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Show OREM TIMES Page 5 NEWS AND IDEAS FROM CLASSROOMS AND EDUCATORS Orem Jr. High presents 'Pied Piper' Thursday, November 15, 2007 I- Reva Bowen NORTH COUNTY STAFF A large cast, delightful music, and rich, medieval-era costumes will highlight Orem Jr. High's production of "The Pied Piper of Hamelin", to be performed Friday, Saturday, and Monday at 7:30 p.m. in the school auditorium. Ticket prices are $3 for a general admission, ad-mission, and $15 for a family pass. The 55-member cast is the largest drama director Sondra Green has ever used, she said. "With so many little rats, I was able to use a lot of kids," Green said. "It's been a challenge chal-lenge with the large cast, but it's a good thing to have a lot involved. I think the strong point about this play is the music. mu-sic. The music is wonderful." Camille Kingman of the Teacher makes most Reva Bowen NORTH COUNTY STAFF A young woman who never thought she would become a school teacher is now making her mark in her second year as a second-grade teacher at Windsor Elementary. "I had a fifth-grade teacher who told me I ought to become a school teacher, but I couldn't imagine teaching, and being a teacher my whole life," said Alisa Reschke, a native of Tay-lorsville, Tay-lorsville, "I would tell people I wanted to be a babysitter." "The kids love her," said Dr. Mark Pew, Windsor's principal, "and, consequently, she gets a lot of work out of them, too." Reschke said she had considered con-sidered a career in nursing or advertising before she decided to look back at her high school years and determine what classes she liked the most. She found she had most enjoyed classes that had her tutoring elementary students and serving serv-ing as a mentor to juveniles in a peer court. "I decided to take a couple of prerequisite classes (in the education program), and see how it went. I thought sure I wouldn't like it, but I really did, so I kept going one semester semes-ter at a time," Reschke said. "I never thought I would be a teacher." Reschke had a sister, Stephanie Stepha-nie Wesley, in the program at the same time, so the siblings were able to support each other. oth-er. Today, with Wesley teaching teach-ing first grade at Central Elementary El-ementary in Pleasant Grove, the sisters still have the opportunity to compare notes frequently. "We'll go to the gym after school and share stories," Reschke said. "She is the only other educator in my family. "Slipped, Herniated, Or Bulging UTAH- A new free report has recently been released that reveals how break through medical technology is offering of-fering surgery free new hope for disc pain sufferers. 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No one including the greedy mayor (Nathan Bartholomew), the royal Duchess Dingaling (Jill Fogth), and even pest control officer Ratty Tatty (Craig Channell) knows how to handle the crisis until a strange young man who calls himself the Pied Piper (Dom Pasquale) enters the picture. Who will ultimately ul-timately prevail in the struggle I I l'P Vfl A w J j Alisa Reschke is in her second year as a second grade teacher at It's just me and my sister. We help each other out." The entire Reschke family are BYU fans, according to Alisa, Ali-sa, because her parents, Boyd and Linda, both attended the school, and Alisa is the fourth of their six children to graduate from the university. The other two members of the family have also been BYU students. "My dad went back to school and is in his senior year at Utah State right now," Reschke said. "My parents moved and sold their house so he could be a full-time student. He's 51, but he can relate to us, with projects and finals." 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Other roles in the production are: town crier, Jonathan Gardner; Gard-ner; innkeeper, Abby Clyde; flower stall lady, Haley Hen-drickson; Hen-drickson; Dilly, Kristen Free-land; Free-land; Bongo, Jacob Glines; Rat King, Kris Karns; Rat Queen, Hannah Vance; Old Widow Whiskers, Kayla Rupper; Patty, Ashlee Hess; KittyKat, Brooklynne Hill; Loud Rat, Skylar Smith; mayor's wife, Bonnie Reid; mayor's daughter, daugh-ter, Savanna Skinner, schoolteacher, school-teacher, Erica Oldroyd; and dance tutor, Meagan Adams. Playing rats in the show are Josh Pasquale, Julio Esparz, Jace Terry, Connor Bilson, Rachel Robinson, Madison Bartell, Cydnee Reitz, Taya Christensen, Kristen Open-shaw, Open-shaw, Mickaela Minor, Connie Harris, Tesia Chadsey and Kira Turpin. of educating children surprised at how much her students have appreciated "the small things" as they have developed de-veloped their love for learning. "We had a second grade learning safari as a class theme, and set out on a 'hunt,' " the teacher said. "The lights were off, the blinds were down, and we had binoculars. We were on a safari looking for books, and they could select their own spot in the 'jungle' to read. They loved it. Their imaginations made it just the greatest thing." Reschke keeps a book in which she records the memorable memo-rable or funny comments that her students make. fTTIftj, 2 Bed, 2 Bath, J: I I t-r-T LEASE OPTION FOR AS LITTLE AS $1,000 DOWN, $995 Mo. Limited Availability! Only 4 Units Left! HURRY! Contact Matt Evans Dan Evans 801 -437-5600 801-437-5522 Summits Rcalti, Inc. y JLmric's Wellness Center "" i f oc 'cans,n anc Rejuvenation f',Orm Through Colon Hydro-Therapy 'jZZr S. Increased energy Ceneral feeling of " Calming effect on peace and well CX -j l'le ncrvous system wing 1 k ' Flatter stomach Improved health ' i and vitality TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT CALL .,.",,tl 1 lanrie TncitH 687-2iH The townsfolk include Austin Awerkamp, Carly Bocanegra, Andrew Thomas, Kalli Boothe, Michael Thu-man, Thu-man, Haley Murphy, Easton Smith, Brittney Harris, Nik Ruplinger, Natasha Acosta and Taimi Kennedy. Duke Dingaling is played by Izak Erikson, and the innkeeper's innkeep-er's husband by Bryson Davis. Dancers are Connie Harris, Maddie James, Mckenzie Harmon, Har-mon, and Kira Turpin. Village teens are Lisa Raymond, Emily Maddox, Connor White, Tanner Tan-ner Beard, Ben Chevey and Chance Richter. Julie Sulz and Emily Smith are the student directors for the production. The school's art department sponsored a poster contest to publicize the play. The winning win-ning entry was done by Becky Terry. REVA BOWENNorth County Windsor Elementary. "I remember when they discovered I wasn't married," Reschke said. "They were sad, and asked me, 'Why not?' I said, 'It's not the right time yet.' One child said, T know! You haven't found Mr. Right yet!' " Reschke's interests include in-clude playing the cello and piano. She competed in soccer through high school and intra-murals intra-murals at BYU. She also enjoys travel, reading, history, camping, camp-ing, and hiking. "Teaching definitely is a lot of work," Reschke said, "but it is worth it. I've loved it. It's great to see how much the students have improved and learned during the year." 1300 Sq. Ft. & ii I 1 f . -I r n 1 , I 't - Timpanogos High School Freedom week Timpanogos will conclude its traditional Freedom Week tomorrow. School halls were decorated in a contest among the sophomore, junior, and senior classes, and patriotic activities were held throughout through-out the week. Orem Jr. High School musical A musical version of "The Pied Piper of Hamelin" will be performed tomorrow, Saturday, and Monday at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium. Respect and Responsibility Committee The school's Respect and Responsibility Committee began meeting at the end of the last school year to find ways to improve the climate at OJH. The results of the committee's work are the new Jaguar Code of Conduct Con-duct and the new school-wide emphasis on the "two Rs". A number of assemblies and other activities are being held throughout the year to educate edu-cate and motivate students to create a more respectful and successful learning climate at Orem Jr. High. Reality Town Reality Real-ity Town for seventh grade students is scheduled for tomorrow. Activities are held to help students see the importance im-portance of education, money management, and other factors fac-tors in coping with the realities reali-ties of adult life. Aspen Elementary t wolves Bri Borup This week at Timpanogos was Freedom Week. It really re-ally is an amazing week, and something that really makes Timpanogos such a great school to go. The week starts off with dress-up days, and the judging of the halls that each class makes. It finishes on Friday with a flag ceremony ceremo-ny at the beginning of school. It is my favorite part of the school year. Many people could come in and look at the incredible halls and not realize how much work it really took to make them. The class officers are in charge of each all, and they begin weeks in advance. They interview people to understand what parts of KB New medications and treatments are currently being studied for the following conditions: Irritable bowel syndrome High blood pressure Osteoarthritis of hip or knee Children with allergies 'Asthma Low back pain Sun Damaged Skin Volunteers who qualify and participate in a clinical research trial receive study-related medication, lab work, and exams, as well as financial compensation for time and travel. 0s Rebecca Johnson, DryCreek Family Practice Certified Family "7CC lO-lI Nurse Practitioner DO"4t H 3300 N. Running Creek Way Most Insurance Plans Accepted Doughnut date .The Doughnut Date for third grade classes, wheri a parent (or another significant adult in the student's Welcomes to school to share reading and a treat, is tomorrow at 9:40. Trimester ends , The school's first trimester ends tomorrow, with thessecond trimester beginning Monday. Geneva Elementary Canned food drivf The PTA-sponsored earthed food drive continues through Tuesday. Students Receive a ticket for each canrjjed food item they donate, and the tickets are entered In a drawing. draw-ing. Winners of the drawing will have the opportunity to toss a pie at Principal Michael Parkes. ' Orchard j Elementary Report cards - Report cards will be distributed Tues day. i Field trip The Sixth grade classes will be taking a field trip to see "Christmas Around the World" at BYU Nov. 30. Windsor Elementary Dual language festival Two languages English and Spanish will be featured fea-tured in a language festival presented by students tonight at 6:30 p.m. The event includes singing and dancing performances. perfor-mances. freedom and America are most important to students. Then, in hours of meeting they come up with new creative cre-ative ideas to decorate the halls with. The most difficult part of making the halls is the hours and hours of work it takes to draw and hang up the posters. post-ers. The weeks right before Freedom Week, you can go to the school and find student filling fill-ing the halls working on their decorations. Finally, once it all is finished, they hang everything every-thing up in an assigned hall. If you haven't seen them before I suggest you remember remem-ber to come look next time they are up, it is really a sight to see. Freedom week really means a lot to me personally because of the great country we live in. Beyond the competition between the classes and the dress up days it is just a time to look at your life and realize how much the country you lived in has helped you. RN, MSN Now Accepting New Patients 3 7 Mt m f JJt Copy |