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Show Thursday, October 23, 2008 Page 4 AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN NEWS AND IDEAS FROM CLASSROOMS AND EDUCATORS notes All schools Quarter to end The last day of the first quarter is Friday. American Fork High School Orchestra concerts The orchestra will present their fall concert tonight at 7:30 in the school's auditorium. Prior to the high school's concert, the junior high orchestra will present its concert at 6 p.m. Admission is free. Patrons and community members are encouraged and invited to attend. at-tend. ACT test The ACT test will be given Saturday at 8 a.m. Students are reminded to bring picture ID to the test and to arrive early. Band to compete The American Fork High School Marching Band will compete on Friday at the UMEA Red Rocks Marching Band Competition Com-petition at Dixie State College and then on Saturday at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas for the BOA Western Regional. Region-al. Sports physicals Winter sports physicals will be offered of-fered at AFHS on Wednesday from 6-8 p.m. for $25. The school physical form can be downloaded from the school Web site or picked up in the main office. Parental consent must be given for the physical exam to be performed. Any student who is planning plan-ning on trying out for a winter win-ter or spring sport is required to have a current physical and health insurance before they may try out. Physicals will be given on a first come, first served basis. Preference The Preference Prefer-ence Dance will be Nov. 8 at the Provo Court House. This will be a formal dress dance and school dress code guidelines will apply. Due to a limited number of space, tickets tick-ets will be sold to the first 300 couples only. Volunteer guidelines As a reminder to all volunteers, background checks are required re-quired prior to volunteering to help with any activity or program. pro-gram. Volunteers do not need to go to the district office for fingerprinting. Volunteers can have a back ground check done at the high school by either Shani Quilter or Brenda Hunter. Volunteers include anyone who is going on a field trip, school trip, or volunteering at the school for athletics, school clubs andor events. Volunteers need to bring in a drivers license and social security number to have a back ground check done. It is done on line and takes about 5 minutes. Attendance make-up Attendance make-up after first quarter ends will be Monday and Tuesday. Each session, both morning and LOOKING FOR COUGAR STATS ? w.cougarblue co SPEAf LETTERS EDITOR after school, will require a $5 fee that must be paid at the student finance office prior to admittance. Homework center A homework center is available Tuesday through Thursday from 2:30-3:30 p.m. in room 34. A mathematics teacher and National Honor Society students are available to help students with homework and test preparation. American Fork Junior High School Orchestra concert The junior ju-nior high orchestra will present pres-ent its fall concert tonight at 6 in the American Fork High School auditorium. Following Follow-ing the junior high concert, the high school orchestra will present jts concert at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free. Patrons and community members are encouraged and invited to attend. at-tend. Halloween dance A Halloween Hal-loween dance is scheduled for tomorrow after school. Shelley Elementary School Picture retakes School picture retakes will be Monday. Mon-day. Picture packets will be available for purchase. Red Ribbon Week The PTA will sponsor Red Ribbon Rib-bon week Oct. 27-30 with the theme of "Say BOO to Drugs and Violence." Activities are planned for the week and students are encouraged to participate. NOVA The NOVA program pro-gram for sixth grade students is being held every Thursday. Parents are encouraged to support students in setting goals and completing assignments assign-ments for NOVA. Halloween parties Halloween Hal-loween parties will be held on Halloween day at 1:15 p.m. for track 1 and 2:30 p.m. for track 2. All students, grades K-6 are invited to wear costumes. cos-tumes. Students must come to school dressed in their costumes and be prepared to wear them all day. As a reminder, no masks will be allowed and students may wear only costumes which will not interfere with the educational process, since regular school lessons will continue. Students are not to wear costumes depicting or glorifying death or violence, or advertising drugs, alcohol, smoking or containing obscenities. ob-scenities. No weapons (toy or cardboard guns, swords, etc.) are allowed. Costumes are optional, not mandatory. Reflections entries Reflections Re-flections entries are due Nov. 5 by 4 p.m. in the main office. This year's theme is "Wow!" Questions can be answered by calling Char Poulton at 763-1163 or Elaine Corbridge at 492-1238. jrailuHcrol6) TO THE ONLINE til Barbara Christiansen NORTH COUNTY STAFF Once a month, all the second grade students at Shelley Elementary Ele-mentary School meet together for a different kind of book club. They meet in two groups one for the morning readers read-ers and one for the afternoon group. The teachers have previously scanned the photos from a book and they appear on a screen behind the teacher who reads the story to the students. stu-dents. Shelley started the program last school year and the teachers teach-ers say they have had a good response. "They have enjoyed it so much that the upper grade kids have gone to making vocabulary vo-cabulary games like these students," stu-dents," said Teressa Trulock "They have used computers to make their games." Earlier in the year, the teachers teach-ers met together and planned which books they would use as their focus and how they would approach them. They often try to get across a message. mes-sage. "A lot of the stories go along with manners and behavior," Trulock said. The story they recently read, "The Other Side" is about two families living on either side of a fence and the two girls who wonder what AFHS win Ashley King NORTH COUNTY STAFF The American Fork High School Shakespeare Team competed in Cedar City at the Shakespeare Festival at the beginning of October, coming home with several awards. Team coach Neal Johnson helped the team pull together their ensemble scene from "The Taming of the Shrew," which the team performed at the competition last year. This allowed them to just fill in missing parts from last years' team. "We did it in the Italian-style Italian-style of comedic art, called Commedia dell'arte," said Johnson. In order to fit the Italian style, the cast wore mostly masks, which they made themselves. They also constructed con-structed a "raked stage," which they had to transport to and from Cedar City. A raked stage is a "sloping stage with spectator seats on the sides," said Johnson. "The seats look kind of like bunk beds. During the Italian Renaissance they had raked stages in Europe, but we padded pad-ded ours so the kids didn't get hurt." The ensemble scene "placed second overall in the Oxford division," said Johnson. "Divisions "Di-visions are set up based on school size. The competition is getting really big and it's getting get-ting harder and harder to win." Marco Vega played Petru-chio Petru-chio in "The Taming of the Shrew." His rendering of the part earned him a $1,000 scholarship. Vega said he enjoys en-joys attending the competition each year because of the "interpretations "in-terpretations of Shakespeare and how everyone can learn caveman Josh Stewart Alright guys: This one's for you, a guys-only column. Don't be offended girls, you don't need this like we do and this will benefit you in the long run anyway. I came across an article not too long ago on buzzle.com about fashion faux-pas, listing list-ing things that should never be worn when trying to make a good first impression. My hope is that these aren't all common knowledge, and that something will help another ignorant ig-norant man like myself. Here's a few of the ones that I found applicable: I No high-water pants. Formal For-mal slacks should almost brush the heel of your shoe. Not too dents enjoy Ml BARBARA CHRISTIANSENNorth County Joe Corbridge and Ian Poulton listen to a reading of "The Other Side," at Shelley Elementary School. life is like on the fence's other side. "It is about discrimination , and how we should treat everybody ev-erybody the same," Trulock said. "The students learn how it feels to be discriminated against. We are just trying to enlighten the students with different cultures and heritage how it feels to be poor, rich, black, white, Mexican." When she finished reading the book teacher Susan LeB-aron LeB-aron asked the students what the fence represented. They replied it was black people and white people. She sum awards at f -'.it.! Jr&&& '4' v 1 1 ' frr. The A.F. Shakespeare team at the something new from it. Everyone Every-one does it differently." American Fork students also placed well in the monologue mono-logue division. Maggie Bought on took third place with her monologue baggy, not too short. Along with that, formal socks should be long enough that skin doesn't show when crossing your legs. I No clothes that are too tight or too loose. Loose-fitting clothing presents a sloppy feel, while tight clothing can suggest sug-gest one is self-absorbed, or even feminine. I Tie length: It should reach your belt line. Longer than that is how grandpa wears it, and shorter is how the five-year-old next door wears his clip-on. I Belt should match your shoes. Probably the most widely acknowledged fashion rule, don't get caught breaking this one. You might not hear the end of it. I Shoes: Lace-up is the only way to go. Velcro has been a no-no since junior high. You know better. I Color coordinating: This is only for the keenly aware and extremely intelligent man. If j0 0 .shared,' eadini V ') .Lt- ( marized the story, saying the characters wanted the fence to come down because it was not important. She also praised the students. "We have black students in our school," LeBaron said. "We have white students. I am please how you have treated each other. Give yourselves a pat on the back." Teacher Lisa Radulovich said that people look different on the outside but are the same on the inside. "It is sad when people look on the outside and make judgments," judg-ments," she said. Shakespeare Festival i i ,2 i F i : Shakespeare competition in Cedar City. "We did The Taming of the Shrew' in the Italian-style Italian-style of comedic art, called Commedia dell'arte." Neal Johnson, Shakespeare team coach. from "Cymbeline." Brendan Pack received straight superiors supe-riors for his monologue from "The Merchant of Venice" and was featured in the Showcase Round, which is "to show of the most interesting mono this starts hurting your brain, you're alright. Come back to it in a few months and try again. First, limit your colors col-ors to three of four to show simple coordination. Second, , make sure those colors are all complimentary to each other. (When in doubt, ask mom. She could probably get a degree . in this kind of stuff). If you've made it this far, give yourself a pat on the back. You have broken away from the mold of the average man. Lastly, colors should go well with your given features, such as your eye color and skin shade. - It's important to present yourself in a decent, respectable respect-able manner. People will take you more seriously, and you will be viewed in a more professional pro-fessional light. But I think the most important thing in your appearance is finding your own sense of sweet style. I always feel more comfortable comfort-able and confident wearing something that suits my per "Whether you are a different color or are in a wheelchair, everyone is special," she added. "Everyone has a big heart. That heart has feelings. You don't want to be hurt and we don't want to hurt other people." The teachers selected a book for each month of the school year, then scanned the photos of the book so they could be shown to all the students at the same time. "We decided as a team this would be a good thing to do with our children and talk about it across the board," Trulock said. "We felt it was a good program to do an open forum. After the story I get their ideas as well and learn what they felt should happen. We also discuss it in our classrooms." class-rooms." There are additional benefits. "It introduces the children to different authors," said Radulovich. "We highlight the authors. Then we read other books by the author during the month." In addition, the students learn about reading for others. "They hear how a story is read (aloud)," Radulovich said. "Shared reading is part of our program. It models good reading skills for the children. One big emphasis is on fluency and reading in stretches. This is another fun way to share a book." 's ' ' " . ...iff ft Neal Johnson logues," said Johnson. "Everyone did really well," said Johnson. "Others got certificates of recognition. Additionally, we placed third overall, but we were only four points behind first place." sonality, rather than trying to look like someone I'm not. Even if I'm wearing something formal, I find subtle ways of sneaking things in that are just Josh. Learn what is acceptable and decent, and then twist and mold that until it becomes something that you can comfortably com-fortably step into. Your dress and appearance portray what you are on the inside to everyone around you, so make good impressions and let people know who you are. Here's Josh's rules for fashion, fash-ion, if you didn't like the one's above: I Your undershirt should never be sticking out from the sleeves. Always go barefoot, if necessary nec-essary wear socks (only your sisters) I Always wear basketball shorts under your clothing. I When wearing hoodies, only wear the hood half way on your head. : If it looks cooL wear it. 19 i |