Show Dr Marc Robert gives dives criteria for success Thursday Aug 25 23 all personnel personnel per per- of the Uintah School District met at the junior high school auditorium for Opening School Institute Dr L L. L Wayne Reid called the meeting to order and greeted nearly employees of the district The high school ROTC unit presented the colors and led the Pledge of Allegiance Frank Andreasen gave the invocation AN of oC welcome was extended by Ken Aycock president of the board followed by the introduction of special guests Lillian Henderson president of the Vernal Chamber of Commerce and the Uintah District School Board Alpine slide craze spreading across US U.S. r 1 R e i it RIDE THE TIlE SKI LIFT up the mountain and elide slide back down on individually controlled sleds Its It's called the Alpine Slide Americas America's newest recreation craze Introduced at Bromley Vermont in 1976 other slides ar are now located or under construction in California Colorado Ohio Tennessee Pennsylvania New York New Jersey Massachusetts Massa 1 and New Hampshire members A tribute was paid to Doyle Landon who will be retiring In the near future for his 34 years of service Also noted in the audience were retired teachers Amelia Manker and Pearl Shaeffer who said they Just couldn't stay slay away Fifteen of the 80 enrolled members of the Elementary Band under the direction of Gaye and David Platt entertained en en- Dr Colleen Colton then Introduced introduced introduced in In- the keynote speaker D. D Marc Robert Robert- administrative consultant of the Los Angeles school district who is staff coordinator over people representing students Dr Robert is the author of Loneliness in the Schools and said that unfair competition creates an unhealthy situation wherein IQs of 80 must compete in the same classroom with IQs of Dr Robert stated slated that we are areno areno areno no longer a society of families and groups we have become a society of institutions we no longer operate in a nice basic friendly element and while the theold theold theold old ways are not bad they just dont don't work anymore He lie likened the schools to a business with students as the products In a business said Dr Robert if you get a boa boatload d of spoiled goods from Crom Japan you simply send them back you dont don't do that with a batch of kids and school is the same asa as asa asa a family if iC the parents are at odds the kids know it im im- mediately So the object is to train teams not separate in in- Is everyone aware of other people and their needs and this includes payoffs happen in an organized just every ten years A PAYOFF said the administrator administrator administrator ad ad- is your objective for Cor work We ask Why should I Ido Ido Ido do this if I get nothing out of it Does Docs it feed my soul my pocketbook or sense of self it doesn't then why do it At one school in our district a group of 01 teachers were wearing mushroom buttons I asked them why They said mushrooms were things you keep In the dark and every so often you open the door let a little light In and throw fertilizer fertilizer fer fer- fer us I Students can feel the same way let heni ni d do d things respect 1 their Ideas and their feelings Fringe benefits keep you from fc f feeling eling ba bail they Oo lr ont Tt make you feel good Students can feel the same way it isn't the grade A that makes a student feel good its it's the praise he gets from his teachers and especially his parents We are not going to have good things happening with students unless adults have good i communication atlon and rapport with each other People should be people friendly outgoing people not superintendents superintendents superintendents principals teachers etc FEAR IS AN unhealthy climate climate climate cli cli- mate and theres there's a lot of guilt guilton on the teachers teacher's part when the kids they teach cant can't read or write However there should be guilt on the parents parent's part also when we consider that TV encompasses hours to the schools school's hours TV is a avery avery avery very powerful and seductive medium and parents and educators should be aware of oC this problem If an entire school staff can be brought together through involvement and communication communication communication com com- therell there'll be a ripple effect concluded Dr Robert use it Change comes from Crom people who can motivate other people whether they be an administrator or a call them informal informal informal in in- formal Following a refreshment break individual al section meetings were held followed by bya a Association meet Luncheon was served at the Bicentennial Pavillion by the Ashley Elementary cooks Marie Mecham Carolyn Critton Margaret Gardner Alice Jenkins Clifta Johnson and Glendell |