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Show H 3 TheSalinaSun - WWJ U.U I W.U.UU.W " M 'MM M VM'WMW 'W V "" Wednesday, Dec. 23, 1992 Wolf Pride It with pride that North Sevier High School honors the cast, faculty .students and volunteers, and all who participated in the great NSHS production of Camclot recently. They include: Feast workers: Darlene Anderson, Bcrva Malmgrcn, Diane Chi vers, Tim Chi vers, Debra Abrams, Gcry Rawlinson, Jerald DcMillc, Tom Chivcrs, Kathy Anderson, Barbara Bumgardncr. From the Music Department: Brooke Cody Braithwaite, Anderson, Anc Cooke, Wendy DcMillc, Crystal Erickscn, Tiffany Joni Foote, Dixie Huntsman, Johnanscn, Melissa Larsen, Brandon Smith, Joanna Bown, Amanda Stowe, Danny Wilkins, Amber Wilson, Stacey Mathias, John Crane, Jcllrey Wilden, Pat Coons, Brandon Foote, Stacy Blake, Jason Ward, and John Crane. Also Mrs. Marjorie Mickclscn, Mrs. Lisa Johnson, Edward Jones, Lloyd Sharp, Mrs. Thelma Compton, Mrs. Cherry Levitt, Daric Maple, Ann Bosshardt, Melissa Larsen, Larry Shumway, Matthew Creamer, Shelly Reese, Vinson Greer, Jaccc Ashby, Jay S. Christensen. Also Kelly Atwood, Christopher Ball Blu Bcckstead, Melissa Black, Jesse Blake, Jodi Blake, Stacy Blake, Kristopher Boswell, Dustin Bullard, Shelley Burr, Tim Chivcrs, Patrick Coons, Amber Erdci, Bran don Foote, Craig Gladwcll, Kathryn Gurr, Bridged Hallows, Kimberly Hampton, Jcriannc Hansen, Shane Johnson, Lcsty Marie Mickclscn, Rob Miller, Tawnic Mortcnson, Brcnna Newby, Brady Nielsen, Jcrilynn Nielsen, Tylci Okerlund, Andrea Page, Tara Waters, Marty Williams, Susan Williams, Anc Cook, Rickey Nelson, Jared Bastian. Angela Harrison, Darrick Harward, Ryan Heath, Cclcna Herring, Lance Christensen, Marjorie Hampton, Kevin Hokanson, Theresa Hone, Dixie Huntsman R.J. Jensen, Travis Jensen, Joni Johansen, Karyn Johnson, Misty Johnson, Andrea Larsen, Brcc Lee Lloyd, Rachel Martinc., Brcc Mason, Maradcc Me Bride, Jesse Mccham, Brandon Pierce, Michael Pierce, Justin Shiner, Leslie Sperry, Wendy Sperry, Matthew Steiger, Kascy Turner, Haley Wasdcn, Riley Lund, Misty Paine, Jeremy Ivic, Brandy Huntsman Other workers include EvaLynn Holt, Lacic Rawlinson, Ray Terry, Shawn Lund, Richard Jorgensen, Annabel Lange and SivElin Johnanscn, Police Stewart; Marcia Bosshardt, Jessica Holt, Natalie DcMillc. Special Thanks to Diane Byron Jensen, Thelma Compton and Debra Abrams. Bre-inho- Focus on North Sevier High School Faculty Focus on Faculty This month our Focus on Faculty honors Vinson Crecr. He is Irom Springvillc, Arizona and a graduate of St. Johns High School, St. John Arizona. He graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree is psychology, and received his Masters degree from Utah State University in Human Resources Administration. Mr. Crcer has taught in Blackfool, Idaho and St. Johns, Arizona. He currently teaches in the seminary program for students attending North Sevier High School. He is married to the former Sherrie Shumway, and they ar parents of Matthew, 5; Megan, 3; and Amanda, 1. Mr. Creer was presented with a certificate for dinner at Cedar Creek Restaurant in a Balloon Bouquet from the North Sevier High School PTS A. Savings should pay for school energy audits Energy audits District schools by Honeywell, Inc., were approved by the school board at its last meeting. Goal of the audits is to in Sevier improve energy conservation and heating and ventilation systems in the schools. Bret Hunter, education market representative, said his company will, at its own expense, analyze the district's needs, and if improvments arc needed, provide labor and materials. Payment for the service comes through the savings that are created. According to Hunter, 75 of the school buildings in America are 30 or more years old, and 'living on borrowed time. Thirty-on- e percent of the school buildings now in use in the country were built before World War II, and 43 were built in the 50's and 60's. "Facilities fail in one out of every eight schools," Hunter emphasized. In Sevier School District, two of I was having lunch with some teacher friends. We talked about kids and projects and playground duty. And we talked about parents. I know when parents get together, they talk about teachers. And when we talk about each other, its not always complimentary. I have a grown up friend. His parents blame tne tact mat he didn t finish college on his 5th grade teacher, Mrs. Johnson. Apparently, Mrs. Johnson had numerous failings. Theyve been able to date their sons income, marriage problems and his kids orthodontic bills back to Mrs. Johnson. Every parent has a bad teacher story. And every teacher has a bad parent story. Sometimes, ironically, its the same story. As we chomped through our sandwiches, we heard the story of Mikes Mom. Mike got a C. Mikes mom was mad at Mikes teacher. She came to see the teacher, armed with irrefutable evidence of Mikes competence in the subject and the firm belief that a blunder of biblical proportions had been made. Teacher took out the grade books and added up the scores. Tests were good. Homework was fine. But one assignment worth 50 points was missing. Mike was supposed to take home a detailed outline of the course objectives, homework policies, extra credit and discipline program. It had to be signed by a parent and returned. She had made it worth - the 20 buildings were built in 1938, and eight were built in 1960 or earlier. The old Ashman building is 90 years old. Even with the newer buildings, however, there have been continuing problems with heating and ventilation systems, according to district business administrator, Sam Ware. For the past ten years, matching federal grants have provided funds for energy audits in the schools, at a cost of $230,000 and an expected payback. Roof insulation, lighting and heating modifications have been made. Ware believes the Honeywell audits will increase energy use efficiency even further. Part of the service Honeywell provides is to set up a computerized preventative maintenance system for all the buildings in the district. ar Home and School: Vital Links by LILY ESKELSEN President, Utah considerably. Said Mom, What is this, a class in Science or in Responsibility? Since when do you grade kids in responsibility? Im sure when Mikes Mom tells this story, the teacher is unreasonable, arbitrary and inflexible. It will inevitably end up as a bad teacher story for her. The teacher, of course, will file it under bad parent stories. And thats unfortunate. Because a teacher who tries to weave responsibility into the curriculum isnt bad. And a parent who cares enough to find out about a grade isnt bad. And if those two people, with the best if intentions, can avoid the bad labels and listen to each other, then they will find solutions. Then they will find what worlds. Then they will find that the good in both of them will bring out the best in the students. , nose. After they finished caroling, they went back to school and enjoyed the hot chocolate and donuts provided by some caring mothers. Middle School students do very The place to Jas eIT well on this year's SAT testing North Sevier Middle School students did very well on this years SAT testing, according to Boyd Gurney, NSMS principal. Over 98 percent of all 8th graders took the SAT, even though it was deer season. Principal Gumcy noted that especially high scoring areas included: Science - 67 Math 61 59 Thinking skills Social Science Other areas showing improvement over the past three years include: using information, study skills and spelling. Gurney said that the overall -- 54. reading score for this year was the 47. same as last years score of For this reason emphasis will be concentrated on reading developmental NSMS. One area of concern is langi age development which has shown a decline for the past three years. The total language score is now 41 not good enough, according to Principal Gurney. of this fact, the language program requirement for seventh graders lias been increased to a two our program, instead of the one hour program of the past. Well be looking at next years language scores to see if an improvement has been made in this area, the principal continued. During November NSMS stu dents had a wide range of activities including a number of assemblies. The Utah Symphony performed, a presentation of Camclot, Columbus, and Adventures in Thailand were all part of the NSMS agenda. Parentteachcr conferences turned out to be very successful, as 86 of parents attended. The annual book fair was very successful, and money earned will be pul back into the library to purchase more books. The final event before the Christmas holidays will be presented today, with a Christmas assembly during second period. School will close for the holidays and will reopen January 2, 1993. Sevier District joins effort urging gov't to reinvest in America Following a request from the National School Boards Association and seven other educational groups, the Sevier School District Board of Education has voted to join in encouraging the Clinton Administration to reinvest in America, and spend tax dollars on overcoming social and economic problems at home. Today, for the first time in nearly half a century, our federal government is uniquely positioned to help local school districts overcome the obstacles to leaming...We have an unparalleled opportunity to redefine our national priorities, the statement noted. The resolution notes that Sevier School District is committed to offering each child in the community the opportunity for a quality education. The nations success in the post-Col- d War world will depend on the ability of Americas public schools to educate each and every child. It adds that no single school district has the financial capacity to build a quality education program for the 21st Century and overcome the social and economic problems that prevent its students from learning - or coming to school ready to learn. The resolution notes that competitors in the global market- - Classifieds Work! Call Call 529-783- 9 528-311- 1 Christmas Bells are ringing. Hear what they say to you; Jesus is born in Bethlehem, in tive learning, Mrs. Pace said. Pace says that about 1000 families in the district now qualify for reduced price, or free meal benefits. In October of 1992, nearly 57 of students qualified for free or reduced price meals, consuming over 31,000 of the 55,000 meals served that month. When the number reaches 60 additional funding is available for the program. A study is being conducted in the district to determine the feasibility of a break fast program to provide the morning nourishment children need to make learning more effective. Pace recently assembled a local focus group made up of principals, parents, students and a school board member who discussed breakfast programs with some of the Child Nutrition Program leaders from the State Office of Education. Instituting breakfast programs requires changes of routines, but State Office people said principals who have been willing to make these changes have been rewarded with higher test scores. In France, carols are called in Italy, le pastorali ; in noes; Germany, Weihnachtslieder. M Scores improve, says Director Karen Pace, director of Child Nutrition Programs for Sevier School District told the school board last week that her marketing strategics are changing with the movement of the student enrollment bubble from elementary level into middle schools. With the addition of Pizza Hut pizza to the school lunch menu, participation has grown. Pace told the board. To complete the Pizza Hut menu, cooks also serve salad andor fruit, and milk. In the secondary schools, other items and additional servings of pizza are offered ala carte. A recent study in the district revealed that 50 of middle and high school students do not cat breakfast, and those who do eat someth ing early in the day, say it is usually a soft drink or candy bar. In homes where both parents work, and in single parent households, more and more children arc either feeding themselves or skipping breakfast altogether. We need to do more to help children and adults understand the relationship between good nutrition and effec 1 533-NOT- E may soon get free breakfasts Test Symphony Hall is the place to be on December 3 for a perfect wav to welcome 1993. New Years Eve at Symphony Hall is becoming a tradition for many people who want to do something really classy to bring in the new year. Festivities begin at 10 p.m. with a Viennese style concert. Vienna is known for its flair and extravagance in celebrating the new year and the Symphony would like to provide some of that elegance and spice, thorough the music of the popular Strauss family. The concert will also feature the talents of 13 year old violinist Hilary Hahn. At 10 years old, Hahn became a student at Philadelphias Curtis Institute of Music. She has won numerous prizes and made her major orchestral debut in December 1991 with thebaltimore Symphony. At the stroke of midnight, thousands of balloons will be released in symphony Hall to ring in the new year. The audience, with party hats, streamers and noisemak-er- s will join the orchestra in a rousplace invest moie tax dollars on children and elementary and seconing chorus of Auld Lang Syne. Then the party really begins. dary education than the United States In both Docs. Funds saved and made posSymphony Hall Lobby and sible for other use by the end of the the Salt Palace North Exhibition Hall, Cold War could be used to rebuild there will be dancing to the sounds America and ensure that every child of the Dcsotos, playing music from comes to school healthy and ready to the 50s and 60s; or Potpourri, playing a contemporary mix of music learn. Sevier School District believes perfect for dancing. There will also that it is time to reinvest in America. be a delicious buffet and parly faWe join school districts across the vors. The party will wind down at 2 nation urging Congress and the new a.m. Tickets are $34, $38, and $42. president to make reordering federal Call the box office, for spending priorities Americas top more information or reservations. priority in 1993, District officials conclude. Kids Education Association significant points because she felt it was such important information. After several reminders, it still wasnt turned in, and a zero can bring a grade down days of the Winter season and almost everyone had a red Salina Elementary School students from the classes of Bonny Dahlsrud, Madeline Bills, and Libby Mason, climbed aboard a wagon of hay bales and went up and down Main Street singing Christmas Carols. It was one of the coldest MM ! North Sevier High Schools is Sponsoring an I I A hum mi i Wrestling Meet 1 Wednesday, December 30 Immediately following the j North SevierEmery Duel Meet! 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