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Show Thursday, March 29, 2007 0 R E M TIMES Page 5 i4 NEWS AND IDEAS ,4 V ...m,mV f j w ' hf . 7 - 4 r MICHAEL RIGERTNorlh County Cassidy Jennings, a fourth-grader, and Jessalyn Layton, a second-grader, are finalists in Vineyard Elementary School's storytelling auditions and represented the school at the Alpine School District storytelling finals. Vineyard duo tell their way to storyspinning finals Michael Rigert NORTH COUNTY SI AFF Some students at Vineyard Elementary School are telling some real whoppers, but instead in-stead of being scolded, they're being applauded for the creativity cre-ativity and delivery of their tall tales. Cassidy Jennings, a fourth grader, and Jessalyn Layton, a second grader, were both selected se-lected as finalists to represent the school at the district's Storytelling Sto-rytelling Auditions this month. Cassidy penned an original story she entitled "The Snow Diary" about a young girl who loved snow whose family moved from Utah to Texas. "She was really upset and bruin BRAYPEN SANTO Fourth term. Bruins. You've made it this far; just keep going for one more term. For all those seniors who have senioritis, you've got just one more term. If you're not a senior, then you might need to change, because be-cause there's still a few more terms for you. SSWWPWSW1PB JSTEHQ. Qbeningi 2007 - i iii i -1 ' rT l rrr rr TT wtM"' '"wifii H fTTITT- nrlflTirrf! JEviiJapYji' ''i'o!Tnfs$!:i''!i:. :.n.!.. FROM CLASSROOMS AND EDUCATORS i; went to the store to buy a snow machine. And though she thought it was full of foam, when she closed her eyes and imagined Utah she felt a cool feeling. It really worked," Cassidy Cas-sidy said. "Everyone in Texas said it was a miracle." She told the story for school arts and music specialist Karie Peterson who then urged her to tell it to the class as part of the Vineyard's storytelling auditions. "It was kind of scary, kind of fun," Cassidy said, who loves perfecting baking recipes with her grandmother and aspires as-pires to be a chef. Though Vineyard has held storytelling competitions in the past, this is the first year in re Anyway ... with term 4 coming in, we have more adventures. ad-ventures. Just a sneek peek: band tour, graduation stuff, state festivals, and much, much more. We'll have a lot of fun, especially with the end of school this term. As for this week, there have been some pretty exciting things. There has been a fashion fash-ion show put on by the fashion students, showing off their "prom dresses." The seniors went to Classic Skating. The bands put on a concert last night, and that went really r i iiiii 1 ULLLL3U OSES? Lose weight For a FC1EE S A CI PILE Visit victoriafielding.greatshapetoday.com or call Victoria for a FREE consultation (O I) 407-0071 cent times the school has held a storytelling contest with the finalists getting a shot at being able to spin their tale at the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival Festi-val in the fall, Peterson said. It was her job to narrow down the 50 students who auditioned to two finalists to represent Vineyard Elementary Elemen-tary from the upper and lower grade levels. "I was looking for kids with great inflection and who told the story really well," Peterson said. Cassidy impressed Peterson with her creativity and preparation prepa-ration and Jessalyn's voice inflections in her telling of one of the stories from the Junie B. Jones children's book series well. Tomorrow the Jazz Band is going to state festival, which is a very great reward. We will be compared to many of the best bands in the state. In last week's edition of the Orem Times, there was a very well written article about a physics class launching what were called "trebuchets." I loved how Michael Rigert called me jubilant. What excellent excel-lent diction. I wanted to compliment com-pliment him on a well written article. The trebuchets were actually a really good time, and I'm sure people are still having 1 1 j 1 1 1 i i UJUjJUI 1 'A safely with won her spot at a school storytelling story-telling finalist. "Jessalyn read the chapter just like she was telling her best friend," Peterson said. "It didn't sound like she was reading read-ing a story, just telling it in her own words." For many soft-spoken students stu-dents who don't typically find themselves in the limelight, participating in the storytelling auditions was an opportunity for them to shine in front of their classmates, she said. "They got a chance to be a star," Peterson said. "They know they tried something out of their comfort zone ... 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Mountain View High School State Jan Festival The Bruins' jazz band under the direction band director John Bowman will participate in the State Jazz Festival Friday. I Region Training Choir Today at 3:30 is Region Training Choir at THS. I Election assembly The Election Assembly is Friday at 9 a.m. I Overnight trip files The Overnight Trip Files from June 1, 2007 through Sept. 30, 2007 are due to Mr. Ericksen Friday at 2:45 p.m. Lakeridge High School I Lakeridge Idol competition Students will compete in a school singing competition the evening of Friday. The exact time is still being determined. I Student-led parent and teacher conferences Students will present items they've learned to their parents par-ents during parent -teacher conferences on April 3 and 4 from 1 to 7 p.m. ft Choir Festival The Choir Festival will start at 9:30 a.m. today at Willowcreek. ft Short days Tuesday and Wednesday will be short days next week. ft Orchestra festival The Orchestra Fest will be held at Canyon View Jr. High Wednesday. Cherry Hill Elementary ft Arts Day Children's book author Gary Hoag will be at the school Friday for the entire day to host an assembly and workshops on how students can improve their writing. ft Maturation program The school will hold a maturation mat-uration program for fifth and sixth graders Wednesday, April 4, at 1 p.m. Boys will pair off with their fathers and girls will pair off with their mothers during the program. ft Fourth-grade Utah program pro-gram Fourth graders will 7?Th4 'I'ro rJTTTiTil www.footeinsurance.com 30S N. FREEDOM BLVD. PROVO Cwte Join lite Fun ni Ike Mi Awa The Evening Will Include: Center Uhi Legacy Center LoVilla Solon, Utah Community Credit Union in Saratoga Springs present a program to parents Thursday, April 5, from 6 to 7 p.m. in the gym about the state of Utah, the focus of the students' history curriculum. ft Dual language registration deadline Parents wanting their students enrolled in the dual English-Spanish language program much register their student by Friday, April 6. ft Cherry Hill performs "Oklahoma" Student performances per-formances of the school-version of "Oklahoma" will be April 11 and 12 at 6 p.m. Orem Elementary ft Second grade field trip Second graders will travel to Forbes Elementary School in American Fork to attend the performance of a play. ft Report cards Student report cards go home to parents par-ents on Friday. Suncrest Elementary ft Fifth-grade maturation program pro-gram Fifth graders and their parents are invited to participate partici-pate in a maturation program on Friday from 1 to 1:45 p.m. ft Student pictures School photographs of students will be taken Monday, April 2. Vineyard Elementary ft American Heart Association Associa-tion activities kick off Two assemblies will be held Thursday, Thurs-day, March 30, in connection with kicking off the school's American Heart Association activities and fundraiser. A Jump Rope for Heart assembly assem-bly for students kindergarten through third grade will be from 9:20 to 9:50 a.m. and a Hoops for Heart assembly for students fourth grade through sixth grade will be held from 10:05 to 10:35 a.m. ft PTA Meeting A meeting meet-ing of Vineyard Elementary's PTA will be held Wednesday, April 4, from 10 to 11 a.m. ft Spring pictures Spring student pictures will be taken Thursday, April 5. 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