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Show THE PARK RECORD www.park record.com WED.THURS, FRI, DECEMBER 8-10, 2004 Briefis Boundary, remodel decisions At their meeting next Tuesday, the Park City School Board will decide on new boundaries for elementary schools in the district, as well as details for the high school remodel. Those wishing to can contact school board members prior to this. ; ;; Dave Chaplin 649-9613, dchaplin@pcschools.us Carol Murphy649-3385, camurf@hotmaif.com JlmSanty649-9285, jsanty@pcschools.us Kim Carson 649-1743, kcarson@pcschools.us Kathryn Adair-. 645-0819, kadair@catapulsion.net Blood drive The Colby School is holding a blood drive on Dec. 10 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Call 655-3966 to schedule an appointment and donate. • Treasure Mountain Honor Roll Due to information provided by the school, there were several errors in the Treasure Mountain Honor Roll printed in the Nov. 27 issue of The Park Record. A corrected list is available on our website: parkrecord.com. Clarification In Saturday's education section, a story aoout history projects at Treasure: Mountain Middle School didn't include the names of both social studies teachers contributing to the project. They are Jennifer Jolley and Kevin Mclntosh A-9 Education EDUCATION EDITOR: Jared Whltley 649-9014 ext118 educatlonOparkrecord.com Teaching seventh-graders some respect TMMS character-building seminar promotes respect, tolerance, teamwork By JARED WHITLEY Of the Record staff School is like a cage, which causes some students lo lash out at others, whether it's with bullying or back-biting One student Treasure Mountain student observed this at seminar Monday designed to help middle school students navigate the choppy waters of adolescence. All the school's seventh-graders participated in lessons on diversity, respect, teamwork and other character-building exercises offered by Treasure Mountain teachers, parent volunteers from the school's Community of Caring, and the National Conference for Community and Justice. NCCJ rep Saundra Stokes asked a group of seventh graders, "What kind of respect are you hearing in the hallways?" "Not a lot," one boy answered. According to the students, common disrespectful hallway behavior includes shoving, swearing, name-calling, hollering, and gossip. One girl said, "There wouldn't be gossip if there weren't girls." One boy responded, "That's a slereotype!" She continued that when girls have a conflict with each 1other, they'll go behind each others backs, whereas "guys have a fish fight one day and are best friends the next day." Stokes asked why many students, both boys and girls, thought it was better to have a fist fight than gossip. "It shouldn't take until after a fist fight that we realize what we did was disrespectful," Stokes said. "Personally. I wouldn't like getting in a fist fight," said one boy. citing that a fight wouldn't look good on his permanent record. 'I wouldn't like to screw up the rest of my life." To teach a lesson on diversity, the NCCJ had students color in a picture of a gumball machine. For each person in their group, students colored in a gumball according to their differences. People of a different race were orange gumballs, people of a different faith were green, people who were the same were pink, people with a disability were yellow, and so forth. Tori Benson, 12, observed that people you choose to interact with are usually the same as you, but when you have no control over those you have to interact with, you sec a lot more differences. To overcome stereotypes, "You learn about people as individuals," Benson said. Benson also learned to appreciate teamwork. "When we do a classroom activity, then it's good to know how to have everybody participating, so that one person doesn't end up doing all the work," Benson said. Elle Westrop, 12, said people show respect to her when they listen to, help, and believe in her. "I have learned new techniques in working together and respecting others," she said about the day's activities. "I am very glad these people came to work with us." Respect is important "so that you feel respected and others around you feel comfortable around you," Westrop said. Jake Stack, 13, learned the importance of good communication. At the start of the human knot exercise, everybody yelled out their ideas, which brought little success. "We tried to not yell, and then we did belter." Stack said. Stack expects these kind of characterbuilding exercises to help him not only in his personal life, but in his eventual career as well. "I just thought it was kind of fun," he said. "It can help you later on in life." "All students need to hear this, but especially middle school students," said social studies teacher John McDonald. "It's a skill that needs to be nourished. You can never have too much of this." But these lessons aren't just for making kids better middle school students, it's preparing them to go out to the world at large, according to McDonald. "It's pretty safe here," McDonald said about Park City, but when students eventually go out into the world, lessons about respect and acknowledging diversity will serve them well. Based on the statement that "it takes a village to raise a child," McDonald SCOTT SINE/•PARKRECORD said, "The village is a global village. That's something a lot of people lose Seventh-graders at Treasure Mountain learn about teamwork-building in an sight of." exercise hosted by the National Conference for Community and Justice. ^v'OU.GiS^ The Perfect Stores for Gift Giving and Holiday Entertaining. Pin this on your wall. THIS IS A PARTY YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS.. 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