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I A S G R 0 . - ' i v s kh , i BARBARA CHRISTIANSENNorth County Collin Nk'ken plays ii 'mv ilinimturx ut his American Fork home. The Shelley Elementary Si ..in ,n.i nf iriii'.s In become a dinosaur scientist someday. I be pi nplc wni kmi-1, mi Hi'' plane slai tell I In ( iwnii:.1, mihw-halls mihw-halls al the plane." he sanl Must nl 'the bovs in Mrs I s e es's ( lass enlel eil liie enil-i' enil-i' I ' ollm Sit l I (be e.ll Is were 1 1 I a . interested bc( ail.e I hi' 1 .1 ies had In do wil Ii sports. I lie nt her kids were pretty jealous when I won," lie said. "M -. lead M t s thought jt vas 1-e.llS, I ool " i h tas oi lies at school in-' in-' m i. Mr . I )ui rani lor science. Mi rr ini't i in loi' music and Mi I 'aimer lor math and so- ( lal ! miles ' ii.' nl br. Ia in it f projects graders earn i' il ".' in ll is in 'he boundaries nl tl ( 'I si )i Nil. 'A e look about f 0(1(1 people III . nil space settlement," l.lison sank She worked with oilier p-ai hers to expand the scope nl t he pi oji'i I I he students actually ac-tually received an aw ar d in the international contest for the literacy in their writings. Other a'.', ards were artistic merit and overall design. I'l ley created science fiction dries, proposed zero gravity 1 1 ( i national ai ti tties and did newspapers about the settlement. settle-ment. I lison said -.he was proud of the students, not just for their pi ie-winning entry, but for the way they did it. "We bad about six weeks to prepare from the time we decided to do it," she said. "The winner last vear win ked on it i l'i1 v m" ' ' ! . i)j( - , V 'Aiv ft I I -te 1 J 1 i & i I ' "I ' "''H'fVii!' iL Is 0 M S AND EDUCATORS ft i .i H" la w; k" was for his science class last year. "We caught some painted ladies and watched them grow from caterpillars to butterflies," butter-flies," he said. "We had one for every person in the class. We looked at their designs. Mine landed on my head when I was in the tent." His mom, Carla, agreed that he really enjoys science. "I le likes figuring out how stuff wor ks and why," she said. Collin can visualize himself becoming a scientist when he grows up. - f) - - ' -' f ' ' " """" - . . - -(e'li'-d.:-'' 1 .-' s ", ' NASA space contest award for two years." Kven though she was optimistic, opti-mistic, she was surprised. "I never imagined in a hundred hun-dred years we would get an award," she said. Each of the students received re-ceived a certificate indicating the accomplishment. Each one worked on the project, Elison said. "I made sure they all participated," partici-pated," she said. They created plans for the settlement and named it. The name they chose was Koinen-da. Koinen-da. Elison explained how they chose that name. "We studied Greece earlier," she said. "They tweaked some Greek words to make a name that means team or fellowship." fellow-ship." She paid tribute to the students and other teachers i bji linn '' i i 'S - r4X f'V. 1 :.. v V 1 J-C r - "I want to be a scientist," he said. "Scientists have fun. They may find a plant that have be a cure for cancer. I want to do dinosaurs, though." He might be preparing for a career in that field, since he enjoys treasure hunting in his yard. "He goes around the back yard with a metal detector," Carla Nielsen said. Collin was enthusiastic about his results. "I found a crowbar and a water faucet," he said. "I would like to find dinosaurs and put them together." involved, complimenting them on their own teamwork. Those teachers are Sunnie Larson, Cioldie Gunderson and Emily Konold. They are all new to Shelley this year. "When you have a team that works together, you can do a lot more," she said. According to information from NASA, the space colony is technically feasible. "There are many advantages advan-tages to living in orbit: zero-g recreation, environmental independence, plentiful solar energy, and terrific views to name a few," according to the agency's Web site. "There is plenty of room for everyone who wants to go; the materials materi-als from a single asteroid can build space colonies with living liv-ing space equal to about 500 times the surface area of the Earth." V- ' - , V 1 ,3 K" ' . . . 1 ' u 1 American Fork High School I Honor grads Seniors who qualify for gold or silver cords may purchase them at the student finance office for $5 until Tuesday. Gold cord eligibility requires a cumulative cumula-tive GPA of 3.84.0. Silver cord eligibility requires a cumulative cu-mulative GPA of 3,6-3.79. I Yearbook distribution Yearbook distribution will take place Thursday from 3 6 p.m. in the cafeteria. A second sec-ond yearbook distribution for those who hadn't previously cleared their fines will be Friday Fri-day from 12:15 to 3 p.m. in the west satellite. I Daily early out The school will operate on the early out schedule through Tuesday. American Fork Junior High School Fines Students will be notified of any fines they may have in their advisory class today. These fines must be paid by Friday at 3 p.m. in order not to delay receiving their yearbook. I Lagoon Day for ninth grade The ninth grade students have the opportunity to go to Lagoon Wednesday. The cost is $20.75 paid to Lagoon and $6 paid to AF Junior High for transportation. transporta-tion. The fees need to be paid separately 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 2,3-29 to the school during lunch to purchase pur-chase their bus ticket. All ninth grade students should have received re-ceived information regarding eligibility requirements. caveman JAKE PACKER Good morning, Cavemen! Wow, these past couple of weeks have been jam packed with finishing school, dances activities, and so on. The school year is almost over, we only have one week left. For all of you seniors, life comes at you fast. We are almost done. After 13 years of schooling, we are almost done. I hope that you all have enjoyed it as much as I have. Cavestock is tomorrow, the Powderpuff game begins at 5:30 p.m. Come, it will be super fun. The battle of the bands starts at 6:30 p.m.; we have some amazing bands that will be playing for us, there will also be a car show and cotton candy, popcorn and a dunking booth. The dance will begin at 9 and go ' I Activities for seventh and eighth grades All seventh and eighth grade students will be able to participate in an Aloha Field Day Wednesday 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 br.ing backpacks, back-packs, bags, etc. on this day. Forbes Elementary School I Talent show The annual talent show will be today at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Parents are invited to attend. Dance festival, field day The dance festival and field day will be Friday. Parents and families are invited to attend at-tend the dance festival. Legacy Elementary School I Play The third grade play will be presented today. I Sixth grade graduation Sixth grade graduation will be Friday at 9:30 a.m. Parents are invited to attend. I Field day Field day will be Tuesday. Shelley Elementary School Dance festival, field day The dance festival and field day will be Friday. All students grades 1-6 will attend at-tend school from 9:15 a.m. to 3 p.m. Parents are asked to make arrangements to meet this schedule. until 11. So make sure you all come out, it is the last dance this year, and really is going to be awesome, make sure you come and bring all of your friends along. Seniors, remember graduation gradu-ation and don't forget to get ready for it. It is next Thursday Thurs-day at 9 a.m., then we have the all night party after that, so be prepared. Make sure all of your school work is done and everything is taken care of. There will be locker clea-nouts clea-nouts soon, so start taking everything in your locker home. Don't wait until the last minute to take everything out that has accumulated over the year. Well, everyone remember to have fun. Come out to Cavestock, it is going to be great. Only a couple more days, you can make it through them. Have a lot of fun with the last days. They should be amazing. Have a great day and keep on smiling. Student body officers for 2007-08 2007-08 for American Fork High School. Front row: Rachelle Gerdsen, Shannon Carlson, Lindsey Schaack, Shaylynn Bough. Back row: Heather Diamond, Jason Day, Hoyt Freeman, Andrew Cottrell, Blake Vandamire, Brittni Vawdrey. The positions each will hold will be assigned during the summer. BARBARA CHRISTIANSEN North County (p(dSr |