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Show Education Wed/Thurs/Fri, May 16-18, 2018 The Park Record. Editor: Carolyn Webber education@parkrecord.com 435.649.9014 ex.118 PC READS TO HOST ITS FIRST FUNDRAISER EVENT The nonprofit Park City READS plans to host its first fundraiser event entitled Gin and Phonics. According to an event flier, the event is scheduled to take place on June 9 at 6 p.m. at Temple Har Shalom. During the event, PC READS will award its first annual Elevating Literacy Award to Katherine Martz. There will be an auction at the event as well. The cost to attend the event is $75. Those wishing to attend must RSVP by May 30 by visiting this site: https://squareup.com/store/parkcity-reads. MCPOLIN ELEMENTARY’S BIKE CLUB TO REPAIR BIKES McPolin Elementary School and Storm Cycles plan to partner to help individuals fix their bicycles on Friday, May 18. Joe Dvorak, who leads the bike club at the school, said that the event is part of Park City’s Bike to Work, School and Play Day. The students in the bike club will clean bikes and help fix flat tires or perform other quick repairs. Leading up to the event, they have been collecting bikes from students and teachers and doing free bike tune-ups. The students will be at the playground during a bike rodeo that Dvorak said is set to take place at the school in the afternoon. PARLEY’S PARK TO HOST INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL Parley’s Park Elementary School is set to host its third annual international arts festival on May 24. According to the district’s newsletter, the event will feature dance, spoken word, visual arts, technology and music. It is set to take place from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the school. The event will be similar to a museum stroll and will include use of the entire school grounds, including indoor and outdoor stages. The festival highlights partnerships with the Elementary Visual Arts (EVA) program, Kimball Art Center, Park City Education Foundation, the Beverley Taylor Sorenson Arts Learning Program and Arts Youth Empowerment. The Park Record A-5 STUDENT CONSTRUCTS A PROMISING FUTURE, A-6 A-5 PRESCHOOLERS LEARN TO SHARE SNACKS, A-6 www.parkrecord.com WED/THURS/FRI, MAY 16-18, 2018 Affirmed: Debate students are best in state Fifth- and sixth-grade kids won multiple awards at state event CAROLYN WEBBER The Park Record The students in DeEtte Earl’s class have a knack for arguing, a trait she encourages them to develop. After all, they are members of Parley’s Park Elementary School’s debate team. A total of 20 fifth- and sixth-grade students in the Park City School District recently attended the state debate competition and walked away with several accolades. Earl started the program at Parley’s Park about seven years ago before expanding it to all of the elementary schools in the district. She said that this year was the best the district has ever done at state. Teammates Ella Wismer and Erin Donovan from Parley’s Park took first place in the affirmative group, and Kelly Richardson and Amelia Grishom from Jeremy Ranch Elementary School took first place in the negative. Five other teams also took home honors and Ben Butler from Parley’s Park was recognized with the Outstanding Speaker Award. It was many of the students’ first year in the debate program, and they were up against 60 fifth- and sixth-grade teams from around the Salt Lake Valley. The students in Earl’s debate class learn to write and verbally dispute topics throughout the school year. They started preparing for the competitive season in January and spent four mornings in class preparing, plus time at home practicing, Earl said. They attended school and district competitions to qualify for state. They spent most of their time researching and making note cards, which they could use while debating, Earl said. The topic for the competition was “the benefits of government regulation on education.” The Parley’s Park students said that they came to the event anxious after seeing the size of the competition, but they warmed up as they moved through each of the three rounds. CAROLYN WEBBER/PARK RECORD Back row, from left: Jack Revoy, Ben Butler, Greta Bretts, Maddie McHenry, Elyse Engel and Ella Wismer. Front row, from left: Erin Donovan and Olivia Johnson. The students are members of the debate club at Parley’s Park Elementary School. “I was nervous for the first of it but after, I got used to it and then instead of being nervous, it was really fun,” said Jack Revoy, one of the students on Parley’s Park’s team who attended state. By the time the eight students from Parley’s Park got to the awards ceremony, they were feeling confident. Donovan, who ended up winning first place with her teammate, said they decided to scream as loud as they could if anyone from their school won. “We all held hands and crossed our fingers,” she said. When the announcer named the winners, they kept their promise. They said that they were happy and excited to win, but also glad to have been a part of the program. WAKE UP WITHOUT A WORRY Donovan said that part of the reason that she likes debate is because she is learning about real issues in an interesting format. “It is such a cool learning environment,” she said. “After you debate something, you get to learn so much about what (your opponents) did. You get to learn from everyone around you.” Wismer, Donovan’s partner, agreed. She said they frequently discuss current events in their debates. Through the class, she has learned how to better prove a point, which she said will be a good skill in the future. Parley’s Park’s Maddie McHenry, who received second place with her teammate Greta Bretts, said that she enjoys the team aspect of debate and that she has learned the importance of teamwork through the debate team. Bretts said she enjoys learning to argue better. Earl said that she loves to see the students improve their public speaking skills throughout the year, as well as their confidence and evidence-based reasoning. She said that they are widely transferable skills that the students will likely use in the future. Though the students attribute their win to Earl, who they said is “the best debate teacher,” Earl said that it was the students that made the difference. “The kids had so much drive this year to be the best they could be,” she said. “They had a passion for debate that I’ve never seen in my kids before.” Subscribe today! It is time to say goodbye to shoveling and snow removal forever. Introducing our highly efficient, solar-powered heated driveways. 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