1 1 ." ; - Li f ' i v. ' - p .. J J ... n i 1 . V , - . """ " 1 I j;.: Vj i jro j '. i I , i p( j Sixth graders McKoye Mecham (second from left) and Kelton Neilson, (right), assist first graders Anna Bybee (left) and Hunter Mecham, (third from left), with their reading. The program is called "Book Buddies" and is new at Bryce Valley Elementary School. Bryce Valley Schools Implement New And Successful Programs By Vicki Syrett TROPIC - A number of outstanding out-standing programs are underway under-way at Bryce Valley Schools and are highlighted here for interested readers. Book Buddies The Bryce Valley Elementary "Book Buddies" program is in full swing. The sixth graders assist the first graders with reading read-ing and teaching them some strategies, such as word content, word recognition, and picture clues. The sixth graders enjoy working with the first graders and the younger students are delighted as well to have an older student to read with them. This program will last about six weeks and both teachers Lonnie Pollock and Kim Stewart are very enthusiastic about this very useful project. County Reports The fourth graders just finished fin-ished up with the "county reports" and did a wonderful job. There were dioramas made from a cake, a plaster mountain, pictures of their particular counties coun-ties and much more. It was very impressive and the students were very proud of their work. After School Program The After School Program in both the elementary and high school "is amazingly successful," success-ful," says Marsha Holland. Students can stay after school to get extra help on assignments and there is a bus that leaves at 4 p.m. to make it easier for students stu-dents to stay and then be able to get home. Many more kids have made it on the honor roll this term. It seems they are working harder. Art Classes The new art teacher, Estelle Roberge', reports on the many projects going on in 'her art classes. The six graders are working on reverse embroidery called Mola, a Cuna Art. The students collect vegetation around the area and dye it with natural dyes. They will be learning to spin on a drop spindle spin-dle to weave their projects. (See PROGRAMS on page 3-A) Programs From Front Page They use natural dyed yarns, home spun yarns, and manufactured manufac-tured yarns to weave into a small sample weaving. It is a frame loom weaving. They are documenting docu-menting the natural dye process so they will have samples in the April 10th Art Festivities. The third graders made puppets and presented a puppet show on endangered species for other students at Bryce Valley Elementary. The high school students are working on Batiks. This is a wax resist method where they wax their fabric and then dye it. They then melt out the wax and proceed to wax up another area they would like to keep. This is repeated until the desired effect is reached. This craft is done in the Indonesian countries such as Java and Samoa. Debbie Urpani, former owner of Galloping Tortoise Bed and (See PROGRAMS on page 6-A) Programs From Page 3-A Breakfast in Cannonville, will demonstrate for a full day on spinning alpaca. She will do this both at the high school and elementary. ele-mentary. This will help the students stu-dents as they progress in their spinning. A donation was made of two spinning wheels, rough cut, but they work nicely and it is a good beginning. The Art Festival is coming up in April and will be opened by Phillip Bimstein, a renowned composer. There will be more news on this at a later date.