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Show Education Wed/Thurs/Fri, February 28-March 2, 2018 The Park Record. The Park Record DELAYS DON’T HOLD BACK ACADEMY, A-8 www.parkrecord.com A-7 A-7 EVENT TO CONNECT TEENS, PARENTS, A-8 WED/THURS/FRI, FEBRUARY 28-MARCH 2, 2018 Editor: Carolyn Webber education@parkrecord.com 435.649.9014 ex.118 Finding harmony between music and science PROGRAM HELPS PARENTS CONNECT WITH TEENS Students are learning to play the violin in after-school programs The nonprofit CONNECT Summit County is launching its adolescent-focused series on Tuesday, March 6, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the North Summit High School library. The topic of the event is “communicating and connecting with your tween and teen in the age of smartphones and social media,” said Shauna Wiest, executive director of the nonprofit. The program is designed for parents and will be presented by behavioral health providers and teens. A question-and-answer session will follow. CAROLYN WEBBER The Park Record SEMINAR TO FOCUS ON PARENTING WITH LOVE Mountain Life Church is set to host a seminar for parents to learn how to parent the “love and logic way,” according to a press release. The event is scheduled for Saturday, March 3, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Mountain Life Church in Park City. Love and logic-trained facilitators and parenting coaches will give presentations. It costs $10 per family and scholarships are available upon request. Childcare will be available. Those interested can register at Mountainlife.org/loveandlogic. Once a week, students in Parley’s Park Elementary School and Trailside Elementary School’s after-school programs gather around music. With a violin in their hands, they receive instruction and practice for their upcoming spring performances. The new Strings program, as it is called, is helping ensure that every child has a chance to play. Anna Stampfli, founder and CEO of the organization that provides art instruction Arts Youth Empowerment, started the violin offerings at the two elementary schools in January as a pilot program. The program will also include projects that take place during school hours that incorporate music into the core subjects. About 100 students from kindergarten to fifth grade are participating in the after-school programs, and they are practicing to perform “Let it Go” from the Disney movie “Frozen.” The performance at Parley’s Park is scheduled TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD Violin soloists Meghan Moynahan, from left, Brady Bennett, Lilly Dopita and Anna Stampfli rehearse a musical piece at Trailside Elementary School. The students are part of the school’s Strings program that started in January. EVENT TO RAISE FUNDS FOR HAITIAN YOUTH Randi Jo Taurel, a local yoga instructor, is hosting a fundraiser for a children’s summer camp in Haiti. According to an event flier, Taurel will be teaching family yoga on March 4 at The Shop from 1 to 2 p.m. A $25 minimum donation per family is requested in order to attend. All of the proceeds will go to the 2018 Devoted 2 Children Summer Camp in Haiti for Haitian children. Events are also scheduled for April 1, May 13 and May 20. For more information, visit http://www.yogawithrandijo.com/ giving-back/. All ages are welcome. COURTESY OF ANNA STAMPFLI Jack and Crosby McLaughlin are two soloists who will be performing “Let it Go” from Disney’s “Frozen” along with other students in the spring. for May 24 at and no date has been set for Trailside. Stampfli said that the in-school part of the program will take place at Parley’s Park in the coming months. Second-graders will decorate violins to represent aspects of their community, and fifth-graders will learn about volume and the sound of a Djembe drum, among other projects. Stampfli, who moved to Park City from New York last summer, said that it has been easy to partner with the district because of its focus on inter-disciplinary learning. She hopes to continue building off its foundation while emphasizing art education, since she said that it is a subject that is often overlooked. “We have gone down a dangerous path of saying that art education is dispensable, when it truly is indispensable,” she said. “It is part of a full education a child needs.” She is working with other districts in the state and around the country to bring her curriculum to as many schools as possible. Arts Youth Empowerment offers different programs based on the needs of the schools. She came up with the idea for the curriculum as a math teacher years ago. She said that her students found more interest in math when they saw a practical application. 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