Harmony Huskies!

 As another one of my children graduates from Elementary School I have to write a post about their amazing school Harmony Elementary!
All of my children have started at this school and three of them now have finished here as well, the latest being Brooklyn!
This is what I wished for as a child (mom don't get mad at me when you read this!!) I love the fact that my children have all been able to go to the same school!  I love that the teachers and principles know who we are!  I love that I feel so comfortable with many of the staff members and know them well.  I love that some of my children have had the same teachers and they recognize the "Jackson kids".  I just love everything about this school!   Harmony has an amazing staff and great programs!  Some of the things my girls did this year was Brooklyn participated in band as a fifth grader:



she also did Safety Patrol and had a fun end of the year celebration!


Brooklyn's teachers this year were Mrs. Tendler (fellow BYU grad and was also Mason's 5th grade teacher!) who taught reading and writing and Mr. Nadal who was amazing at Science and Math!







Brinley had Mrs. Brownlee:



We had never had her yet as a teacher so we didn't know much about her... but she was amazing with her kids and I loved going into her class!  They were always so well behaved and on task!  Brinley learned a lot from her and had a great year!  In third grade she participated in the cultural parade & potluck:
famous person presentations and in class plays:

Maddie had a fantastic year!  I was a little nervous for her because she is one of the youngest in her grade and a little on the timid side.  Her teacher Mr. Schiewe told me at her fall conference that he was a "little" worried about her the first week of school. But, by the time we had that conference in October she had grown so much already and by the end of the year she had done great!  Most of these huge improvements were because of her fantastic teacher:
Maddie also had a learning support teacher to help her with reading, Mrs. Baron:
She helped her excel in her reading and get her exactly where she needed to be by the end of the year! Some other fun things that Maddie did this year was breakfast club, field trips, music performance, hot air balloon launch:

and a fun field day with her class!



Harmony wouldn't be so great with out their principle Mary Horn!  She truly loves her school, the families, teachers, and of course the students!



At the end of the school year I always feel sooo emotional! I often have to fight back the tears, and this year was no exception!  Some of it is due to the fact that another year has flown by and my children are growing up so fast.  But mostly I think it's because I am sad that the year is over and they have to say goodbye to their great teachers!  This is why I truly love this school and cherish the memories we have made here! 

Track Meet!!

Two weeks ago my girls competed in their school track meet.  This was Brooklyn's third and last track meet and Brinley's first one!  They were both very excited for the track season and especially for the meet.  At their elementary school they practice once a week for 5 weeks and then have one large track meet competing against three other schools in the district.  Some pictures of them before the meet began with their friends: Brinley and her two besties
Rachel Zundel and Kennedy Lake.  And Brooklyn with some of her friends Emily, Shelby, and Cassidy..

Brinley competed in three events:  the 100 meter, 200 meter, and standing long jump!  She is a fast little runner and got first place in both!  My friend Tiffany Reid emailed me this shot she took of Brinley!  I love this picture and I'm mad at myself for not bringing my zoom lens after seeing this!

They have several heats of each race so she didn't race against her BFF's hence... they ended up all placing first in their individual heats!  They were ecstatic!!

Brooklyn also had a great meet.   She truly loves to run and is always trying to find someone to run with:  friends, siblings, or myself!  She can run circles around me and I think this just might be her "thing".  She competed in several races: 100, 200, hurdles, 400 and a relay team!  She finished first in every race except for the relay!  Her coach talked her into racing in the 400 meter just that day!  She had only practiced that distance once and won her heat easily!!



When she got home after the meet she went up to her room and gathered all her ribbons from previous meets!  She was excited to see that most of them were blue!  They both had a fun day and I think we will have several more of these to attend in the future! 
Congrats Brooklyn and Brinley!