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Show Thursday, May 11, 2006 Page 4 II W I. AND -IDEAS FROM CLASSROOMS AND EDUCATORS American Heritage School still going strong after 35 years Trixie Walker irntheUYU I 'minim' School dosed in l8, VcrliiM and Shirley wauled a school where their children could receive a Chris-lian Chris-lian education. They developed a school program that would provide a rigorous private education with a ( 'hrislian foundation, bought a loriner ( hurt h building in Pleasant 'irove, and opened their school on Aug. 31, 1!I7() with an enrollment en-rollment of H.r students I In? school they founded, American Heritage School, marked its .'15th Anniversary at a celebration held at the school on April 2'i. The celebration, cel-ebration, which was directed by principal (irant licckwilh, included music by the scliiHtl choir, a video presentation, and a ribbon cutting by American f ork Mayor lleber 5 n n ni 11 f 1 If WW w w LlEhi sons May 17, 6:30 p.m. Meeting Dinner Served JL. Lehi Historic Hotel $7PQ Per Person J I Deanna loves the fact that her teachers teach-ers know her well, and she has the same classmates year after year." Cathy Smith M'J'HI h (Jl VUUI fir Thompson. The school is currently located lo-cated across from the Mount Timpanogos I.DS Temple in American Fork, where a new building was constructed in 2002 using land and funds provided by donors. American I leritage enrolls about 365 students, stu-dents, who come to the school for the small class size, strong Year CD Limited Time Offer AA JT . ' s . MOUNTAIN HIGH FEDERAL CREDIT UNION Our I !(,!, rt lt,'r,t ,V foi 601 W State Street 768-3312 www.heraldextra.comyellowpages 394 West Main, Lehi academic program, and Christian Chris-tian environment. "I enrolled my sixth grade daughter, Deanna, in the sch(X)l because of the small class size and to get her away from investigational math," Cathy Smith said. "Deanna loves the fact that her teachers teach-ers know her well, and she has the same classmates year after year. She ulso likes the uniforms because she doesn't have to worry about what to wear to school." Taggert Williams, an eighth grade student who has been attending American Heritage for the past four years, said he likes the strict discipline and the fact that students are placed in learning groups appropriate ap-propriate to their abilities. "I have a friend at public school who is left behind in math because the school can't move him up or down," Taggert Tag-gert said. "At American Heritage, Heri-tage, students are moved up or down to learn at their own speed. Students don't have to feel as stressed, because they APY I OMQTul'IT of imwMfflw Call RonVanleuven 766-1116 to reserve dinner and for can get their homework done." Taggert said that students are taught to be "self governing," gov-erning," with a three strike system which provides consequences con-sequences for inappropriate behavior. "Fighting means an automatic auto-matic suspension," he said. "If somebody doesn't like to follow the rules, then they " wouldn't like American Heritage." Heri-tage." The school building also houses the American Heritage Family Education and Community Com-munity Center, which provides lectures and educational materials mate-rials to the public. Laurie Swim, chairman of the board of trustees, said that her husband, Gaylord, had called the community center "the crossroads of community where anyone of good will can come for family education." "It is a place where families are strengthened and enriched ... an opportunity for those who cannot participate in American Heritage School to benefit," she said. ALLSCHpOLS Math camp Ms. Dallon and Ms. Barson, math teachers at American Fork Junior High School, will be hosting a summer math camp for all interested incoming incom-ing seventh-graders. The camp will run July 24 to Aug. 11 from 9 to 1 1 a.m. each day. Parents who would like their student to participate should call Adele Whitely in the AF Junior High counseling office at 756-8592. AMERICAN FORK HIGH SCHOOL Senior Dinner Dance The Senior Dinner Dance is tomorrow from 7 to 11 p.m. in the AFHS commons. As a reminder to those attending, no dates and best dress. k Graduation party The PTSA has been able to extend the deadline for tickets to the senior all-night graduation party at Boondocks until Friday. A total count is not yet due so the deadline dead-line has been extended. Seniors who want to attend the party can purchase their tickets at the financial office for $35 until tomorrow at 3 p.m. k Aspen Grove Aspen Grove tickets must be purchased by Monday at the financial office. Tickets are $25. k Senior cords Any senior qualifying for cords must purchase pur-chase them by May 15 from Jeanene in the front office. Cost is $5. To qualify for gold cords, seniors must have a GPA of 3.8-4.0. 3.8-4.0. To qualify for silver cords, seniors must have a GPA of 3.6-3.79. k Graduation credits As a reminder to seniors, alternative credit from all programs must be completed by May 26, 2006. This includes projects, independent indepen-dent study, etc. For more information, infor-mation, contact the Counseling Center at 756-8555. k Jazz Band The school offers congratulations to the AFHS Jazz Band, which was one of only four bands in the state to receive superior ratings at the State Jazz Festival, held recently recent-ly in Park City. Over 50 bands from around the state qualified in region festivals to participate at the state festival. k Internet registration Students Stu-dents will be registering for next year's classes through "Class Choice," an Internet registration reg-istration program. Information George Durrani- Speaker Brother Durrant will tell about his unique missionary , temple and lifes' experiences. Senioritis outbreak at AFHS Mason Porter NORTH COUNTY STAFF It has struck. Dreadful, contagious conta-gious senioritis. Actually, senioritis struck quite a while ago, but as the school year vinds down it has become more abundant and noticeable. Some poor, unfortunate souls have struggled with the disease since their sophomore year. Others Oth-ers have only just begun suffering suffer-ing the symptoms. If you aren't sure what the symptoms are let me help you: k Lack of interest in class I Tardy to class k Don't go to class at all k GPA suffers slightly k GPA suffers greatly k GPA is so low PowerSchool broke trying to calculate it Those are just a few. At any rate, senioritis is sweeping through the hallways of high schools around the nation. For instance, Tiffani Herpel, of Snow Canyon High School in St. George says that, "Senioritis is normal. Everyone gets it to some extent." Please disregard that comment, Tiffani Tif-fani has been suffering from Senioritis since late March. She doesn't really know what she's saying. Senioritis is not normal. It's abnormal. ab-normal. In the early 20th century has been mailed to each home detailing the steps necessary to complete this process. "Class Choice" will be open at 9 a.m. on Saturday for next year's seniors. It will open at 6 p.m. on Monday for next year's juniors. It will not be available for next year's sophomores until un-til August. "Class Choice" will close on Wednesday at midnight. Because AFHS is piloting a new fee payment program online, last minute changes to schedules must be done before paying fees in August. "Class Choice" will open one time during summer vacation vaca-tion between Aug. 5-10. Class changes will not be made after Aug. 10. k Ballroom Team The American Ameri-can Fork Ballroom Team will present its annual spring concert con-cert Saturday at noon and 7 p.m. and Monday at 7 p.m. The Monday evening show will be family night with family passes available at the door for $20. Other performance ticket prices are $5 per person. Audition dates for next year's team include: Tuesday and Wednesday: Audition Au-dition workshop from 4-5 p.m. at Apollo Dance Hall May 18: Mandatory audition meeting at 4 p.m. at Apollo Dance Hall May 19: Auditions from 3-5 p.m. at Apollo Dance Hall Any questions can be answered an-swered by contacting Nolan Devor at 310-0333 or by e-mail: Nolanafballroom.com. k Choral concert The choral department will present its final concert of the year Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the school's auditorium. audito-rium. Patrons and community members mem-bers are invited to attend. Admission Ad-mission is free. k Fines due To avoid waiting in the long line at the financial office to pay fines, students should pay their fines in full prior pri-or to 2:45 p.m. on Tuesday. The financial office will be closed Wednesday through May 19 and will not re-open until the afternoon of May 22. After Tuesday, all outstanding outstand-ing fines, including library fines, will have to be paid at the financial office. Students will need to clear all of their fines before being allowed to pick up their yearbooks, year-books, which will be distributed May 25 from 5 to 8 p.m. notes caveman fete I a U,M4 people with abnormalities were sent off to be exhibits in the freak show, so if you don't want to end up in a cage with Barnum & Bailey, Bai-ley, heed my words. If a friend asks you to ditch class simply say no. If they per sist, give tnem a crane kick to tne gut (abduct your arms laterally and bend your elbows to a 90 degree angle, lift your knee of choice up, keeping it bent so that the sole of your foot is parallel to the ground. When you've absorbed ab-sorbed enough energy, release it by thrusting your raised foot into the cheststernumbelly of your opponent). Actually, come to think of it, my G.P.A isn't super right now. And I was tardy to first period last week because I went to eat breakfast at Gandolf o's. And I missed two days of school last week. It seems I have a mild case of senioritis. Well, that explains the poor quality of this article. But I don't care. I'm a senior. Have a good day, and a pleasant pleas-ant tomorrow. But if you don't, it won't really affect me. BARRATT ELEMENTARY PTA meeting The final general PTA meeting meet-ing will be held in conjunction with the family picnic May 19 at 6 p.m. at the school. The whole family is invited to attend. More information will be sent home with students. FORBES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Skating field trip The PTA will once again host the Classic Skate field trip for all students, grades first through sixth, who qualified through BEAR reading. The skate party is scheduled for tomorrow with busses leaving at 9:15 a.m. Track 2 students should be to school at 9 a.m. and meet in the lunchroom. lunch-room. There is no charge for roller skates. Students are welcome wel-come to bring their own roller blades or can rent them from Classic Skating for $3-$5. All money, skates, roller blades and personal belongings belong-ings are the responsibility of the student. No scooters will be allowed either on the bus or brought from home. Due to safety concerns, Classic Skating Skat-ing will not rent scooters for the party. More information is available from Sheri Paulos at 756-9776 or Marianne Orr at 763-9203. i k Movie party A movie party will be held for all kindergart-ners kindergart-ners who participated in the BEAR reading program. This activity will be Monday, May 15. k PTA luncheon The PTA is sponsoring a volunteer luncheon lun-cheon Tuesday from 12:30 to 2 p.m. in the PTA room. All volunteers vol-unteers who have helped in any way are invited to attend. The PTA thanks all volunteers. ; SHELLEY ELEMENTARY Core testing The week of Mav 15-19 has been slated for State Core Testing. Test-ing. Parents are encouraged to help their children avoid absences ab-sences this week. Students are also encouraged to get plenty of rest and eat a good breakfast each morning. k Library books due - All library books are due the week of May 15-19. Parents are encouraged to help their children find books that may have been checked out and return them. IS INVITED? i Please 1 Bring Your I Membership Spouses. "POOR |