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Show School & tudent News tjsjsi Page B3 Sharon Cannon, Art Teacher yy ' Sharon Cannon Sharon Reed Cannon has BS and MA from BYU X 1 has served in education 20 years. She taught : it grade at Bonneville iimentary and for the it 12 years has been at jm Jr. High School. She i well-known artist who i had her works dis-yed dis-yed in many exhibits. r plans are to teach pri- aver ' -k lie,; ie art lessons at pdance. , there will be an Open House honoring both Sharon and ce on Wednesday, May 14 from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. in Orem Jr. High Media Center. ; Anyone wishing to celebrate their retirement is invited I ittend. Spanish Immersion News :m lustf ANITA WIGHT Spanish Immersion uld like to announce the w President of the anish Immersion Parent 3ociation for next year, isle Winters. They feel y fortunate to have her. Msle is very capable and L licated, she is a go-get- not to mention kind fl wonderful. She is also king for more great com- jgfttee members to head up 3 areas; costumes and tural programs. Call ale at 222-0182 if inter- ;;ed. ' BYU Language Fair To be at school and idy to go at 5:50 a.m. w! That's dedication! Id all the dedication and rd work paid off, because rthridge came home !Iave you ever wondered ou have bad habits Jnd the wheel? Now is r chance to find out. The Safety Council now rs hourly driving truction and driving Js assessment for driv-of driv-of all ages. The program eug offered in Salt Lake for individuals who 3st learning to drive or I they need a refresher. ? driving skills curricu-? curricu-? is based on standards 1 materials from the "lean Driver and ll"c Safety Education Ration. he program has been elPed to meet the needs jfew drivers who need Mional practice and ction, drivers prepar- ' , ake the Drivers ' 'nse ad test or drivers may not have passed . f program can J e utilized as an cessment tool by drivers wanttobe assured that tf'ed Safe behind the Crested"- ty emPlovers rested in assuring that )rem Junior High School nnounces the retirement f two faculty members: Joyce Kay, Media Specialist. J ' Joyce Kay Joyce Kay graduated from the University of Utah and earned her Masters Degree from BYU. She has taught Math and Science both in Junior High and High School and for the past 19 years has been the Media Specialist at Orem Jr High. Joyce plans to spend time with her family and travel. with the Sweepstakes Trophy! Congratulations! Events included skits, poetry, prepared talks, impromptu talks, impromptu conversations, humorous stories, show and tell, and language bowl (geography, history, culture, grammar, and vocabulary). The students also visited visit-ed Espanolandia, a Spanish-speaking "land" that requires a passport, and exchange of U.S. currency cur-rency into pesos in order to be able to buy goods or services there. There were shops with trinkets, photos, pho-tos, delicious food items and drinks, and even a hotel and a jail! Speaking English is forbidden in this fun adventurous land. ie Utah Safety Council fers hourly driving classes their drivers possess necessary neces-sary safe driving skills. Highly qualified instructors instruc-tors who are familiar with defensive driving principles and Utah traffic rules and regulations provide the instruction. Behind the wheel driving hours are extremely flexible and in most cases, can be tailored to fit the student's schedule. A two-hour minimum driving driv-ing block is required to assure that students maximize maxi-mize their time behind the wheel. The Utah Safety Council is a private non-profit organization and a Chapter of the National Safety Council. The Utah Safety Council offers many resources to individuals interested in either on or off the job safety. For additional addition-al information regarding hourly driving instruction for yourself or you employees, employ-ees, contact the Utah Safety Council at (801) 262-5400 ext. 308, or visit their website web-site at www.utahsafety-council.org. Federal Grant helps U8C Enceaarage Adults to Mo bach m scfao'ol The Educational Opportunity Center, established estab-lished in September 2002 at Utah Valley State College, has one thing going for it that many other "back-to-school" encouragement programs pro-grams may not have: Million-dollar support from the U.S. government. The United States Department of Education has funded Educational Opportunity Centers, or EOCs, across the country since the 1972. However, the one now housed at UVSC is the first in the state of Utah. In the 1960s, the government govern-ment created TRIOr a collection col-lection of three educational programs that serve low-income low-income students who are the first in their families to attend a postsecondary institution. EOC began in '72 under the TRIO umbrella, umbrel-la, and its main purpose is to help potential students with college selection, career exploration, admissions admis-sions processing, financial Teach Become involved in teaching individuals to read at Project Read. Volunteers can help adults fulfill their potential by dedicating three hours a week teaching literacy skills. Project Read hosts two programs, and English and a Spanish program. Community members must be fluent in English to tutor for the English program. Native Spanish speaking volunteers are encouraged to assist in the Sharon Elementary Sharon Elementary School has greatly benefited bene-fited from the generous time that volunteers put in to help students improve their reading. We have volunteers from the community and local businesses, Costco and Xactware. Sixteen Xactware employees have come Costco Employees volunteer group aid paperwork and college success skill development. Although TRIO these days encompasses eight programs pro-grams instead of three, it has kept the same name and the same purpose-helping purpose-helping participants overcome over-come socioeconomic barriers barri-ers that sometimes exist in pursuing high education. "We want to make the transition to the classroom as smooth as possible," said UVSC EOC Managing Director Barney Nye. "Many people don't know what resources are available. avail-able. Financial aid processing process-ing is critical, as it can make or break our clients' educational dreams. We're here to connect the dots for our clients so they can walk into their first day of class with as few external worries wor-ries as possible." Institutions nationwide design their own personalized personal-ized TRIO programs and submit them to the feds for approval and funding. Nye said several schools in Utah am lirDdivItilyal to read Spanish program. Project Read matches students to the tutors' schedule anytime between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. Volunteers can tutor in any library throughout Utah County. "Volunteers are the lifeblood of the agency. We are so appreciative of all they do. We wouldn't be able to function without volunteers," states Shauna Brown, director of Project Read. Brown manages over regularly every other week throughout the school year to read with the students. This is Xactware's second year and we hope that the volunteers vol-unteers will continue with us next year. Every Friday the Systems Administrators form Xactware came to play with the students during .4 J"itittfrffl have written and submitted proposals, but none had been accepted until now. After being accepted last September, UVSC's EOC will be funded for the next five years with a $960,000 grant from the Department of Education. With inflation an cost of living adjustments adjust-ments to the grant, Nye anticipates a potential $1 million in total to go toward the Utah EOC. However, the establishment establish-ment of EOC is not meant to be a recruiting tool for UVSC, Nye said. The program pro-gram simply aims to build educational opportunities-at opportunities-at any institution for those who do not otherwise have them. "We realize no single institution offers every educational edu-cational option, so we are working to see that our clients find a program that is a good fit for their individual indi-vidual needs," Nye said. "Whether it's cosmetology, a welding certificate or a bachelor's degree in philoso 300 volunteers each year. She shares amazing accounts of current tutors, such as a tutor who has been serving the Project Read for over twelve years. Volunteers make a difference differ-ence in our community by teaching literacy skills. The self-sufficiency of the individual and the community commu-nity increase with the ability abil-ity to read. Many of Project Read's students who enroll in the Spanish program later become tutors. Tutor volunteers are Reading Volunteers lunch recess. The students stu-dents have benefited much from these wonderful wonder-ful Xactware Volunteers. Beginning in January seven Costco employees came every Tuesday to read with first graders to help them improve their reading skills. Costco is in its second year volunteering volun-teering at Sharon --..'.''..Y.' . ' ' i , . . ' - ' . X phy, we at EOC recognize the importance of higher education and the positive impact it has on individual lives and, in turn, the community. com-munity. The source of the education matters less than the education itself in building stronger individuals individu-als and stronger communities." communi-ties." EOC is designed to help 1,000 people annually in Utah, Wasatch, Duchesne, Uintah, Carbon, Emery, Grand and San Juan counties. coun-ties. In support of this vast geographical spread, UVSC has formed partnership with College of Eastern Utah in Price and its branch campus in Blanding, as well as Utah State University- Uintah Basin. For low-income college hopefuls who would be the first in the families to attend college, Nye recommends, recom-mends, they contact the EOC representative in their respective area. asked to make a six-month commitment; however, Project Read will accept an individual to tutor for four months trough the summer sum-mer months. Other volunteer opportunities oppor-tunities with Project Read include office work, making mak-ing games for tutors to use in their classes, sorting magazines and helping translate materials into Spanish. Elementary. Thank you Costco volunteers for your precious time. We are grateful for the many volunteers from the community who came in to read with our struggling strug-gling readers. The students stu-dents receive more one on one attention with these incredible volunteers. Their help is invaluable. Xactware Volunteers Back:(left to right) Jayna Cannon, Sunny Gleim, and Lori Gleim. Next row: Matt Sines and Ron Sines. First row: Jeff Cmocho, Karlyn Norton, Ashlee Burt, Richele Cook and Bryant Magleby. ',(. f ' . .tut i- ( -r f'l! '! !: ! i t (' '1 t'li |