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Show OREM GENEVA TIMES Thursday, September 22, 2005 notes Page 4 'j f VV A N D ! D AS We don't have a really big playground. Kids kept wearing out and I didn't want us to be bored at recess" Robert Reay, said or mis scifnce project inspiration FRANK BOTTNorth County Timpanogos Academy seventh-grader Robert Reay hits a tetherball to demonstrate the strength of his new rope design. "Last year the rope broke all the time, at leust two or three times a week Just look at this rope it has been with this ball since January of us i'(ir and no breaks," said Reay us he swings at the hull Friday morning. The rope design helped him win first place in the I 'tub Science Engineering Fair and qualified him for the Discovery Channel semi-finals. Melissa Mayntz . ( it'in n;ts rxM'ii Konert Kcav's favorite class simk- second grade. Now ,i seventh-grade student at ! impanogos Academy Acad-emy in I indon. lie brought his love ol the subject to his first science fair project, "Tetherball "Teth-erball Trouble," and did well enough to named a semifinal-ist semifinal-ist for a national competition. "We don't have a really big playground," said Reay. "Kids kept wear ing out the tetherballs tetherb-alls and 1 didn't want us to be lxred at recess." That simple problem led Reay to design a system to test different types of rope and determine which one would last longest under heavy tetherball use With his principal's permission, permis-sion, be tested four different types of nx. checking them daily to retord his findings. The control rope, the type the school normally used, broke within a day, as did one of hLS alternate c hoices. Invent ually. the best rox a black nylon variety - was discovered, and it lasted more than 1 1 days Reay shared his results with his classmates and the school through the regional science fair, but the impact of his experiment ex-periment has had even greater results. The schx)l now uses Orem High Jamie Lynn Custer When Kila Parmenter attended the Orem , High School rOth Anniversary Celebration on Sept 15, she didn't go alone. She was accompanied by her mot her and three aunts, all Orem High graduates. "My grandmother graduated from Lincoln Lin-coln High before Orem High was built," said Parmenter. "I also have another aunt and two uncles who graduated from Orem High It's been a kind of family affair " The fad that Parmenter is part of the 50th graduating class from Orem High since it first opened its dxrs in 1955 has given her a greater appreciation for the school and its traditions "The school showed the multimedia presentation pre-sentation to the student body the next day in s( hix)l," said Parmenter. "The school spirit was phenomenal." There have been 20,000 OHS graduates since 1955. "Me being part of the class of 2005 will FHOM CLASSROOMS AND EDUCATORS unit molt ' :i Pi f f ''V iSw '- FRANK BOTTNorth County Timpanogos Academy seventh-grader Robert Reay shows (wo of the four samples of rope used in his testing. "The school will suve u hunch of money, maybe as much as $200 a year with the new rope selection," said Reay. the black rope iastead of the original choice, a change which has saved more than $100 in replacement rope. "The black rope is a few cents more expensive, but it lasts much longer," said Reay, This has also saved school administrators time because they no longer need to fix the rope as frequently, and students stu-dents always have tetherball fun during recess. Across the nation, middle schK)l students have been working for months to compete com-pete for the honor of being "America's Top Young Sci senior feels increase that number," said Parmenter. "It gives me a real sease of pride for my school, but also a sense of belonging to the community. "There are a lot of things I love about my school, but the school spirit is definitely the 1 VJu 1 J Kila Parmenter, senior at Orem High School -" reasons for liking Orem High School. "In the city of Lakewood, Colo., where I attended school before moving to Orem, smoking was allowed on school property, entist of the Year." The 2005 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Sci-entist Challenge is an annual competition that encourages students to explore science with innovation and imagination, imagina-tion, and this year 75,000 students stu-dents entered science fairs to do just that. In late August, the competitors were narrowed to 400 semifinalists from 43 states as well as Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Reay is one of 13 Utah students who qualified as a semifinalist. Reay's project embraced many key components compo-nents of scientific leadership, part of Tiger heritage first. I really think the kids in my school are proud to be there." Parmenter sfieaks French. She plays the flute and she loves spending spend-ing time with her horse. "I can't really make up my mind on whether 1 am a country girl or a city girl." she said. "Luckily, there is a little of both in Orem. I think 1 can be both here." Parmenter has definite the tetherballs '' " f including problem solving, teamwork and the desire to help others. The experiment took about three weeks and setting up the formal display for the science sci-ence fair took another four days. He plans to participate in more science fairs and hopes to study engineering in the future. In the next phase of the competition, the 400 semifinalists semifinal-ists were narrowed to the "Final "Fi-nal 40." The finalists will travel to Washington D.C. in mid-October for a competition at the University of Maryland. There the students will compete in team-based chaDenges for more than $100,000 worth of scholarships and other prizes. Reay, along with his family, is impressed at his success, even though he hasn't advanced ad-vanced to the next round. "It's nice to see him find a project that he enjoyed doing," do-ing," said Dana Reay, Robert's mother. "He learned about the scientific method in a fun way." Reay acknowledges that his experiment could have been -better, a crucial realization for scientific progress. If he had more time, he would have tested a wider variety va-riety of ropes to see if he could have found one even better. Most importantly, he enjoyed doing a project that has helped his classmates. and there was no consequence for possession. posses-sion. There was no (IDS) seminary and I didn't feel that my teachers really cared about me. "On the other hand, when I was living in the tiny country town of Plains, Mont., it was okay when kids brought guns to school on career day as they were planning to go into the forest service, law enforcement enforce-ment or just stay a hunter. Nobody worried about misuse of guns. That was pretty fascinating, but there was little school spirit as there was a lot of drugs and alcohol there just as in the big city." Parmenter enjoyed being in the marching band in her sophomore year. She was also on the volleyball team. She trained at 'Players' volleyball club, but as she neglected her studies she left herself with an overly full schedule for her senior year. She ended up spending more time with her horse than she did on school sports. "I'll just be working hard at school this year. It is more important to me to graduate gradu-ate now that I have attended the 50th celebration, cele-bration, than ever before," said Parmenter. OREM HIGH SCHOOL Renaissance Fair The drama department's fund-raising Renaissance Fair is Sept. 29, from 6-9 p.m. Festivities Fes-tivities will include jugglers, jousting, fencing, puppetry and a Shakespearean dinner. Tickets cost $10 for an adult and $40 for a family, and are available in advance from the Drama Department. I Summer photos sought The yearbook staff is looking for pictures of what students did last summer. Please turn them in to Miss Tuttle in Room B-ll no later than Sept. 30. I Parent-Teacher conferences Parent-Teacher conferences will be from 3-6:30 p.m. on Sept. 28. MOUNTAIN VIEW HIGH SCHOOL Parent-Teacher conferences Parent-Teacher conferences will be Sept. 27 and 28 from 3 to 6:30 p.m. in the school's commons area. Parents are encourage to attend. CANYON VIEW JR. HIGH Parent-Teacher conferences Parent-Teacher Conferences Confer-ences will be next Tuesday and Wednesday from 3:30-6:30 p.m. Field trip The South Fork Rivers alJ-day field trip for ninth-graders is on Sept. 30. OREM ELEMENTARY PTA drive continues The school's PTA membership mem-bership drive will continue through this week, said Mary Harper, PTA president. Dues are $5, and the PTA is emphasizing empha-sizing "father involvement" during the drive, with some raffle gifts for men available. SHARON ELEMENTARY lights On After School' program An afternoon event called "Lights On After School" will be held at Sharon Elementary on Oct. 13 from 3:30 to 4 p.m. This is an opportunity for parents par-ents to "see what's happening with school clubs," said Kaimii Stone, coordinator of before and after-school programs. The variety of clubs includes gymnastics, arts and crafts, computers, dance, homework and games, science, crocheting, crochet-ing, cartooning, band and soccer, soc-cer, Stone said. Volunteers are always needed to assist in the enrichment programs. "We're always looking for those who want to come and play with the kids," Stone said. bruin Jazz Band at State Fair, 'R AD.S.' reaches goal Brayden Santo NORTH COUNTY Last week was quite a normal nor-mal week. Nothing special was planned for it. It didn't even have a name. A few things happened last week that were quite eventful though. The school Jazz Band got to perform at the State Fair. Overall, it was really fun. We played well and the people at the fair enjoyed us. Then we played for the judges. It went okay, but not as good as planned. They really re-ally enjoyed our playing and then we left. Then came the two-day period pe-riod of "What did we get?" So we waited for two days, and then Mr. Bowman, the band director, announced that we had received an honorable mention. Everyone was kind of down. We all thought we had done better than that. Also last week, we got our "We need those who can serve as role models in the community commu-nity for the children." SUNCREST ELEMENTARY Common day scheduled Sept. 30 will be a "common day" at the school, when all students will begin class at 8 a.m. and end at 2:15 p.m., said Ann Hatch, assistant principaL The unified schedule will accommodate ac-commodate two special events a school talent show at 1 p.m., and a carnival from 2:30 - 4:30 p.m. ASPEN ELEMENTARY Reading Incentive program Aspen Elementary School's Reading Incentive Kick Off is Sept. 29. Contact the PTA for more information. I School fund-raising School fund-raising begins on Friday, Sept. 30. This year the school will be selling chocolates, holiday holi-day gift wrap, magazines and more. BONNEVILLE ELEMENTARY Bronco Day coming up Bronco Day is Sept. 29. The carnival is fun for the whole family and runs from 5-8 p.m. on the playground. Preorder tickets 5 for $1 or uruirnited ride wristbands for $8 from Sept. 26-28. Tickets will cost 4 for $ 1 and wristbands will be $10 on the day of the carnival. i School photos today School pictures for all Bonneville Bonn-eville Elementary students are today. Retakes will be Oct. 13. Aspen Grove hike The third-graders will take their hiking trip to Aspen Grove tomorrow to look for signs of autumn. CASCADE ELEMENTARY School photos Monday School pictures for all Cascade Cas-cade Elementary students are Monday in the auditorium. ORCHARD ELEMENTARY Room Mother orientation The Room Mother Tea and Orientation is today at 3:45 p.m. in the Cafeteria. Iowa Testing underway Iowa Testing continues for third- and fifth-graders through Oct. 7. school photos. Everyone was having fun looking at everyone every-one else's photos. Our school club, "R.A.D.S," got the donations they wanted, a total of $1,500, so on Friday, they gave the students an extended ex-tended lunch. Everyone spent that time doing whatever they do at lunch for just a bit longer. The football team also had a game against Pleasant Grove, and they woa This week is testing for the juniors. Testing was on Tuesday Tues-day and Wednesday, and concludes con-cludes today. Testing starts at 7:45 and goes until 9:45 a.m., then classes start. Sophomores have to come to school those days as they win be studying and preparing for the UBSCT test, given by the State. As for the lucky seniors, they can sleep in until they need to come to school This week we also have the Battle of the Bands. It's sure to be a great concert. There is also a home game against Lone Peak. POOR CO |