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Show AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN Thursday, October 5, 2006 Page 4 notes j NEWS AND IDEAS GENERAL SKILLS BOXTOPS 1 f 1 J tX ft . t v. ; r I.. Kill" Sheila Griffin and Tricia Davies trim I think it was a great project, and the Albertson's promotion that coincided with the drive is really what got our numbers up." Cindy Moody, forbes elementary teacher Students, families gather funds Sherilyn Frost ome fundraisers are more difficult than others. Often only a handful of kids or families go all out to sell, promote and follow up on chocolate, wrapping wrap-ping paer or discount hooks. But the most recent fundraiser fund-raiser that Forbes Elementary School had made it easy for every student and teacher to participate. The fundraiser was a school wide effort to collect lxxtops from (ieneral Mills products, each Ixixtop being worth 10 cents. Forbes students participated in the fundraiser in conjunction with a (ieneral Mills sale at Albertson's Al-bertson's in early September. Products from (ieneral Mills, which promotes the BoxTops for 1. ducat ion program, were on a promotional sale where extra boxtop coupons were printed at the register when customers checked out. A table was set up with a container for each elementary school that was participating in the program where customers and parents could deposit their boxtop coiixn.s In addition to the extra coupons cou-pons printed at the registers. American Barbara Christiansen H iJNTYSTAfl Students at American Fork High School have an opportunity opportu-nity to make up absences and tardies. For the second year, the sch(K)l is conducting "Attendance "Atten-dance School." in the early morning hours before the regular reg-ular school day begins. Once a student misses any class the fifth time in any quarter quar-ter for any reason, he may chtxise to go to attendance school to make up the time. caveman JAKE PACKtR Good morning! Cavemen, it is a great day to be alive. FROM CLASSROOMS AND EDUCATORS boxtops for a program at Forbes Elementury School. students at Forbes Elementary were encouraged to turn in their boxtops to their core teacher Sept. 11-15. The students were told that a contest would be held where the class who turned in the most boxtops would be invited to plan a party of their choice. They were worth 10 cents each, and the PTA had big plans for the money they hoped to earn. Some of the ideas they discussed dis-cussed with principal Dr. Larry Dean included new playground equipment, playground drinking drink-ing fountains, a permanent volleyball net, soccer goals, playground benches, a Scholastic Scho-lastic book vending machine and kindergarten playground equipment. The PTA and Dean will agree on three to four choices and then any student who submitted sub-mitted boxtops will be given the opportunity to vote for what they would like to see happen at the sc1nx1. With the incentive of a contest con-test between all of the classes in both tracks, the boxtops poured in. Fifth-grade students, Danielle Frost and Madison Ruchti even went to their home pantries and were found cutting cut-ting the boxtop coupons off of existing products within their Fork High offers make-up There is an appeals process, and students and their parents may appeal twice in a quarter. Attendance school requires sacrifice, however. Attendance school begins at 6:15 a.m. and runs through 7;15. Students are expected to come prepared to work on their own assignments in regular regu-lar classes. The attendance school supervisor does not provide pro-vide coaching or work. History and government teacher Joe Atwoxl is the supervisor su-pervisor this year. He said the policy has helped get the stu I hope that you all have had a great time during the week. I am very glad that mid-terms are over but that means I only have half a semester left to get an A in my classes. I have a suggestion for all you Cavemen, myself included. Let 's get our homework done on time and maybe even study for that test a little more. Who " 'I 1 Vf, 1 : I A'-HvkS fv;' 4 1 homes. Their efforts must have paid off because their class won the contest for first track with 1,535 boxtops turned in. Their teacher, Cindy Moody, praised all of her students for their efforts and said that both her track 1 and track 2 class are very competitive. This was evident in that her track two class also won the contest for all the second track classes bringing in 1,606 boxtops. "1 think it was a great project, and the Albertson's promotion that coincided with the drive is really what got our numbers up. The students just have a real competitive streak and each track wanted to beat the other, so they both ended up winning," Moody said. "It seemed like it was a pretty slick way to earn some money for the school." Moody also said that the PTA gave her classes a choice of what type of party they wanted and track 1 voted to have a pizza party while track 2 will have an ice-cream party. Both parties are scheduled to coincide with the class Halloween Hallow-een parties. While containers for boxtop collections have been available avail-able in the past, a big push like this one has not ever occurred before. In the past, the moneys dents back on track and up to speed in their class work. It has also provided incentive in-centive for them to make a greater effort to attend regular school and to be on time. "We have seen vast improvements improve-ments in attendance," he said. "It definitely has worked." Attendance school also is for students who have more than three tardies in any class during dur-ing a term. Speaking of tardies, students who come to attendance school need to be prompt. "If they are late at all, they knows, it might actually help our grade out. I hope that you all had a fun time at Homecoming last week. There was a lot of effort put into the assembly by the juniors and the tailgate party was done by the sophomore council. I would like to thank everyone every-one that came to the game on I BARBARA CHRISTIANSEN North County collected have been used to benefit the music department including the school musical that is presented each year. The PTA is encouraging students, stu-dents, parents and community members to continue to save and turn in the boxtops. Evelyn Fowles, the school's musical director may continue to run the program with the support of the PTA. Tricia Davies, PTA president elect said that the idea of offering monthly incentives incen-tives to the class who brings in the most boxtops is being discussed. Although Davies was not in charge of the boxtops drive, she put on her Forbes T-shirt and headed to the American Fork store during the promotional pro-motional sale to encourage customers to put their register coupons in the Forbes container. con-tainer. She also helped in the counting count-ing process and estimates that approximately 16,000 boxtops were turned in by students which in turn results in $1,600. When asked what other classes turned in large amounts of coupons, Davies answered that Cami Larsen's track 2 class had 915 while Sydney Hacking's tracks 1 and 2 turned in more than 700. school don't get allowed in," Atwood said. Students are just beginning to use the attendance school this year, he said. He has heard their response was generally positive to the program last year. Atwood said the students are not the only ones who benefit. "It is a good opportunity for me to get a bit of extra money," mon-ey," he said. "I am awake and planning my lessons anyway. The most important thing for me, though, is that it helps me be a better teacher." Friday. We appreciate you cheering for us. In my government and citizenship citi-zenship class I have been learning learn-ing about the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the events surrounding the creation of our government, it has been pretty interesting and very informative. I have learned some new ALL SCHOOLS Bond and leeway meeting As a reminder to all American Ameri-can Fork School District patrons, pa-trons, a meeting will be held tonight at 7 in the auditorium of American Fork Junior High School. The meeting will discuss the upcoming bond and leeway that will be on the November ballot. Alpine School District would like to invite all community members to this presentation on the proposed bond and leeway which will include critical details to help voters make an informed decision. Public input is welcome. No school There will be no school next Thursday, Friday and Monday due to UEA and professional pro-fessional development day. Classes will resume Oct. 17. AMERICAN FORK HIGH SCHOOL Graduation information Seniors will be meeting with Jostens to get graduation gradua-tion information, Tuesday at 10:20 a.m. in the auditorium. Juniors will meet with Jostens Wednesday at 10:25 a.m. in the auditorium. New police officer AFHS's new school resource re-source police officer is Detective Detec-tive Kogianes. As a member of the school's staff, she can be reached at 756-8547 ext. 313. Website The school's Web site is updated up-dated weekly with new infor- Aiwarrjc mation. Parents and students fWVul Uo are encouraged to check it regularly at www.afhs.alpine. kl2.ut.us. Information including includ-ing calendar items, scholarship scholar-ship information, school hours, club and department activities is available. Guest speakers - 7 The Counseling Center will be sponsoring guest speakers speak-ers from many different career fields on a monthly basis. Lunch will be provided to interested students free of charge. Students may sign up to attend the first lunch speaker scheduled for Wednesday in the Counseling Center. Testing retakes BSCT retakes for juniors and seniors will be Oct. 17-19 from 8 a.m. to noon each day. Students who need to retake any of the BSCT tests must sign up in the Counseling Center. Parents and students are reminded that in order to receive a diploma, the BSCT tests must be passed. Marching band sweeps Nebo competition The American Fork High School Marching Band swept the individual performance categories and received first place overall at the Nebo competition, com-petition, the first of the season, sea-son, at Payson High School Sept. 30. Earning tops in best musical musi-cal performance, outstanding colorguard, outstanding visual visu-al performance and outstanding outstand-ing percussion contributed to a total score of 89.0, garnering gar-nering the school first place. Mountain Crest was second with 81.3. Upcoming competition The American Fork High scnooi iviarcruiig doiiu will be sponsoring the Mt. Timpanogos Band Festival on Saturday. Marching bands from 30 schools will be participating. par-ticipating. things and have enjoyed it. We went through the Declaration Declara-tion and compared it to the Constitution and looked at how in writing the Constitution Constitu-tion the founders satisfied all the things they wanted in the Declaration. ' Well, you are probably wondering won-dering why I am telling you this. The reason is that I want The performance time begins be-gins at 11 a.m. and continues throughout the day at Mount-ian Mount-ian View High School, 645 W. Center St., Orem. American Fork will perform in the final presentation around 7 p.m. The entrance fee to the event is $5 for adults, $3 for children 12 and under, or $20 for a family up to six. The competition will proceed in rain or shine. Prizes will be awarded throughout the day from sponsors in the program. pro-gram. Cautions regarding theft Several incidents of theft have been reported since the beginning of school. With theft on the rise, students are reminded that valuables should not be brought to school. Thefts have commonly com-monly occurred in P.E. locker rooms, dance rooms, gyms or unlocked cars. Students should always make sure their personal items are secured se-cured in a locked car or locker. lock-er. Leaving personal items in unlocked lockers, on benches, in plain view or in unlocked cars is an open invitation for theft. Parents are asked to encourage their students to leave their valuable and personal per-sonal items at home. AMERICAN FORK JUNIOR HIGH Student planning Seventh grade students are completing their SEOP packets in preparation for 7th grade SEOPs that will be held in October. Parents should have received a letter with appointment times and dates. Anyone who needs to change their SEOP appointment should call Annette Perry at 756-8592 to reschedule. The PTSA awards committee com-mittee is currently accepting nominations of teachers and administrators for a variety of awards. Those who have someone they would like to see recognized for his or her outstanding service are asked to contact Leslie Dalton at leslimdaltonhmail.com or 492-9340. FORBES ELEMENTARY Reflections program The PTA held an assembly Tuesday to get students excited ex-cited about the Reflections program this year with the theme of "My favorite place to be ..." All entries are due Oct. 20. The assembly was also a kick-off for the Happenings Hap-penings Book fund raiser that students should have brought home. Parents are reminded that students are not to go door to door selling the books for safety reasons. Happenings Hap-penings Books and orders are due back to the school Wednesday, Oct. 11. SHELLEY ELEMENTARY Bookfair A book fair is being held in the library this week in conjunction con-junction with parentteacher conferences. Parents are invited in-vited to attend. Swim lessons Sixth grade swim lessons for both tracks will begin Tuesday. Additional swim dates are Oct. 17, 19, 24 and 26. LINCOLN ACADEMY B00k Fair The Book Fair is being held through Friday in the library. It is open during school hours and until 8 p.m. today during parent -teacher conferences. you all to go out and tell your family or a friend about something some-thing you learned in school today. to-day. It will help you remember what you learned. I have been told the best way to learn something is to teach it, now all you Cavemen, go out and try. Time for me to go. fPOOR |