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Show t ( 3 The SunNews, You WgcjN January 20, 1 988 and Your Child: Success in School by JIM CAMPBELL Utah Education Association President U you've ever said there ought to be a law requiring schools to teach solid values to students, you should know that there is one. Its officially known as section (3), and it goes this way: Honesty, temperance, morality, courtesy, obedience to law, respect for the Constitution of the United States and the State of Utah, respect for parents and home, and the dignity and necessity of honest labor and other skills, habits, and qualities of character which will promote an upright and desirable citizenry and better prepare students for a richer, happier life shall be taught in connection with regular school work. The legislature enacted that law before World War II, and it contains some good advice for parents as well as educators - and lc'" 5me good questions. 4 BY Do we as adults set a good example for honesty, temperance and morality? Do we scrupulously obey the law? Have we even read enough of the state and national constitutions to discuss them with our children? If our children dont respect us as parents, is it because were too lenient or too harsh in our dealings with them? Did we teach our children the value of honest labor with mere words, or did we do it by building a shed with them? Did we break or strengthen their habit of procrastination by continually putting things off until later? Children dont always acquire these characteristics automatically. They can be learned - and should be taught. Its the law. NS High Principal Timothy Smith, of No- rth Sevier High School reports that the two week period spent on the program Say No to Drugs was very successful. All aspects of the problem were discussed, and students participated in many programs, seminars, assemblies, presentations The term ended January 15, and Mr. Smith reminds parents that they should receive their students report by January 28th. If you do not receive one, please call the school, or go to the office and pick up a copy. . Work has begun on the school musical Rapunzel, which will be presented in March. Director will be Kent Jacobsen. On January 30th, the Region W restling Tournament will be held at North Sevier High. There will be three sessions during the day. Everyone is invited to support the team, and see some good high school wrestling competition. WINNERS: North Sevier Business students recently attended Winter Competition at Delta. They BUSINESS competed with students from seven other areas. They are, from left: GOVERNOR BANGERTER Schools asked to make report cards on themselves Governor Norman H. Bangerter says he wants public schools to issue report cards on themselves so that communities will be better informed on how much progress local schools are making toward improving the quality of education and student learning. Despite recent education rei-orin Utah, Bangerter said improving the publics knowledge of progress schools are making is one aspect of Utah education that needs attention. Report cards have been a good tool for measuring the performance of students for generations, said Bangerter Parents and taxpayers should be provided the same kind of progress report on inuiviuudi schools. Schools must prepare young people to meet future challenges. They must be well suited to compete in a global economy, Bangerter noted. We make a tremendous inv estment in our schools and our young people. Considering that investment, we cant afford to accept less from our schools th.ir. yearly reports of their progress. Under the Report Card program, schoc's would provide parents and the community with yearly easy to read information gleaned from standardized test scores. They would include information about the following: i individual schools and districts have progressed over a specified period of time. 2. Where individual schools stand in relation to their districts, and where schools and districts stand compared with state averages in fundamental subject areas. Providing the public with better information on performance will encourage improved quality. When schools are doing well and are improving each year, public support and confidence will in Type class to be held for local residents - crease. On the other hand, when schools are not doing as well, or are slipping, public concern and commitment will increase and schools will have a greater incentive to improve. Bangerter is asking each school to begin issuing a report every school this year. The 19th Annual Gallup Poll of the public attitude toward the public schools shows that only 15 percent of Americans feel well aisinct card on informed about their local schools. Only 25 percent of the parents with chlidren in public schools feel well informed about their local schools. The same poll also shows that 70 percent of the public favors reporting achievement test results so that comparisons can be made. A focus on results would help make Utah schools the best they can be, anu give our children the best possible future, the governor concluded. The average American A class in basic Gregg shorthand will begin Tuesday, January 19, and will meet Tuesday and Thursday nights until Apnl 12 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Richfield High. Tuition is $72. Adults seeking credit toward a high school graduation may enroll tuition - free. An upholstery class will begin soon, and will be held for 8 weeks. Cost will be $44 plus materials A typing class has been set for the North Sevier area. It will begin tonight, Wednesday, January 20, from 7 to 9 p.m. at NS High, and end March 23. Tuition is $30. Beeinners or those needing re household watches for seven hours two minutes a day according to M C TV Nielson cl reports. students earn honors State Meet HS at North Sevier High recently competed in the W inter Business Competition held at the West Central Utah VocatiStudents School onal Center, in Delta. In the Type II competition, Mary Bagley placed 2nd, with Traci Bosshardt placing 4th. In the Spelling competition, Cammy Gladweil placed 2nd; Carleen Trapp, 4th; and Merilee Curtis, 5th. In the Secretarial Procedures competition, Ben Sorensen, took 4th place honors. The students competed against students from Richfield, - South Sevier, Carbon,' North Sanpete, Delta, Panguitch, and Ticaboo. Monica Christensen is their Instructor. The platypus is a mammal but lays eggs like a bird and has a bill like a duck. Its been a great year so far, says Principal Another quarter has ended at Salina Elementary School, and it has been a great year so far, according to Principal Kent Christensen. The new programs that were introduced this year are working out well, and one part of it that has done exceptionally well is the Enrichment program. In this program, the first period of the day, from 8.30 to 9:10 each day. is devoted to the Enrichment Program. Special classes that would ordinarily not be available for the students are presented. They include Spanish, computers, tole painting, dinosaurs, reading enrichment, and a host of others. of the school building to themselves, and their lunch and recess schedules are separate from the rest of the student body. We feel we are handling the 5th graders well, he said. A survey is planned of parents, and Christensen said that the final decision must be made within the month. level . The Enhanced program has the support of the staff of Salina Elementary, and most teachers are excited about the new program. Some co orients by the teachers include the following: Its really good for all children. Everyone can find an area to has As this week was the start of a achieve in. Parent cooperation is necessary to and been great new quarter, the class schedule for less class time. was changed, and Tumbling, tole compensate Mrs. Jensen painting, computer, reading, and crafts will be offered. It is thrilling to teach art in our Parents volunteer to teach the new scheduling for 3rd and 4th classes. Fifty three parents have have time to volunteered to help us on the graders. The children with different types of experiment computer lab this quarter, said media. They are learning about Christensen. They will first be of trained so that they can author-ativel- y artists, different techniques more. much and much, drawing, teach the class to the Mrs. Braithwaite students. Students who are having probStudents also say they enjoy the lems in a specific class, can use new program. the time to receive special help A typical day at Salina Elefrom the teachers in that class. mentary will include subjects such This help is on a one on one basis, as Math, reading, handwriting, and can be of great assistance to spelling, language arts, music, the student. science. P.E. Art, and a class from One of the questions being the enhanced schedule. considered by both the Elementary School and the Middle School is whether or not to bring the 5th Joseph Shaheen says he likes grade back to the Elementary his early computer class. Ashley School. Burr says she really likes art and There is no doubt in my mind science. Krystle Hales says I like that we can handle them here, trading. You learn more things. I Christensen said. However the like my afternoon class. problem being considered is the On January 28, the Hansen growth that the prison constructiPlanetarium will present a show to on could have on the schools. the lower grades in the morning, We would hate to move them back here, and then in a year or and the upper grades in the afternoon Representatives will also t.vo have to move them back to the go into the classrooms to answer Christensen notMifdle Schiol questions from students. If time ed. weather permits, the 3rd and and that Many parents have urged in the the 5th graders return to the 4th g.aders will participate in the later propram Stargazer Elementary setting, feeling tht the Middle School atmospheri evening. The Reflections Contest is now was not the best for the young underway at the school. All grades students. Students seem will participate. North of Boyd Gurney, principal to and participate in eager that notes willing Sevier Middle School, have the upper the contest, Christensen noted. the 5th graders full Education courses are offered free to public Many educational classes and courses have been by Mountain View Hospital, Payson during the first six months of 1988. Following is a preview of seminars that will be offered. All classes will be held in Hospital Board Room, and are free to the public. The January presentation is entitled, What Every Woman Should Know About Breast Cancer It will be and Mammography. held January 20 at 7:30 p.m. Dona McPherson, Radiological Tech., and Dr. Stanley Green, Mt. View Hospital Radiologist, will conduct the lecture. Februarys seminar will be presented by Kathy Thomas, head nurse of pshchiatric pavillion, and Carol Brumfield, head nurse of . It is entitled pediatrics-nurseryfrom Sechild Safeguarding your xual Abuse. Circle Feb. 10 at 7:30 p.m. to attend this timely lecture. Relationships - building a strong marriage - is a two week course that will taught on March 10 & 17th. The course will include skills in effective communication, und- - s. te ON ECONOMIC UP&L Monica Christensen. Instructor; Merilee Curtis, Tracie Bosshardt, Ben Sorensen, and Cammy Gladweil. Front, Carleen Trapp and Mary Bag ley. fresher instruction will be accommodated in the class. Classes in ballroom dancing, sketching, drawing, parenting, conversational Spanish, photography, woodworking, wellness, typing, computer, bookkeeping, sewing or any other topic in great demand can be organized. Classes held three hours a week usually cost $45; those held two hours usually are $30; and often classes for high school graduation requriements are free. For information, or enrollment call the adult and community education office at 896-440- Students of the Month at North Sevier High Amy may no' be noticed in a crowd, but she quietly goes about brightening the lives of her friends and family. She is a warm, caring person She loves to read and does well in her' studies, maintaining a high grade point average. She has earned her academic letter and is consistently on the honor roll. Amy plays flute in band She has had an early morning paper rout" for the past seven years She dot-- - foo'ball stats for the North Sevier Wolves. She loves stuffed animals, and her favorite color is pink. erstanding emotional differences between men and women, and techniques in enriching marriage. This course for couples will be taught by Dave Weber, who has master degrees in Family and Marriage Therapy and Social Wo- She has held several positions in her Church classes, and is always willing to serve and help others. rk. The topic for April is PMS Post Menstrual Syndrome, Is it real or fantasy, and what to do to cope. It iwll be taught April 21 at -- Billy Tanner is the son of Norman and Brenda Tanner, of Red- 7.30 p.m. by Helen Burton, Head nurse Obster-ic- s and chairwoman of the hospitals Womens Resource Center. The May lecture center on Dealing with the Loss of a loved one. It is set for May 12 at 7 p.m. The June meeting will feature Marie Huff, Spanish Fork with a topic of Coping with Old Age, and Staying Young at Heart. The presentation will be given June 8 at 7 p.m. mond He is a Junior at North Sevier High School, and is a member of Billy the Varsity Wrestling team, as well as the NS Football squad. Billy is an outstanding student with great ambitions He is an active Scout member, and is involved in many community activities He holds an after school job while maintaining a high standing in school Tanner The classes are not limited to individuals alone. Church, club or civic organizations are invited to plan their meetings to attend the lectures as well. r of DEVELOPMENT sets two seminar ue the Service, Quality & Fair Value in Utah in February Utah Power and Lght Co., and PacifiCorp will sponsor two intensive economic development seminars during February for business and cominunitv leaders throughout Utah. The all day seminars will be held Feb. 13 in Cedar City and Feb. 24 in Salt Lake City, and will focus on developing trading ties with Japan. Featured speakers will include the deputy director general of the Japanese External Trade Organization and the general manager and vice president of Nissho Iwai, PacifiCorps Japanese trading partner handling the international trade of more than 10,000 different commodities. Cultural and social aspects of doing business with Japan will be discussed, as well as the state of Utah s mb ..i increasing ties to Japan. business UP&L and PacifiCorp have proposed to merge as soon as final approvals can be obtained from utility regulators and others. Company officials have committed to decrease customer rates 5 percent to 10 percent in the four years following the merger. The Salt Lake City seminar will be held at the Marriott Hotel. In Cedar City it will be held on the campus of Southern Utah State College. Cost, including lunch, is $25 per person. Special lodging rates are also available. For more information and registration contact UP&L Economic Development Dept, in Salt Lake City, 220-295- 'iisftiMT.i. Advertising radio station MUSIC N Us s GOOD OLD 98 Business 896-445- 6 FEATURED ON YOUR WHITE & GREEN PHONE BOOK COVER |