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Show Saturday, March 21, 1998 The Park Record A-15 Poster contest is held On March 11, the students of Laurie Holbrook's fourth-grade class at McPolin Elementary School held a poster contest sponsored spon-sored by the Park City Mountain Resort. The activity was planned by Carol Dalton, who is the lead parent for Community of Caring in Ms. Holbrook's room. Community of Caring is a parent-based volunteer program that promotes the five universal values of caring, family, respect, responsibility respon-sibility and trust. The theme of the poster contest con-test was "Responsibility in Skiing and Snowboarding." Prizes were contributed by PCMR. The classroom students voted on the top six best posters. The winners were: Dominick Strand, Devin Peck, Caitlin O'Connor, Andy McTavish, Ryan Hunter, and Caitlin Dalton. Pictured above is one of the winning entries from the poster contest at McPolin. The poster is titled "Be Respectful," by Caitlin O'Connor. The contest was sponsored by PCMR. v 0 'II - t PHOTO COURTESY CAROL DALTON Fourth-graders work diligently on their posters, illustrating responsibility in skiingsnowboarding. From left: Dylan Lee, and Lucy Hunter, students in Laurie Holbrook's class. Mentors provide supportfriendship Continued from A-14 A former teacher, who occasionally occa-sionally works as a substitute teacher, McKone was looking for something to "bridge the gap between kids and grandkids" when she heard about Mountain Mentors from a neighbor. She feels that it is important for kids to have a variety of adults in their lives, and vice-versa. McKone sees her role as that of listener and friend to Sabrina, and tries to. remain non-judgmental at all times. Though academic aca-demic support does enter the picture with recipe reading during dur-ing cookie-making sessions and trips to the -library, McKone's first priority is Sabrina's enjoyment enjoy-ment of their outings. Watching Sabrina's developing develop-ing confidence has been rewarding reward-ing for McKone. Sabrina's teacher has commented posi tively on her growth as well, according to McKone. Mountain Mentor volunteers initially commit to a year with a child, though this time frame can be extended. McKone's mother-in-law is a mentor for the program in Salt Lake, and has been involved with the same family for 10 years. "I think that's the hope," McKone said. "That you become a part of the family." The children involved run the gamut when it comes to need -from one 11-year-old formerly in the program who had only two years of formal schooling, to those children who would benefit bene-fit from just a little extra support, sup-port, a little bit of friendship. Families interested in becoming becom-ing involved in the program can contact Sarah Jones at 649-2085, or Easter Seals at 1-800-388-1991 for more information. Soaring Wings Montessori School plans local fund raiser Toddlerearly elementary scholarships to be awarded to Soaring Wings students In an effort to raise funds for toddler and early childhood elementary ele-mentary scholarships, the Soaring Wings Montessori School will hold a fund raiser on April 25. This is the first time the school has offered a scholarship program, pro-gram, and the goal is to raise $15,000. Tuition at Soaring Wings varies from $2,000 to $5,000 per year depending on the program. "As costs continue to rise around here there are parents that would like to enroll their kids but can't," said Bruce King, co-director of the school. King runs the school with his wife, Duna Strachan. According to organizing committee com-mittee member Sally Tucker, the effort is unique in that it pertains to such young children. The scholarships will be awarded to children between the ages of one and 10. King said that a three-person committee of parents (who will remain anonymous) will create and review scholarship applications, applica-tions, and make recommendations recommenda-tions regarding scholarship recipients. recip-ients. The fund raiser will be held at Baja Cantina. Scheduled events include dinner, music, and a silent auction. Items to be auctioned auc-tioned off have been donated by local businesses and individuals. Tickets for the event are $35. For more information or to purchase tickets, call Bruce King at 649-3626. Young computer whiz kids skills are put to the test in statewide contest Continued from A-14 an incomplete program based on the card game "Tricky Eights," and asked to complete and improve upon it. Each team member was given specific responsibilities regarding the project. Merrill (Ben) was responsible for keeping the project proj-ect on track; Clements wrote the code for the program. Thomas (Dan) tracked risks and created help files and documentation; and Thomas (Jocie) tried to crack the code and notified Clements of problems. Clements explained, "We had to write a computerized player for the game." According to Clements, teams were given game instructions and the programming pro-gramming code for a random player. The player was programmed pro-grammed with no strategic ability. abili-ty. Clements opted to scrap the existing code and replace it entirely. The "players" created by each team played against each other in a single elimination tournament organized by the contest judges. The second part of the competition compe-tition included a head-on timed competition, held on Friday, March 20 in Salt Lake. Using state-of-the-art engineering work stations, Terminal Team raced against 38 other teams to complete com-plete a set of five programming problems using Pascal or C. Terminal Team chose to use C and an IBM computer, because, Clements said, he has more experience with C and finds programming Macintosh computers can be "a little scary." Contest rules mandate only one team per high school may participate. Teams must be comprised com-prised of four or fewer students. Despite his eighth-grade status, Clements was allowed to participate partici-pate in the contest because he is enrolled in high school level math classes at Park City High School. Contest results were not available avail-able at press time. They will be published when available. Any education news? E-mail The Park Record at showellmedianewsgroup.com A spelling victory for Carden kid mi Maddox will travel to regional, competition The winning word was "noxious," "nox-ious," the spelling bee was not. Carden Christian Academy eighth-grader Laura Maddox took first place in the statewide spelling be for Christian private pri-vate schools,, beating out 32 other Utah eighth-graders. Saturday, March 21, Maddox travels to Denver where she will compete in the Western States competition. If she places in these regional finals she will fly to Washington, D.C., where the National competition will be held. The competition is sponsored spon-sored by American Christian Schools International,, . . If our images were any more real V,- - you'd need a tour guide. Escape into the wild with the nature photography of Thomas D. Mangelsen. Stop by and check out our new releases or just browse through our selection of limited-edition limited-edition prints, posters, calendars, art cards, books, and screen savers. be IMAGES OF NATURE GALLERY - PARK CITY 556 MAIN STREET 435.649.7579 Open lo am to 10 pm daily of Nature Parking tokens available for our customers. II II I I . .CT MICRO-BP,. ' Hi i V7 tyj xiesT Micro-BrpW(. 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