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Show i I wwninagnnanewspapervfo X iidSU basketball snapshots PAGE 4 lUant weakih VOLUME 100 : Machinery being repaired - Back to full color soon! Girls NUMBER 9 : ::i; am 1211111 Giafttiiiinig) eeUgje off Dearaimigi ffeoCuDnollog) by KORI ANN JELLINICH Magna Times Gone are t!ie days of the in R's tltree education. c Reading, righting and are no longer enough for students to succeed in life. 'rith-mati- The Cyprus Learning Network has developed an innov alive program to help stu- dents make die most of their education. Tlie program is called "Power Standards." What is die Cyprus Learning Network you ask? The Cyprus Learning network consists through 12. A Power Standard for 8th Grade Science states diat a student must understand the structure of matter. Students must know that organs in an organism are made up of cells w idi specific functions. An example of a Power Standard for high school Intermediate algebra would be acquiring number sense and performing operations widi real and complex numbers. Cyprus Learning Network teachers hae a vested interest in die Power Standards program. The program was a collaborative effort w ith all teachers giving input. Cyprus High School Principal John Welbum stated. This isn't just die new silver bullet to fix die education system. The teachers have a real ow nership of diis program. We are seeing real results." of Cyprus High School. Brock bank Jr. High. Madieson Jr. High, and all area Elementary Schools diat ultimately feed into Cyprus. W hat are Power Standards you ask? Power Standards are specific learning goals set for Each students ages list has en to parents a The Cyprus grade gi Learning at die beginning of die year. Network really is on die cutNot simply a suggested curting edge of learning technoloriculum. the Power Standards gy. Principal Welbum stated. stuw each hat out Other schools such as die spell exactly dent must know by die end of Cottonwood Network aid die die school year. Olympus Network are looking at our success and planning to One Power Standard for 4th grade students would be implement dieir own Power know ledge of times fables one' ' Standttrds propwrif " " K-1- 2. tadleirofts by F. AUFDEMORTE Magna Times On Thursday, February 22, Fire Engine 102 was parked outside Matheson Junior High. Firefighters weren't there for smoke or flames but rather for the sake of science. Matheson Junior High School invited the Magna Fire Department as well as Captain Dave Burdett from the Salt Lake County Sheriff Department to judge the annual science fair. It was the second time students competing in this year's fair had been judged on the science projects. The judges made their way through the projects and as they did they asked the budding scientists questions. The students w'ere judged on both their science project and the scientific know ledge they had concerning the project. Science teacher Jo Ann Stagg commented that this judging system made it so students "really had to know their stuff." Principal Marijean Woolf s compete PiaiWi v t. , , z&fiads : 1st Piece ' ffoir . JE3 jirr' 3I.-- Anodier exciting program diat goes along with the Power Standards on die high school level are the Colleges of Learning. One of our biggest challenges is to meet the needs of high risk students. Principal , The explained. not are of Learning Colleges Welbum just for die gifted and talented . students. Students can take col-."- :' lege level specialty classes that will enable diem to get a job right out of high school in the field of their choice. The School of Technology is one of die Colleges of Learning where students learn skills. computer-programmin- g The School of Health gives on a students a jump-sta- rt career as a nurse in the health care industry. The Academy of Leadership and Language gives students business learning along widi second language advantages in our gual society. How will diese education changes affect me you ask? Students well prepared to enter die workforce become productive members of our society. bi-Vi- AW citizens will benefit from better-educate- d students. top scoemice awairdl f v Tirr.3 Ccttbssa ttcricty Alvarado Thncthy - Andrew Johnson JSHjf&ce Atiiascn irf : JlziKzta , 'Z7Z?Z3 MCRtSS 3rd ftisa EustnbPuche called the science fair one of the .most impressive things Matheson Junior High does all year. One of the most impressive things about the projects is die amount of time the students spend on them. According Science teacher Vickie Daraban students started their individual projects before Thanksgiving last year. Daraban also said teachers and students go die scientific through process together. The teachers offer ideas and suggestions to the students and then they presents their projects, and their findings, to their classmates. From 600 class projects, teachers chose about 150 to compete at Thursday's fair. The event, now in its fifdi year at Matheson, has seen some success. Duaraban said, ''We've had some kids that have really done well." Stagg added diat two stu- - f y. Djectis . second place ribbon in front of his science ect that examined greenhouse gases and asked the question How hot is it? Ninth grade Eric Carlisle holds his on to Nationals in Washington. D.C., and another two hae been published in University .Journal of of Utah's Science Who's Who." dents have went - From Bryan Burdetfs project on where bananas keep the longest w hen stored to Alema Taviliili's What tackles are most effective." the projects were as varied as fingerprints. Just ask who Richard Yakapuna proj- .. based his science project on how fingerprints differ. In the end. the judges selected diree students from seventh, eight and ninth grades to compete in Granite District's School March 7. on Championships . iiflipireirinie (Sowurft States United The Supreme has refused to hear the appeal of a Hildale police officer who was convicted of taking an underage girl as his polygamous wife. Today die justices declined, without comment, to review the appeal of Rodney Holm for of his 2003 conviction bigamy and two counts of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor. "Mr. Holm was charged Embracing our pDs7jaur5ri)y and convicted for unlawfully having sex w ith an underage girl and with bigamy. We believe it is very clear that no one has the constitutional right to this type of behavior," says Attorney General Mark Shurtleff. In her brief to the Supreme Court, Assistant Attorney General Laura Dupaix argued that the justices should not hear the case because of the facts. "This case does not Heritage involve consenting adults. It involves an arranged marriage between a adult and his who conceived before her of children two his eighteenth birthday." Dupaix also argued that the state's bigamy law is neutral to religion and pointed out that one of the two recent bigamy convictions involved a secular bigamist '" Religious polygamists sister-- in-law, . . are not being targeted for prosecution." says Dupaix. If anything, predators are being targeted for prosecution, especially those who marry young girls and those who practice bigamy for the of committing purpose fraud." Last year the Utah Supreme Court rejected Holm's appeal and ruled that his prosecution did not violate his constitutional rights. Magna Senior Center is hav ing a Heritage Quilt 19 from 10 March on Day" a.m. to 2 p.m. The Center would like to invite Magna residents to gather together their own. and their family's heritage quilts that they would like to share to put them on display at the Center. The Magna Senior Center would also like the quilts to have a picture of the person who made it to display as well. A brief story could also be included with the quilt and photograph. Call for volunteers 'There will be a volunteer clean up'work day at the E.mpress Theater, 9104 W 2700 S, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, March 10. Any one who wants to contribute to and be part of a great, volunteer cause. An RSVP w'ould be Mike Caldwell at 8 for more info. help-ful.C- 250-792- all |