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Show Page C2 THE DAIL HERALD. Ptovo. I uh. Y l. Is January Mm-.la- . for Especially ? gkids their and INSIDE SCHOOL EPJEF3 families Conference in f f if J A. 0 1998 by Universal Press Syndicate y By BETTY DEBNAM from T)w Mm Pfio 8ty 9y C DOnjm IM Universal ftw Syndic Numbers The Winter Olympics will be Feb. in Nagano, Japan. Learning some Japanese can make watching the Games more fun. We have given you a picture, how Japanese children might write the word, how it is pronounced, and the E NEE SAHNG SHEE two three four one GOH five roh-KO- y & AH-o- h & blue EE-ro- MEE-doh-r- t 5 h orange green seven KYOO JOO nine ten eight SHEE-ro- AH-ka- h red 9f I0l hah-CHE- E shee-CHE- E six Colors English word. 78 0. 3 4 5; & 2c i 2 ft r. KEE-ro- h h 5 whrte yellow CO H book A, It ts'koo-E- ft kah-ME- E desk clock X. sen-SA- paper I teacher ruler pencil Salt Lake City. The conference will begin with a free Parents' Night on Jan. 29. Dr. Sandra Kaplan, president of the National Association for Gifted Children, will be the keynote speaker for the conference. The Doubletree Hotel is located at 255 S. West Temple, Salt Lake City. To register or for more information, call (801) 263-625- Three-scho- School HONG Animals concert ol - ft 0 5. 3; bear NEH-ko- h 0 E cat L cow chicken cf, boo-TA- & dog 5 horse rabbit pig 5 Family Yy IS 5 mother father A, J 7 I FOH-ko- o 7 fork 7 KOH-po- o 7 glass NAHP-kee- NAH-ee- f 7 knife SHOH-jo- boy n sah-LA- napkin 5 J: grandmother A, grandfather The words in this Mini Page are written in Hiragana, a simple system of sounds used by children in Japan who are beginning to read and write. Later, they will learn more than 2.000 separate characters by the time they finish high school. J y spoon plate c 5 U h girl oA Lunch 479-549- Programming contest SALT LAKE CITY The , Ti 'i oii Tutan student university Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) will host a programming con- -' test for Utah high school stu- dents on Friday, March 20. Contestants will be orgaTT 1 i"1 j i I ' The - d C. J: shoh-NE- 9 baby active-dut- y military civilian employee attached to Hill Air Force Base, please see your school guidance counselor for an application. Forms will be available starting Thursday. For information, contact Melissa Manaker at (801) eligible nized into teams. Each Utah school may enter one high instrumental music students of team consisting of one to four t Payson, Spanish Fork and students, but no more than Springville High Schools will three of them may be of the present "An Evening of I Orchestras" Thursday, Jan. 29, same gender. Contest scoring critetwo will be based upon at 7 p.m. ria: The concert will be held at On the day of the contest, f Springville High School, 1205 each team will be given five E. 900 South, Springville. problems to solve. Points will , Admission is free and the be awarded according to the , public is invited. number of problems completed and the amount, of time taken Springville MLK winner to solve each problem. One program will be given SPRINGVILLE out in advance. Teams will be asked to modify and enhance Zacary Erekson of it, using the same format and Springville is Utah's seventh-grad- e winner in the 1998 good programming style. Martin Luther King, Jr., Essay Points will be awarded accordContest. ing to how many of the stated a Erekson, Springville objectives are accomplished. Z Middle School student, was The language used for all honored at an awards lunprograms will be either Pascaf' cheon Thursday at the or About three weeks before University of Utah. The contest is held in conjunction with the contest, teams will receive Martin Luther King, Jr. week a written copy of the program celebration activities at the to be modified, a disk with the college. program, a parking pass and In his essay, Zacary detailed directions to the University of his experiences with Utah College of Engineering. There is an entry fee of $20 racism, explaining, "Fighting is hardly ever the right answer to for each team. All team memracism." He also outlined his bers and advisors will receive and lunch, as well as personal commitment to do all he can to end racism. door prizes donated by our "There are many things we sponsors. Please submit your can do to end racism. I just entry form by Feb. 13. The chapter also invites hope I can do ALL of them and live the Martin Luther King. high school students to submit Jr. dream." a design for the contest Also honored at the lunEach school may submit one cheon were Springville Middle design. The designer is not School students Kalliane required to be on your team. Crandall, Sandra Davis, Chris Designs must be received by Martin and Lindsay Thayer, March 2 in order to qualify. whose essays were also chosen For more information, check as winners. The theme for this out the contest's Web page. The address: www.cs,utah.eduout-reachcontes- t years' contest was "Ending Racism Begins With Me." html. You can For more information about also questions to the event or competitions, conhanscomcs.utah.edu or call tact the Utah State Office of Dave Hanscom at (801) Education at (801) SPRINGVILLE Twelve-year-ol- koo-MA- If you are the dependent oh SALT LAKE CITY -- The LTtah Association for Gifted Children will hold its annual midwinter conference Jan. 29-3- 1 at the Doubletree Hotel in i i f school seniors. SLC - first-han- d ' These calligraphy numbers are different from the simple numbers of Hiragana. 1. The Japanese often use a special handwriting called calligraphy O 6. v The writing is so beautiful it is considered a kind of art. The Chinese first created this kind of calligraphy more than 3.000 years t f ' - j- ' i fi A5 4- - ii xi - i 1 5C" I 3 9 a 538-750- ago. In P jiii nir TiiTMrii.-- mar i 1 miT I- , Itfillirf fjrtti - ill The Japanese adopted calligraphy later, after seeing Chinese calligraphy on Buddhist scriptures. Calligraphers often make writings 5.rp Vr r of famous poems or songs. The shape of the writing might show the mood of the words. til. Calligraphers study for many years to learn their art. They draw with black ink and special brushes. They use paper. If calligraphers make mistakes, they can't be corrected. Artists have to be very skilled to get it right the first time. Calligraphers form the letters with lines, dots, slanting strokes and hooks. To make a more beautiful picture, artists might make some letters different sizes, or they might draw the same letter in different ways. Th Mini P9 by dtty Otixsa mi C 1994 Unmrui Pr - SALT LAKE CITY The Huntsman Awards for Excellence in Education program is accepting nominations for the 1998 awards, which will honor 11 individuals from LTtah public schools who have made significant contributions to education. Each winner will receive a $10,000 cash award to use as they choose. The honors will go to two teachers in each of the grade levels elementary, juniormiddle and high school. Three principals, one at each level, will also be recognized. The final two awards will go to an outstanding volunteer and a public school system employ- quick-dryin- g Calligraphers use special tools to draw their letters. The brushes were invented more than 2,500 years ago. The paper soaks up the ink very quickly, so it doesn't run. f) Using these numbers as a guide, practice writing your own calligraphic numbers. from The Win) from Nominate teachers Japan, people go to calligraphy exhibits, just as people around the world might go to shows of other types of art. 3 Pga Syndtcat by Brty Dbnin c spy jackknife two number 7's kite carrot sailboat ruler fish duck word MINI bell puppy Unlvtfial Prcta Syndicctt from TtM Mini Ptgt Bvtty Mmnn ee. O IBM UnlvtK) Frtu Syntftcta CADMIMn m Mini Spy and her friends are having a party with Japanese tea and sushi. See if you can find: C IftM , IKY IV LANGUAGES R W O R D B A N J) ( (HwlP VpS Mf 3nk I T A L S F C N H S I K A URDG N D N I U L T E L E V E C Y A A F O D F O L N H G ERCE T N A M R E E D N A T S M. Huntsman family spon- Education. For more information or to obtain nomination forms, contact your local school or call (801)532-5200- . The deadline for nominations is 5 p.m on Feb. 27. A C M N I E S E N A S E Jon sors the awards, in cooperation with the Utah State Board of Words about learning languages are hidden in the block below. Some words are hidden backward or diagonally. See if you can find: SPEAK, LEARN, LANGUAGE, UNDERSTAND, WORD, SENTENCE, TRANSLATE, JAPANESE, TALK, FRENCH, GERMAN, ITALIAN, SPANISH, FOREIGN, STUDY, READ, TELEVISION. T A K S P E K B A L K L (m you s?m Nominations will be accepted from any Utah citizen. The N U H H J E Hill AFB scholarships Hunger resource MAINE World Hunger Year announces the publication of "Finding Solutions to Hunger: Kids Can Moke a Difference," a sourcebook of lessons for middle and high school students on the causes of and solutions for hunger. The guide examines contem- porary development projects, the media, famine vs. chronic " hunger and the working poor. For more information, call Larry Levine at (207) 439-958- 8. Scholarship list PORTSMOUTH, N.H. -Nearly 400,000 scholarship and grant sources are available to help students pay for college costs. More than 80 percent of these scholarships do not depend on family need or high grades, but are awarded based on factors such as a student's interests, activities, field of study, age, ethnic background or parent's work or military service. For information on how to receive academic funding and scholarships for college, graduate school or trade school, send a No. 10 HILL AIR FORCE BASE The Officer's Spouse3 Club and Enlisted Spouses and Associates Club will offer scholarships for academic excellence to graduating high i book- -, dou envelope plus $2 to cover handling to the 1 National Academic Funding Advisory (NAFA 188 Summer.., Street Dept. MI, Portsmouth, "1! ! NH 03801. |