; Mm io. i7 HEAD START HIGHLIGHTS Teen Talk By Vicky Chapoose Union High Reporter Lapoint Mission Center VALEDICTORIAN A SALUTATORIAN Becky Neilson has been chosen Valedictorian for Union High and Margo Murdock has been named Sahitatorian. Busy was the password during the past month at Mission Head Start. Yvonne Collett joined the students at the center. Happily Yvonne was welcomed in by the 18 children in the class. Eleven mothers were in attendance at the parent meeting on April 8. The Hee-Haagenda was planning the 19 with 36 on which was a success April was talent Musical parents participating. NEW 8TUDENTBODY OFFICERS Studentbody officers for next year are: Brent DroDinger, President; and David Golden, Amelia Hullinger, secretary; and Rae Ann Scholes, historian. w vice-presiden- t; displayed by Head Start fathers, Earl A Reary, Jerry Ross and Mark Hackford. k followed the dance which included ham, turkey, baked potatoe, and salads. Several field trips have been enjoyed by the children. An exciting experience was the visit to the dentist. Dr. Price the cleaned, flouridated and MOST PREFERRED MAN John Gilbert, son of Mr. and Mrs. Byron Gilbert was chosen as Most Preferred Man by Union Chapter of FHA. pot-luc- FRIENDSHIP CLUB May 9 the Friendship Club traveled to Salt Lake to see Hansen Plantarium and spend a day at Lagoon. teeth of the children. Mike's Market was also another interesting place to visit. A variety offish was observed by the center. Plans are underway for May field trips which include the Salt Lake Zoo, Big Sand Wash Reservoir, and the Vernal Fieldhouse of Natural History. Parents are reminded to be at the Lapoint Head Start Center at 7:30 p.m.. May 8, for the zoo trip. Head Start enroll ees and staff members will have first priorty for bus seats and then parents and others who wish to make the trip. Personal cars may be driven if the bus is full Arrival in Lapoint is scheduled for approximately 5:30 p.m. The center has 382 volunteer hours more than what is obligated for each center with the total of 1878 hours. Graduation exercises will be on May GRADUATION Seniors recieved their graduation this week with school concluding on May 25. ASSEMBLY April 18, the Kenwood Players entertained the studentbody with music by the group and conducted a workshop afterwards to help students realize the problems in the Basin, especially pertaining to drugs. Ute Students Named To Student Council look over NEWLY ELECTED STUDENT LEADERS - For school year 1973-7- 4 their future plans for students at West Jr. High School. Successful candidates for the council posts are left to right Julie Haslem, reporter; Kendall Arrowchis, president; Jennifer Parriette, secretary; and Eudora Nephi, vice-preside- Three Ute students were elected to studentbody posts at West Jr. high school last month. Student votes named Kendall Arrow-chison of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Arrow-chiWhiterocks, as president of the school Assisting him during the 1973-7- 4 Eudora school year are Nephi, niece of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Upchego, Whiterocks; Secretary Jennifer Parriette, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Parriette, Fort Duchesne; and School Reporter Julie Haslem, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Haslem, Tirdell. 23 at 7:30 p.m. On Wednesday, April 11, s, Vice-Preside- nt . BoardingSchools Set Dates 'For Commencement Three Ute students will receive high school diplomas this spring from boarding schools. Graduating on May 24 from Sherman High School, River- side, Calif., are Clara Sowsoni-cu- t and Pat Navanick. Commencement exercises at the Institute of American Indian Arts will include Devere Manning. The Santa Fe, N. Mex., school will graduate students at ceremonies on June 1. Also schools Lynn Vegas, Randlett Center School Hyrum, Utah. Monica Ann Jenks, South High School, Salt Lake City, Utah. Sherilla McKinlc-y- , Tempe High School, Tempe, Ariz. Curtis Navanick, Fallbrook High School Elko, Nev. Danny Santio, Jr., Sherman Indian School Riverside, Calif, (mid-term Easter activities and daily curriculum hours for the Randlett Head Start Center last month. The big outing of the year i$ the field trip to the Salt Lake Zoo on May 11. A fund raising project was one of the activities of the past month. The project involved a bake sale and a movie. filled the PROJECTED PROGRAM - Of Sequential Art reaped its fruits during an art fair last month at Todd Elementary School. Principe! Gerald Mitchell explains God's Eye designed of orange tones to students from left Sherry Brighton, Meredith Sera wop, Kyle Thompaoa and Grant Cook. Mara than 1300 creations lined the halls which was a folewwp of the Seminar as a result of the art conducted last fall by Dr. Helen RedMrd Sehua and sponsored by the Uintah Basin Education Council. ft Ute Coed Joins Action Program H texture ji $ graduating from various high away from the reservation are: Burson, Rancho High School, Nev. Greg Murray Summers, Skyview High the center visited the Dinosaur Quarry Visitors Center. Hie children were interested in the display of dinosaur fossils and watching the technicians working through the laboratory window. Outside of the center they posed for a class picture in front of the dinosaur. Other pictures were taken throughout the trip for slides, for the center to view. A picnic lunch was enjoyed at the Split Mountain campground by the Green River. The children enjoyed their sack lunches and ran around in the warmth of the sun before returning to the center. The class w as accompanied by teachers Elizabeth Esplin and Thelma Lamb, bus driver Dennis Goodrich, and parents Edna Wallace, Lina Taylor and Sharon Bergstrom. s, ':2- U - ffiSSh- mm mmm. V, 'i ' - ,F. t't TEXTURE DESIGN Is illustrated by kindergarteners in bronze and silver vases which they designed from plastic and tin household cleaner containers and decorated with macaroni. In the foreground are collage of odds and ends usually disposed of. Cleverly arranged and spray painted, they intrigued parents who were invited to view the fair in il mid-Apr- 4 Annette Parriette, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Parriette, has been accepted into the University Year for Action at the University of Utah and is affiliated with the United Council of Urban Indian Affairs, Salt Lake Valley, Inc. Her role in the program is Youth and Womens Counselor. The program initiating the Native American Organization for Indian Youth in the Salt Lake Valley and an Indian Womens bervice League. Annette in the University of Utah participated Career Social Work Program for Indians Through the ACTION gain experience, background and toward her college major in Be- ,e nen When she returns to Westminster College in Salt Lake City, this fall as a senior. ProraJ'te o-ed-