Show F c twit ili it Education By Oy Dr Wayne Reid Superintendent Vandals beware teachers ar are ready Vandalism has struck many schools across the face of our nation as well as a myriad of assortment of public places Malicious damage Is unreasonable to most clear thinking individuals Our school year was off to a terrific start this year with teachers well prepared and students anxious to get going Naturally the opening was wrought with a few hills in our pleasant valleys but all In all things went well with every school in our district witnessing an increase in student population in Inmost most areas REFERRING TO one case of vandalism one of our new first year teachers at Ashley Elementary witnessed an act of two individuals destructively slashing our students' students bike tires He not only yelled at the individuals to stop but as they began to run away from the crime chased after them tackled them and brought them into t the e principals principal's office Vandals beware when we have such as Arvid Oakley protecting the property of our students Another unseen incident which I believe should draw our accolades is that of two of our classified people at Naples Elementary Whereas one of our elementary teachers backed away from her contract the very day before it began her room was very bare These two stellar individuals Secretary Francies Merrill and Lorraine an aide simply could not let this very important group of youngsters come the first day of school without bulletin boards developed t to welcome them and other items of school routine worked out for them These two people not only gave of their efforts but also of their own time to c carefully are fully and beautifully preparing this first grade surrounding My hat is tipped respectfully to such employees as this On another occasion one of our new custodians at Naples Elementary Jeff Carpenter felt that the grass needed to be spruced up before the kids came the first day Without any expense to the district and on his own he showed up at am a.m. instead of his regular 1030 am a.m. time to get the lawn and grounds in top shape for the first day Professional Ill I'll say he is is TilE THE ABOVE are but three incidents within our school system which were brought tomy tomy to tomy my attention Undoubtedly there were many many more of such outstanding devotion to our school district With only a afew afew afew few exceptions the morale of our classified and professional staff is at an all time high in Uintah School District We invite no encourage all parents and patrons to visit with us in our schools You are welcome at any time All we ask is that you merely check in with the principal before proceeding to class We encourage you if you have questions about a various school to contact your local principal Hell He'll be happy to help you WEST SIDE SCHOOLS FINE INSTITUTIONS Two weeks ago some individual individual individual in in- felt that a news article referred to the fact that the Uintah School District has poorer teachers and receive poorer service on the west side of the county The Uintah School District wishes to disclaim this misinterpretation W We are extremely proud of the individuals and their efforts at b both Todd and West Jr Principals Prin Prim Da Dan Good and J. J I D. D Smith are two extremely capable individuals supported by as fine of staffs as there is in our district Their accomplishments accomplishments ac ac- ac in this short while verifies this confidence Of the new teachers who were hired this past summer none inthis Inthis in inthis this district are more competent competent com com- that those of West Jr High and Todd Elementary Two of the new teachers finished on top of their colleges rati rating system for all of the th they y produced These all have A A- averages or B college averages and were all rated very high by their college supervising professors They should compliment the already fine teaching staffs at these two schools TODD ELEMENTARY and West Jr produced fine results last year both academically and extra curricular auricular ways This year West Jr is playing in a tackle football program for the first time tennis courts dot the landscape and new valuable equipment is apparent Academically all classes must meet the districts district's new mir minimum mum curricular objectives thereby standardizing our accomplishments throughout the entire school system It might be of interest also that because of the dramatic increase of students in the first grade that an additional teacher will be hired In reviewing the supplies budget it appears that Todd and West Jr are well blessed and this should benefit the efforts of the strong faculties in continuing their perseverance of ex- ex cel e |