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Show EDUCATION The Park Record. Editor: Bubba Brown education@parkrecord.com 435.649.9014 ex.118 TMJH NOW ENROLLING STUDENTS FOR 2017-2018 Treasure Mountain Junior High School is enrolling students for the 2017-2018 school year, including those matriculating into the Park City School District from the Weilenmann School of Discovery and Park City Day School. According to a press release, the deadline for parents to turn in registration forms for their students to the school’s counseling office is Friday. To register, parents will need to provide the school with their students’ birth certificates, proofs of residency and immunization records, among other items. For more information, visit the school’s website at tmjh.pcschools.us. SUMMIT COUNTY SCOUTS SEEK FOOD DONATIONS Boy Scouts in Summit County will be gathering food donations Saturday, March 18. According to a press release, Scouts have been delivering door hangers throughout the area in recent weeks -- homes that have received one are asked to place food donations in a visible place outside of their homes by 9 a.m. In Park City, food will be donated to the Christian Center of Park City, while food gathered in places such as Coalville and Kamas will be given to the Community Action Agencies. In addition to food, disposable diapers, hygiene products and cleaning products are also needed. TMJH STUDENTS CAN TAKE PSAT EXAM SATURDAY Eighth- and ninth-graders at Treasure Mountain Junior High School will have an opportunity to take the PSAT exam on Saturday, March 18. According to the school’s website, interested students must fill out a registration form that is available at the counseling office or the Park City High School counseling office. The cost is $20, and spaces will be reserved on a first-come, firstserved basis. After the test, students will be given an interactive score report and a study plan for improving scores. Students will also gain access to online career, major and college exploration tools. The exam will be administered at 7:45 a.m. at PCHS. PCHS WINS A BIG DEBATE, A-10 www.parkrecord.com ECKER HILL FARES WELL IN CHESS, A-11 A-9 WED/THURS/FRI, MARCH 15-17, 2017 Coffee cart provides a jolt for students Manning the operation has helped them hone communication skills By BUBBA BROWN The Park Record Once a week at Trailside Elementary School, the Stir Crazy Coffee Cart is open for business. Armed with a cartful of coffee and donuts, students receiving special education services walk the halls of the school, peddling their goods to teachers and staff members in exchange for donations to the Park City School District’s Latinos in Action programs. To the uninitiated, it may seem like a simple activity. But teachers in the Trailside special education program say it’s much more than that. Over the last two months, they’ve seen the students flourish, transforming from uncertain children too shy to maintain eye contact with teachers into confident baristas and servers who are eager to make their weekly rounds. Vanessa Jobe, the teacher who came up with the idea of bringing the coffee cart program to Trailside after being inspired by similar efforts in San Francisco and Salt Lake City, said the growth in the students has been phenomenal. That development is vital, she said, BUBBA BROWN/PARK RECORD Trailside Elementary School student Enzo Peretti pours cream into teacher Jennifer Giblin’s coffee while Avery Dainton watches on March 9. Each week, the students take a coffee cart around the school and sell coffee and donuts to teachers to work on their communication skills. because students receiving academic support must be able to advocate for themselves when they move on to Eck- er Hill Middle School. The coffee cart program has helped them harness those skills in a natural and fun way. “That was kind of our driving (force), Please see Coffee, A-10 District intends to put another bond on ballot School board: Taxes will be levied if the measure fails By BUBBA BROWN The Park Record The Park City Board of Education voted unanimously last week to move toward putting a large bond on the ballot this fall to address the school district’s pressing facility needs while also cautioning residents that their tax bills will still rise if the measure fails. A bond measure, which may ask taxpayers to foot a bill of more than $100 million, would go toward an expansion of Park City High School, the construc- tion of a new school for fifth- and sixthgraders and potentially the acquisition of land. With elementary schools bursting at the seams due to the growth of preschool and all-day kindergarten programs, many school officials have been adamant that the facilities must be built as soon as possible because they would clear out much-needed space at the elementary schools by moving fifth grade out in a grade realignment. The need is so dire, officials say, that the projects must be completed whether residents pass a bond or not. In its vote to move forward with a bond, the board of education also specified that, should the measure fail, the district will instead impose tax levy increases, placing a much larger burden on taxpayers in the short term. Please see Bond, A-11 |