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Show Everybody Wins Tu tors Help Elementary L upils With Reading JL Piane Cole Ry Tribune Staff Writer Everybody wins in Davis School Districts tutoring program. Elementary students with reading problems get individualized help, and high school students get practice teaching. The tutoring program involves all five high schools in the district and several of the elementary schools. However, only those elementary schools that qualify as Title 1 schools, those in lower income areas, can participate. The Davis program is one of 10 top education programs nationwide selected as having real merit, according to Brice J. Hollows, principal of West Bountiful Elementary, one of six schools in South Davis County that qualify for Title I funds. The tutor program was introduced in the district some eight years ago by Dallas Workman, elementary cur-- r n B.M.O.C. Big Move on Campus, and everywhere else, is back to nature. Dexter leads the way with natural leathers and genuine plantation crepe soles. A real blast of fresh air and fashion known as DEXTERiTY. rieulum director, and has since been adopted at other school districts around the country. 2 Hours Daily High school seniors spend two hours daily in a Title I school and each work with six or seven children for 15 minutes Before apiece. going into the schools, they undergo a month of training with district consultants in reading techniques, including Sullivan and Grant Von Harrison reading programs. Both programs stress posi- tive feedback from the tutors and are meant to build selfesteem as well as reading skills. The thing we cant test is actually the most imporsaid Mr. Hallows, tant, and thats the happiness of the child who works with these tutors. Tutors are chosen for their personal warmth and concern for others. Although all his student tutors this year are female, Mr. Hallows said he likes to have as many male tutors as possible. This is because some of the disadvantaged children have had no experience with male relationships. Key to Success Reading is the key to success in education and to life, which is why the tutor program focuses on this skill, said Mr. Hallows. Reading study outside the classroom correlates with reading study in the regular school programs at West Bountiful Elementary. Each spring a reading test administered to each is elementary student in the Title I schools, and if the r SAVE 50 ON ALL ifvl' i ' vk-- 58 - Id S u s30 M 8 Z Ask about our layaway plan and HOURS: MON.-FR- t. 10-- 9 SATURDAY I DECORATIONS 10-- 9 CLOSED SUNDAY E S YOU CtT A 910 50 DISCOUNT ON f VIRYTHINC rAitilON A Bountiful, Utah V 2Q5-941- 6 NEW STORE West 5th South Phone teacher in charge Mrs. Cheryl Bender tutors Rusty Bountiful Elementary. A former Foster, a fourth grader at West PTA officer, she aids students. of tutor preparation class. Students interested in teaching may decide to pursue or to avoid a teaching career after this tutoring experience. In addition to the monthlong reading training conducted by district reading consultants, the high school seniors study behavior and development of children at the elementary school level. We do many of the things regular teachers do, one of the Viewmont students said, which include paperwork, bulletin boards and dressing as the regular teachers do. Lorna Peterson, a Viewmont senior, said she enrolled in the program lx cause of her interest in social work. Since many of the children in the program are disadvantaged, working with them ties in with her future plans. Difficult Aspect Kim Hoffman, another tutor, said keeping the interest of some of the children is one of the most difficult aspects of the job, as many have a short attention span. One of the most positive parts of the job, according to student Vickie Aielsmeier, is that the little kids get excited because they get special attention they would not get in class or at home. Mr. Hallows said that he has seen some miraculous results from the tutoring Few kids dont program. gain any progress, even though some stay with the program for several years, he said. He added that the Title I students now are doing very well in comparison to the other students in the area. any other form of advertising! mo OF VBLLA8E 251 Program Purpose One purpose of the program is to expose secOndary-ag- e students to teaching, said DeAnn Noble, the r MMAMWMRAAAAMVMA Reading is the key to success in education and to life, which is why the tutor program focuses on this skill, says Brice J. Hallows, principal of IVest Bountiful Elementary School, a recipient of Title I funds. ' V ' '.. - rh r ;px" : V L &i- ,.! Kir PK - & Want' Ads DO MORE THINGS FOR MORE PEOPLE at LOWER COST than Arriving Weekly 3 into a specific category, he can qualify for tutoring. Parents are consulted about the program, and the tutors go to work the following autumn. Nearly 90 high school students in Davis County are now involved in the tutoring of children in 1st through 4th grades. Volunteer adults tutor the 5th and 6th grades. All tutors are paid $2 an hour through a federal grant, and high school students receive two hours of passfail vocational credit. t f x- j. - UU!;' ! . Fresh Shipment of Ne w Merchandise ja X S XMAS students score falls . 1365 W. 10th North . Rose Park, , WANT ADS 5 Dial ip, '"- V.v. . r X P; I ' i'V. sr - A X 521-353- , Julie Clark, 6, is tutored by a at West Bountiful School. , ReadViewmont student, GeNiel McKowen ing has priority in .the program. . .. |