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Show ft ) 3 The Satina Gun. Wednesday; -- l ebruarv &-T9- 91- Helping your child Succeed ' in Honors list 4 for NSMS school The following students from North Sevier Middle School are to be commended for having all honors in cidzenship on their second quarter report card. Congratula-don- s for exhibiting proper student behavior. Sixth Grade: Stephanie Anderson, Craig Anderson, Jessica Bar- Eskelsen, president Utah Education Association by Lily When my old students come back to visit and we have a chance to reminisce about the good old days in 6th grade. Im surprised how often and how fondly they recall our field trips. Hey, Mrs. Eskelsen, remember when we went to Timpanogos Cave. My legs are still sore from the hike. Hey, Mrs. Eskelsen, when a stalactite and a stalagmite meet, whatdoyoucallem? Remember? You call em a column! Remember when we had our blood drive in the library and then we went to the hospital to see how they got the blood ready for people? Remember when we saw Matthew there and the nurse showed us the plug in his chest where he could get blood without getting stuck by a needle. He was so cool. Remember when we went to Memory Grove and saw the mark ers for all the soldiers who were never found? Remember when we subtracted their birth dates from their death dates and found out how young they all were? ney; Matthew Teachers do try to make classroom lessons interesting, but there is something special about a field Theres something about trip. getting out into the real world and experiencing, touching, seeing, being a part of the lesson. Families have a wonderful opportunity to make a family outing a lesson that will be remembered. Take a hike and collect rocks or leaves. Use the library to identify them. Visit a cemetery and do crayon rubbings of different symbols. Ask the caretaker what they mean. Spend an hour at a train station, courthouse, monument or museum. Make a memory for your Sevier School District held its Partnership Recognition Banquet The banquet was to thank those who do so much to help in the schools throughout the area. Honored were: NSHS - Connie Hansen, Jeff Brewer, Greg Noyes and Ken Payne. NSMS, Lyn Christensen, Stan Simpson, Dennis Sperry Scott Story, Ted Hallows, Teresa Sperry, Beverly Larsen, Susan Bosshardt, Lillian Shaheen and Shannon Mason. SES Shannon Mason, Jackie Curtis, Pam Learning, and Bette Jolley. Pictured are Pam Learning, Teresa Sperry and Shannon Mason. AWARDS GIVEN: January 30, 1991 child. student to enter national typing contest NSHS Jesse Blake, a 9th grader at North Sevier High School has been selected to compete in the AEG National Scholastic Typing Contest. The typing competition will occur at the state and national levels. Each participating school will select one student to represent it in the stat contest. The typing test for this competition will be administered by designated business education teachers at each school. All official entrants will be awarded certificates of participation. The winner from each state will receive an AEG Olympia electronic portable typewriter, a certificate of award and the chance to compete against champions from other states for the national championship title. NSMS Honor Roll Sixth Grade: Jessica Barney, Ann Braithwaite, Valerie Curtis, Marci Eppich, Dustin Mickelsen, Ryan Nelson, Charity Shumway, Dannon Steiger, Daryl Bosshardt, Ryan Burr, Kade Hallows, Sean Henrie, Chad Mickelsen, Kimberly Morger, Stephanie Anderson, Julie Johnson, Jed Willardsen, Shashone Peterson, Adam Hales, Holly Trapp, Amanda Allred, Kassie Christensen, Braydan Shaw, Brooke Tanner, Kurds Glover, Ryan Colby, Leslie Forbush, Shauna Larsen, Dusdn Gurney, Alecia Wilson, Terry DeMille, Nate Christensen, Travis Story, Jeremy Williams, Christopher Chantrill, Morgan Fullmer Kraig Jensen, Krysta Lindsay, Patrick Jensen, Shadaoe Shaheen, Dustin Jensen, Heather Pickett, Lindsay St. Pierre, Aaron Shaw, Jusdn Yardley, Deidri Mickelsen, Mathew Blake. Seventh Grade: Dawn Dahlsrud, Kimberly Freitas, Melinda Hales, Michael Hales, Jared Hallows, Shalcece Hunt, Jared Nielsen, Tyler Okerlund, Nichole Shaw, Larua Stohel, Susan Williams, Amanda Lund, Chandler Erdei, Jcrilyn Pick- - The national championship will take place in April at the contestants school and will be performed on AEG Olympic typewriters sup- plied by AEG Olympia. The test will include a timed writing and a timed production test of a standard business letter, a tabulation from rough draft, and a full page memo- . randum. Students in the national championship competition will compete for cash awards of $500 for the designated national champion, $350 for the first runner up, and $200 for the second runner up. The contest is sponsored by AEG Olympia, Somerville, NJ. A spokesman from the company notes that more than 5,000 high schools from around the nation will be represented in the contest. Jesse Blake ratio Reducing teacher-pup- il may not be worth the cost ? ' SAYS UTAH FOUNDATION Utahs average public school class size is one of the largest in the nation, and the cost of bringing it do wn to the national average would be in the hundreds of millions, according to the Utah Foundation. Utah educators say the states relative position in average class size is not indicative of an inferior educational program, but they are taking action to reduce class size in selected areas where such action will have greatest effect and where it may be achieved at more reasonI v able cost. Class size usually refers to the average number of pupils pa- teacher - in a given school, district, state or nation. Many researchers question the practice of discussing class size in terms of pupil to teacher ratios, rather than examining actual classroom conditions. Some classes. Foundation analysts note, may not suffer from, and may even require comparatively large classes - such as classes in physical education and in orchestral or band music. Other classes, such as math for the very young student, may need maximum individual instruction which would be difficult to provide in large classes. education, It is suggested that efforts to reduce class size should be targeted on situations where need clearly exists rather than trying to reduce averages, the Foundation per-pup- Numerous studies have states. shown that reducing average class size up to three students has little or no effect on pupil achievement -while such actions are extremely expensive. The Utah State School Office estimates that the cost of bringing the states pupil - teacher ratio down to the national average would be about $131 million a year in teacher salaries and benefits alone, and as much again in the first year of operation to provide additional space. In California, a larger and wealthier state, it was estimated that the cost of reducing the pupil-teachratio by five students would be $2.09 billion. Recent educational research projects indicate that reduced class size may be most important in the lowest grades, kindergarten through third grade. Since 1977, the Utah public school finance act has provided money for reducing class size in those lower grades to 24. Governor Bangerters budget recommends spending $4 million this year to reduce class size in the first grade to 22, with similar sums to be provided in each of the next five years, with the aim of reducing class size in grades 6 to that er figure. Many innovative methods of reducing the size of classes directly impacted by being too large are being developed throughout the FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH of Centerfield, Utah 75 West 300 North Worship Service: 9 a.m. Sunday School: 10 a. m. Monday Night Bible Study: 8 p.m. -- pyerynne Welcome state. Such alternatives include redeploying key staff members at critical times in the school day; redistributing students among existing classes, and incorporating small class instructional strategies in existing classrooms. Utah historically has been in the fore front of class size discussions, and remains there today, due to certain demographic conditions. Utah has a larger percentage of school age children in its population than any other state, and ranks income (for largely low in the same reason). Consequently, where Utah for years has ranked at or near the top among the states in terms of percentage of total state and local expenditures devoted to per-capi- ta il and has ranked low in it does expenditures - pay more than any other state for education. The debate on class size will go on. The Foundation suggests that even if the millions needed to achieve the goal of reducing t-teacher ratios to the national average, the funds might be better spent on a diverse program to reduce school overcrowding, such as the state is now conducting, rather than seeking money to improve the states standing in national comparisons of class size. studen- the Thursday AfStandings ternoon Bowling League are as follows as of January 31, 1991. Barney Trucking, 19 wins, 1 loss; Sportskeeper and Georgia Pacific still tied at 14-Jeans 13 wins 7 losses; Country Auto, 11-Zions Bank, Sprouse Curtis A & J Welding, North Sevier Gun Plumbing Club Stigs, High Team Game, scratch, Jeans, 695; with handicap. North Sevier Gun Club, 841. High Team Series, scratch, Jeans, 1900; handicap, NS Gun Club 2423. High Individual game in both categories was Renon Reed, 219 and 236 respectively. High Individual Series, Renon Reed, 561; with handicap JoAnn Nay 619 and Carma Larsen, 619. 6; 9; 9.5-10.- 5; 1; 2; 4. 3; Richfield Police Dept, donates tapes to school Richfield City Police Department has donated a set of eight special video tapes on to the Sevier and decision-makin- g School District. The videos have been placed in the Red Hills Middle School, and are available to help both parents and children cope with and adults to social and emotional changes brought about by adolescence. School Nurse, Jurenc Hovinga, and wise says that decision making are important factors in becoming law abiding citizens. self-estee- m self-estee- m Jacee Ashby, James Sorensen, Jared Sorensen, Courtney Ercanbrack, Hailey Baker, Jeramiah Forbush, Kimberly Hampton, Bree Mason, Andrea Gurr, Maradee McBride, Deric Bagley, Jennifer Davies, Sara Frame, Kirsten Anderson, Amy Christensen, Alicia Allred, Jeremy Ivie, and Shelly Anderson. Ballet West to present Sleeping Beauty' Feb. 15-2- Daryl 3 Ballet West brings Sleeping Beauty back to the stage February 15, 16, 20-2- 3 at the Capitol Theatre. Described by the W ashington Times as an almost picture-perfefairy tale, Sleeping Beauty played to rave reviews and full houses at the Kennedy Center when performed thereby the Ballet West in 1986. ct Lindsey, Chad Mickelsen, Deidri Mickelsen, Kimberly Morger, Ryan Nelson, Heather Pickett, Brooke Tanner, Broc Tatum, Jeremy Williams, Jodi Williams, Alicia Wilson, Jusdn Yardley, Aaron Shaw, Braydan Shaw, Charity Shumway, Holly Trapp. Seventh Grade: Valerie Anderson, Dawn Dahlsrud, Kimberly Freitas, Melinda Hales, Jared Hallows, Shaleece Hunt, Jerri Nielson, Andrea Page, Jeremy Peterson, Nicole Pontious, Lacy Rawlinson, Nicole Shaw, Wendy Sperry, Laura Stohel, Rusty Taintor, Susan Williams. Eighth Grade: Hailey Baker, Ann Bosshardt, Jeremy Gates, Bonnie Johnson, Bree Mason, Maradee McBride, Mario Okerlund, Kade Shaw, James Sorenson, Leslie Sperry and Jaren Yardley. Women's Conference Womens Conference in Dixie will be held Saturday, March 2, 1991 in St. George. Keynote speaker will be Carole Mikita. The conference will begin at 9 a.m. and conclude at 3 p.m. Participants will have 18 workshops to select from, with time to attend four. Ticket prices are $15 individually, or $12 each if purchased by a ingroup of five or more. Prices cludes admission to keynote address, workshops and lunch. Tickets purchased at the door will be $20. Tickets are on sale at the Sevier County Extension office from February 1 - February 21. If you have any questions concerning this conference, contact Diane Reese, Extension Home Economist for Sevier County, 896-926- 2. Co. taxpayers paid $2,802 per pupil for education in purposes Bowling of 5; ett, Ty Roberts, Nicole Pondus, Andrea Page, Jerri Lyn Nielson, Jeremy Peterson, Wendy Sperry, Kurt Bosshardt, Theresa Hone, Amy Jensen, Misty Payne, Kendra Christiansen, Wendy Frame, Haley Wasden, Traek Malan, Valerie Utah Foundation Spending for all educational Thursday 9.5-10.- ' Anderson, Derek Ashby, Cara Maple, Bonnie Walling, Blaine Torgenson, Jeffery Torgerson, Jeffery Willden, William Colby, Kristopher Anderson, Lee Jackson, Amanda Stowe, Rusty Taintor, Kaden Jacobsen, Shelly Burr, Tyson Fillmore, Lacie Rawlinson. Eighth Grad: Ann Bosshardt, Cody Braithwaite, Brenda Coates, Jamie Gates, Bonnie Johnson, Mario Okerlund, Kade Shaw, Jenna Spear, Leslie Sperry, Malia Nelson, Amber Trapp, Blake, Bosshardt, Amy Bown, Ann Braithwaite, Ryan Burr, Christopher Chantrill, Kassie Christensen, Nate Christensen, Valerie Curds, Terry DeMille, Devron Ercanbrack, Ryan Freeman, Morgan Fulmer Kurds Glover, Dustin Gurney, Sharon Gurr, Adam Hales, Kade Hallows, Sean Henrie, Trenton Hone, Jeremy Jensen, Kraig Jensen, Patrick Jensen, Julie Johnson, Shadoe Shaheen, Kristy Keisel, Shauna Larsen, Krysta Utah totaled $1,815,880,000 last year, according to an analysis prepared by the Utah Foundation. Included in the 1989-9- 0 educa- tion total expenditure was $1,306,739,000 for local public education and secondary schools; $125,298,000 to finance state school office, state operated schools such as applied technology centers, the school for the deaf and blind, etc., along with other state educational programs; and $383,843,000 for higher education - which includes d the nine colleges and universities and the board of Restate-owne- gents. or The report notes that 79 edulast of years $1,438 million, cation spending total came from state and local tax sources. The or $378 million, remaining was derived from other sources such as federal aid, tuition, other charges for services, etc. Total education spending was increased by $146 million, or 8.8 school year. during the 1989-9- 0 Local school expenditures raised other public $ 104 million, or nificantly higher in the sparsely populated rural districts than they are in the more heavily populated districts. Last year, for example, per pupil expenditures varied form a low of $2,296 in the Alpine District, to $6,810 in the Daggett School District. Current expenditures in the Sevier School District during the 1989-9- 0 school year totaled $12,263,150 or $2,802 per pupil in average daily attendance. About 66.7 of this amount went for classroom instruction; 14.9 for plant operation and maintenance; 8.8 for administration; 5.1 for pupil services including transpor education expenditures climbed by $9.3 million, or 8 percent, and spending for higher education rose by $33 million, or According to Foundation analysis, current expenditures in the Utah public schools totaled, $ 1 ,062 million in 1989-9- 0 and accounted for 81 of all local school expenditures and 59 of total expenditures for all educational purposes in the state. This was equal to $2,598 per pupil in average daily attendance. Per pupil costs generally arc sig- - 9.5. 3. 4.1; ll South Sanpete Baptist Church 19, 8.6; tation; 2.6 for instructional staff for all other services; and 1.9 activities. Foundation analysis point out that for the state as a whole, classroom instruction accounted for about 68.0 of all current expenditures by local school districts, plant operation and maintenance for 10.8; administration for 7.3; pupil services, including transportation, 5.9; instructional staff and all other items services Informal Bible Study Tuesday Evenings 7:30 pm in Gunnison. Refreshments & Nursery Provided Sunday Service 11:00 a.m, in Sterling (Children's Church si so) Pastor Mike Bardon 528-301- 5 Are you ever at a loss for words at special occasions? For More Information Call Linda 529-706- 0 Kim 529-757- 2 |
