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Show OREM GENEVA TIMES Thursday. March 24, 2005 note vj s DEAS FROM. CLASSROOMS AND EDUCATORS Page 4 Northridge students celebrate building addition Governor opens new school wing with ribbon cutting; signs three education bills as part of elementary visit David Randall - . (. '.Viih young students Wk-'in. Wk-'in. (srv. m Huntsman Jr i ui i rx- rfd rWin to officially i-jc-ri a j tew wing of Northndge 1 tawntary last Thursday and tjlu-r -rytering the building, he jj:,ri-d 1 hrt-f rtnl)y passed 'Jutal Hn Wis. Ibe nt-w vthool w jng provides pro-vides si ute-' if -f he-art space for f art . so-rxe, compuler, his-wrv his-wrv and malh classes It also iiii iudes a glass-v. aJied kMw ,r-a and a piano lab with rows keyboards toleach sludenls dixiui musK I be gmtrnor arrived Wore U a m. al tiie scfool, in time to shake hands with nearly every siudeni lining the sidewalk, commenting on S. Patrick's day attar and trying out his Spanish with some of the Spanish Span-ish irnrnersxxi students. On hand with the governor was his son WilL a sixth-grader who was taking the day off school The pubbc. off-site signings are something the governor said he hopes to make a regular regu-lar part of his administration, a procedure Senate President John Valentine said he likes. 1 'm exerted." he said "Normally "Nor-mally the bill signing is a very closed, almost cold type of process." Valentine as well as Utah legislators leg-islators Jim Ferrin and Parley HeUeweU were on hand with the governor for the event , "J"he bills signed probably weren't ones discussed in the press. Valentine said, but do "go to the core of the education process" pro-cess" and "represent the workings work-ings of government and how it funds schools " The three laws deal with supplemental sup-plemental funding for schools, a pubbc education job enhancement enhance-ment program and local school board amendment s. FoUowing the signing and a present at ion by the elementary7 school choir, orchestra and dance groups. Huntsman spoke about creating an environment for students that will create a hope and vision for the future. "We forget oftentimes that the generation we're serving is not our own, necessarily," he said "Politics by its very nature and decision-making by its very ft ' . , r- - ' MATT SMfTH Worm County Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. cuts through a ribbon celebrating the opening of a Northridge Elementary School addition Thursday. nature ... is forward looking." School principal Mehnda Looman, recalling a time in her youth when she met U.S. President Presi-dent John Kennedy, said her students stu-dents will likely keep Thursday's events in their mind forever. "This is a big deal for the students, the generation we are preparing," she told those assembled as-sembled for the event. "They'll always remember." High schoolers learn career skills at cooking competition Linda Butler 11k- splits and sctrfls of gourmet cooking cook-ing were atdindanl al Lone Peak High S it ! during ihe March 15 high schord t oSi art si at e c iking compel it xa Sfime i student teams represented high sch. is through Utah. In jusi tjfi minutes. min-utes. icb team of lour students sauteed t.raiv-d and baked a complete girmet T'K-,il salad, entiee. side dishes and dev v-rt - for the event judges. iToStart will announce the awards on May 12 at the Salt Lake Hilton with the w. inning menu served to students and fatuity fat-uity The team that takes the state title will ei an expense-paid lnp to the nalxmal iToStart cirnielitKjn in Orlandn. Fla. "It's a krK k-your-scx'ksoff a ml est. It's R'niiTrM iid." said Susan Schumacher, ileasarn jrnve High School ProSiart m-si m-si motor. In addit i m t o their regular class work, lije siud' -rtts sienl h nirs planning and preparing t heir menus and honing their oor icing skills. They planned and cooked about three days a week for six weeks in preparation for the ajmpetition. practicing practic-ing after school and Saturdays for several weeks. Schumacher said the competition includes far more than cooking skills. "It's about teamwork." she said "In the food service industry, you have to depend on each other " The student teams needed to work well t ogether in order to create a gourmet meal in just 60 minutes Ovens are not used aD cooking is done on two propane burners. As they work, the students are judged on a variety of factors, including safety and sani ation. personal appearance, appear-ance, cooking skills, teamwork and division divi-sion of labor, portion control, taste, and present at Km. The students are dressed in chef uniforms as they work. The otxjking oarnpetiixjn is the ciilmina-lion ciilmina-lion of the two year ProStart program. ProStart is a school-to-career program that gives students m-depth expenenoe in the It's a knock-your-socks-off contest It's gourmet food." Susan Schumacher PLEASANT GROVE P0TAP,T 'SuCTC-; hospitaKy business. White the emphasis is on food preparation, nutrition, and service, students team other aspects veal to the industry including business math, accounting, account-ing, history of food service, lodging industry, indus-try, tourism, retail, menus and marketing. "ProStart isn't just a cooking or restaurant restau-rant class," said Schumacher, "It's a hospitality hospi-tality class" ProStart can open doors for students to gain ernptoyrnent in resorts, on cruise ships, in hotels and motels, as well as in restaurants. "The hospitality industry employs more people than any other career except the National Government," said Schumacher. In addition to the classroom setting, each ProSt art student is merit ored in a paid internship. A student working in a restaurant for instance, may gain experience from dish washing to cold food preparation. Students who successfully complete 400 hours of work experience and pass the ProStart test in each of their two enrolled years are eligible for a $2,000 coDege scholarship. Students enrolled in ProStart can also receive concurrent enrollment en-rollment college credit through UVSC ProStart was designed by the Educational Educa-tional Foundation of the National Restaurant Res-taurant Association to introduce high school students to careers in food service and give them a professional start in the industry. ASPENELEMEY Talent Shop today Several students will get their fifteen minutes of fame today ... or at least the minutes min-utes needed to present their talent. Many gifted and skilled students from Aspen Elementary Elemen-tary School wiH be performing in a talent show today. Try-outs Try-outs for the show were held ear ber this month. CANYON VIEW JUNIORHIGH Tokissanaardvark One teacher at Canyon View Junior High will be the victim of mojth-tomouth with a mystery mys-tery animal later this week. The students are voting for their favorite, or least favorite, teacher whom they would love to see smooch an animal in front of the entire school Paying a dime per vote, the students stu-dents are raising money to fill Easter baskets for residents of the state hospiaL CHERRY HILL ELEMENTARY School holds county fair Fourthraders at Cherry Hill FJernerrary are learning the details de-tails shaping each puzzie piece of Utah The students took a closer look at the pieces of the state at a county fair last week where they learned singsongs they had written, and even presented artifacts obtained from their assigned as-signed county. ORCHARD ELEMENTARY Ready for blastoff Excitement levels are taking tak-ing off at Orchard Demen-tary Demen-tary School as a group of sixth-graders prepare for a blast. 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