Upper Country Veteran's Memorial

Welcome to the Upper Country Veteran's Memorial

Dedicated 11-11-08

May peace and comfort come to all those and to the family of all those who serve and have served our country!

More images of Apache/Black Hawk Visit

More images of the Idaho National Guard visiting Utah!

Thanks again to our new friends!

Images of the Apache/Black Hawk Visiting Altamont!

Here they come!

Special thanks to the Idaho National Guard out of Boise Idaho!

May you have a safe trip home.

Images of the Dedication

Welcome to the dedication of the Upper Country Veteran's Memorial!

Honored Guests &

Mike Peterson, Executive Director of UREA

Representative from Senator's Office &

Commander Eric Call, American Legion

Rylee Goodrich, Eagle Scout Candidate

Rod Harrison, Duchesne County Commissioner

Weston Goodrich, Lorna Brotherson & daughters

Veteran's Day

Veteran's Day 2008

Wow! What a special day today was for us here at school. We had the dedication program for the Upper Country Veteran's Memorial. This memorial sits right in the front of the school next to the main road.

We had many special speakers during the ceremony/program. Each one did an excellent job! The memorial even received a flag that has flown over the US Capitol. That flag is the one you see in the picture below!

The Elementary school students sang a couple of songs as part of the program. Miss Snapp's favorite is the Armed Forces medley. During the medley each divisions' flag was raised there at the monument and the local soldiers/veterans stood to be recognized! This is the part that always makes Miss Snapp cry! It is so awesome to see these men and women who have fought for our country!

As part of our program, we had a fly-by of an Apache and a Black Hawk helicopter from the Idaho National Guard out of Boise,

Idaho. Tammi Mitchell, a former Altamont resident, is in the guard and was able to arrange this special privilege for her hometown! They landed on our

 football field and spend the day with us! The students loved eating lunch with them, getting

 their autographs, and examining the helicopters.

This was a special day that we will always remember.  It was sad to see the helicopters have to take off and go home, but we are so glad they came to share this day with us!

Mock Election

We had a Mock Election in our classroom today.  We read a newspaper article about the two main presidential candidates.  We signed in on the registry list and received a ballot.  

The results are as follows:

US President/Vice President   

McCain/Palin 21

Obama/Biden    5

Barr/Root   1

US House of Representatives

Dew  10

Matheson  3

Arndt  2

Emery  2

Governor/Lt. Governor  

Huntsman/Herbert 14  

Springmeyer/Valdez  4

Schanze/Hobbs  2

State Attorney General

Shurtleff 14

Hill  3

McCullough  1

State Treasurer

Ellis 11

Clark  6

State Auditor

Johnson 11

Collard  4

Stoddard  2

Proctor  1

State House of Representatives

Powell 12

Anderton  4

Thompson  3

Halloween Day Activity

We had our Halloween Day activity.  Our class moved from room to room and enjoyed learning and playing with all the 4 - 6 grade teachers.  We sang pumpkin carols, heard stories, built a witch, played Halloween Bingo and other fun activities!

Special thanks to the parents who came and helped!  We had a super time!

Yosemite photos

Check out the bottom of the page.  We just read a story about Yosemite National Park so I added the picture link at the bottom of the page.  This sure is a pretty place.  I  especially love the waterfalls!