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Show AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN Thursday, May 17, 2007 mm Page 4 no tes NEWS AND IDEAS DANCING FOR rtt "- 0f bate. ... .1-.- k v s- 'f ' -, ', .,, ' . ' 1 If it) ( ,47 " s c , - -v.. , ' 'csa f 1 '-. '., - i i - - , x., , , ' x, - !" ? tL I I ' ; N .... 1 , , " - t.iii , . ' V '- ' 1 ,i ' BARBARA CHRISTIANSENNorth County Aurin Manges jnlit ami unotlwr nludent do the "Black Mark Boogie" at Forbes Elementary School. The students dance, removing llu k nun hs from shoes ut the same time. Forbes students do the 'Black Mark Boogie' Barbara Christiansen VViiU h out There may be a new dance craze sweeping the nation, originating in American Fork. Students at Forbes Elementary Elemen-tary School do the "Black Mark Hoogie" every Friday afternoon. They seem to love it and look forward to participating. participat-ing. It's not just for fun, though With their "dance," the students stu-dents clean the black marks left from shoes on the school's floors. Head custodian Paul Konold said the Friday dancing has made a large impact in the school's hallways. "It helps us immensely," he said, "lilac k marks are a battle for us. My guy usually spend an hour and a half a night just doing black marks. When they do it. it helps my guys do other Greenwood receives HP Technology for Teaching grant Barbara Christiansen (Ireenwood Elementary is one of 1 11) public schcxils nationwide na-tionwide to receive the 2007 I IP Technology for Teaching grant, which is designed to transform and improve learning learn-ing in the classroom through innovative uses of technology. The school will receive an award package of HP products and a cash stipend for each teacher with a total value of more than $:i 1.000. Elaine Kirsch, the grant coordinator co-ordinator for Greenwood, told how the grant came about. "Five of the teachers here are taking a math endorsement class," she said. "It is a two year class. Our principal is taking tak-ing it, too." She said the group was working on becoming qualified quali-fied to teach an inquiry -based teaching method of math, in which there is more discourse involved and the students do not simply learn to do problems, prob-lems, but learn why the math caveman )AKf PAf MR Good morning, Cavemen! How are all of you feeling today? It has been an awesome week, the weather been amazing. amaz-ing. I love the sun shining; it makes me happy. FROM CLASSROOMS AND EDUCATORS A CLEAN SCHOOL Black marks are a battle for us. My guy usually spend an hour and a half a night just doing black marks. When they do it, it helps my guys do other things. Paul Konold HEAD CUSTODIAN things." Every Friday afternoon at 2:10, the students come out of their classrooms into the halls. Music comes on over the PA system and they use their feet to clean the marks. They see the marks and scuff their shoes against them, removing works. "This is based on national standards," she said. "They are educating the math teachers so that we can improve the math among our students." The BYU professors who teach the class applied for the grant for them. "And we got it," Kirsch said. "We are one of only 130 schools, the only school in Utah to get it." Each teacher will get a digital digi-tal camera, HP tablet computer and projector. There will be a printer and each will receive extensive training, Kirsch said. "They will teach us how to use this teclwology," she said. "Our emphasis is on math. Other Oth-er schools around the country may be focusing on science or the environment." "This technology infusion will enable us to move the instruction we're receiving into the mainstream classroom experience at Greenwood," she said. The teachers have a one-year one-year time line to show them Well, school is almost out, only two weeks left. For all of you seniors that is a big step, it is time for us to make our own way in the world, to go to college or start a career. It is awesome. Seniors, make sure you have got your pass to Aspen Grove, we are going tomorrow and make sure you all know when graduation practice is. All of you who missed the senior dinner dance I am sorry sor-ry because it was great. The food was wonderful and the dance was awesome. ' I I them from the floor. They do it in time with the music and they have fun. What they seem to like best is the music. "I like the singing," said Taylor Tay-lor Hawkes. "My favorite song was 'Footloose.'" Karelyn Nerdin agreed. how to implement the program into the curriculum. It starts this month and tells them how to prepare to teach the students. stu-dents. "It will involve some extra time," Kirsch said. "We will be showing the students how to use this math in real life," she said. "We want to apply it so the math becomes real. We will take pictures of the kids and their work. We are trying to get math revitalized." revital-ized." In addition to teaching, the grant recipients will use their cameras to record the work the students do and document the impact of the grant for community leaders, school boards and community councils, coun-cils, she said. Kirsch said the group was pleased. "We are thrilled," she said. "We are just excited. I looked up the other schools which won. The competition was for the U.S. and Canada." In addition to the math endorsement program, Green- Everyone make sure that your attendance issues are taken care of, and get all of your homework in, juniors and sophomores get your schedule for next year all ready. The baseball team is doing do-ing awesome this year; keep coming to support them. The soccer team made it to the playoffs, when you see a soccer soc-cer player in the hall tell them "congratulations." The dance company had a dance concert last week. It was amazing and they put a lot of hard work into it. Soft "I like the music," she said. Megan Nerdin said, "I like the 'Mouse Boogie." The event lasts only a few minutes, but the students make an impact. "The kids do the Black Mark Boogie until the bell rings at 2:15," said secretary Pennie Hansen. One who is benefitted by the program is LaDawn Kimble, an afternoon sweeper at the school. "It helps a lot," she said. "I spend 20 minutes a night doing do-ing black marks in my area. It helps morale because everybody every-body hates doing black marks. "It also saves money and makes the school nicer because we can concentrate on other things. The kids are a little more careful when they have to clean it up." Konold agreed. "It gives kids ownership and pride in the school," he said. mJk 1 We will be showing show-ing the students how to use this math in real life. We want to apply it so the math becomes real. Elaine Kirsch GRANT COORDINATOR wood has just moved forward with the adoption of a 'balanced 'bal-anced math program, adopting adopt-ing new instructional materials school-wide. ball did very well also; and a good job to the track team. They did really well at the region meet last weeks. You tennis players also did a great job this year. Cavestock is coming up next week it will be great, we have bands playing, dancing, a powder puff game, cotton candy and a car show. Everyone Ev-eryone come and bring your friends; it is all the Cavemen who come that make a great activity. I Arbor Day winners The following students were chosen cho-sen as winners in the Arbor Day writing contest, which was sponsored by the American Ameri-can Fork Arts Council, Highland High-land Tree Commission and IM Flash Technologies. Forbes Elementary: Morgan Mor-gan Lunt, first; Elyse Johnson, John-son, second. Legacy Elementary: McK-enzie McK-enzie Thompson, first; Nicole Smith, second. Shelley Elementary: Emily Sabey, first; Britte Wright, second. Barratt Elementary: Kali-cia Kali-cia Moore, first; Levi Smith, second. Greenwood Elementary: Cristian Molina, first; Connor Vaughan, second. American Fork High School I Ticket deadline Today is the last day to purchase tickets to the senior all night party at Boondock's. Tickets may be purchased for $35 at the student finance window until 3 p.m. today. No tickets will be sold after this date. I Senior activity The senior Aspen Grove activity day is tomorrow. Seniors participating in Aspen Grove must ride the bus which will leave the school at 8 a.m. and return at approximately 2 p.m. I Caps and gowns Seniors Se-niors who have not yet ordered or-dered a cap and gown may do so by calling Jostens at 1-866-2194723 or online at www. wssgrad.com. I Honor grads Seniors who qualify for gold or silver cords may purchase them at the student finance office for $5 until May 29. Gold cord eligibility eli-gibility requires a cumulative GPA of 3.84.0. Silver cord eligibility eli-gibility requires a cumulative GPA of 3.6-3.79. I Textbook returns Textbook Text-book returns began yesterday yester-day and will continue today during English classes. Any student who does not have an English class may stop by the book depository any time today to return books. Students will want to make sure all of their textbooks are handed in or they will be put on a fine list which will be turned over to the student finance office. Students with unresolved fines will not receive their yearbook wristband. wrist-band. I Yearbook info. Today is the last day to pay student fines order to receive a yearbook year-book wristband during wristband wrist-band distribution on Tuesday. The student finance office will be closed tomorrow through Tuesday until after wristband distribution. There have been very long lines in the years past of students stu-dents paying andor clearing fines in order to receive their yearbook wristband. The staff and administration wish to emphasize to students and parents that it is highly recommended rec-ommended that students turn in all books and pay all fines by 3 p.m. today. Yearbook distribution will take place Thursday, May 24 from 3 to 6 p.m. in the cafeteria. caf-eteria. No yearbooks will be distributed prior to this date. There will be no exceptions to this rule. A second yearbook distribution for those who hadn't previously cleared their fines will be Friday, May 25 from 12:15 to 3 p.m. in the west satellite. I Online registration Online On-line registration for next year's classes is now available avail-able through May 21. Any student needing to make adjustments to their schedule due to auditions or tryouts are encouraged to do so. Next year's sophomores and juniors ju-niors are all required to have a full schedule. Schedules will be sent out at the end of July. Find what you nrant -asm Daily early out The school will operate on the early out schedule May 24-29. American Fork Junior High School I Band concert The band will present its Spring concert tonight at 7. Patrons and community com-munity members are encouraged encour-aged and invited to attend. Admission is free. Freshman dance A freshman dance will be Friday Fri-day at 7p.m. . I Choir concert The final choir concert of the year will be Wednesday at 6 and 7:30 p.m. Patrons and community members are encouraged and invited to attend. Admission is free. Fines Students will be notified of any fines they may have in their advisory class on May 24. These fines must be paid by May 25 at 3 p.m. in order not to delay receiving their yearbook. I Lagoon Day for ninth grade The ninth grade students stu-dents have the opportunity to go to Lagoon, on May 30. The cost is $20.75 paid to Lagoon and $6 paid to AF Junior High for transportation. The fees need to be paid separately separate-ly and must not be combined. Students will need to provide their own lunch. Students who are eligible to go need to bring their $6 for transportation and their permissions slips May 23-29 to the school during lunch to purchase their bus ticket. All ninth grade students should have received information regarding eligibility requirements. require-ments. I Activities for seventh and eighth grades All seventh and eighth grade students will be able to participate in an Aloha Field Day on May 30 from 8:15 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. The theme is "A Day on the Islands" and will include motivational mo-tivational speakers, games, a carnival, food, karaoke; dunk tanks, water slide, a dance as well as indoor activities and prizes. School officials request that students do not bring backpacks, back-packs, bags, etc. on this day. Forbes Elementary School I Retirement open house An open house for retiring teacher, Mrs. Godfrey, will be Tuesday from 4-5:30 p.m. in the media center. Patrons -and community members are invited to attend. Talent show The annual talent show will be May 24 at" 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Parents are invited to attend. i Dance festival, field day The dance festival and field day will be May 25. Parents and families are invited to attend at-tend the dance festival. Legacy Elementary School I Play The third grade play will be presented next Thursday. t Sixth grade graduation Sixth grade graduation will be Friday, May 25 at 9:30 a.m. Parents are invited to attend. i Field day Field day will be May 29. Shelley Elementary School I Dance festival, field day The dance festival dress rehearsal will be Thursday. The dance festival and field day will be May 25. All students stu-dents grades 1-6 will attend school from 9:15 a.m. to 3 p.m. Parents are asked to make arrangements to meet this schedule. 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