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Show THE PARK RECORD www.parkrecord.com WEDTHURSFRI, APRIL 28-30, 2004 A-y EDUCATION EDITOR: JaredWhttby . 649-9014 extl 18 educatlonparkrecord.com Briefs Kindergarten orientation The Park City School District will hold Kindergarten orientation for the 2004-05 school year on the following dates: Jeremy Ranch Elementary (645-5670) (645-5670) Registration is 9 a.m. Fri. May 7. Areas include; Pinebrook, Summit Park, Hidden Cove, Timberline, Jeremy Ranch,! South Ridge, and Elk Run Apt. Children are invited. Parley'.s Park Elementary (645-5620) (645-5620) Registration is 1 p.m. Fri. April 30. Areas include: Sun Peak, Bear Hollow, White Pine, Parkwest, The Canyons, Silver Springs, Snyder's Mill, Willow. Creek, Iron Horse Condominiums, Ranch Place, Snow Country, and the west side of Hwy 224 (Aspen . Springs and Thaynes Canyon). Trailside Elementary (645-5680) Registration is 9 a.m. in the school's library. Areas include: Silver Creek, Blackhawk Station, Bitner Rd. apts. and condos, Spring Creek, Powderwood Condos, Old Ranch Rd., Parkridge, Highland Estates, Silver Summit, Trailside Park and Sun Meadows. Children are invited. McPolin Elementary (645-5630) Registration is 9 a.m. Areas include: all children which reside within Park City limits, except those noted above that will attend Parley's Park. Kindergarten packets will be available prior to the meetings, so please stop at any school to pick up your registration paperwork. Student art show March Chagall original etchings will hang beside McPolin Elementary artwork art-work at the Stanfield Gallery on 751 Main Street in Park City. The public is invited to attend a catered evening of the display Thursday, April 29 at 6 p.m., and the art will also be on display Friday... ,. . . out .1.U Spring Sale! 20 OFF STOREWIDE 40-70 OFF SELECTED ITEMS Sale Ends April joth Designers Welcome Open Monday - Saturday 10-6 (Discounts do not apply to consigned items) "ma.A s v. m v-yv ' v , " " ' - , . ' -: H jy In PCHS hosts Oppression Awareness Wee Students learn about the world's myriad prejudices By JARED WHITLEY Of the Record staff - To try to understand what life is like for people with disabilities, Becky Blair spent last Wednesday's lunch with a blindfold on and her hands tied behind her back. "It was really interesting," she said. "It's really hard to do." Blair, a senior at Park City High School, was one of many who participated partici-pated in last week's Oppression Awareness Week, during which students stu-dents learn about the world's prejudices through this kind of activity. In highlighting prejudice, Oppression Awareness week draws attention to eight "isms," Snyder said: sexism, racism, heterosexism, "ageism," "age-ism," "faith-ism," "appearance-ism," "class-ism," and "able-ism" (discrimination (discrimi-nation based on a person's disability status). It was at the "Able-ism lunch" Wednesday that Blair volunteered to be blindfolded and tied. "I just thought it would be fun to kind of see what it was like," Blair said. "Not being handicapped, I think I take everything for granted. Seeing what it's really like. It makes you appreciate the simplest things, like walking, and being able to see." Park City was one of eight high schools in Utah that participated in Oppression Awareness Week, an annual annu-al event sponsored by the National Conference for Community and Justice. The Social Justice Club and the Student Council led the effort at PCHS. "I think it's important to educate the public on what is going on in the world," said junior Meagan Snyder, president of the Social Justice Club. "Park City is one of those towns that doesnt see all those things that are going on." Understanding the world outside Park City helps students better understand under-stand society as a whole, she continued. To kick off Oppression Week, the Social Justice Club put up informational information-al posters and inspirational quotes. Monday students were also asked to wear nametags to facilitate talking with people who otherwise didnt know each f.:,;. F . tm fBt. pr mlyf Of HydrodermRX Esthetics Center is Park City's best-kept skin secret! Your 1 hour session includes: Skin cleanse, micro-dermabrasion, . extraction, mask & moisturizer (dermatologist grade SPF 45 moisturizer). . Ask us about our affordable Botox! 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"It was a very good movie for the week, it portrayed oppression in general gener-al very well, it didn't focus on a certain group." Wednesday the high school hosted the "able-ism" lunch. The Oppression for Thursday was repression of free speech. Students could sign up to receive a mask which read, "Oppression is a widely spread disease" which they wore all day, observing a silent protest for 24 hours on behalf of those whose voices are never heard. "It's kind of like being silent for those who cant speak out themselves," Snyder said. None of those who participated partici-pated in the silent protest had any comment. com-ment. Friday students were supposed to "mix it up," Snyder said, by sitting with different people than they typically do, breaking down some of the social barriers barri-ers which exist. (I LEFT: Becky Blair experiences taking n 1 . ' -.it 1 ' A - f'iVJ 11 3) A3 ABOVE: Jake Rogers, Jennifer Stone - to right) take a silent protest. Not all students threw themselves into Oppression Awareness Week's activities. Park Record high school intern Dave Gitlin said most students .3 SCOTT SINERARK RECORD a drink while blindfolded. S 1 j i act cr rvo t- Lnfll R X r -1M W:iv " I ! jMf:.,li..-W lit ? 1 h 5 Mr it ;a it t4 v r " 0 SCOTT SHEIPARK RECORD Gerardy, and Elizabeth Hampshire (left don't openly involve themselves with the week's efforts, but admits that doesn't does-n't necessarily mean they're indifferent. "While I am aware every year when Oppression Awareness Week arrives, I never really participate in it," said Gitlin, a senior. "It seems the activities interfere with my normal day-to-day routine. For example, the 24-hour silent thing clashed with my choir class, so I really couldn't participate in that." While Snyder says the week's activities activi-ties went well, she is lukewarm about the week's success. In trying to "sugar coat" the nature of oppression in the world, she said she may have been too "positive." "Because J tried to make it as posi- T - -1. 1 . . 1 T ... 1 1 ' 1 'i live a i piraaiuiy iiruiu, aiuueuia uiuxi I get the point as well, but they understood under-stood what was going on on a different level," she said. ' Snyder is the Student Council president presi-dent for 2004-05, and she plans on emphasizing the grim facts of oppression oppres-sion more during next year's awareness teachers, and administrators who participated in it. 3 ITown Galleries Featuring Park City galleries and restaurants dishing i up the best of art and horsd'oeuvres. 1 Tickets ($5) available at the Kimball Art Center (638 Park Avenue). Stop by for a guide of participating galleries and restaurants and a chance to win great prizes at 8:45 p.m. at the Kimball Art Center. . Call 435.649.8882 for more information, or : 'Visitwww.kimball-art.org.;: Kids-Art at the Kimball with Feed your child's creative appetite, 6-9 pm during the stroll. Guest artist 'will lead creative activities; food : and drink are provided- 615-7878. Sponsored in part by . ' The Park City Chamber of Commerce |