低年级:1-5年级

今年9月, 当时罗兰·霍尔的四年级学生去少尉峰实地考察, 位于盐湖城市中心附近的山麓, 学生Sophie L. 没想到会受到这次经历的启发.

But as Sophie looked across the Salt Lake Valley—the Wasatch Mountains standing rugged to the east, 下面展现的城市, the Great Salt Lake glittering in the west—she wanted to somehow capture the view before her. 学生们在高峰期有时间写作和画画, 于是索菲开始把风景编织起来. 尽管她以前从未写过诗, 她在歌曲创作中以类似的方式表达了自己. “我喜欢押韵的发音，”她解释道.

苏菲在工作时，发现自己特别受到大盐湖的启发 特点突出 在犹他大学四年级的学习中, 她希望这首诗能唤起人们对 拯救湖泊. 一旦诗歌完成, 苏菲决定和她的写作导师分享, 是谁请求允许把这幅画展示给邻居看的 大盐湖之友, a local organization with a mission to “preserve and protect the Great Salt Lake ecosystem and to increase public awareness and appreciation of the Lake through education, 研究, 宣传, 还有艺术.读完这首诗后, 这名成员征求苏菲的同意，希望能在即将出版的《澳博体育app下载》时事通讯上发表, 她同意了. 她的诗最近出现在该组织的 2022年秋冬通讯.

"Sophie's perspective is integral to our mission to preserve and protect the Great Salt Lake ecosystem,霍莉·西蒙森说, 大盐湖之友的会员和项目总监, 谁说索菲的话会有超过700个订阅者, in addition to those who receive the newsletter during outreach events or access it online. “我们需要尽可能多的声音加入我们的关注之声. Sophie has given us an incredible gift; her words will certainly help educate and inspire others."

索菲的诗优美地展现了盐湖谷的生活, reminds readers of the importance of protecting Great Salt Lake for generations to come.

当被问及她对自己的诗发表在时事通讯上的反应时, 索菲娅说, “我感觉真的很好. 我喜欢写作，但我不跟别人分享我的作品.”

我们很高兴她做到了, 虽然, 正如这首诗, 用苏菲独特的视角写的, 让我们得以一窥盐湖谷的生活, reminds readers of the importance of protecting Great Salt Lake for generations to come.

“It’s this really nice place, we still want to have this place to look at,” said Sophie.

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在苏菲的允许下, 我们很荣幸能分享她的诗, “我们的大盐湖,罗兰·霍尔社区.

我们的大盐湖
作者:索菲·L.， 9岁

我爱这个地方，我们的大盐湖
他们呻吟，他们震动
他们好像在看着我们
在车里或公共汽车上
每年天气都在变化
从多雪，中等到温暖
每天早上当我醒来
我看到了这个地方，我们的大盐湖
风拂过我的脸
然后不留痕迹地离开
这是我无法打破的东西
这是我的家，我的大盐湖
拯救我们的湖泊!

学生的声音

9月21日，澳博体育app下载的一排公交车停到了 大盐湖州立公园 and dropped off a group of fourth- and eleventh-graders, who began making their way to the shoreline.

这段路比以前长了. 多年来，大盐湖一直 萎缩最近几个月，保护太湖的呼声越来越高. And it’s not just adults who want to find solutions to the possible loss of one of the state’s most renowned landmarks. 在这个阳光明媚的秋日, the 澳博体育app下载 students—who had the chance to come together thanks to Beyond the Classroom, an annual 上学校 event that engages students with the greater Salt Lake community and its natural surroundings—were focused on taking away inspiration from the lake to power their own Great Salt Lake projects this year.

孩子们真的被问题所激励，并且喜欢解决问题. 他们不拘谨，富有创造力，敢于冒险.-泰勒·斯塔克，四年级老师

对于四年级学生, 这一天特别特别, as it was a chance to get personally familiar with the lake that will play a prominent role in their classrooms this year. 虽然对水道的研究一直是罗兰·霍尔犹他大学研究课程的一部分, 大盐湖的紧迫问题, 哪个是很多低年级学生都很清楚的, 给了四年级队-玛丽安的爱, 谢丽尔陈, 哈斯Pectol, 泰勒堆栈—a natural opportunity to help students connect classroom learning to real-world conversations, delve into the role we all play in protecting our 共享 natural resources in the desert we call home, 寻找解决方案.

“孩子们真的是被问题所激励，喜欢解决问题, 在更大的问题上听取他们的意见是很酷的,泰勒说. “他们不拘谨，富有创造力，敢于冒险. 也许有人会想出一个没人想到的解决办法.” And reminding kids that 他们 can make a difference also helps connect them to their community. 玛丽安说:“这让他们对自己居住的地方、所有权和管理权感到自豪。.

The trip to Great Salt Lake allowed students to begin to connect to the lake as 他们 discovered what about it most appealed to them and made them excited to learn—like why the lake is salty or what story its exposed waterlines tell. 在高年级同学的支持下，他们被要求 看、想、想 在他们探索的时候. “我们希望他们思考原因 他们 我认为我们应该拯救大盐湖, 而不仅仅是从大人或老师那里听到的想法,泰勒说.

参观完湖后, 学生们, 在他们兄弟的帮助下, created slideshows that highlighted their areas of interest—the jumping-off point of 研究 projects 他们 will work on over the year. These slideshows also opened the door to another opportunity: the chance to present at Aridity and Great Salt Lake, 10月12日在罗兰厅举行了一场有关西部水资源的社区讨论. 三个学生自愿发言, 很高兴能与更多的观众分享他们所学到的东西，以及为什么这很重要.

每个人都可以帮忙.哈德利R.，四年级

“我想让他们知道大盐湖干涸了多少，”哈德利R.她还想提醒与会者，他们可以有所作为. “每个人都能帮忙，”她补充道.

These fourth-grade presenters also wanted to remind the group that many lives depend on the lake. 米莉C.他着迷于大盐湖著名的 黑岩 还有那些称之为家的生物, 共享, “我想让他们在离开时想想大盐湖附近的事情.”

Fourth graders will continue to build on this early Great Salt Lake work with upcoming projects, including writing persuasive letters about the lake to state representatives (as well as visiting the 犹他州 State Capitol during the General Session in January) and presenting their 研究 to a panel of community experts. 对于罗兰霍尔四年级的学生来说，这无疑是令人兴奋的一年, our school community is looking forward to seeing the many ways these students will inspire others, 推动重要的对话, 并为保护我们共同的家园做出贡献.

“这是一个居住的好地方，我们想让它保持下去，”玛丽安说.

真正的学习

澳博体育app下载 is excited to welcome students back to our two campuses for the 2022–2023 school year.

开学的第一天总是令人兴奋的，今年也不例外. 周三，学生和家庭陆续抵达, 8月24日, 他们受到了一群热情的教职员工的欢迎, 还有机会和朋友们打个招呼, 旧与新. 我们的一些最年轻的学生也见到了Roary, 我们学校的吉祥物, who was ready to give high-fives and pose for pictures as students made their way to class. Students also had the chance to come together this week at events like the 较低的学校's first community gathering of the year and the all-school Convocation.

下面，请欣赏一些在开学前几天拍摄的照片.

社区

在今年的第十二-, 第八,, 还有五年级的毕业典礼, student speakers 共享 reflective and inspiring stories about their experiences at 澳博体育app下载.

该小组包括高级发言人萨曼莎·雷曼, 学生会主席, 查尔斯·托波莱斯基(见上图), Bishop's Award recipient; Senior Celebration speaker Ella Houden; Senior Chapel speakers Sophie Ayers-Harris, 丹尼尔·麦克纳利, Irenka Saffarian; 第八,grade graduation speakers Noa Fukushima and Leo Pickron; and several fifth-grade graders.

我们有 发表他们的演讲 供你享用.

学生的声音