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Show Thursday, May 24, 2007 0 R E M TIMES Page 7 notes NEWS AND IDEAS FROM CLASSROOMS AND EDUCATORS Tradition to mix with surprise at Timpanogos graduation ' Reva Bowen NORTH COUNTY STAFF Elements of tradition and surprise will combine as Timpanogos High School holds its 2007 graduation exercises at Utah Valley State College's McKay Events Center Wednesday, May 30, at 9 a.m. The theme for this year's graduation is a quote from the poet T.S. Eliot: "Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go." Carrie Whitney, lead counselor coun-selor at THS who is in charge of the graduation, said that each of the student speakers will gear their remarks to the overall theme. Malia Burrows will give an address entitled, "The Power of One," on how high school has impacted her life. Ben Hartshorn will speak about the future in his speech, "Education Is Life Itself." Lindsay Lind-say Farnworth will give a tribute trib-ute to parents. A fourth individual, not yet announced, will be a surprise speaker at graduation, after having been voted by peers as the "Most Inspirational Senior." Se-nior." Whitney said Timpanogos is trying to add to the graduation exercises some elements of tradition elements that will carry over from year to year. The a capella choir and symphony sym-phony orchestra will combine for what will is expected to become a traditional song presentation pre-sentation "When the Saints Go Marching In." The speakers were selected through a process that involves inviting those whose weighted GPAs place them in the top 10 percent of the class to audition for the speaking opportunity. Written speeches submitted are screened, those auditioning audition-ing present the speeches, and a graduation committee makes the final decisions on who the speakers will be, Whitney explained. ex-plained. The graduating seniors have an average GPA of 3.19, Whitney Whit-ney said. Those in the top 5 percent of the class wear gold cords with their graduation regalia; re-galia; the next 5 percent wear silver cords. Alpine School District superintendent Dr. Vernon Henshaw is expected to attend at-tend the graduation in both administrative and fatherly roles. Henshaw's son, Nate, is one of the 430 Timpanogos graduates, Whitney said. Henshaw Hen-shaw was the first principal of the school when it opened 11 years ago. I 1 ' 1 'Pi IK Jose Rivera, a member of Bonneville Elementary's Recycling Club, plants a flower in front of the used funds from its recycling efforts to purchase plants for the sctiool Bonneville students use recycle money to Reva Bowen NORTH COUNTY STAFF Like the Little Red Hen in the classic story, members of Bonneville Elementary's Recycling Recy-cling Gub have taken an idea, and with diligence and hard work, have brought that idea full circle. Throughout the year, club members have spearheaded the collection of aluminum cans, newspapers, other types of paper, and plastic bags at the school, and under the direction di-rection of TSA Debra Gehris, recycled the materials to earn about $1,500. As a year-end activity, the students have been using some -r jf!l w ipilfe I ''m "."3 4PBmr.. i ' If MARC HADDOCKNorth County Malia Burrows left and Lindsay Farnworth, along with Ben Hartshorn not pictured will be the student speakers at Timpanogos High School's graduation ceremonies Wednesday at 9 a.m. in the McKay Events Center at UVSC. of the funds to pay for flowers, and have been spending part of their lunch times planting the blossoms in three separate flower beds in front of the school. "This is a lot different from weeding for your mom!" commented com-mented fourth grader Kelley McCandless during a pause in the planting activity. "It's more fun planting flowers here!" Fifth grader Christopher Cowans said that the Recycling Recy-cling Club has been fun, and he has most enjoyed helping collect the materials in the green recycling bags in each classroom at the school during recesses. "Planting the flowers has been the most fun," said Madison Madi-son Mecum, a fourth grader. "But it's been fun doing everything." every-thing." Other activities for the Recycling Re-cycling Club this year have included decorating a Christmas Christ-mas tree at Zions Bank with ornaments made by Bonneville students, and naming class winners each month for those collecting the most aluminum cans. Keslyn Hendrickson, also a fourth grader, said she thinks the Recycling Club should continue con-tinue next year, although she is still in the process of deciding whether or not to retain her own membership in the club. "I love planting because it's ' r vr-n mi" I .j,-'.. ... -...-1.4 - fef : 1 MARC HADDOCKNorth County school on Monday. The club plant flowers my mom's hobby and we plant together," said McKenzie Dun-ston. Dun-ston. Carli Freitas said it has been fun planting flowers at the school because the family has not done it at home yet. Hayli Perry and Jose Rivera both said they enjoy helping to plant flowers at home. "We can keep the soap concession con-cession in business," laughed Gehris, as she surveyed the hands of her busy workers. "These students are very dedicated dedi-cated to recycling. They are learning a lot, and they are willing to work hard. I think they are helping to change how people think about taking care of our planet." Timpanogos High School I Senior honors night Tonight To-night is Senior Honors Night. I Graduation Graduation will be Wednesday at 9 a.m. in the McKay Events Center. OremJr.High I Ninth grade dinner-dance A dinner-dance for ninth graders will be Wednesday. The event will have a Hawaiian Hawai-ian theme. Aspen Elementary I Sixth grade graduation The 6th grade graduation ceremony will be at 10 a.m. today, followed by a luncheon at noon. I Aspen 25th birthday Aspen will be celebrating celebrat-ing the 25th anniversary of the school on Friday, with a dance festival at 9:45 a.m. and field day activities beginning begin-ning at 12:30 p.m. Principal Sherrie Holbrook said that plans were still coming together, to-gether, but cookies will likely be served, scrapbooks from throughout the years will be on display, and someone from the district offices may address ad-dress the students. "The fun thing has been having the teachers put together to-gether lists of former teachers, teach-ers, and watching them reminisce," remi-nisce," Holbrook said. "It's been fun to watch." I Softball game and rocket launch Tuesday will be the traditional softball game, at 9:45. A rocket launch will be held at 1 p.m. Bonneville Elementary I Field Day The annual Field Day will be Tuesday I Year-end program A year-end program, with video highlights of the year's events, will be Wednesday. Geneva Elementary I World Fair The sixth grade classes will be presenting present-ing their World Fair reports and displays tomorrow. I Sixth grade celebration There will be a sixth grade celebration Tuesday, with special activities and a "grad-uation"-type ceremony. I Dance festival Geneva's dance festival, with all grades t-wolf's Do you know someone that's not quite family, but pretty much family? Someone who makes you forget that they aren't actually your sister sis-ter or your aunt? Well, Shalauna is pretty much my older sister. She started babysitting for my family when she was 9 and I was 3. She was by far the best baby sitter I had growing -up. She had this fun "Babysitting box" with games and prizes in it. We would go crazy over it. But most importantly, she knew how to deal with me. I was notorious for taking off my clothes and running away (in separate instances; that is, I would run away wearing clothes). I was a tough kid to handle. In one instance, she braved muddy hills and a hailstorm in shorts to fish me out from a little alcove of trees. She dealt Reliable Delivery Great Customer Service 375-5103 Your Town. Your Neighbors. Your Newspaper. performing, will be Wednesday, Wednes-day, with the exact time subject sub-ject to the day's weather. Northridge Elementary I Sixth grade graduation Sixth grade graduation will be held tonight at 7 p.m. David Smith, principal of Oak Canyon Jr. High, will address the graduates and welcome them to his school. The "Hope of America" award recipients will also be recognized at this formal event. I Dance festival Tuesday is the school dance festival for all grade levels. There will be two performances for parents during the day one in the morning, and one in the afternoon. I Awards assembly Wednesday will be the culminating awards assembly and "Best of the Best" talent tal-ent show. Students will be honored for their academic achievements, attendance, and citizenship. The outgoing and incoming PTA presidents will be recognized. Orchard Elementary I Dance festival The dance festival will be Tuesday, Tues-day, with each grade level performing a dance for parents par-ents and friends. I Sixth grade graduation Tomorrow will be trie sixth grade graduation. This will also be the last day of the "Accelerated Reader" book give-away. I PTA walk-a-thon fundraiser Yesterday, students stu-dents "walked the walk" on the track located by the cemetery cem-etery grounds to raise money for the school. Donations are welcome. k Last day schedule The schedule for the last day of school May 31 will be 8:45 to 10:15 a.m. Windsor Elementary I Field Day Windsor's Field Day will be all day tomorrow. to-morrow. I School awards assembly The school awards assembly assem-bly will be Tuesday at 10 a.m. I Graduations Wednesday Wednes-day will be the kindergarten graduation at 11:30 a.m., followed by the sixth grade graduation at 1:30 p.m. with trauma and tragedy with strength and cool. The thing about Shalauna is that she is remarkably capable. ca-pable. She can do anything. And since we live in a world where you largely get paid by what you can do, she's become rather successful with her skills. She recently accepted a job in New York on 5th Avenue (yes, the 5th Avenue) working work-ing with a prestigious real estate company. And it makes me proud to know that I was there for the formidable years of such a talented young yuppie. yup-pie. I mean, if she can negotiate a stubborn little 8-year-old out of the trees, she can negotiate anything. And when someone has seen you naked and heartbroken heart-broken (again, at separate time?) there's really a bond that forms. I feel that a huge part of my identity is defined by her. And while she hasn't always lived in our basement, when I spend time with her I always feel like I'm finding a part of me that I'd forgotten about, a part I don't want to forget again. E-mail Me: wyattfelt(?'gmail. com V iR Copy |