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Show OREM GENEVA TIMES Thursday, October 13, 2005 (MEn J I ; ' I (j If)! A f U () M r. L A ' r H 0 0 M S AND EDUCATORS Page 4 i w : TTl 1 v ti- If, v Jr I . 1 vH '-hp- ft N ' ;- i CHAD CHENIER North County 'Professor' Di.ina Fairbourne pours water into a pan as a new Hogwarts science experiment thut demonstrates the refractive M f lies o light in water ut linniwvilh' Element ary s hool in rem. "I usked 'Professor' Sum Kencher, who started the I'ldyram. i) I nuUI help, and I love it." lairhoume said Sam Haulier's Hogwarts science class is taught on Tuesduy und I Imi miiv as mi ajlet si hool program Hog warts School 1 01 Af terschool class introduces elementary students to science m Melissa Mayntz agic is in the an at Bonney ill- Elementary S him!. I verv I uesdav and Thursday afternoon, 00 fourth . f ilth- and sixth- '.r ader s meet to explore the wonders of tin Bonneville I logwarts Si h h ! of Sci-!!' Sci-!!' c and Manic. I i d bv "I'roli'ssoi " Sam Kencher. students stu-dents explore various concepts including includ-ing Potions. Muggle Sludies. Her "Imlogv .Hid ( an-of Magical Creatures. 1 1) patents and other non-magic iolk these ( losses arc more (ommoniv I. in iwn as malt it. 'ewt oil's laws, plants and animals ( h'T studies will include ee ti n itv spai i Havel. ( oust ellat ions and t lie si .lai system V. Iiile the i lasses ate loosely hascd on I K kuw line's he,! selling Harrv I'ot-n-i lK)k set ies. the ( luh is a lun wav lot students In stuih si en e It I at! lilt ! ihIui Hull or ieeXT i i t i hi ne ill ill pal t i ill, ir ( oncepts, de-p' de-p' h'liM;1 ' Ml I he st in lei its' rude level," said knn her Rein her ha-, sui i essfully written a. I ants leljliestlll hinds for gifted pro-ur.Mtiv. pro-ur.Mtiv. including the P.i iinie villi- Hog- .it's iti r at ;i t hniiph all students are welcome on a first -come, first -served basis. At the hrsl meet iii(4, students were sorted into their houses: Foxfur, Felin-ian. Felin-ian. Pegwing and C'utfeak. Each house is based on a ( lever animal: a fox, a panther . a Pegasus and a falcon, all of which have slightly different characteristics charac-teristics of exploration and discovery. Every student was given a wand and I -shirl to match their house, and they work together as a team to complete different experiments and earn points. Points are also awarded through cooperation, subject mastery, and the occasional quidditch match. House points are displayed with glass marbles in hourglasses so everyone can track which team is in the lead. "Everyone started on equal ground," said kencher. Class houses are balanced with students from each grade level. ( lasses meet f rom .'i:.'fl)-l:30 p.m. on stage in the school's gym. where four long tables are set up for the dif ferent houses "lYofessor" kencher supervises the activities in his Bonneville Hogwarts mix- and hat. and students recite incantations incan-tations to help their science experiments work. "You really have to be careful to make it authentic and fun." said kencher. During a recent xtions class, students stu-dents used "unicorn dust" from Iiagon Alley to create a fantastical substance with txrth solid and liquid properties. After experimenting with the material. Kencher explained that muggles (Harry Potter terminology for non-magical leopie) have a material called "cornstarch" "corn-starch" that will work as a substitute if students wanted to continue their studies stud-ies at home. kencher has been teaching for K) years in both IVovo and Orem, and has organized science clubs in the past. He had hoped to attract about 20 students to the Bonneville Hogwarts club, but was surprised when more than KM) students stu-dents applied. To accommodate the interest a second sec-ond class was formed, and he plans to repeat the 12-week program in January. The waiting list already has dozens of students on it. As a Harry Potter fan himself, kencher recognizes the excellence of Rowling's work, but does not feel that the later bwks are appropriate for an elementary school audience. During the club's meetings, he uses terminology terminol-ogy familiar to the books' readers, but the group focuses on exploring science rather than discussing Harry Potter. "it's mostly science with a fun theme," said Rencher. As a fun diversion, several quidditch matches are planned between the different differ-ent houses. Of course, students will not be permitted per-mitted to use their broomsticks, but soccer and foam balls will be used as the quaffle and bludgers, and each team will have a seeker searching for the golden snitch. At the final club meeting on Dec. 6, all four houses will celebrate with an end-of-term feast in honor of the house with the most points. No matter who wins, each student is sure to leave with a bit more magic in his or her life because of this astonishing astonish-ing after-school program. JEREMY HARMONNorth County Greg Park, a teacher at Timpanogos High School, has writ ten a fantasy novel called Veil of Durkness. The hook is the first of a five part series. High School teacher publishes fantasy novel Reva Bowen NORfH COUNTY SlAlf Greg Park has not made his recently-published rxxik required re-quired reading in his classes at Timpanogos High Schcxjl, but the English, Japanese and creative cre-ative writing teacher said that the b(K)k has made his job easier in some ways. "Students are willing to put forth more effort when they see me accomplish something like this," Park noted. "They see that I'm not afraid to do what I have them do. I see more quality and more effort in their work." Park's book, VeiJ of Darkness, Dark-ness, a fantasy novel geared for teen-age readers, is book one in a planned series of five, called "The Earthsoul Prophecies." Book two is nearing completion. comple-tion. "I wrote it for my students, really," Park explained. "It is junior ju-nior high and high school level reading or for those who like fantasy." One of Park's students did the artwork for the book cover. Like the book's protagonist, young people face choices and consequences every day, Park said, and often worry about who they may be becoming. The story is about a young man who, faced with his destiny, Is ambivalent because of how he may change. Park's students who have read the book have come to their teacher with questions. "How often do you get the opportunity to ask the author, 'Why did you do this? or 'What did that mean?' " Park said. "As they learn about the storytelling sto-rytelling process, they can go right to the source." Initial reviews of Veil of Durkness have been good, Park said, and the novel has been picked up by a big-name distributor. dis-tributor. The book is available at Borders. Bor-ders. For more information, visit the Web site www.earth-soulprophecies.com. Victory dance was really just a participation dance Brayden Santo NORTH COUNTY Why was it called a "victory dance" if we lost? Last week, Mountain View played Spanish Fork at Mountain Moun-tain View. It was our last home game. Afterwards there was a victory vic-tory dance, which some commented com-mented that it could be called a "participation dance" instead. ALso last week, the Shakespeare Shake-speare team went to Cedar City to compete in a Shakespeare competition. There were also picture make-ups and retakes for those who didn't get or like their photos. This week was Red Ribbon Week. The red ribbon shows that we are a drug free school. On Monday there was a Region Re-gion Golf State Tourney. We also got out early on Monday. On Tuesday the honors and AP English, and drama students went to Cedar City to view "All's Well That Ends Well" at bruin the Utah Shakespearean Festival. Festi-val. ALso, for some long-term events, don't forget that the world-known Dallas Brass is coming to Mountain View. They will be playing with the school's bands. You can buy tickets from Summerhays Music Center. Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for students and $30 for families fami-lies of four and then $5 for each additional family member. The concert will be on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Mountain View will also be presenting Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" on Nov. 17, 18, 19, and 21 starting at 7 p.m. Order your tickets now because be-cause it is sure to be a wonderful wonder-ful production. nates Music store, newspaper team up to help elementary school Reva Bowen Win n Heritage Musk owner Kevin I 'nee st at ioixii hiinsi it at a Ixiotb at Orem 1.1-ernent 1.1-ernent ar v S bool's "Bat k-to-Si hool iiht" and fall carnival carni-val to ( oljec t donations for a iiiiisii lab si hool patrons and supporters mas ha e leen mild!', surprised But bin is i-oiivinced they .ee genuinely shot ki'd when he turned over all the money he c -oiled ed to the si hool v. n h' nit taking a cut for hinisell "All we r e i rving to do is help get Tin- k board lab in there." h ii e said of his business s partnership with t lie si h' w p Hi t he "1 I e- KeV- 1 . i r i J lor Si bonis" program. "Whai I J.'et '"11 of it is a future It those elementary si hool kids have a (lood ex-x-r leni e they'll buy pianos instead o) lour wheelers in the t ut ut , and will help their kids " I aniihes and faculty meniln r s i an lie involved in the program in two ways I list, il thev purchase a new piano lor ttn-mselves horn Heritaee Musu H. ( orripunV donates a keyboard or credit toward the purchase of other equipment or materials to the si hind's music piogram. Second, those wanting to contribute can "buy a key" lor $3!.!5. When all KK keys ar- purchased, the school has a piano. I wo scfiools that I Yice has worked wnh have complete labs, he said, and he is now or king with sev eral others. hue said Heritage Music donated a keyljoard to Orem Elementary "to get them started." and the lab now has tune or II) keyboards, with plans to add more The Orem-(ieneva l imes has also teamed with the school in the fundraising effort ef-fort 1 lve dollars of the cost of a new subscription tothe newspa-r can fx' directed toward Orem Elementary 's program. I Vice said "1 think it 's a great opportunity op-portunity for students who wouldn't otherwise have access ac-cess to keytxiards or a piano," said Amber Ostler, vice principal prin-cipal at Orem Elementary. "Being able to use the equipment equip-ment at scrpiol, tliey can be creative and learn more about ( music." For more information on the program. Price can be contacted at 225-0049. OREM HIGH SCHOOL PSAT this Saturday The PSAT test will be administered to registered students Saturday promptly at 8 a m. Posters in the lobby will direct students to the appropriate ap-propriate testing room. Test retakes U-BStT retakes re-takes for juniors and seniors will be Monday I Choir Concert Tuesday The annual Fall Choir Concert is TuevJay at 7 p.m. in the high school auditorium. CANYON VIEW JUNIORHIGH Picture retakes take place Friday Picture retakes for Canyon View Junior High students will be Friday. Students who don't like their first pictures must return the old packet when their picture is retaken. ASPENELEMENTARY PTA membership There is still time to join the PTA. Membership costs just $5, and payment envelopes are available in the school's main office until the end of October. The class with the highest percentage of PTA membership member-ship envelopes will win a root beer float party and the Aspen As-pen Class Champs trophy for their classroom. I Bilingual volunteers needed Two bilingual (Spanish and English) volunteers are needed need-ed to be the head of Aspen Element ary's Spanish Phone Tree. For more information, contact Laura Rytting. I PTA conference The PTA Legislative Conference is today. Call 227-8700 for more information. BONNEVILLE ELEMENTARY Photo retakes Picture retakes for any Bonneville Elementary student stu-dent who missed photos earlier this year or those who need a new picture are today in the lunchroom. CASCADE ELEMENTARY Red Ribbon Week activities As part of this week's Red Ribbon Week activities, .students are encouraged to bring in shampoo, soap, toothpaste tooth-paste and other toiletry items to donate to the Kindness For Katrina program. CHERRY HILL ELEMENTARY SEPs today SEP conferences continue f today from 4$ p.m. OREM ELEMENTARY Ribbon Week Ribbon Week will kick off on Monday with two assemblies assem-blies at the school one for kindergarten through third grade students and one for fourth through sixth grade students. SHARON ELEMENTARY Lights On Afterschool Sharon Elementary, 525 N. 400 East, will be celebrating national Lights On After-school After-school day today. Parents and community members are all invited to attend the national lights On Afterschool day. The purpose is for them to come and see which club programs pro-grams are available for the students to be involved in at Sharon Elementary school. |