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Show Thursday, November 1, 2007 OREM TIMES Page 7 notes ! NEWS AND IDEAS FROM CLASSROOMS AND EDUCATORS Orem High presents 'Hello Dolly!' Melissa Mayntz NORTH VALLEY STAFF The Orem High drama department de-partment greets the first production pro-duction of the 2007-2008 school year with "Hello Dolly!" opening open-ing today at 7 p.m. with shows continuing through Nov. 7. The energetic musical tells the tale of matchmaker Dolly Levi and a motley crew of romantic hopefuls. Drama teacher Pam Peterson chose the production because of its wide range of roles that are well matched to the student talent at OHS, and the 60-student cast delivers a powerful and fun performance the whole famUy can enjoy. "It's just packed with dance and beautiful music," Peterson said. The larger cast has been a challenge to work with, Peterson Pe-terson said, because many of the involved students are still learning the true extent of their talents. "It's kind of a training ground for some of the ensemble ensem-ble cast," she said. "It's a grass roots show." At the same time, the students' stu-dents' intense dedication to creating cre-ating a stunning performance continues to astonish Peterson. Many of the cast members are involved in choir, Advanced Placement classes, after school jobs, student council, service projects and other commitments, commit-ments, yet they still strive to deliver de-liver exceptional performances. Canyon View Melissa Mayntz NORTH COUNTY STAFF Every school is accustomed to having new students join classes throughout the year, but on Oct. 25 Canyon View Junior High had more than 50 international guests: students from a prestigious boys' private school near Osaka, Japan spent a day shadowing Utah students to learn about the United States public school experience. The ninth grade Japanese students stu-dents visited Utah as part of an international experience during their private school education, which includes a trip to the United Unit-ed States. The students lived with host families that had children chil-dren near their own age, and they attended school to learn about American education. Doug Pusey, one of Canyon View's earth systems teachers, helped coordinate the visit. "They got to come in and see what public school is like in the United States," Pusey said. "They wanted to see the real McCoy, so to speak." tiger R!!IMiitSiwti Briana Reyes The thought of not graduating graduat-ing never crossed my mind until un-til this past week when it sank in that I still had attendance issues to make up. I had three classes for which I was receiving no credit (NC's). This is because I am a typical high school student and didn't much feel like going to class. Mind you I was still doing in well in the classes but the dis Free Irish Dance Class A Reserve Call 801 warn Si :HOOL tfflRISH DANCE Excavating Operated Equipment Rental Equipment Hauling Dump Trucks Erosion Control I in, - Members of the chorus dance to during a rehearsal of the Orem "Hello Dolly!" "There are a lot of things going go-ing on at one time so it puts a lot on the kids," Peterson said. "They're so ambitious, they're amazing." The fun nature of the musical has made it fun for the thespi-ans, thespi-ans, however. Jessica Leavitt, the 17-year-old senior who plays Mrs. Malloy, explained that while it is a lot of work, being be-ing in this type of fun musical is alsp uplifting. "It's all so happy, you can't go to rehearsal and not be happy," she said. A show of this caliber would not be possible, however, without with-out the talents and support of many dedicated volunteers, Peterson said. Jerry Elison has coordinated the set construction construc-tion and set design has been created by Penny Jones. Eileen Groesbeck has been coordinat Junior High Pusey said the school chose Utah because of the state's safety and quality of education. More than 55 students visited Canyon View Junior High, and other students visited Orem Junior High and Lakeridge Junior Ju-nior High, depending on which school their host family's children chil-dren attended. - During the school day, the private school had requested no special assemblies or treatments to ensure that the students got a realistic look at American public education. The Canyon View students, however, were thrilled at the opportunity to interact with their guests as well as to help them understand how a public junior high works. "The students were just enthused about helping these students out and being a part of the international experience," Pusey said. Pusey, who served an LDS mission to Japan and lived there for several years with his family, offered tours to the two teachers and the nurse who accompanied the Japa trict had to come up with some stupid attendance policy to cut down on sluffs. This is not a horrible idea and it has helped in ways, but this has also prevented prevent-ed seniors from graduating. My sophomore year I skipped a few times and there was never really a problem with it. I recall having a teacher even say to the class once that they didn't care if we skipped class every once in a while as long as we stayed caught up in the class. This makes sense. For example, ex-ample, if we have a sub one day and are just watching a movie there is usually not really a point in going. Or if the teacher is just giving us busy work be- your spot by Nov 2nd - 785 - 3491 MARC HADDOCKNorth County "Put On Your Sunday Clothes" High School production of ing costumes, and many other volunteers have been assisting in numerous ways. According to Peterson, one of the biggest challenges with this show has been the timing. While "Hello Dolly!" was cast during the first week of school, the recent annual Shakespeare Festival also takes a tremendous tremen-dous amount of preparation from many of the same students stu-dents who are prominent cast members in the musical. Orem High performed well at the festival, bringing home a first place tie for the sweepstakes prize as well as a first place from Erin Lee in the monologue and a pair of third place honors in the trio and ensemble scenes. Peterson said she was pleased with the students' performances, but the benefits of participating in the hosts Japanese students nese students and helped the Canyon View students interact with their guests. For example, Pusey said he encouraged his students to write down their questions for their Japanese guests because the Japanese students can read English more easily than understand spoken English, especially with slang and the fast pace that excited students will talk. Meanwhile, the students enjoyed asking questions about life in Japan, and many students asked to have their names written in Japanese. Pusey said those person-to-person connections connec-tions have been the best part of this experience and will help broaden the Utah students' perceptions of the world in a very personal, meaningful way. While there is no official plan to keep in touch with the exchange students, Pusey encouraged students stu-dents to share e-mail addresses and to become pen pals. Several of the Japanese students got an even deeper insight into American schools when they attended the annual cause they failed to follow their lesson plan or just don't feel like teaching, it shouldn't be an issue is-sue if we don't go. Now I understand that the school is responsible for us during those set hours and so they don't want to be in a bind if something happens and they can't find us. But it doesn't seem like this happens much and if kids decide to skiff that is really not the school's fault. If I were to skip a class without my mom's permission and she called in to get me, I would be receiving the harsh lecturing, not the school. Staffing Staff-ing is just a part of growing up. I don't know of many people who have never skipped a muyhm ------- ....... .I METAL BUILDING El 801 - 367 435 - 623 Licensed HDD ITABCOl f-"L wHI help yoo it Shakespeare Festival go far beyond a few awards. "It's pretty profound how it affects these kids," she said. "They come home and their acting act-ing goes up 10 notches." The new techniques and refinements re-finements that students learn at the Shakespeare Festival will go a long way toward making "Hello Dolly!" a memorable production, though the OHS drama department has always been known for quality performances. perfor-mances. In part, that quality is the result of the dedication of the cast, not only to learning their roles and memorizing lines, but also to truly investing in their characters and their interactions interac-tions on stage. Several students agree that the best part of performing per-forming in a large scale production produc-tion is the time they can spend together on and off stage. "We've become so close, it seems like we're all best friends now," Jessica Leavitt said. That camaraderie leads to magnificent performances and truly highlights the stage relationships of different characters, char-acters, making the lines, music and dance come to life for the audience. Lex Hatch, who plays Dolly, sums up the audience experience experi-ence by describing what guests can expect when they see the show. "They can let go of their problems for two and a half hours," she said. "It's what we can give to the audience." ninth grade Fright Night dance. At first, Pusey said, they were shy about being in such a casual social setting, but at the end of the event it was obvious that students from any country can enjoy a fun dance. "By the end of the dance they really got into it," he said. "They had a really, really fun time." Pusey said that this experience experi-ence has not only enriched the education of the Japanese students, stu-dents, but has enriched the lives of everyone who has been a part of it, no matter what country coun-try they are from. He also said those connections are vital in this increasingly interconnected world. "Understanding other people who are different different differ-ent religions, different backgrounds back-grounds makes us a better world community," he said. In addition to their day at the school, the Japanese students also visited national parks and other Utah sites before continuing continu-ing on to Los Angeles and returning re-turning to Japan. class. For those who haven't I applaud you. But you're sure missing out on fun Starbucks and Ernies runs. Regardless, though, writing this article won't change the fact that I still have absences to make up. It will not change the fact that I have to get up at the crack of dawn to go and sleep through some ridiculous class while some woman in charge of us prods us awake. As it goes I can choose the action but not the consequence which goes for all of us. So, fellow students, best of luck on getting past the attendance at-tendance policy and unlike me don't wait till the last minute to make them up. - 4437 - 4606 ACTORS MM Orem High School Canned food drive The annual canned food drive is underway, sponsored by the Student Council. Any non-perishable non-perishable food donations are welcome and the B-2 class with the largest amount of donations dona-tions will win a party. Cascade Elementary School Savings Program Students interested in joining the School Savings Program can enroll any time. Bank Day is every Friday before schcx)l in the library. Contact Daphne Brown for more information. Report cards Report cards will be sent home Wednesday. Parents should contact their child's teacher with any questions ques-tions or concerns. Cookie dough orders Sully Foster and cookie dough orders or-ders will be delivered Nov. 8. Parents should make arrangements arrange-ments to pick up large orders. Prizes earned from sales will be included in each order. School sweeper needed Cascade Elementary has an open position for a school sweeper. Employment details and applications are available online at www.alpine.K12.ut.us under the employment link. Foothill Elementary Cricut earnings Foothill Elementary El-ementary has already earned more than $2,100 toward the $5,000 goal to earn a Cricut Expressions machine from Roberts. Parents are asked to credit their Roberts purchases to Foothill Elementary to help the school earn this equipment. Contact Darlene 1 lebert in the Media Center for more details. Hillcrest Elementary Maturation programs The annual maturation programs will be next week. Parents should call 227-8717 for details. Join PTA Parents are still """"N JLanrt'c ' Wellness Cailer i ) Cleansing and Rejuvenation .i yh Through Colon Hydro-Therapy ,," Increased energy General feeling of v-'.,' Calming effect on peace and well YS. the nervous system Mng Vv" 1 . 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