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Show rtr itti' lllTHil i'jh I ) 3 Wednesday: Mav The-Salinau- 1. 199f Succeed in school by Lily Eskelsen, president Utah Education Association At my house we have what we call restaurant manners. My husband and I were always appalled that a change in the location of our meals did not produce a change in our childrens table behavior. Where are your restaurant manners,? I would hiss between clenched teeth. I left mine in the car, my child would chime, not realizing his life was in danger. Somehow, we had hoped our children would catch on to the subtle differences between the casual manners used at the breakfast table (meaning we tend to ignore anything less than an all out food fight) and the more rigid manners we hope they will display in public (like using actual utensils to lift food into their mouths). My husband and I are, admittedly, somewhat slow at times, but we finally came to the conclusion that there is no gene for basic manners located on the human DNA molecule, and if we want our children to know the rules of polite conduct, we actually have to teach them. You may wonder what social graces may have to do with succeeding in school. The answer may lie in the definition of success. While it is true that you wont find manners on the core curriculum or expect to pass a college entrance exam on etiquette, rules of social behavior are nonetheless survival skills. Mother and father can set examples for their children in common courtesy by the way they treat each other. If you want your children to remember please and thank you and excuse me, let them hear such words from you, especially when you are talking with them. Insist on prompt letters of thanks for gifts received Make them open doors for people carrying packages. Correct them when they interrupt. They may never put their napkins in their laps or care which is the salad fork, but if we can teach them that the point of politeness and manners is to show respect for the feelings of other, to make those around them feel more comfortable and at ease, and to consider someone elses needs above their own, they will have learned a true life skill. North Sevier High School FHA has lots of activities Heather Willden Over the past few months the North Sevier High School FHA has some interesting activities. During the week of March 27, we held a Preference Dance. Special guys were chosen to compete for the Most Preferred. They ironed, set tables, planned menus, came up with a talent and modeled their best suit. They were judged in all these categories and the winners were announced at the end of the dance. The Most Preferred Royalty incudes: Most Preferred: Shane Christiansen, (Freshman); IstAttendant, Jared Johnson, (Senior); 2nd attendant, Lance Christensen (Sophomore). The NS FHA thanks everyone who helped make this such a great success. 3 we attended the On April annual state Convention. Meetings were held at the Salt Lake Marriott Hotel. The opening ceremony include Scott Friedman, who 12-1- spoke about creating your own future. Everyone there learned a lot and enjoyed his audience participation. The rest of that night we were able to exercise or swim -and we did! Saturday there were many workshops which were held at West High. There was a big variety of subjects from Fashion shows to Japanese Exchange students. A special awards dinner was held that afternoon. Those attending were Rachel Heath, Brook Anderson, Secretary, Paula Barnes, President, Heather Willden Treasurer, Reporter and Historian, Mara Lee Jensen, Chapter Advisor, Rebecca Abram, Susan Barnes, Emily Christensen, MaijoryHampton, Sara Jensen, and Pattsy Hampton, bus driver chaparone. The next big activity is Girls Day which will be held the first part of May. From The NSHS Wolf Den Kim Fillmore With the last semester, almost every student expects to write a research paper. Its the classic at the end of die year. Why should this year be any different? Well its really not, except for the fact that the English 102 class, which is a college class, has been allowed to travel to the Brigham Young University Library. !;1 This library is much more complicated and equipped to do a research paper. Students will travel three times to the library in hopes of gathering the information they need. Some of the subjects for the research papers include: Dreams, Hypnosis, Schizophrenia, Animal Rights, Cryonics, Geothermal Energy, Cannibalism, Blacks in Sports, British and Irish conflict, Russian social development, and Chinese conflict. If you have any information or could further any of these studies please contact the English Department at North Sevier High and ask for Mrs. Jackie Burr. The Track Team is running faster, throwing further, and jumping higher this year. Now that the Richfield Invitational is over, they are preparing for the BYU Invitational on May 4. Good luck to the team and each individual. As for the girls softball team, they are taking on each team as they come, giving their best and hoping for the win. This week they take on the Millard Eagles at home on May 1, and Moab at home on May 3. Show us your best! The boys baseball team shines at each performance, waiting patiently and grabbing the victory. This week they will challenge Parowan at home on May 3, and the following week will be Quarter Finals. Good Luck! School lunch participation includes 94 SES; 76 NSMS & 72 NSHS daily Five of Sevier School Districts 1 1 schools have either maintained or increased their participation in Child Nutrition Program during the 1990-9- 1 school year, according to Karen Pace, Child Nutrition Program director. Salina Elementary maintained of the average daily atten94 dance level, while North Sevier High School remained at South Sevier High showed the greatest increase, followed by Red Hills Middle School, up by six percent; and Ashman Elemenup by three percent. tary, Koosharem maintained its 98 level, and Monroe Elementary Pahvant rose from stayed at 80 to 81 percent, while Richfield High went from 57 to 59 percent. Nicholas and Company and the 72. 82, 97, 96. Center will help you teach tots to read New Helping your child Utah School Food Service Association sponsor an increased participation award for managers of cafeterias in schools who have at least a three percent more students eating school lunch. Awards are given at the USFS A convention in June. School lunch programs are also recognized if they have 95 participation one year and maintained it the following year. Cafeteria managers who have qualified for the award the previous year with a three percent increase need only to have a one percent increase the following year to qualify for the award again. Schools losing participants were North Sevier Middle, down from 77 to 76 percent; and South Sevier Middle, down from 95 to 91 A riew Center to help tots become successful readers is being set up at Cedar Ridge High School, the districts alternative education facility in Richfield. The Parent And Child Enrichment Center (PACE) will focus on parents with children up to age 3 who live in the area. Ronna Leyba, director of the Retired Senior Volunteer PRogram, notes that PACE is being set up to give each part the help they need to build their own childs knowledge ty base. Trained senior volunteers will help parents to help their children develop awareness, comprehension, application and creativity. With this background of preparation they will be ready for school when the time comes. Each child within a family is different, and the PACE program can help parents get each of them off to a good start. Educators now say that the more parents can do at home before a child reaches preschool or kindergarten age, the greater chance of success that child will have in school. Books, tapes and other resources will be available to help parents understand the stages their children are going through, and to help them attain their potential level of learning throughout their school career. PTA elects new officers for 1 991-9- 2 Thanks to the Salina ElemenPTA and Larry Cosby, there be enough space for 40 more bicycles to be in bike racks at the Salina Elementary School. With the money earned from fund raisers the PTA contacted Larry Cosby, of Aurora Welding, to build a new bike rack for the school. The PTA would like to thank Larry for his fine workmanship on the bike rack. In February, the PTA held elections for their new officers for the 1991-9- 2 school year as follows: President - Valorie Johnson Mitzi Vice President-elect- : Rasmussen Secretary - Laurie Marsh Treasurer - Charmaine Lewis. Everyone is invited to join the PTAS next year and support these new officers. tary will You can help adults who can't read If you know an adult whose reading level is low, you can help achieve greater mastery if them to the Adult Literrefer you acy Program at Cedar Ridge High them School. Tutors, trained in the very successful Laubach method of teaching adults, are paired with students bases for lessons at on a the convenience of the teacher and the students. Students either illiterate (nonreading) or functionally illiterate (low level reading) are accepted in the program. for 8 Call RonnaLeyba, one-to-o- 896-903- details. insects are said to be a sign of impending bad weather.. Low-flyin- g STATE COMPETITION: Members of the North Sevier High School Drama Club competed in the State Drama Meet held in Orem, April 12, 13. Team members included, from left: Director, Steve Malan, Shannon Dimick, Tiffany Foote, Jason B. Henrie, and Brandon Henrie. Abraham Lincoln: Youth at Michael Stewart NACo president Had Abraham Lincoln been bom today, he would be categorized as an child. His parents had no at-ri- education, h is father could not read and only scrawled his name. His mother signed an X. They were low income, and after his mother died the family fell into squalor. The father was a householder. Abes health was fragile. He suffered congenital depression and melancholia. In appearance he was gawky and even in his mature years was described by one observer as tall, awkward, homely and badly dressed. Often in and out of school, he had less than one year of formal education. All of these factors contributed to his feelings of inYet something completeness. happened in the mixture of the boys life to change this course or risk and low potential. Four things which changed his life are still applicable to our children in trouble today. He acquired a mentor (Counselor). A kindly, hard working encouraging stepmother took the motherless child to heart and saw to it that he received a few more weeks of schooling, as a grown man, he referred to her as my angel mother. Although lazy, he wanted to learn. His limited schooling led to reading. He fell in love with ideas and was the product of a few good books read well. He had a dream - a goal to become a poet. Although his poetry was mediocre, the process trained his mind and tongue for the great prose of the Gettysburg Address, the Inaugurals and the House Divided speeches which bound a fraying nation together. He possessed humor. It was his way to counteract depression and the failing mental health of his own wife. He referred to deserters as leg cases. He wrote a book review saying, For those who like this kind of book, this is the kind of book they will like. He refused to have a group of deserters shot saying, It would frighten the poor fellows to kill them. His humor gave him esteem and standing among his associates. With an eye on his own disadvantages, he gave an inquiring young advice lawyer timeless advice that every youth deserves: Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other thing. The impact of these four forces in the life of a child are profound. The nation was preserved, slavery abolished and the ideal of the underdog and common man making good became a model of hope for millions. American political discourse would never be the same after Lincoln. A high moral tone in politics and occasional crusades would be acceptable. Today, as in his time, there is a fitting crusade children in peril. one-pare- - are buried everywhere: in streets, down alleys, electric, gas, phone under vacant ground and along property boundaries. When you dig anything from to a major excavation, you run the risk of breaking up a utility line. a post-hol- e Blue Stakes is a FREE service that will mark utility lines on your property within Utility lines xMVuyfni nt Before we write off the millions of children and struggling youth in America, let us remember that there are millions of us who, in selected ways, can intervene in their lies as counseling stepmothers, grandfathers, or friends down the street. It made a di fference for Lincoln with his youthful flaws to have a counselor who gave him a vehicle to learn and a dream to ride upon until his own gifts and maturity Risk were sufficiently strong to carry him. Three is a lot at stake for the youth ar risk, then and now, and always. We do not underestimate the problem, but neither do we underestimate our ability to solve it. Thank you Lincoln, for being a model youth at risk. You give us hope. Salina Elementary celebrates Art Week upper grades, while Kent Nielsen gave the younger students some pointers on cartooning. The North Sevier Middle and High School Bands, under the direction of J.S. Christensen, shared their musical talents with some special numbers for the elementary school students. The Redmond Kitchen Band will also share their talents later in May by cooking up a storm in their musical talent display. Student artwork from each classroom are being displayed at the Commissioners Art Show in the basement of the Sevier County Courthouse. In celebration of Arts Week, Salina Elementary featured many of the talents of local patrons and students. Bob Bagley started off the week by sharing his talent of fast talking and auctioneering. Bella Christensens SunShine Cloggers added to the fun by clogging their way through an exciting, foot tapping assembly for the whole school. Terri Lyn Williams and Kris Laws entertained the group by leading their youngsters in a Sunshine Generation program. Millie Jensen and Karen Stubbs shared theirartistic talents with the District will Pre-scho- ol include 4-ye- Sevier School Districts preschool, which has been focusing on children with special needs, is now planning to expand its eligiin the bility to all county. Genie Nielsen, director, said a special tuition price of $30 for three days a week has been set for the 1991-9- 2 school year only. The added session will allow for 15 to 25 more students. Sessions are held Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, from 9 to 11:30 a.m., or from 12:30 to 3 p.m. Mrs. Nielsen said mornings are limited and most of the new openings will be in the afternoon. One of the reasons for expanding the preschool is to provide more role models. Mrs. Nielsen said studies show that children with special needs improve when they are not isolated. When they can interact with role models on a regular basis, she added, their social and language skills imnrove. Since the preschool is held in a public school building rather than a home, it also helps the children, whether delayed or not as they make the transition to the elementary school situation. With two certified teachers. Sue Anne Staples and Tonya Christensen, and four teacher assistants, children are led through a program of kindergarten readiness skills including science, physical education, creative art, creative dramatics, number and letter recognition, and four-year-ol- ar now olds language groups. Nutritious snacks are available every day, as well as tricycles and other toys for large motor development, and field trips for enrichment experience. Parents interested in enrolling their children in the District Preschool, should call Mrs. Nielsen, To qualify, children must be four yeas old by the time classes begin on Septemhber 3, 1991, and parents must provide transportation. 896-877- 6. have chance to share their art Artists Every year dozens of artists have the opportunity to share their art form with thousands of Utahns in school and community settings. The Utah Arts Council is again seeking artists in all disciplines to work in residence throughout the state. Application deadline is June 17. Sponsors statewide selected artists from the Artists Bank for residencies ranging from 10 days to a year. Artists provide hands-o- n experiences for students and training for teachers in Utahs mandated arts core curriculum. For an application call or write the Utah Arts Council, 617 East South Temple, SLC, UT 84102. 513-589- where working days of a request. You'll know where and, more importantly, the before future. 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