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Show April 20, 2011 . TIMPAN O G G S TIMES 5 rfSffl)M,hhhi Teachers Earn Extra Miler Honors at Pleasant Grove High School , V ) 1 i - - ) i I V Y i by Angie Walker Matt Embley and Jeanie Wilson were recognized as "Extra Milers" at Pleasant Grove High School for April. Matt Embley teaches German, history and govern-ment at the high school. Over the past several months, he has worked tire-lessly getting PGHS prepared and ready for their visit from the Accreditation Team. Like everything else Matt is in-volved with, the project was done flawlessly and in a time-ly manner. Matt is a gifted teacher who instills the love of learn-ing in each student. A former student teacher said, "It was a privilege to be in his class-room and watch him teach." He is a well loved and re-spected teacher, employee and friend. "Pleasant Grove High will always be proud to claim Matt as one of their own," stated Assistant Princi-pal Kori Thomas. Mr. Embley was born in Nebraska, but he has lived in Orem since he was three years old. He is the sixth of 14 chil-dren and never argues with any of them! Among Matt's earliest childhood memories he remembers being run over by the neighbor's car and liv-ing to tell about it! Matt graduated from Orem High School, where he played soccer. Matt served a mission in Leipzig, Germany and grew to love the German language. After his mission, he took on several jobs, includ-ing returning to his posi-tion as manager at Chuck E. Cheese. He met his wife, Lindsey, while they both worked at Chuck E. Cheese. Matt still believes it was his "stellar" performance in "the mouse costume that persuad-ed Lindsey to date him. After getting married in 2002, Matt graduated from BYU with his Master's De-gree in German Literature in 2006. Matt enjoys watching, playing, reading and talk-ing about sports. He loves spending time with his three children, Andrew, Madelyn, and Ashlyn, and he is a fan-tastic dad! He loves coach-ing Andrew's soccer team, reading with his kids and playing the Wii. Matt is a great team play-er, easy to work with, and one of the most dependable and selfless educators. Jeanie Wilson is cur-rently in her second year at PGHS as an administrator. She taught and coached for 13 years at Hillcrest High School, was head coach for the BYU Women's Basketball team for five years, taught at her Alma Mater San Deguito High School for one year, taught at ALLC now known as East Shore High School for eight years, and was an administrator at Mountain View High School for six years. When Jeanie was in her junior high Spanish class, Jeanie's teacher would ask the class "Que hora es?" Jeanie, being the smart alec that she is, piped up and said, "Time to go home!" Multiple warnings later, she ended up sitting in the hall outside the classroom. After a few minutes of sitting in the hallway, the principal came walking down the hall. He asked, "Miss Wilson, what are you doing in the hall?" She proceeded to tell him her side of the story of what happened. The principal asked her to come to his office. Jeanie confidently followed him. In the office, the principal told her that for her punishment she had a choice: the paddle (a board two feet long, three inches thick and has three holes) or three days deten-tion. Jeanie wouldn't hear of staying after school so she chose the paddle. ' ... . iiiwh in n) n Matt Embley and Jeanie Wilson were recognized as "Extra Milers" at Pleasant Grove High School for April. Photo courtesy of Timpanogos Times Shocked and extremely nervous, the principal called up her mother and told her of Jeanie's decision. Jeanie's mother told the principal, "If she chose the paddle, then let her have it." Jeanie walked out of the office in pain, but decided that a couple of minutes of pain was much better than staying after school. Jeanie Wilson is driven by passion in whatever the task may be. She won't take on anything unless she knows she can give it everything she's got. She is willing to take chances. Jeanie has al-ways loved people. She loves to be around kids and find ways to motivate them to suc-ceed in all aspects of life. Whether it was coaching ,her son's basket-ball team to a championship, winning the WAC champion-ship while the head coach at BYU, harassing students to finish their work so they could graduate, or motivating a team to not go down in the record book for the greatest margin of defeat in Stanford history (which they avoided this feat by one point!), she loves to be in the trenches with kids and people, working hard to suc-ceed in every little detail that life has to offer. "Yes, I can" is the motto she will forever live by and one that she will influence anybody to believe once they have worked closely with her! Jeanie is dedicated to her job and her students and that is what makes her an excep-tional educator and adminis-trator. Recognition of Excellence Awards Presented by PG Council PTA by Shauna DeBuck Pleasant Grove Council PTA held its annual Recogni-tion of Excellence Awards lun-cheon on Thursday, April 7, at the .K.u. "chool Disi.ict of-fices. Council President Shauna DeBuck welcomed local PTA presidents, principals, honorees ' and guests from the ten Pleasant Grove and Lindon schools which make up the council. Lunch was enjoyed by 120 people who gath-ered. PG Council PTA Scholar-ship winners Spencer Taylor and Shylee Sweeten read their win-ning essays to the group then the school's awards were presented. Each school chose to honor their volunteers, teachers,' administra-- . tors andor staff members for their excellence this past school year. Award honorees were presented with a personalized , ,1 i i'r i - v I - n: - Central Elementary. ""' ' ' - - t - ti rj I . 'Y Grovecrest Elementary. I V Sch " ;: ) ) y c in ' vv if- J' " p ' j" TY-- ' Lindon Elementary. r , - i..- ";-- L lftS" j Manila Elementary. i si y ' lr" . ' f ...svK.-'t,- :. ' i -- f f A'-- ' , i . I ' -- ' - o ( Yy. Yn ) y&J-- ' .vv (i; jj ... i ' - . - i. ,. Mt. Mahogany Elementary. - ., ,.. . m. J Rocky Mountain Elementary. Photos courtesy of Shauna DeBuck plaque to commemorate their se-lection. Central Elementary honored teachers Cheryl Keller and Dian-th- a Smith, teacher's aide Nancy Butterfield, and volunteer Amy Lundell for their terrific work. Grovecrest Elementary se-lected teacher Zachary Nelson, and volunteers Allison Melen-de- z, Maggie Anderson, and Jen-nifer Baptista for their relentless work for students. Lindon Elementary honored Principal Jason Theler, Assistant Principal Joe Backman, teachers Cindy Primrose, Stacy Howell. Jeri Rogers, Heather Rolph, sec-retary Stacie Bunton, and volun-teers Amy Clay and Ronna Has-sel- l. Manila Elementary chose teachers Kerry Stott, Amanda Frischneckt, Brittany Pulley, and volunteer Melissa Karren to re-ceive recognition. Mt. Mahogany decided on teachers Michele Nielsen, Annette Van Wagenen, Rudy Dominguez, Marianne McAllis-ter, Principal Scot Westover, and volunteers Jamie Anderson and Melinda Mitchell for recognition of their excellence throughout the year. Rocky Mountain Elemen-tary named teachers Cindy Mac-Murd- o. Joni Donithorne, Talli Gubler. David Shei'fer, Chertine Willis, and Emily Holden as out-standing educators. Valley View Elementary selected teachers Cindy Garrett, Sherrie Ellsworth, staff member, Shonagh Davis, and volunteers Nicole S perry. Inger Phelon, Jar-e- d Sidwell, and Brenda Smith to distinguish. Pleasant Grove Junior High School chose to honor staff member Laurie Danklef, and teachers Jessica Clyde and Mark Hardman. Oak Canyon Junior High selected teachers Sue Jones, Charae Ecalano, ConnieUga-ki- , secretaries Brenda Swen-so- n, Lisa Larsen, Linda Miller, volunteer Cheri Hardman, and Prinicpal Scott Sumner for their outstanding work with the faculty, students, and fami-lies of their school. Pleasant Grove High School honored teachers Brock Moore and Jim Wilcock, ad-ministrator Matt Norman, and volunteer Chris Donaldson. DeBuck also announced that three PG Council mem-bers were selected as Utah State PTA winners. One of six statewide winners, Terri Whittingham, of Lindon, was selected as a Utah State PTA Golden Apple Volunteer of the Year. Dr. Nancy Sorenson, principal of Manila Elementa-ry, was selected by Utah State PTA as Administrator of the Year. Lisa Closson, a parent at Manila Elementary school, was named "Utah PTA Spirit of PTA" award winner recog-nizing her as an outstanding volunteer who has given re-markable and consistent ser-vice to the PTA. Closson will be presented this honor at the Alpine School Board meeting to be held on May 17 and will be recognized at the State PTA Leadership Convention held in May at BYU. "Awards" continued on Page 8 Pleasant Grove High and Junior High School Calendars Wednesday, April 20, A Baseball at AF, 4 .p.m PGJHS Women's Chorus Tour Thursday. April 21. B Softball at Spring Jamboree, Las Vegas JV Baseball at AF, 3:30 p.m. Soph Baseball at AF, 5:30 p.m.-J-Boys Soccer vs MV, 5 p.m. Boys Soccer vs AAV, 7 p.m. PGJHS ON Board Parry OGHS 4H Chef Competition, 3:45 p.m. OGHS Science Demo, 9 a.m. Friday. April 22, A Softball at Spring Jamboree, Las Vegas Baseball vs AF, 4 p.m. Lacrosse, 5 p.m. PGJHS Track Meet at Lehi, 3 p.m. Michelle Barnes Memorial, 3 p.m. OGHS Track vs Canyon View at Orem High, 2 p.m. Saturday. April 23 Softball at Spring Jamboree, Las Vegas Monday, April 25, B JV Baseball vs Jordan, 3:30 p.m. Soph Baseball vs Jordan, 5:30 p.m. Soph Softball vs Brighton, 2:30 pm. Soph Softball vs Alta, 4 pm. Cheer ts Parent Meeting, 5 p.m. PGJHS Viking Olympics, 11 a.m. Tuesday. April 26, A Cheer s, 3 p.m. Varsity Golf Rose Park, 2 p.m. Boys Soccer at Hillcrest, 3:30 p.m. JV Boys Soccer at Hillcrest 5 p.m. Boys Tennis vs AF, 3:30 p.m. Softball vs Alta, 3:30 p.m. JV Softball vs Alta, 5:1 5 p:m. : Varsity Baseball vs Jordan, 4 p.m. Varsity Lacrosse at AF, 5 p.m. JV Lacrosse at AF, 7 p.m. PGJHS Viking Olympics, 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 27, B Cheer 3 p.m. Varsity Golf at Glenmore, 1 :30 p.m. Track, Alta & PG at Jordan, 3:30 p.m. Large Choir at LP, 2 p.m. Parent Teacher Night, 3:30 p.m. PGJHS Viking Olympics, 11 a.m. Junior High Alpine Days Track Meet at MV, 1 p.m. Thursday, April 28, A Cheer 3 p.m. Varsity Golf at Rose Park, 2 p.m. Boys Tennis at Brighton, 3:30 p.m. Softball vs Hillcrest, 3:30 p.m. JV Softball vs Hillcrest, 5:1 5 p.m. Baseball at Jordan, 4 p.m. Region Orchestra at Hillcrest, 4 p.m. PGJHS Viking Olympics, 11 a.m. Junior High Alpine Days Track Meet at MV, 1 p.m. Friday. April 29. B Cheer s, 3 p.m. Boys Soccer PG at Jordan, 3:30 p.m. JV Boys Soccer PG at Jordan, 5 p.m. Baseball Jordan at PG, 4 p.m. FreshSoph Lacrosse at Alta, 5:30 p.m. PGJHS Viking Olympics, 11 a.m. Baseball vs Jordan, 4 p.m. Saturday, April 30 PROM at Provo Marriott, 8:30 p.m. Region JV Tennis Tourney at Hillcrest, 9 a.m. State Solo Ensemble at LP Softball 2 games at Swing for Life |