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Show OREM TIMES PagcS NEWS AND IDEAS FROM CLASSROOMS AND EDUCATORS EDUCATION'S BEST Thursday. September 14. 2006 r- - Visft I q 1 f : ' 1 .-- ' 'V . .."V .f.'-.Y;; I f- ; t - h--. 1 If 'J firl 'J I ' O.Lx I ' fttiJ I . , , f . .1 it : : i I; Terry Hodsofi, a sixth grade teacher of Onp'i Elementary School, was named the Cubs 2X Teacher of the Year. Teacher of Year uses sports motifs to instruct kids Michael Rigert Terry Hodson. a sixth grade teacher at Orem Elementary El-ementary School for the past two decades, savors nothing more than seeing students succeed-Yet shortly before summer break, students, teachers and staff turned the tables on Hod-son Hod-son with the anrawncement that he had been selected as the school s first Teacher of the Year reapaent- Tor me, it's neat to have students and peers feel that way about you.' Hodson sakl Brad Da vies. Orem Ejemers-tary Ejemers-tary School's principal, sakl Hodson was selected for the honor for his infectious dedication dedi-cation and fervor for edsxa-taon edsxa-taon at the schooL "He's naentiomed to me time and time again that he enjoys being here, for the atmosphere, for the stwlerts. for his feJQow teachers as well Vineyard Elementary School holds Sept. 11 memorial service Bent81 Carter igoFTt-i : :i.rir paw Students and facufty at Vineyard Vine-yard Etenaentary School re-inaeidbered re-inaeidbered the terrorist attacks J Sept .11 2CJ0L, by retiring the flag odtside the school with the toefcs of the LVSC ROTC pro-grann-MaQtSay. PrrxTcmTfciaasaadhe plans to have a flagnratiireinniesat ceremony every year cm Sept. 11 to honor veterans m orkrjg at the school amd reraecriber the victims of the asLadks. "We usuulSst pay tnface to our teadbars wins are veterans,'" Tffinsam said. "We've ails beam Ibdking far a way that we can observe 91 L So k seeaaed the two fust kirjd cf made sense." Al of Vineyard's stiadants acd f aouffcy assenfcfal outsite near the Cagpdte and reared the natiocia!! acthaa ted by TiSfcaam before ROTC cafes marwiiihetnagamSriaseda new one. TaEnsam than addfcess fy? asr-riV rwnnmHT.fl kg turn TtThnan Said 1 K inpKXtS&t. tO teadfalhe stuadfects zfoodt Sepf. 11 because EKEt cf then were as for the support of parents." Davies sakl "You know, this is home to him.' The 43-year-o5d is married, has four children and enjoys runcicg, gardening and spending spend-ing time with his family-Yet family-Yet anyone who spends just five minutes with Hodson will know his favorite pastime is being a Utah Jazz super fan. Tbe waSs of Hodson's orderly classroom are plastered win photos, auiogirapbed basketballs basket-balls and memorabilia of Jazz players, both past and present-He present-He said that's nothing compared com-pared to the vast Jazz coJkc-tion coJkc-tion at his horoe. And last year. Hodson took second place in the NBA professional pro-fessional basketball team's Otimale Jazz Fan contest "They had KJZZ down here at the school The kids got re-aly re-aly involved," he sakl Former Jazz center Thurl BaiW has visited Orem FJe-mentary FJe-mentary to encourage student feeracv. and Hodson has had 5.- Ymefxd Eleaaestary d ns UYSC terrorist attack. very youcg when i hafpemed acd Easy mot have israderstood the sagxsfxaoce of aL "We tfcmt BKessariy have to go hack ami reooEStract the details cf the event fcseSf . fcutt we cam mse I to teach the iErportasce of freedom, the -fireedains we eqrjy and the sacrikes that have been irato the Jazz Bear, the team s mascot, mas-cot, visit his dassroom- However, Hodson's emphasis empha-sis on the Beehive State's most popular professional sports franchise also serves another purpose- He uses Jazz players' play-ers' success on the court as an example of what students can achieve by working as a team-He team-He tells stories of his personal favorite Jazz players John Stockton, Jeff Homacek and Matt Harpring as examples of positive role models in society and the importance of a diso-pfeied diso-pfeied work ethsc I relate the Jazz to school " Hodson said. It's no surprise he's passionate passion-ate about teaching and education; educa-tion; Hodson conies from a long line of educators. His father taught elementary elementa-ry school in the Alpine School District for 37 years. One of his brothers is the principal at Highland Elementary School in Highland, whie another brother who formerly taught . tr "-it" AL ROTC held a special cenTrtony to preserve those f reedoens. TSmani said. Sergeane Kevii Bocgjioc: cf the ROTC sakl the ceremoiiy provikted more than just educate educa-te for the Vlnej-ardstiafejBs. It was aiso a great opporturjty for the cadets to serve "It's good for catfes to be abk to wear a uniform and , 9 5 high school now coaches and teaches at the coGegiate level Hodson. who teaches math, reading, language arts and related subjects, said getting to know his students, learning learn-ing their interests and how to relate to them is key to being a good teacher. "I'm excited about school, and I try to keep things positive." posi-tive." he said. The veteran educator stresses stress-es that pupus can succeed if they have the desire to. and if student are working hard and giving their all to learning, "that's what's important." Staying true to bis teamwork team-work creed. Hodson said the Teacher of the Year accolade is nothing more than a recognition recog-nition of the contributions and excellence of all the faculty and staff at Orem Elementary. This isn't my style." he said of the attention based on the award. "We're all Teachers of the Year if you're giving it vour best shot." to remember th& Sept-11 rare a fig in frort of b ) cty zees, young dtizerss. Baughton said. We tfarJi is sooaeilhrg that is very patriotic, especially on Sept. 1L" Bought on aSso sakl be is gad that peopk in the oarsmurjty were atue to see f Jt Jsre Uah sdiiers in ursfcrm serving the coGmray. mi fimoi iwfsr Wn naw flwrxaf Suncrest Elementary receives grant, gets ready for new school programs Benjamin Carter MO COAT' SAf Starting Monday the school day won't quite be over when the bell rings for some students at Suncrest Elementary SchooL The school received a grant this year which they wiD use to start a new after-school program. Students will have five dif ferent dubs to choose from, with themes like cooking, soccer and chess. Each student will be required to pay a S5 fee to participate and wflU be able to join two clubs. Principal John Patten said he hopes to expand the program so students can join more dubs in the future, but for now resources are limied. "No more than two dubs right now. because we want everybody ev-erybody to have a chance." Patten said. The funding for the program came from a variety of sources, sourc-es, including the federal government. JC Penney, 4-H Chib and other local business. AD told the school will receive $ 1 10.000 for each of the next five years to run the program. "We have all these community partners that are coming together to-gether to offer these services." Patten said. The classes will run for 12 weeks, ending just before the Winter break and then they will start up again in a new cycle in late January. They will be taught by volunteer instructors, some of which already teach at Suncrest. Suncrest hired Blake Leszczynski. a former 4-H Club mentor, men-tor, to be the director of the program. He said he is excited to be part of such an important institution. "The thing about after-school is that it's important." he said. "A lot of people just see it as babysitting and that's not the case at afi." Leszczynski said the after-school program teaches children important skills that they can use for the rest of their liv es. It's not just a safe place kkis can go when they're parents aren't home. "A lot of times it's not that the parents are gone, it's that these kids have this chance to develop not only the skills of the class they're in. but social skills and responsibility skills and things like that." The program also includes a Kindergarten-only class in conjunction con-junction with 4-H Chib. notes Mountain View High School Boy Scouts Adurt Powwow Officials with the Boy Scouts of America will be setting up Friday at 5 pm at Mountain View High School for an adult leadership powwow pow-wow the next day from 7 ajn. to 3 pm Choir Fundraiser The Mountain View Choir wul be holding a BBQ fundraiser at Vineyard Park Saturday at 6pm Iowa Tests Iowa Testing will begin Monday at -7:45 am Orem Bementary School Carnival A school carni Brayden Santo Ev eryone crammed into the gym. as the end of the day was nearing. Some said they dkint want to go. and others were forced to. Some went wfflmgh-. What exactly was going on? The pep really. The date was last Friday, when we had our big game against our rivals, the Orem HBgh Tigers. The pep ra3y was designed to get every one hyped up for the game, hyped up for the win, but w hen t aD came down to i. we lost. I coiidn t befeeve t. (actually. I could) How could our school have lost? I mean, we have the best school spirit ever, we're Irving Irv-ing i up. and we stiB lost. But whether we lost or not, we stifl had school spirit. What exactly is school spirit? According to Jason BartheL school spirit is: "Enthusiasm "En-thusiasm and devotion that somebody feels by going to r$rM Bieuraie . . - ' " ' " -i val is scheduled for Monday from 4:30 p rn. to 730 p.m. Acth'ities include games, a silent auction and a teacher dunking booth The event is open to students, parents and the general public. Suncrest Bementary School Homeroom Parent Meeting Scheduled for Monday at 3:45 p.m. Student Photo Day Individual Indi-vidual student pictures will be taken Tuesday. Common OayCamrvai AO students will begin school at 8 a.m. on Friday. Sept. 29. A school carnival will be held from 230 p.m. to 430 p.m. with games, food and drinks for students, families and the general public. a school and expressed by wearing the same colored shirt, going and supporting sports teams, and lifting each other up to make sure everyone every-one is doing the best they can. That is what true school spirit is." I think that school spirit comes when you support your ' schooL and its faculty and student stu-dent body officers. Although, I don't think you have to dress up for every occasion and not have school spirit. It's kind of like chewing a pnece of gum. When you chew the gum. rs Lke supporting the school but you dtmt have to blow a bubble. Blow mg a bubble ss like dressing up on the dress up days, going all out in student activMies. etc : Sometimes you want to, and sometimes you donl. School spmt tsn l about the dressing up and the going to athletic events, it's about supporting sup-porting your school and w hat it stands for. 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