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Show riMrmiftmi' Pleasant Grove Junior High's Mr. Trevor Manning Garners Honor i . 1 ' I" ' ' 1 i ! ' by PGJHS Staff Mr. Trevor Manning, the choral teacher, was recently named Educator of the Year by Pleasant Grove's Chamber of Commerce. He was invited in-vited to an awards banquet as one of four finalists on January Janu-ary 9 and there was awarded this top honor. Under Mr. Manning's supervision, super-vision, Pleasant Grove Junior High's choral program has grown by leaps and bounds. For example, the chamber choir numbers have tripled! More importantly, his students stu-dents know him as a man of integrity who shows love and respect to them and to everyone. every-one. Through their music students stu-dents learn to honor others and make their music meaningful. mean-ingful. As they sing they convey to their audiences a deep and abiding passion for life, its experiences, its joys, its sadnesses, its inspiration, and its truths. In Trevor's own words, "Let the learning be REAL... real life, applicable." He encourages students to dedicate their performance to a loved one who may be in need and to always use talents to serve others. In addition Mr. Manning reports, "I'm trying to encourage en-courage students to overcome the fear of performing, and in so doing, the fear of a lot of things in life." Students are learning much more than music from this extraordinary teacher. He is the ultimate example and mentor and his students' lives are blessed through him. Pleasant Grove J.H.S. "Educator of the Year, " Trevor Manning. |
