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Show Pit ge Twelve - The Springville Herald - September 17, 1 997 Mm priaelpsl SslksahMt high seh.9l By Katrina I. Gulstad Springville Herald Intern Springville High School's new principal, Mike Hicks, left Lyman, Ly-man, Wyoming, bringing with him 28 years of experience and an optimistic vision for the future of both students and faculty. "We have a lot of good teachers teach-ers and a lot of good kids," Hicks said. "What I hope to do is take the good things we're already al-ready doing and make them even better." Hicks earned his Bachelor's degree in secondary education at Boise State University, and his Masters in educational administration adminis-tration at Brigham Young University. Univer-sity. After earning his degree, Hicks taught seventh and eight grade social studies in his hometown home-town of Salmon, Idaho for nine years, and was a principal there for five more years. "In some ways, I think I could reach individual students more as a teacher because you have more one-on-one time with them. There is no substitute for a great teacher," he said. "But number wise, I can probably affect more kids as an administrator." Hicks said right now he is working hard to build a high level of trust with both the students stu-dents and faculty of Springville High. It takes a group effort to have the greatest effect, he said. Springville and Mapleton Senior Citizens are invited to come and enjoy the many exciting excit-ing changes mat are taking place at the Senior Citizen Center in Springville. The health clinic is today from 8:30 to noon. On Thursday, September 18, there will be a tour to BYU for the MasadaDead Sea Scrolls exhibit. Tickets are $5; bus is free. On Monday, September 22, there will be a pothick trip to Scofield. The bus will leave the center at 10 a.m. Sign up now or call to make your reservation. On September 27 the seniors will go to the circus at the Delta Center leaving at 1:45 p.m. Cost is $15 a ticket. There will be a stop at the Village Inn after for dinner; everyone pays for their own dinner. The big, monthly dinner at the senior center will be September 26 with the Musettes entertaining. entertain-ing. Call for reservations, 489-8738. 489-8738. Art classes are held on Mondays Mon-days with Helen Harmer, Mel Ralphs and Omar Hansen teaching. teach-ing. Bring your brushes. All the rest will be furnished. Introduction to Spanish class, basic Spanish, will be Tuesdays at 1 p.m. And circle your calendar calen-dar for the October 1 flu shots, 1 to 3 p.m. Library Corner by Pat Bartlett Do you have a great novel in your head just waiting to be written? Would you like to publish pub-lish that book of poetry that you wrote years ago? Have you often thought that you would like to bring your childhood to life by writing a children's book about it? And do you know absolutely no idea where to begin? Well, do I have news for you! Head Librarian Lynette Catherall has bought some exciting books on writing and getting your books published. Most of these books are on the shelf now, with some still in process. Come in and get started on your dream. We have had a lot of interest in the Mormon trek west this year, and so have got many new books on this subject for all ages. I am anxiously waiting for Pat Bagley and William Slaughter's new book, "Norman the Neph-ite's Neph-ite's Church History time Line" to be processed so I can take it home. We also have some great new science fiction stories for the young adults to enjoy, and more new books on tape are coming in all the time. As the leaves of autumn start to turn, nothing is nicer than a good book and a cozy corner to read it in. In 1983, Hicks moved from Salmon, Idaho to Lyman, Wyoming. Wyo-ming. There he spent two years as middle school principal, eight years as high school principal and four years as special service director at the district office. Hicks built a trust and repore with the Lyman community that led to improved academic standings, stand-ings, and earned him the title of 1990 Wyoming Principal of the Year. In his last year as principal, princi-pal, 45 percent of Lyman High students had a G.P.A. of 3.5 or higher, only one student dropped out of school, there was a 95 percent graduation rate and over 70 percent of. Lyman graduates went on to post-secondary training. train-ing. Hicks hopes to see the same kind of improvement at Springville Spring-ville High. "Springville High School is already a great school," he said. "And I think we'll just keep getting better." Hicks has some plans and ideas for school improvement, which he thinks the community will notice. But for now, his main concern is building a strong foundation by creating a trusting relationship among himself, students and faculty. Springville is a growing community, com-munity, which means an increase in students and an increase in potential problems. Classrooms at Springville High are loaded very heavily. "That," Hicks said, "creates problems for teachers and for kids that we'll have to deal with. Any time you have 30 to 35 kids in a classroom you have problems. prob-lems. We're managing okay, but it's very crowded." But Hicks does not see Springville Spr-ingville High School as being overloaded with problems. "For a school this size we have the normal problems," he said. A school liaison police officer is on hand at both the junior and senior high schools. His job is to 'handle discipline problems that may reach beyond the scope of an educator. Like any school in America, Springville has some problems with drugs and tobacco, which is why an officer is needed. need-ed. But, Hicks said, the problem is not as big here as in many schools. "I'm aware that there are some areas that need to be improved im-proved and we'll do that," Hicks said. "But I believe we have a good school and a good faculty, and my job is to try to make it even better." Hicks said he will strongly support all school activities. That means athletics, music, art, drama dra-ma and all other areas. "I believe in athletics, but I also believe in . the arts," he said. Springville High School, Hicks said, has a wonderful school spirit. The school is full of great kids who work hard and bring a lot to the community, he ' said. ! . .' ' i .' V ' '' i ' - Springville High School's new principal, Michael Hicks, is shown here with student Thayne Jasperson. Mr. Hicks likes to get involved with the kids and is happy he made the move to Springville. He has lots of ideas for SHS and says he supports all school activities from football to the arts. 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