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Show Project Pride developed to help students I L Wasatch Elementary, Davis District, has more than a 50 percent per year student turnover rate, according to Principal Ellen Stantous. "The students don't just move, they go and come back, go and come back. Some change school four times in a year. It is very hard on them." To help students cope with the transient nature of their families, Wasatch has developed Project Pride. This program is designed to coordinate educational, health and human services, pool information, and share resources to enrich the lives of kindergarten to third grade students. 'Early intervention in the children's school career is the key to not losing them in the shuffle," said Stantous. 0'The school can't do it alone. We need the help of many community services." ser-vices." For two years the program was funded by a state education grant but it has now been awarded a three-year grant from the State Office of Human Services. Now we can have a multi-agency effort to meet not only the needs of the student but also the needs of the family that directly affect the student's life," said Stantous. In addition to Wasatch, five other schools are participating in the program: pro-gram: Lincoln, Cresrview, Holt, Whitesides and Doxey. The schools n e all within a 15 -mile radius and populations attending these schools mi grate primarily among the six schools. According to a spokesperson for the Utah State Office of Education, Wasatch and its neighbors are dealing effectively with their unique situation situa-tion to achieve the goals of the Utah State Public Education Strategic 1'lan as well as make life a little better for their students. |