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Show H Page 8 tHlfe Use your summer vacation to get college head start Juab High English students participating in a gifted and talented project By Myrna Trauntvein Times-New- s Correspondent The prologue will tell about the find, she said. Students will research the history of the area of the time. Each student team is being asked to come up with a theory , Juab High School English students of Janet Sutorius will be . citing thing, said Sutorius. In May 1992, she said, 12 thropology next three months offer. intellects, setting themselves apart from other candidates for college admission and scholarships. How you spend your sum- ex- mer can help answer every students from the present area in pioneer your diving or dirt biking times. They opened a dugout and found 300 leather shoes, said Sutorius. We went there, she muscles. Committed, involved students spend their free time with care. Pursue academic activities that dont fit into the high school curriculum. Go off on a tangent. Develop your own project. What you learn about yourself will help you better present yourself on a college application. Try your hand at a program in marine biology, archeology or computer graphics. Now is a good time to discover you get hopelessly seasick or you thrill to Anasazi pottery or there is life beyond Nintendo. Consider summer language camps, outdoor leadership schools or theater stock companies. Summer opportunities can be a time to safely take a risk. Your fruit flies may all die but youll learn plenty of biology from any laboratory experience. Keep in mind, however, that if youre taking a college course, you may be that many shoes would have been buried. These were pioneer My students grouped into twos, said Sutorius. Each team of two will write a short story. There will be 13 chapters, she said. Mothers Day is May 8th See Chapman Furniture lor the best in presents Dan Woodland Jason Garrett Seniors of the week announced at Juab High son has been a member of the JHS football team for four years and the JHS track team. Juab High Historian After high school Jason plans The Seniors of the Week at to attend Southern Utah UniverJuab High School are Alan Bosh, and then serve an LDS misJason Garrett, and Dan Wood- sity sion. land. Dan is the son of Dr. Byron and Alan is the son of Jim and Susan Woodland. Hunting, fishPaula Bosh. He enjoys ing, riding horses, and a snowmobiling, archery, hunting, snowmobiling are some activities generating college transcript. those Under circumstances, and fishing. Alan is a member of Dan eiyoys doing. Dan has been summer grades can reflect to the JHS track team. a member of the JHS football your credit or haunt you forever. After high school Alan plans to team for the past 4 years and Determine in advance how much go to college, serve an LDS mis- also a member of the JHS track effort youwsatJo put, forth. If sion, and get married. ' team. Dan has received his Eagle youre tin willing" to invest the ' Jason is the soiof Blake and Scout Award. energy necess'ar to succeed in a Susan Garrett. His hobbies inAfter high school Dan plans to college-levcourse, a less comclude sports, riding horses, and attend Southern Utah Univerclass might petitive, attending church activities. Ja sity and serve an LDS mission. allow you to take more intellec By Loreal Sperry - f -- el non-cred- it Succeed in school self-estee- m sky-hig- h! s. 5. Defensive driving course here Mav 21st ur 50-poi- fur-delv- 800-933-594- 3. - Do you know someone who works diligently but without fanfare to improve Utah's quality of life? Someone, young or old, who invests their personal time and energy to enhance By Lilly Eskelsen, president Utah Education Association want my kids to feel good about themselves. I want them to feel confident and understand that they are important people. I want their to be But if we do not realize that there is a balance, we are asking for trouble. One gentleman in my 6th grade was an ace athlete. The other kids longed for Kent to be placed on their team. He was their ticket to fame. Winning the game was a sure thing. With him, there was even a chance of Article correction... V Helping your child I inquire about summer programs. Talk to your librarian; entire books are devoted to summer opportunities for high school students. Remember too that you can learn as much about yourself and the world from a job supervising Editors Note... day camp counselors in a city Patricia Goldsmith is director of park two blocks from home as student recruitment and high you can on a marine research school services at the University vessel off Maui. For many Utah of Utah. For more information, ext. 8761. students, summer earnings are call essential to college preparation. Colleges respect student efforts: Holding a responsible job to earn college funds demonstrates motivation and commitment to edu: cation. Of further benefit, a letEditors Note: the names of the ter of recommendation from a FFA vice presidents were incorworkplace supervisor can flesh in last weeks reported rectly out a college application with a Times-NewKara Wall and side of you no teacher knows. Kristi Jackson will serve as FFA Parents, neighbors and other vice presidents for 1994-9connections can often help you find interesting jobs. Hold out for something that helps you accomplish your goals, even if it pays 20 cents per hour less than your first offer. Take on as much responsibility as you can. Teaching preschool rather than flipping The Utah Safety Council is ofburgers may provide a path to a of satisfying career. Any amount fering a defensive driving course volunteer work is good experi- for people in the Nephi area. The ence and hows you care about class will be held on Saturday other people. May 21, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 Summer is also a time to read. p.m., at the Fire Department. course teaches The single best way to improve ; The eight-hou- r vocabulary and reading compre- how to recognize and react to difhension test scores is to read ferent hazards including: bad traffic, sharwidely. Read the classics, news weather, rush-hoother with road and scientific the cars, cyjour- ing magazines nals. Keep notes. An intriguing clists and pedestrians. Drivers who successfully comarticle you come across may someday tie in with a future plete the course receive a reduction from their Utah classroom assignment. It might also provide excellent fodder for driving record, once during a college admission and scholar- three year period. Individuals 55 ship interviews. More impor- years of age and older may tantly, a well read student writes qualify for insurance discounts papers and converses with pro- after completing the course. fessors with relative ease. Set Registration is $20 per person, reading goals, thenpAce yoifrHEer$7for those age 55 and over selfrA Lake Powell hdtiseboat that; are'dsiring aredaction in e probably hot the best'place to t their insurance rates. For into Dantes nine circles of ther information, please contact ' Hell. the Utah Safety Council at 262-' student a recall a at college 5482 or I . col- lege admission officers question: Is this just a bright kid or is this somebody who loves to learn? Summer vacation is a time to exercise your mind as well as an- times. We cannot imagine why the waste would have occurred. There were shoes for men, women and children, she said. Shoes at the time would have been a valuable and needed commodity. No one can guess why they would have been buried. Some pioneer stories make clear the value of shoes in the early days of Utah. Stu- dents can establish themselves as scholars and budding young Brigham Young University, went to the old settlement of Goshen. The site of Goshen was moved to said. No one can imagine why Patricia F. Goldsmith making money, soaking up rays and hanging out. Before putting on the suntan lotion, however, students who plan to attend college should consider the unique opportunities for personal development the as to why the shoes would have been hidden and make it into a short story, said Sutorius.. I think it is going to be a worthwhile project and a lot of fun, she said. "X It is turning out to be an fair in a remote, rural town who asked every admissions officer book he present what singlebefore colshould be sure to read lege. His intellectual hunger made a huge impression on all of us and will no doubt emerge as a real plus when he applies for competitive colleges and scholarship awards. tual and creative risks. For program ideas, talk to Its May, and a high school teachers or counselors. Call a students fancy might turn to college that interests you and By participating in a gifted and ented project. Sutorius wrote a grant which will allow students to write a book; Wednesday, May 4, 1994 Nephi, Utah l9Itme8-e6x- 0 individual lives, and through them, entire communities? ping. Pete would get mad and push. Kent was visibly disappointed when Pete would score even when Pete was on the same team. When I questioned Kent, he fairly hissed, He thinks hes so hot. I hate him! It took a long time to work out this relationship. They never actually became friends. Ive always wondered what could have The Days Of '47 will salute the efforts of these "Utah Quiet Pioneers." Five individuals from across the state will be acknowledged as Utah Quiet Pioneers for their positive impact through acts of service. To be eligible, individuals must be prevented such animosity. I think a lot of the problem had to do with the way Kent defined his success. nominated no later than Friday, May 20, 1994. 1. It was always in terms beating those increasingly of being better than someone fossil teachers in the Spring Soccer Superbowl. Needless to say, Kents brittle-bone- d self-estee-m was rather healthy. Or so it seemed. Then Pete transferred in from another school. He was good. When he was goalie, nothing got through. When he was dribbling, no one could take the ball away from him. He was a new star, and Kent saw, for the first time, a threat to his status. I saw bullying behavior I had not seen before. Kent would make fun of Pete if he missed a question in class. Class soccer games turned into battlegrounds. Kent was caught trip else. His depended on his ranking in the group. Its a great temptation for parents and teachers to pride their children on a good, better, best scale, but it does them a disservice. In a given situation, there will always be someone we can beat and someone who can beat us. A persons should come from knowing hes done his best; from knowing that shell be valued, even when someone does better. Praise and recognition need not be jealously hoarded. Every child should have the chance to be a star. self-estee- m II Svr i'll 11 11 lfcN II IK X ll su Willi Wli INI IKJI& (i WW II WII lb II ' YS self-confiden-ce These quiet heroes, who exemplify values and traditions consistent with the pioneer spirit, will be recognized as special guests at the Days of '47 parade and rodeo; and will be featured in spots on KSL Television. , , Do you know a Utah Quiet Pioneer? 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