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"'I his jives them an opportunity opportu-nity lo write a short essay on a topic ol I heir choice, to do mul-t mul-t iple revisions and to have the opporlunit v to I' published," lii own said. "I nlet in contests jives si udents a 'real' audi-i-ii' e lo consider while they are writ inn ;m(J ;i,'(l-s lrR" motivational motiva-tional lactor." I he ( realive Communica-lion Communica-lion judges selec ted top essay enl i ics I hat were posted online, and students and teachers Iroin around the nation registered regis-tered as online judges to vole lor lite winners. Only four .'A flit h grade essays were iii ognied Iront I he western I nili-il Slates. In addition lo Madeline's top 'ssav, six oilier Canyon View liinint I ligh si udents were published pub-lished in the contest's anthology antholo-gy ki mis of exceptional student win k Ink Webb, Jennifer Johnson, Katie lialser, Amanda I lirsi limann. (iarrett Bergeson anil Sarah I ivingslon. While Madeline regularly earns A's in her Knglish classes, class-es, she admitted thai writing the essay for the conlest was a challenge because she had much more she wanted to im hide. "' letting il down to 250 words was hard," she said. "I had lo revise a lot of times." Madeline estimated that her first draft only took about thirty minutes to write, but she took several days lo revise and polish her essay. Brown said she was impressed im-pressed with Madeline's work and especially liked how she used specific examples of bravery brav-ery to illustrate the spirit of America in her essay. I his is not the first time Madeline has been recognized I OR BKiCl R HOUSES CROWS I here are many external when buying or selling ('.(aif www. MELISSA MAYNTZNorth County Thirteen-year-old Madeline Bowen holds the anthology hook where her winning essay "America the Brave" was published. Six other Canyon View students' essays ure also in the hook. lor exceptional writing. 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Freedom Blvd., Provo RoQrBY Call 3RESTOR for questions Curlvl SC (373-7867) 10-6 M-F, 9-3 Sat Geneva Elementary values Reading Recovery specialist Reva Bowen NORTH COUNTY STAFF (jeneva Elementary principal prin-cipal Michael Parkes said that LaRae Croft, who works with struggling readers in the school's Reading Recovery program, came to him at the end of the last school year and asked, "Would it be alright if I work one more year?" "We need her," Parkes declared. "She is an amazing individual." While the principal's sense is that Croft is taking her work one year at a time, he hopes her "grandmotherly influence" will continue at Geneva Ge-neva for as long as possible. "Reading Recovery is a one-on-one intervention for first graders who were the lowest achievers by the assessment as-sessment of their kindergarten kindergar-ten teachers in the spring," Croft explained. "We work with the children with the most need in literacy. We take them where they are, and build on their strengths to help them improve." The Reading Recovery specialists spe-cialists at Geneva work with a child for 12 to 20 weeks, and, by then, most of the youngsters young-sters have accelerated in their progress to the point that they are in the middle range of the class in achievement. Some work is done with second and third graders as well. "It's a wonderful program, and it works for most children," chil-dren," Croft said, noting that Reading Recovery has been "a very rewarding experience" experi-ence" in her life. "It thrills me just to work with these children and to see the progress they have made, and the excitement they have for learning," said Croft. "I've never gone to school not wanting want-ing to work with the children." l 3 ' i SZ i ' W, B W I MCR RECYCLING 550 North Geneva Road Orem (I8QD 225-DDD1) Parkes said Croft has "a tremendous rapport with and positive attitude" about the students stu-dents with whom she works. "She is very, very dedicated. I don't think she ever misses a day, unless she is sick." Croft and her husband, Mack, moved from North Dakota to Highland, when Mack retired from his work as a geologist. After having raised her own family of five children, Croft got back into education. She worked half-time at Lehi Elementary, recertified as a teacher, and began working on reading intervention programs. She came to Geneva in about 1999. Croft also works with kindergarten, kin-dergarten, first, and second grade students in oral language lan-guage groups small groups of four who interact with each other and use manipulatives to help them learn English as a second language. "All of a sudden, they're speaking (English) in spite of themselves," Croft said of her students. "The school is emphasizing oral language because of the need. It's amazing amaz-ing how fast (the students) learn English. They are risk-takers risk-takers because of the security here. This is a very safe environment envi-ronment for them." Croft is the grandmother of nine. Some of her grandchildren grand-children live in this area, and some are in Kansas and Arizona. In addition to her travels to visit family, Croft recently went on a lifetime "dream trip" to Israel with her youngest daughter. The grandmother has found that her students do bond to her, even as they go through assessment. "The second graders see you on the playground at recess, and dive on you 'Mrs. Croft! Mrs. Croft!' " she smiled. .i u soi -224-0921 Meet Dona Johnson, a recent graduate of our rehab program. Dona's goal was to be able to take a trip to England, requiring a great deal of walking. After 6 wks. of therapy for a total knee replacement she reached her goal and was able to enjoy her trip to England. Go Dona! iiPObR |