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Show Thursday, December 25, 2008 OREM TIMES Page 11 NEWS AND IDEAS FROM CLASSROOMS AND EDUCATORS i Sharon students get crafty with gingerbread Melissa Mayntz NORTH COUNTY STAFF The holidays are a sweet time of year for children, and it was even sweeter at Sharon Elementary School in Orem on Dec. 10 as the entire school decorated gingerbread houses and cookies to celebrate the season. Sixth-grade students built and decorated gingerbread houses, while the other grades decorated gingerbread cookies, cook-ies, including people, trees and snowmen. "There's so much going into a gingerbread house that it's almost too much for the little kids," Casey Robles, one of the school's first-grade teachers, teach-ers, said. The gingerbread house kits, cookies and decorating candies can-dies were supplied by Learning Learn-ing for Life, a national organization organi-zation that seeks to encourage life-long learning and engaged citizens through strong personal per-sonal and social skills. A number of volunteers were on hand to help students stu-dents build their houses and decorate their cookies. Many students, however, got creative cre-ative with their project, which sixth-grade Jeacher Camille Beacham said enhances their problem solving skills and visual vi-sual perception. "There are no clear instructions instruc-tions for this," Beacham said. Because students were free to experiment, the resulting gingerbread projects were very unique. Students used a variety of candies such as Smarties, M&Ms, gumdrops and other hard candies for decorations, and the designs varied from painstakingly symmetrical designs to free-form free-form candy creativity. "There's always the few whose goal is to cram as much candy as possible on a piece Kate Erickson The phrase "running hot and cold" takes on new meaning for students as they try to dress for the seasons. Twas the first day of snow in December and, for a winter lover like myself, it was the best day of the school year yet. I've lived in Utah long enough to know that even though I can't outsmart the weather, I can at least prepare for it. As I walked out the door sporting boots, a coat, hat, and gloves, I knew that the single-digit single-digit temperatures were no match for my thermal underwear under-wear and my mom's reminders to dress warm. Entering school, I watched as other kids walked through the doors in (gasp!) nothing but T-shirts and shorts. Although these summery clothes were worn mostly by boys, most stu JOT 7 0 O Mme Vfllley Care Center r . 25 E. . : In Business to YOute Business: An Office Fax Cull CfW -' - CRAIG DILGERNorth County Ryann Lerwill left to right, Anna Edwards and Gisselle Hurtado decorate cookies for the holidays with their fifth-grade class at Sharon Elementary in Orem on Dec. 10. "It's fun because you get to decorate the cookie however you want to, " said Mabel Hernandez hands in foreground. Most of the other students at the table agreed with Edwards's statement that "The best part is eating the leftover icing. " of gingerbread so they can take it home," Beacham said. "They're able to do it their own way, just the way they want it." The most difficult part of the project for the older students stu-dents is getting the houses to stay upright. There were plenty of volunteers on hand, however, to ensure that every student had help if necessary. Robles said that assistance made it possible for the teachers teach-ers to enjoy the project without with-out any student being disappointed. disap-pointed. "It was very easy for me to enjoy it and see how much fun the kids were having instead of being stressed over the details," de-tails," he said. "It's very helpful to have dents still didn't don more than just a light jacket to face the below-freezing temperatures. As usual, I dropped my books and lunch off at my locker before school started. It didn't surprise me that my metal met-al locker was cold to the touch, but I was shocked to have to breath on the lock and hinge for a minute before it would open. Nonetheless, it provided a well-refrigerated place to keep a lunch. Maneuvering through the halls was extra challenging due to the additional bulk of my insulated winter outfit. Squeezing Squeez-ing through the door frame just in time for my first class, I was blasted with a gush of hot air. It was then that I realized that my clothing choice might not have accounted for the warmth of being inside. As I peeled off my coat, I considered con-sidered that "running hot and cold" in this case was literally about adapting to changes in the weather and trying to find a comfortable way to survive inside and outside of school. mad 9 v J Mr ns 7iaMJtttyew lie Teai? Alpine Drive Pleasant Grove tap 4rn 801.763.8887 801.763.9627 8Q1.a74.AMA I other adults and extra hands there," Beacham agreed. For the younger students, Robles said the most difficult step of decorating the cookies was spreading the icing. There were no utensils to spread the icing from each student's plastic plas-tic bag, and students had to be creative just to form the base for their decorating. Some students stu-dents used the bag or pieces of candy to help spread the icing, while others dove right in with their fingers and big smiles. After the treats were finished, fin-ished, students took them home to be part of their family's fam-ily's holiday decorations, but the lessons they've learned won't be forgotten. Robles had his first-grade students write descriptive Amazing Drugless, Scientific Discovery Has Produced Favorable Outcomes, Even For Patients with Herniated Discs! Have you tried conventional therapies and had multiple opinions and are still in pain? Then trust Spinal Aid- the drug-free, scientific, back and neck pain discovery Americans trust. 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In Beacham's class, students stu-dents worked on holiday math problems and will continue to use the visual and spatial-perception spatial-perception skills that building the gingerbread houses have helped to develop. Other school holiday activities ac-tivities have included singing holiday songs, making cards and focusing on caring for one another. sum GJaiirVft. ManPf' ("tain Affc i li Onions? Cedar Fort Eagie Mountain American Fork Cedar Hills MARIO RUIZNorth County The Foothill Elementary Student Council hands a check for more than $2,000 to Chelsie Jones of KSL News on Dec. 19. Foothill Elem. raises money for kids shoes Melissa Mayntz NORTH COUNTY STAFF There was a war at Foothill Elementary School in Orem last week a penny war, that is. In an effort to promote the school's December focus of "Exploring the Possibilities of Service" the student council organized the school's first Penny War to raise money for the KSL Quarters for Christmas Christ-mas charity. Quarters for Christmas provides vouchers for shoes for needy families throughout through-out Utah, and 100 percent of the money donated from the Foothill Elementary's penny war will go toward purchasing those vouchers. The war was organized slightly differently for various vari-ous grades. In grades three through six, pennies and paper money counted as positive points, while silver money could be used to "bomb" other classrooms with negative nega-tive points. For the younger grades, all the money was counted positively. The Penny War was just three days long, but raised a grand total of $2,284. "That's pretty phenomenal," Vallen Thomas, the school's principal, said. "It far exceeded any of our expectations." The nine sixth-grade stu r v f 4 -m - mm A' villi I had the month and do things again, - Eric P. Mllladon.WI 0 m Dr. Glsnn N. 313 North State Saratoga Springs Lehi Alpine Highland V Pleasant Grove Lindon orem Vineyard ' Kf 1 " - 1 dents on the school's student council were responsible for organizing the project, and Thomas said they did a wonderful won-derful job. They decorated collection containers for each classroom, put up posters, made daily announcements and even wrote poetry to help spread the word about the Penny War. The student council members also stayed after school to count the money. "Everything that you could do right, they did right," Thomas said. "I'm very proud of the student council." Foothill Elementary's student stu-dent council members are Kingsley Dickson, Ian Kel-lems, Kel-lems, Brittan Young, Laura Lyons, Rebekah Williams, Josh Carlile, Anna-Lena Hunter, Hunt-er, Shawn Trost and Natalie Smart. The student council chose the penny war and Quarters for Christmas to offer economic eco-nomic assistance to families at a time when every extra penny can be appreciated, Thomas said, and the school's more than 600 students vividly demonstrated both their generosity gen-erosity and their holiday cheer by participating in the project with such enthusiasm. "Everyone was participating," participat-ing," he said. "The student council and the student body really rose to the occasion." yyiis hi Mr-Mt M m tm mf tm- H ami 'f --Jul frr I yfeSf cm "After the first 2 to 3 treatments, I could begin to feel a difference. I really started to feel it at about the tenth treatment Now that I have finished the series of treatments, the numbness in my thigh is gone and I have not had any sciatic pain since about the third treatment. Before treatments, I had two epidural ULt.. .. ..i- i . and a half. The next step would have been surgery. 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