills.alpineschools.org The deadline for entries is October 10^th. There will be a table set up outside the office before school on October 10^th where students can turn in entries. Please make sure the entry form is filled out and included with the artwork. The awards night for Reflections is November 9^th at 6:30pm. If you have any questions, please contact Heather Bruck at: 801-753-9931 or heather.bruck@gmail.com

FREE activities at Hogwarts!!

Free Potions Class Includes:

Explosive Elixir and Wizard Goo experiments

Mini cauldron to keep

Guess the Muggle Ingredients activity

Take-home science experiment ideas

We have 3 amazing authors coming!!  Here are their bios & all of them will have books available for purchase.  Since this isn't a part of Diagon Alley, they will only accept muggle money, not galleons.  

Kristyn Crow is the author of numerous rhythmic books for children including COOL DADDY RAT (Putnam), BEDTIME AT THE SWAMP (HarperCollins), THE MIDDLE-CHILD BLUES (Putnam), and SKELETON CAT (Scholastic).  She has received starred reviews, a blue ribbon from the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, and a nomination for the Utah Book Award.  Kristyn is a Utah resident, mother of seven, and is married to a a Utah Highway Patrolman. 
She is planning on reading her newest book, SKELETON CAT, which will also be for sale from her that night!!

J Scott Savage has published eight novels including the Farworld fantasy series, the Shandra Covington mystery series (writing as Jeffrey S. Savage), and the upcoming Case File 13 series from Harper Collins. Savage has been making up stories for as long as he can remember. His first series (made up

when he was ten) was the story of Captain Weenie and his arch-nemesis, The Little Purple Man, which was constantly in demand from his younger siblings and cousins. Scott has visited over 400 schools, taking about finding the magic inside you, and encouraging kids to read and write.

He will be bringing some copies of Far World that will be available for purchase!  This is great news because Water Keep is impossible to find these days. 

Lee Baker: Lee Baker is the President of Sandman Studios and Paralight Films.  Sandman Studios is a visual effects and animation company which has worked on many film and television projects such as Race to Witch Mountain, The Game Plan, Charlotte’s Web, Forever Strong, Pushing Daisies, Grimm, A Gifted Man, The Closer, Trauma and many others.  Through Paralight Films he is a Producer of Lundon’s Bridge and the Three Keys which is starring Paris Jackson, Michael Jackson’s daughter, and was recently seen on Ellen and Oprah.  Baker is also a writer and has written many screenplays, one of which is currently under option and being produced by Solipsist Film in Los Angeles, and his critically acclaimed novel Speed of Light was released in 2011.  Baker is also the author of the illustrated books Humbug, A Christmas Carol and Beau and the Beanstalk and has recently stepped into the role of director with a project for BioArmor Body Fuel which is a visual effects heavy production. He is slated to direct the films Lost in Love and The Dome, both of which he has written.

The University of Utah Physics Outreach Program (more info coming soon)

Ann House will present:

Our planet Earth is in an ideal orbit around our Sun to sustain life. It isn’t too big or too small. It isn’t too cold or too hot. As scientists are looking outside our Universe for life, they are looking for planets just like Earth. Planets that are “just right” for life. We call this the Goldilocks Zone.

Come to our Hogwarts’ Goldilocks Zone to find out what scientists know about planets just like ours that are in orbit around the stars you see in the night sky. Find out where they are and what they may look like. You will also learn how scientists are discovering them.  

Telescopes from Saratoga Springs Library, Larry & Friends, & the UofU Outreach.

Wizard Chess & Checkers 

Plus photo ops with all the Hogwarts staff!!

Thank you! Thank you!

I just want to send out a HUGE THANK YOU for all of you awesome volunteers who helped at the book fair.  It could not have happened and been so successful without you!  Sincerely, Mrs. Allen

What can I spend my Galleons on?

Here are the products we will be selling in our shops that night.  

(You can also view these in the display case next to they gymnasium at the school.)

These are the products you'll find at Weasley’s Wizard Wheezes (joke shop)

Here are some of the wands you'll find at Olivander’s

Here are some of the Quills you'll find at Flourish & Blotts

Some of the candy products available at Honeydukes SweetShop

Here are some products available at Borgin & Burkes

Our "sweet" PTA membership goal

We hope everyone received their membership flier, we wanted to remind everyone to send in their membership slip by Friday, Oct 5th for your students Sweet Treat, whether you have already joined, you are going to join or you choose not to join this year.  :]

Our goal for this membership blitz was to make sure that the opportunity to join PTA & to get involved was presented to each Parent in our School.   Our goal this year is to increase Parental Involvement at our school to improve the educational opportunities for all of our Children.

There are many ways to get involved, we have tried to create opportunities for everyone and every situation to be able to get involved.  :]