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Show Pgtf. 0 H E M TIMES Thursday, November 2006 HEWS AND IDEAS FROM CLASSROOMS AND EDUCATORS No longer Bored . ' - ft ' : - ( "i 'i-vi, ,,, ' ,. . MARC HAODOCKtHQTh County Amber Swain frfj J grates nheese j'f personal pizzas as Ethan Boettcher, Isaac Sheptterd and Lauren deed watch at Hillcrest I'Jewntary' utfer-v.hrjfA 4-H program. 4-H program comes to local elementaries Reva Bowen Four element ary schools a: Orem Aspen. We si-more. si-more. Milk rest, and SuKTrsi art1 experiencing the Ix-ndi! s of having a 543 program m the schools, a program pro-gram that i j amv young people m leadership, citizenship, and Ide skills, a' ' .or lij-jg toiri. pf 'jgrajn's, oMiaa Web sue diA f jt si u'r.fi s, 1 ttc if jm thai f 'jcus jti a ya;-itjculaj' ya;-itjculaj' skJJjr subieid milw tKampiev trKiud- wjkjr. ttwir. arii. and a aft v. Wj'r; itrumalv. magic, animal adv-r,-Iwes. 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Other funding for the program comes from federal njne' admrnisttred through she slate's Department of Workforce Servioes. Addxtwnal money contri-uted contri-uted by XJenney has allowed each school! to add 45 children to the program, Je-e2 said. St udecls thesnveh'ts pay a 15 enrollment fee for each dub iTi ia hufe they enroll. During a typical f jve2ay week, four clubs are held each day. EnroB-ment EnroB-ment m one to fhe clubs is pos-iAt. pos-iAt. but Jewel said the average aver-age enroltoenl for a student is m two or three dubs.. There is a knit of 15 students per ddb. The clubs are held on a semester basas. for 12 weeks. During the IJib week, the groups complete a seri'ice project, such as conducting a food drive, visiting a home for the elderly, making blankets blan-kets for fTimary Children's (The 4-H Club time) is a fun time for kids. They're not at home alone, playing video games or being bored." Jessica Adamson M! LiCP.t.ST Medical Center, or working on another school or community improvement project . During the twelfth week, the students showcase wtat they km e learned. If there is room, members mem-bers can pm the dubs at any point during the semester. Teachers are regular teachers teach-ers from the schools, parents, and community members. Some teachers are volunteers from Brignant Your Uni-versaty Uni-versaty or Hah Valley State College. A screening process that includes reference checks and firerprinting is done for teacher applicants, Jewell said. An incentive or stipend is paid to teachers at the end of the semester. After-school sessions usually go until 5 pm, when many parents get off work. The time betw een children getting out of school and parents par-ents coming home from work is the most dangerous time for children, Jewell said. "That's when the most teenage pregnancy preg-nancy (for older children) and drug use happens. It's a time that kids need to have activities activi-ties and supervision." "(The 441 dub time) is a fun time for the kids." said Jessica Adamson, coordinator of the Hilkrest program. They're not at home alone, playing video vid-eo games or being bored. And they learn deferent things than they learn during the regular school day " "We w ant the public to know about the program," Jewel said. "We are realty accessible, and we would like to have every kid in an after-school after-school program where they can learn kfe skills and be protected." pro-tected." For more information, con-tact con-tact Jew ell at 473-5125. 1 SA Reliable Delivery Great Customer Senrice 373-5103 We have an Extensive Credit Prograr We can help with a New or Used car and Reestablish vour credit ,T . JTSW- I'l l 1 TimpanogosHigh School I Dr. Seuss on the stage "Seussical, the MusicaT performances will be Today through Tuesday at 730 p.m. Reserved seats at a pre-sale price are available by calling Agnes Broberg, drama director, direc-tor, at 223-3120. ext. 106, and leaving a message. Reserved tickets are $5 for children, students, and seniors, and $6 for adults. Tickets are also available at the door for $6 and $7. A discount for any group of ten or more is offered of-fered at $3 per ticket by contacting con-tacting Broberg. OremJr.High I Food drive The student council will hold a canned food drive from Monday through Nov. 17. I Wizard of Oz performances performanc-es A musical version of the classic tale of The Wizard of Oz" is set for performances Friday, Saturday and Monday Mon-day at 730 p.m. Tickets are available at the door for S3 per person, or $15 for a family. fam-ily. Director is Sondra Green. Aspen Elementary I Food drive A food drive has begun this week at Aspen, and will continue through Dec 13. The drive is being conducted by the school and its 4-H program. I Field trip Fourth graders grad-ers will take a field trip to Thanksgiving Point Nov. 10. I Community Council The school's Community Council will meet Tuesday at 3:40 p.nt I Egg drop Sixth grade students will be participating in an egg drop event with Utah Valley State College students Nov. 14 and 28. Engineering Engi-neering principles are used in a contest to most safely package pack-age the delicate egg entries for afalL I Parents' seminar A seminar for parents of sixth grade students will be presented pre-sented by an officer from the Or em Police Department Nov, 16 at 7 pm. I Trimester to end The first trimester wfll end Nov. 17. I Domrt Date The fourth grader will have a Donut Date on Nov. 17 at 920 am I Reflections Honor Night PTA Reflections Honor Night will be Nov. 17 at 7 pm Bonneville Elementary I Top fundraisers rewarded As a reward for their efforts, the 40 students who sold the most items in the school's recent PTA fundraiser will have the opportunity op-portunity Nov. 10 to travel by limousine to the Golden Corral Cor-ral restaurant for lunch. In addition, said PTA president presi-dent Julie Tnurman, the top five sellers Alec Trotter, Danielk Thurman, Lexie Van Akin, Ryan Decker, and Swayzie Harris have the opportunity to "Jump for George." This activity will take place in the lunchroom, where money wfll be placed on the floor, and each contestant contes-tant jumps as far as he or she is able. Any money they land on, plus any money behind them, belongs to the students. Julie Thurman said the fundraiser which had students selling a variety of items like chocolates, wrapping wrap-ping paper, and jewelry was very successful, doubling its anticipated goal I Moms I Mirffins First graders will invite their mothers moth-ers for Moms & Muffing on Nov. 14 from 920 to 10 am I Dads and Donuts Fourth graders will invite their fathers to Dads & Donuts Do-nuts on Nov. 15 from 920 to 10 am I Recycling on-going Recycling of newspapers, aluminum cans, and plastic bags continues at Bonneville through the efforts of the Recycling Re-cycling Chib. Geneva Elementary "Can the Principal From now through November No-vember 2L Geneva is conducting con-ducting a PTA-sponsored canned food drive. Principal Michael Parkes said that if the goal of 2,000 canned items is reached, he has agreed to spend time in a garbage can on Nov. 2L and "there are some sixth graders who are pretty anxious to see that happen." Donated food will be given to the (Mmmuniry Food Bank. I dear Creek Fifth graders grad-ers will go to Gear Creek today and Friday. t-wo;v:3 WOHTfELT "Hey big guy! How's it go-ingr go-ingr This is how I greet most every ev-ery guy 1 see at Timpanogos these days, because nobody likes to be called big guy. The ones who are actually big think I'm calling them fat and the Bile ones think I'm making mak-ing fun of their littleness. It's great. It's too bad thst I should take a break here and men-t men-t ion that "SeussicaT is opening open-ing at our school tonight and running through Tuesday night (excluding Sunday dub) at 730 pm And the Senior Dinner Dance, you think it's next Saturday, don't you? It's not Because tons of people are having wedding receptions that night M's been moved to Wednesday. The dance times have been shifted up too because be-cause it's a school eight. I'm going out of town for the week. But I want to go to the dance for all the natural reasons. Every time I think about missing it, I think about all the disappointed girls who have been waiting for a chance to dance with me. I'm not sure if these girls exist But it's hard for them not t o in my mind. In my mind, they're just incredibly shy, that's why I don't know they like me. Sad, I know. I live things like dances and dates a hundred times in my mind before they happen. But I've found out something: these daydreams break the rules of good writing. Supposedly, a good story has an inevitable ending: given giv-en the initial circumstances . and characters. The plots in my head require a considerable consider-able degree of manipulation before the girl confesses her undying love for me. So maybe if I went to the dance and one of my secret admirers danced with me and the subject of undying love just happened to come up ... E-mail me at wyattfeSttgmaiLcom wintpllng VJI ! B PmIIA U ' RtikMAllI I fPW " t'tfe sue jrc:7Wfe izk fatkzttr No Hasilt 24 hr. Credit line. 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