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Show t f w WAbw 3 ''' .'ssyssssssy TheSalinaSun Wednesday, May 13, 1992 f Home and School: Success stories from Vital Links UtahSchools by LILY ESKELSEN President, Utah Education Association Listening is a skiU thats extremely important to a students progress and a parents. I havent always been a good listener. My mother kept having my hearing tested. When I became a teacher, I had to become a listener. A good listener. And that was hard But fora teacher, listening is crucial. If we dont listen correctly, it can be disastrous. Through my own children I learned that listening is no less important a tool for parents. Two weeks before Christmas, we adopted our son, Jared. He was barely four years old. We met him on Friday, he came to life with us on Saturday, and we took him to church on Sunday. After church we were chatting with friends. He pulled on my husbands sleeve and said sadly, I have a cold body. -- Bulk i tJhm My husband picked him and hugged him to warm him up He just looked more miserable. I have a cold body! I put on his coat. He began jumping up and down He was almost in tears. Finally, a nice lady came up and said, Hesnot cold, honey. Listen Hes saying, I have to go potty. Its important for parents and teachers to listen to our children. They almost always tell us what they need, but they dont always tell us in a way we understand A word to kids- - Listening is a hard job. Be patient with us. If we dont listen the first time, give us another chance. Keep telling us what youre worried about, what youre happy about, what youre afraid of. Tell us until we listen. IS is Angela Freeman North Sevier High School has finally reached the absolute busy zone! Last week there was something going on almost every day, but from now to the end of the month there is something planned every day. Last week began with strategic planning meeting Monday, at 1 p m. Many students had the opportunity to attend those meetings, and many worked to get involved by giving them opinions. Class officers for next year were also announced, as follows: Sophomore Class. President, Cody Braithwaite; Vice President, Dene Bagley; Secretary, Bonnie Johnson; Treasurer, Bart Sorenson Junior Class. President, Brandon Foote; Vice President, Sarah Mason, Secretary, Christy Mick-elseTreasurer, Shauna Squires. Senior Class. President, Jeremy Vest; Vice President, Alisa Bas-tiaSecretary, Lisa Brown; Treasurer, Shay Frischknect. Congratulations to all these new officers. Wednesday, the 6th, a Middle School Track Meet was held at the High School. Many students participated. Thursday night a Parenting Class was held, put on by Jim Lewis. The firstcheerleading practice was also held that day where new cheerleaders tried their skills at stunts. Friday, 8th was enjoyed by both girls and boys, but for separate reasons. The boys enjoyed it because they got out of school at 1pm.., and the girls enjoyed it because it was Girls Day. The program began at 2 p m. with many Junior girls modeling their Prom gowns. Afterwards two special speakers gave talks Heidi Reese, this year's Homemaking Sterling Scholar, and her mother, Diane. Following the talks, a lunch was served and pictures were taken. Many girls enjoyed the day with their mothers. Baseball and softball games were also played Friday afternoon. Soft-ba- ll was here against South Sevier and baseball was in Monroe. The Region Ten Track meet was held m South Sevier on Saturday. n; n; -- NSHS State Golf competition was also held last week. Monday, 1 1th, was FFA's Green-han- d Ceremony held at Johnson's Ranch. Drill team practice also began. Yesterday, the Middle School Spring Concert was held at NSHS. Tonight, Wednesday, 13th, there will be an employee banquet held in the high school commons area. The banquet will begin at 6.30 p m. Tomorrow, another Parenting Class will be held at 7:30 p m. Also the Seminary Steak dinner will be held at Salma City Park at 6 p.m. Friday, 15th, is planned to be busy. First of all, the FHA and FBLA groups will be going to Lagoon Second, the Junior Miss North Sevier judging will begin at 1:30 p m. Then there will be ball games at 4 pm. The baseball team will play Hurricane here, and the softball team will travel to Hurricane. Finally, the State Track Meet will be held Friday and Saturday. Saturday, a baseball game is scheduled against Millard here. Monday, the 18th, school will again be dismissed at 1 p m. for strategic planning meetings the last Monday of this school year. The Athletic banquet will also be held that night at 6 p m The High School Spring Concert will be held Tuesday nightat8. This is a free of charge concert so come and support the school music department. The FFA has also planned a Lagoon trip that day. Wednesday, 20th will be the FFA Banquet at the city park. Jim Lewis will put on another Parenting class next Thursday at 7:30 p m. That night will also be the Academic Banquet at 6 pm. Friday, 22nd will be a day many students are waiting for. At 9 p m. that evening will be the Yearbook signing party, where the yearbooks will be given out. There are still yearbooks available for anyone who doenst have one ordered yet. Contact Mrs. Burr. Cost is $27. Be sure to get one. This year's book is one you won't want to miss. names Sterling Scholars for Clint Hansen is the son of Redge and Barbara Hansen, grandson of Blaine and Lila Rae Torgenson and Marvel Hansen, all of Salma. He is listed in the All American Scholar 2 years, as well as Whos Who. Clint enjoys golf, basketball and football, but his favorite pastime is horseback riding and camping. V t? A v? ? c ,z K I re. V Jeremy D. Ivie Outstanding Wolves - Students at Weber High School organized a company called Squcegit, Inc., manufactured a product, sold it, and raised the value of their stock from $2 to $ 12 in less than six weeks Not bad for first-tim- e entrepreneurs. They didn t do it alone, however. Their success was accomplished through the Applied Economics program, their instructor, Cory Jenkins, class consultants Carl Califano, plant manager at Western Zirconium, and Mike Bragdon from Morton International. Weve been involved with this program for about five years. Sometimes the kids make money, and sometimes they lose their shirts We let them struggle and discover Either way, it is a great learning experience. says Jenkins. Jenkins teaches the structure of business and wishes more students We need to studied this subject. teach how to develop ideas and I think a free enteremployment prise class should be mandatory, he adds In his classes, Jenkins sees students rise dramatically to the chalOne lenge of running a business student developed her own sales network and probably sold half of the squeegees we made, he says. The business consultants also see the successful results of their labors. Today we are looking for employees who can contribute to the process. We hope this will help to make our work program force stronger through participating in education, says Califano. "4 . 12 k jii i Qoran Jansen Devannae Sha.v Jeremy Vest Jeremy cst, son of Marlene and Dean Vest, Aurora, is a Junior at North Sev icr High School His lavorite class in school is earhook, and he is c urrently sen , secretary ol the FT A ing Jeremy ha. placed footnall and enjoys playing first fa re for NSHS Raseball team He serves m WoraFustWards Pried Quorum Presidency, is an Eagle Scout, and lot cs to lie t and Inh His favorite hubbies are re His pairing things and sleeping brother-- , are Kim mid Peter, and he has a sister, Jill 1 -- has jlvays taken high school. She toe member of the has served iu-- , and Sarah dent lor 1991-9cd FHA Leadership .i Park City last fall. H ca Sophomore Treas- i n in Devanae Shaw is a r NSHS She is the old , r ( t ehiflrui, and is the dat and M She lie Shaw i Devanae is v i si around the house w s t camp and ride whu a all she lives countiy m i glcrs, and cownoys She is very excited d fi In am Sophomore vear as si t r new member e f uie di , v l i X 1 l a-- i ft N ct l j,m, ' r civic youth offices Sarah ml or of Redmond s m.il Sue aiunded Youth r - ,rk H 4 V m 1 us - u Phono Nows Items rui, Logan at USU , u 1 s i this year as well as a Liteskills firen a m Salt Lake for Project d a teacher s assistant at Mic loves handicrafts and C1 e looks forward to being i i cit,ng her drivers license. iunis arc Mary Lee and Brent 1 529-783- The Oxford English Dictionare lists 615,000 English words 9 ; r f , Redmond poverty family structure all important in far scores Socio-economi- c, s&asr In 1990 the Utah Legislature required statewide testing of all Utah public school students m grades 5, 8, and 11. The program was designed to test all students in one grade of each elementary, middle and high school in the state. The test covers five major areas Mathematics, reading, languageEnglish, science, and social studies The test chosen was the new version of the Standard Achievement Test, the Stanford 8. Scores range from a low of 1 to a possible highof99. If a school had a median score of 55 in mathematics, it would mean the typical student in that of school scored better than 55 the students who took the Standard Achievement Test nationally. The test is taken each Fall. In 1991, 94,088 Utah students were tested Test results comparing 1990 and 1991 tesung showed that of the states 427 elementary schools, 222 improved their total test scores, while scoring for 181 schools dropped to alowerlevel Twenty four showed no change from the previous year In the states 133 middle schools, 59 improved their scores while 63 had test scores decline; 1 1 showed no change. Of the states 107 high schools, 53 improved their scores; 45 dropped to a lower level, and 9 showed no change. One area of concern expressed by educators about a statewide testing program was that comparisons between schools with very different characteristics socio-econom- would be made. Such comparisons could be unfair and misleading. Test scores are related to indicators such as income, migration, urbanrural characteristics, racial composition, language, etc An example is the number of students on the free lunch program As a case throughout the state the Foundation grouped 28 study, the 1991 schools taking elementary test in the Salt Lake District into five geographical areas avenues, southeast, northwest, central city and southwest. The average of the total test scores were compared to the expected range and the percent of children on the free lunch program. The study showed that sc hails that had high test scores also had the lowest percentage of students on the free lunch program Conversely, schools with lower test scores conClint Hansen sistently had high percentages of students in the free lunch program Jeremy D. Ivie is a junior at factors cannot North Sevier High School. He has when evaluating the be ignored received an Academic Letter the lat states public school system Higher two years. family incomes, for example, corJeremy enjoys sports. He was on relate closely to higher achievethe starting five this year in basketment on standardized test scores ball. He has also played baseball, Higher income families tend to be football and golf. strong supporters of education and Jeremy enjoys camping, fishing are more likely to have the time and and especially bow hunting. resources to provide a better supHe is the son of Paul and Gay for their students. Ivie and the grandson of Milton and port system Test scores can be found to be a Leora Peterson, all of Salma. result of the quality of the facility. 1991-9- 2 socio-econom- ic Socio-econom- OMMWnii ic of administration of the and the quality of the home system ol the student of the ga atest c hallengcs for educators is finding a way to overcome the obstacles to learning assoStudent ciated with low income mobil tv is also a serious problem IF is dil fi ufi ta blam - a te icher for poor student scores w hen half of the students tested in the Fall of 1991 were not in that sJiool in 1990 Teacliei turnover is also a serious problem Teachers naturally want to teach in the best possible environment An important p ut of the env are the s'uduiis themselves Veteran teac hers tend io grav nuie to the schools that .ire m the higher income are is, thus the rehool will have, on tie average, more motivated stud' nts Schools in the lower income areas hue much higher teacher turnover ana U nd to employ younger and less experienced teachers Other problems exist, such as percent ol students that speak a language other than English as their primary language and hunger are also problems m s me areas ot the quality school, support One slate The students form the avenues and southeast areas M SaL Lake City School District tested w ell above the national average Then totalbattcry test scores averaged 81 3 for the avenues, and 75 2 for the southeast area (The 81 3 figure means that 81 3 percent ol the students in the school tested higher than the national average in that subject) The Utah I onndalion concludes that the staiew ide testing program as enacted by the legislature and put into action by the Utah Stale Board of Education has provided valuable performance measurements for parents and educators While achieve- - ment tests are onlv measure of school perl on do pros ide an important bar of stadent achievement nuking comparisons hetw ... n and districts, care must Sov io economic Let re hi . strong bearing on Its1 valid tt mparisons 6 t" c i or districts cannot be mrere w n accounting for the main d fi i. between student popul.nions The best comparisons i ! said nt performance tor a schor or distrret i id are those with us, 11 o m t relation to the expu n d r r. , statewide testing program two years old As lime t . an program will increase in i . uc information w id hteom ful lestmg is an impi rt mi rep r ice, 58, Social Studies, 54. schools average was 47. it was raised to 54 25 of rents were on free lunch, n Sev icr High School, h c4 Reading, 47, English, u .e ( 0, Social Studies, 46 In i rehoo! score was 48 v 18 46 to of ped re on tree lunch me i . 1 i a Utah State moment $vr i c? . developing performance about our schools and me ing greater accountabiliu i How did riu ml 772-121- 3, Fepre .ntative for the I R S firemen in Hi I t m ve do? iCl I . pby at your conven-- c an appointment by I 2 In our area all ol the F systems, i'l be in Richfield at " te Fransportalion rsdav. May 14, from w Lure nai HI v schools raised their a' e rage re ire c. m the areas of madi re idn hsh science and sot ia s 1i t e Salma Flementarv sin fol'owing Math 6u (meaning lh a r . the students m Lhe School did betrer in math than the national noun) Reading 40, Erglish 46 Sei nti illy ii. 1 i ence, 48, and Social Studies, 4 1 The average of the school m Wl) was44. In 1991 it was raired t 24 of the students are on fi . lunch program North Sevier Mid Ire SiN I showed the following Math 67, Reading 47, I nghsh, i 1 he represen handle all func- -- office looking for Instructional Assistant Nor Sevier Middle School is applications for an Instruc-- 1 mic ml to woik with handi-- i i ch U ren , six hours per day. 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