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Show 1 3 TheSalinaSun Wednesday, November 20, 1991 fp .w. . . .w. Santas Secret Home and School: Shop Family Night at Elementary Vital Links by LILY ESKELSEN Santas Secret Shop Family Night President, Utah Education Association My kids are stars. Every class Ive ever had. (Yes, even the one in 86 that threatened to sell me to NASA for space experiments.) I tell you this, because I have to spend a lot of time every year convincing these kids that they shine -- - each in a different way. Somewhere along the way, they got the feeling that their value was measured by a score. A score that could be anything from a spelling test to a football game. To be a star, to shine, they thought you had to have the best score. The score that beats the other guy. But Marys in 6th grade, and she reads on a 2nd grade level. Still, she can read the picture books to the kindergartners and make them laugh. And she helps me put up bulletin boards. And she helps Chan with his spelling. Chan, who speaks so little English. Les whines a lot. He tries to build his by tattling on his classmates. He doesnt have many friends. Still, when we had our blood drive he made ten posters to put up around town. His medieval castle project had a real moat. And he got himself to school on time every day without waking up his mom who worked nights. Emily has a chip on her shoulder. When shes mad at her mom, we all pay for it. Shes 12, but she looks 16, and she wants the world yesterday. Still, she cried when Old Yeller died and asked me if I knew any other good books like thaL And she wrote a letter to the editor about lazy people who take the handicapped parking spaces. And she told the class off one day for picking on a kid. You cant score their value. It doesnt compute. How could it? How could you score the heart of a child? How could you measure the value of a star? Salina Elementary PTA is holdnight for families to shop and visit with Santa. Pictures will be available. Refreshments served and door prizes given away. A new line of quality gifts will be available for you and family members to purchase. The Shopping spree will be held Monday, December 2, from 5 to 8 p.m. at Salina Elementary Media Center. Students will also be able to purchase gifts during special class ume Friday, December 6. The public is welcome to visit from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. ing a special Uk&s&Kih-- ' . . . - . self-estee- m Citizenship Honor Roll for NSMS The following students also were Going Up North Sevier High School News Angela Freeman Its another slow week at N S HS . The only najor events are all on Thursday, the 21st. Can you believe it - the first trimester will end that day! Secondly, there will be North Sevier High School Music Festival at 7 p.m. Come out and support our schools musical -- Looking back at last week, the only events were basketball tryouts and the Sadie Hawkins dance. Many couples attended the dance, got their pictures taken, and got married until midnighL The theme of the dance was Sadie Hawkins at the Circus. Middle School names Honor Roll NS The North Sevier Honor Roll has named the following students to the first quarter Honor Roll. 6th Grade Colby Harrison, Ryan Huntsman, Launa Learning, Miriam Mason, Cody Mickelsen, Matthew Seegmiller, Sarah Torgerson, Melissa Allred, Jason Harvey, Sarah Miller, Austin Sorensen, Brittney Sorensen, Sky Straw, Thomas Burr, Danielle Dahlsrud, Cassy Eppich, Rhiannon Jorgersen, Bryan Mason, Jennifer Brown, Brady Rosquist, Janell Coates, Sarah Lefevre, Lacey May, Brayden McBride, KBrina Mickelsen, Chasity Peterson, Andrew Rasmussen, Mindy Sorenson, Amy Torgenson, Eric Williams, Danielle Andreason, Breeann Christensen Bridget Gates, Jill Pribrey, Jill Vest, Brandy Wilson, Jedd Christensen, Scott Davis Amber Fotte, Bruce Anderson, Kayla Frederick, Kade Barney, Autumn Marcee Hampton, Rasmussen, Joshua Jensen, Brynn Jewkes, Daniel Johnson, Jennifer Noyes, Tiffany Sylvester, Casey Tanner, Holly Taylor and Chris Blackburn. 7th Grade Jessica Barney, Darryl Bosshardt, Ann Braithwaite, Adam Hales, Patrick Jensen, Paul Mecham, Dustin Mickelsen, McKinzie Miller, Ryan Nelson, Braydan Shaw, Dannon Steiger, Jed Willardsen, Justin Yardley, Ryan Burr, Kade Hallows, Kraig Jensen, Ryan Colby, Valerie Curtis, Terry DeMille, Marci Eppich, Kurds Glover, Sean Henrie, Shauna Larsen, Travis Story, Alicia Wilson, Amanda Allred, Nate Christensen, Alissa Mickelsen, Chad Mickelsen, Misty Stewart, Holly Trapp, Julie Johnson, Krysta Lindsay, Shashone Peterson, Jodi Williams, Chris Chantrill, Leslie Heather Pickett, Jenneka Jewkes, Deidri Mickelsen, Kris Sorensen, Lindsay Si Pieire, Brooke Tanner, Broc Tatum, Craig Anderson, Morgan Fullmer, Ashlee Mcikelsen, Shadoe Shaheen, Jason Shaw, Dusdn Jensen, Jeremy Jensen, Jake Quamberg, Aaron Shaw, Kathryn Sorensen, Bryan Tidlund, Jeremy Williams, Joby Mickelsen, Jusdn Marsh, Kassie Christensen, Ryan Freeman, Stephanie Anderson and Dusdn Gumey. For-bus- h. 8th Grade Dawn Dahlsrud, Kimberly Freitas, Jared Hallows, Nicole Shaw, Susan Williams, Nicole Pondus Veronica Lazenby, Laura Stohel, Tyler Okerlund, Wendy Frame, Michael Hales, Melinda Hales, Theresa Hone, Shaleece Hunt, Wendy Sperry, Derek Ashby, Jared Nielsen, Haley Wasden, Kurt Bosshardt, Kendra Chrisdansen, Michael Pierce Amande Stowe, Tyler Taylor, Valerie Anderson, Jerri Lynn Nielsen, Thomas Torgerson, Tiffany Baker and Michelle Cooper. 53-ye- ar in a long time - and the tree was so inviting... So we all climbed it. All eight of us. Then we went to the grade school many of us attended, and that big open field out back - where we line up to race each other like we used to only slower. We went to the park where we used to play - - The new Redmond Post Office begins to take shape. Students at Cedar Ridge High School have prepared a time capsule to be buried in the Richfield City Vault - and not to be opened until the year 2001. Items included in the time capsule were a tee shirt, a tape of popular music, newspaper articles, photographs and other samples of everyday life of students at Cedar Ridge. Social Studies teacher Natalie Higgs said the project was part of the schools celebradon of Nauonal Geography Awareness Week which carried the theme Geography: New Worlds to Explore. Students used for the theme as a springboard their discussions of neighborhood life and explorations of their own past. Richfield City Mayor Jay C. Andersen met the students as they brought the time capsule to the city offices, and said that future students at Cedar Ridge will benefit on Friday & Saturday! PRIME RIB SPECIAL! $10.95 Lunch Specials! Have Returned to the Menu! Come in today for Good Food! 60 North State - Salina - 529-736- 4 from what these students are doing. In a letter to future students, - it will always be difficult. Cedar Ridge senior Lisa Hunt offered this advice: I am only 17 years old, so I couldnt really say Ive seen everything. For someone my age, the world is kind of confusing; youre either too young or too old to do anything. I guess you could say were stuck in the middle for a few years. A lot of people try to grow up too fast and never really get the chance to live, but others never grow up atall. They wanttobekids forever. I think the hardest thing is fitting in. You need to be just like them or they wont accept you. Some people will do almost anything to be accepted. Sometimes they will change their whole personality just to fit in which is not always good. I think the future will be the same as it is now. People might change some, but as for growing up, fitting in and being yourself vised future students to stay in school, Another student, a mother, ad- get a good education and go on to college. She admonished them to make the right choices about careers, education and personal relationships to think carefully about their options and make something of their lives. You have to work for what you get, she said. It isnt going to fall in your lap. Students participating in the time capsule project were Tommy Bullard, Glen Peterson, Mark Ramsey, Brandi Roberts, Lisa Hunt, Connie Hunt, Libby Hollmgshead, Darlene Laughter, Amanda Miller, Colleen Branham, and Trish Hill. Cedar Ridge High has experienced a 31 increase in WiLh Randy Brown as director, its staff of six provides a complete range of high school courses for 130 day students and 60 adults. The schools first graduating class last spring included ten day students and 14 adults. I , ' f rj When more parents drop in to schools, fewer kids drop out The most important investment we can make in our children is the investment in their education. And that investment cant be just in dollars alone. Not that dollars arent important, they are. Bu- t- just like wont in everything else-doll- ars do the job alone. Kids need to know we care. And we cant just say we care. Weve got to show il Kids are smart. They pay just as much attention to what we do as to what we say. If we talk and dont act, kids will get the message. Its time for us as a nation to put children first among our priorities. If we want our kids to do well in & partnership between parents and teachers in providing a quality education for all of our children. Teachers need the active support of not only parents but of everyone in their communities. The second annual National PTA Chrysler Survey on Parental Involvement in CHildrens Education shows that a solid majority of parents are ac- - your family and we played. And we laughed. And we talked. And we laughed some more. When re returned to reality on Monday morning, the world was still there waiting for us. But we were able to face it refreshed and revitalized. umiKmg aoout tnat weekend ever since, and wonder IvC too busy. Unfortunately, a few images come quickly to mind. -- Eleven year old Joe inviting me to join him ad his friends for a game of football. -- The single mom down the street who was having such a hard time finding anyone to help her move that heavy furniture around. -- Two year old Elizabeth, obviously struggling with all the attention Mommy must lavish on the new baby, holding out her blanket and story book as rushed off to what I thought was an important engagement. In each case I could honestly reply that I would really, truly love to, but I just dont have the time right now. Maybe later. Its all a matter of priority. We can find the time for the things that really matter to us an emergency - Clyde school, we have to get involved. Kids who find success and enjoyment in learning right from the beginning are much more likely to finish school than those who dont. The National PTA has things in the right perspective. It stresses the tively involved in their childrens education especially in the early years. Thats important, because Im convinced if we get more adults dropping into the schools, the kids will stop dropping out. Were on the right track but we must do better. We must make sure that involvement doesnt stop as kids get older. If we do that weri all be better off parents, teacher and children alike. America will be better off too. The most important investment we can make in America is in our childrens education. Lee Iacococca Chairman, Chrysler Corp. Honorary Chairman, National PTA - Call Your News meeting at the office, for example, or even a round of golf. The commitments easiest to put off to family, friends and personal growth and happiness, are often the ones that matter most. I know some of you are saying, all right enough of this guilt trip. I know you work hard to provide for your families so they can have food to eat, a comfortable home to live in, nice clothes to wear, and a few luxuries to enjoy. Im not saying you should quit or even become less your job effective at it so you can spend 8 hours a day playing with your family and helping neighbors and friends. But I am saying that there are other tilings that also deserve their place among our priorities, and that we can find time for them if we - Autumn enroll-mentthisye- , how many similar opportunities Ive missed simply because I felt I was Tammy Hales will be performing in the Restaurant for first quarter. 6th Grade Melissa Allred, Bruce Anderson, Jennifer Brown, Thomas Burr, Breeann Christensen, Jedd Christensen, Janell Coates, Danielle Dahlsrud, Scott Davis, Heidi Dickinson, Cassy Eppich, Amber Foote, Nathan Freitas, Bridget Gates, Colby Harrison, Jason Harvey, Brandon . Haws, Bryan Huntsman, Brynn Jewkes, Daniel Johnson , Rhiannon Jorgensen, Launa Learning, Sarah Lefevre, Bryan Mason, Miriam Mason, Lacey May, Brayden McBride, Cody Mickelsen, KBrina Mickelsen, Sarah Miller, Loni Munk, Chasity Peterson, Jill Andrew Rasmussen, Prisbrey, Students prepare 'time capsule' for burial Take some time out for yourself Joseph Walker While most of America was watching Clarence Thomas vs Anita Hill on TV recently, I was watching my sister, a dignified, old grandmother, climb a tree. It was such a beautiful autumn Saturday, and my brothers and sisters were together for the first time listed on the Citizenship Honor Roll Correspondent... Salina Kiesel Evelyn Redmond 529-753- Tammy Johnson Aurora Scott Barbara - 9 529-755- 529-736- MtHriiiF . Rasmussen, Mickelsen, Deidri Mickelsen, Dustin Mickelsen, Ashlee Mick-elscMcKinzie Miller, Ryan Nelson, Shoshone Peterson, Heather Pickett, Aaron Shaw, Braydan Shaw, Kathryn Sorensen, BrookeTanner, Holly Trapp, Jed Willardsen, Jeremy Wiliams, Alicia Wilson and Justin Yardley. n, 8th Grade Valerie Johnson, Tiffany Baker, Kristopher Boswell, Noorda, Plant Manager , Parker Hannifin - think the challenge to the State and local government is to provide (prepared) employees for ever increasingly complex jobs... Dawn Dahlsred, Chandler Erdei, Kimberly Freitas, Cubby Gates, Melinda Hales, Jared Hallows, Theresa Hone, Shaleece Hunt, April Hutner, Veronica Laxenby, Jared Nielsen, Andrea Page, Nicole Pondus, Lacie Rawlinson, Nicole Shaw, Wendy Sperry, Laura Stohel, Amanda Stowe, Thomas Torgerson, Haley Wasden, Susan Williams and Royce Willis. 2 0 o Ccnim - really try. Justasthereisatimefor seriousness and work, there is also a time for silliness and play. There is a time to pay careful attention to whats going on in the world around you, and a time to let it take a couple of spins without any help from you. Theres at least a little time for almost everything if its important enough to you to make the time. Even if you have to climb a tree to find it. Brady Rosqueist, Matthew Seegmiller, Bradley Shaw, Wesley Shaw, Austin Sorensen, Brittney Sorensen, Mindy Sorenson, Danyette Stewart, Sky Straw, Tiffany Slyvester, Casey Tanner, Holly Taylor, Jessi Thompson, Amy Torgenson, Sarah Torgerson, Jill Vest, Eric Williams and Brandy Wilson. 7th Grade Amand Allred, Stephanie An- -' derson, CRaig Anderson, Jessica Barney, Darryl Bosshardt, Ann Briathwaite, Ryan Burr, Nate Christensen, Valerie Curtis, Terry Demille, Marci Eppich, Ryan Freeman, Morgan Fullmer, Kurds Glover, Adam Hales, Kade Hallows, Sean Henrie, Jeremey Jensen, Kraig Jensen, Patrick Jensen, Jenneka Jewkes, Julie Johnson, Christy Keisel, Shauna Larsen, Krysta Lindsay, Allisa Mickelsen, Chad nm |