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Show Page 12 The OGDEN VALLEY NEWS Volume II, Issue VI March 2000 Student News Local Resident Hopes to Organize 4-H Group Jill Gygi of Eden is pursuing efforts to organize a 4-H group in the Valley for the four-to-five-year-old “Clover Bud” level. Those interested in participating are encouraged to attend a training meeting slated for March 29 at 6:00 p.m. at the Weber County Extension Office located at the north end of the Weber County Fair Grounds, 1181 N. Fairgrounds Dr. in Ogden. The training will include information on how to organize a 4-H club in your community. It will explain how the traditional club setting can benefit the youth and incorporate the development of life skills. 4-H is for students of all ages. Life skills is what 4-H is all about— helping children become positive contributing members of society. Particularly, the traditional club setting offers 4-H members the opportunity to develop skills such as communication, leadership, cooperation, self-esteem, ethics and many others. Youth hold offices such as president and vice president. The youth plan and conduct the monthly meetings as presided and overseen by the organizational leader. Youth may participate in many projects while belonging to the club. The Extension Service holds monthly afternoon meetings on the first Thursday of every month to discuss 4-H activities that are going on in the state. There are few costs associated with Weber County 4-H. Enrollment is $1.00, and monthly newsletter, $2.00. Project manuals and booklets are priced individually. For more information, contact Darrell Rothlisberger, Utah State University-Weber County Extension 4-H Agent at 801-399-8209 or Jill Gygi at 745-3208. Snowcrest Students Say Thank You A very special thanks and a great big cheer goes to the awesome individuals and business owners who so generously contributed to the Snowcrest Basketball Sports Program. Along with the incredibly talented and knowledgeable coaching staff of Coach Kirt Motta and his high in the sky partner Scott Miller, the team has grown in both skill and knowledge of the game, fair play and heart. Thank you coaches! Exemplifying team and school spirit and the high standard of all Snowcrest students, “hard work and always try, never die,” the Skyhawks soared to new heights with a sweet victory over Roy 60 to 52 in overtime. The enthusiasm began with a pizza party hosted by Coach Motta and his gracious family. The team and their parents enjoyed good food, hot tubbing and Coach Motta’s vision for the season. A great time was had by all. Coach Miller presented the team with the coolest new shirts to be worn by all 20 plus players and managers on away games. The dedication and generosity of the great coaches is truly appreciated. Again we extend our appreciation for the support of those who supported the Skywawks and ask you to support them: Bahama Bronze, Keiths Supply, Valley Market, Wadman Corporation, Doxey Chiropractic, North Fork Outfitters, The GetAway Lodge, Wright’s Printing, Norm George, Wardleys, The Dance Academy, Penny Stark, and Homestead Realtors. If you or your business would like to be part of this incredible opportunity to help our Skyhawks soar, please call Penny Stark at 7451603 or 791-8044 for details. Valley Elementary Creates a Deep Sea Wonder By Morgan Hall and Will McKay Student Reporters Have you ever seen a Honeycomb Eel? Have you ever seen an Angler Fish? Have you even heard of them? Valley Elementary has all of these and more. It all started when the 6th grade students were assigned to read a unit Michelle Stevenson displays her Starfish. of the basal reader called “The Deep Blue Sea.” Students read all about the deep sea, and it’s many inhabitants. The teachers were inspired by this story and decided that this would be a great idea for a project. Each student picked a different fish and researched it on the Web, in the basal reader, or from their school library. There were many different sea creatures at the exhibit including the sea spider, the dolphin, the batfish, barracuda, all of the many rays, angelfish, many sharks, the blue whale, a lot of eels, starfish, seahorses, jellyfish, squids, and many others. The students and the teachers worked together to turn the multipurpose room into a whole new world. The underwater world was filled with hundreds of different sea creatures from the small clown fish to the huge great white shark. The sixth grade students led all the classes at Valley Elementary through the great projects. They explained to all the younger students, the teachers, and the staff why they had chosen that fish, and all sorts of amazing things about it. The show attracted so much attention that a man from the Standard Examiner came. He was amazed with what a good job we had done. Mr. Dick Andrews, the marketing director from Lagoon, came and saw our awesome attraction, too. He came because he is the one who purchases new attractions for Lagoon, and he wanted to see what the sixth grade students at Valley would like Lagoon to have. A competition was held for the best projects. They judged them by how well the sea creature project was made and by how the person presented the information. The winners were: Kaitlin Stuart’s Opah, Brian Weller’s Jellyfish, Cody Clawson’s Stingray, Eve Crockett’s Angel Fish, Zach Naumu’s Honeycomb Eel, Jed Child’s Angler Fish, Addie Strong’s Dragonfish, Camille Hillstrom’s Angel fish school, Laird Doman’s Shark, Kimber Brady’s Puffer Fish, Rebecca Allen’s Porcupine Fish, and Michelle Stevenson’s Starfish. All were fantastic. All of the other projects were incredible too. But only 12 people could win. It was loads of fun to see all of the fantastic creatures. The most amazing part about the assignment would have to be all the effort that the teachers and kids put into making this possible. The room was darkened, luminescent fish were under black lights, a life-sized whale skeleton rested in a deep grave, sea creatures hung everywhere, and ocean Kimber Brady’s Puffer Fish. water music filled the room. Everyone participated and did their best. Most importantly, it was fun! Jane McVaugh Named Reading Teacher of the Year Jane McVaugh was named the Utah Reading Teacher of the Year at a banquet held at the Joseph Smith Building on February 18. Jane received the award from the Utah Council of the International Reading Association. Each year the Council selects one teacher from the state of Utah to receive this award. Jane was selected for the work she does with the Shakespearean Festival, student writing and publishing of historical books on Ogden Valley. She has also been writing and receiving numerous grants for Valley Elementary School. Jane teaches fourth grade at the Huntsville School, and has been teaching for the past 33 years. She appreciates the parents and Valley staff who wrote letters of support for her nomination. Jane McVaugh |