2 of Wasatch’s Daily Routines May Surprise You
- December 12th, 2024
Every day, Wasatch Elementary starts the day off with two special traditions in their announcements...
Welcome everyone to the next episode of Provo City School District’s What’s Up With The Sup’ podcast. I am Superintendent Wendy Dau. I hope everyone is having a wonderful Thanksgiving break. In celebration of the season, we asked several individuals around the district what they are grateful for. We hope you will enjoy listening in and taking a moment to reflect on the things we can all be thankful for.
But first, let’s review our updates.
Every Thanksgiving, I always look forward to the opportunity to reflect on what I am grateful for. My family, my grandchildren, a fantastic career in education where I get to help kids and teachers and everyone that works in our district.
I’m grateful that I live in the United States of America. There’s just so many different things. And sometimes those things are are just really simple. Sometimes you’re just really grateful that somebody lets you merge into the freeway lane that particular day and it makes your day. We are tremendously blessed in Provo City.
We have an incredible community. We have a very giving community. And so today on this episode, I wanted to talk with. Some individuals around the district to find out what they’re grateful for this holiday season, because I think it will speak volumes about what our city is really about, what our school district is really about and the heart of what it means to be here in Provo.
I’m Cheryl Bird. I’m a custodian and a substitute teacher. What I’m grateful for is Wasatch Elementary. It’s the best school in the land. My co workers and all the awesome students here.
This is Cheryl Taufer and I work in student services. And I am so grateful for being here in Utah, the beauty that surrounds us is breathtaking every day.
I’m also grateful for my beautiful family and, um, I cannot go without expressing my appreciation for my coworkers, of whom I appreciate and love and can’t wait to see every day.
I’m Tammy Horger, I’m the Director of Child Nutrition. I’m really grateful for all of our lunch managers who worked so hard to make Thanksgiving dinner day a amazing they prepare for a week ahead of time to make sure they have everything they need.
And it is just incredible. The kids love it. And we are just so grateful for this spirit that they bring of just gratitude and- and wanting to make things incredible, and they do, we’re grateful for that.
I’m Debbie Phang, I work for Provo City School District, and I am grateful for the department I work for, and all the wonderful managers I get to work with and all the wonderful stuff that they do in the schools and how they, um, make the best food to keep the kids happy and feel welcome and feel like they’re at home when they’re away from home.
My name is Janna Hart and I am a teacher at Wasatch Elementary. I’m grateful for my students who are, um, come to school every day. Ready to learn and desire to grow and be better humans. I’m also grateful for my school community as we prepare to move to our new building in a couple of months. We’ve come together and really supported each other as we go through this big move.
Hi, this is Melanie Shelley and I work at the district office in the HR. I am very grateful for the career I have had here.
Hi, my name is Michelle Walker. I work at the district office in HR, and I am very grateful for all of the people that I’ve met throughout the years that I’ve worked here.
Hi, my name is Shawna Boyack.
I’m from Wasatch Elementary. I’m an art teacher and an intervention coordinator. And I’m grateful for the spirit the students bring into the school. When I’m here in the summer, it feels empty. But when they come back, it feels like it’s alive again. I’m grateful for the students.
I am Karen Bearnson. I am a custodian at Wasatch Elementary.
And I’m grateful for all of the students and teachers and the front desk workers and Jeannie.
My name is Alexander. I’m thankful for playing with my friends.
I’m Bennett Ayer. I go to Centennial Middle School. And I’m grateful for my teacher, Mr. Tsai, because he’s a fun teacher.
My name is Brian, and I’m a senior at Provo High. And I am thankful for our teachers, our lunch ladies, our janitors. Especially our janitors. They always do so much for us. And I feel like they’re just neglected every day. We don’t give them enough love. I feel like most of the time we aren’t aware of how privileged we are. And yeah, I’m just thankful for those people.
My name is Camilla. I like science and math.
I’m Champ Shanek from Centennial Middle School. I’m thankful to have a school where we have classes that we can pick whatever we want to do and explore our interests.
Uh, I’m thankful for being at school.
My name is Rose. I go to Franklin Elementary. I’m thankful for my family and my friends.
My name is Heather Wrigley from Rock Canyon Elementary. I am so grateful for my students and the ability I have every day to watch them grow and find reasons why they love learning and just get to be a part of their learning experience.
I’m Hilary Brown at Franklin Elementary and I’m the PE teacher. I am grateful for the staff community that we have, and also the kids, they’re really improving on their control.
Hi, I’m Holly Harris, I’m an Instructional Assistant at Timpanogos Elementary. I am thankful for, um, all the staff, and teachers, and administration at Timpanogos, this is such a positive place to work and always thankful for all the cute kids, too. I’m Joseph Blumel. I’m the rover head custodian for provo school district I work on all the schools and i’m grateful for all the amazing employees and the students
My name is Cami Alvarez. I am the principal of Provo High School. I am thankful for students, especially the students who are struggling with various things in their lives, who come to school each day and work hard to find success and bring more opportunities to their lives. My name is Lynn Harrington. I work at Rock Canyon Elementary and teach third grade.
I am so grateful for my colleagues. They make my job wonderful. I’m grateful for the students and parents in our school, and I am grateful for our wonderful principal.
Hi, my name is Meg Sandberg, and I go to Centennial. I’m grateful for all the fun electives that they have here.
Okay, my name is Mercedes McGrath. I’m the registrar at Timpanogos Elementary. And I’m so glad to work, um, for a school and education, you know, and help doing, help families and giving something to the community.
I’m grateful for my family.
Hello, my name is Valeria. My name is Shelby. And we go to Centennial Middle School. And we’re grateful for our friends. Family. And the teachers in our school. Yeah.
Thank you for joining me for this episode of What’s Up with the Sup’. As always, all episodes will be posted on the district website, YouTube, and anywhere you get your podcasts. If you have any topics or questions you would like us to discuss on the podcast, please email us at podcast.provo.edu. Don’t forget to join us again next week when we are back with an all new episode of What’s Up with the Sup’. Have a great week, everyone.
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