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Show Qotm Iback to seta! Im Salina SunGunnison Valiev News August 13. 1997 PaneRS 4m tin (Smumnnnsoim Valley Gunnison High School sets plans for new school year Thursday, August 14, 7th Grade Orientation and Registration will begin at 7 p.m. in the Gunnison Valley High School auditorium. Students will be registered, issued lockers, and pay their fees this night. Tuesday, August 19 is registration for8M 1 grades in the lunchroom. The 10thgrade-9:30-10:- 25; grades and times are listed asfollows: llgrade-SO- S; S"1 9,1,grade 10:30-11:2grade 11:30-12:1Buses will be provided from Mayfield, Axtell, and Fayette. They will pick GVHS Principal Donald Hill says that the addition of more students u( l 8 a.m. The buses will return to the high school at 12:30 p.m. to computers, and high technology courses will assist those take students home. attending the local schools compete on a statewide basis. Wednesday, August 20 is the first full day of school. Classes begin at 8: 1 5 and end at 3:05 p.m. School pictures will be held on September 4. GVHS has mailed out a parent newsletter containing Free Lunch Information, Fee Waver information and other information pertaining to starting school. Parents who may not have received one of these newsletters may stop by the school anytime and pick up one. If you have any questions, please contact the the new machines. Hopefully the by Anita Lyons 6. high school at Staff Writer teachers will use them more once they Computers have been added to the get more comfortable with them, said list ofbasic supplies that agood school Hill. needs to have. Last year, the South A drawback for the students has Sanpete School district purchased a been the lack of availability. Last year 5. 5; Computers help keep GVHS students up to par Class assignments at Gunnison Elementary are now posted in the front windo w at the school. 528-725- Region 12 sports Elementary to create prices SEP's for students Gunnison Valley Elementary School will start classes with students at 8:15 a m. on Wednesday, August 20. The first day of school will be a Monday schedule and students will be dismissed at 1:50 pin. The buses will run the same routes they ended with last year. The routes could change afterthe first two weeks of attendance. The major change in the beginning of tliis school year v ill occur with the kindergarten program. The state has mandated that every incoming kinbefore dergarten student be pre-test- classes begin. This new change will require testing between August 29 and parents will receive an increase-ad- ult season pass offered School Packet Folders. School lunch prices have not changed except for the price of milk which is now $.25 per Region 12has increased theirticketpricesfor 1997-9- 8 due to increasing cost of officails and other operating expenses. To illustrate some of these costs, the carton. G VES isproud to announce that this officials for GVHS Home games last year for Baseball, Softball, Basketball (Boys & Girls), Wrestling, Volleyball, and Football was $9,229.00. Because year every student in our building, of this and other costs, the ticketprices will go up $ 1 .00 a ticket. The new ticket with will their have opalong parents prices for all GVHS games as well as Region 12 games will be as follows. portunity to develop an SEP (Student Adults--$4.0Students 00; Visiting High School Students (with Education Plan) for every individual GVHS Students (with Activity Card)-FRGVHS Activity Card)-$3.- 00; student. These plans will be develStudents (without an Activity Card)$4.00. oped during the November Parent Due to the increase in ticket prices this year, GVHS is offering an Adult T eachcr Conference and will be reasActivity Card for our 1997-9- 8 home games based upon a $3.00game rate. sessed during the March Parent These cards can be purchased at the high school for individual sports or as T eachcr Conference. This SEP will be a season pass. tire beginning of a Student Portfolio However, anyone who is willing to donate $100.00 or more to the GVHS that will follow every student all the FootballTrack Complex will be given a season pass for the 1997-9- 8 season. 3. 0; EE; way through the elementary grades. 22 ways to say 'very good1 appointment. Please contact the Another new program that GVES is school. They, will also receive a bus looking forward to this year will be the 1. Youre on the right track now! schedule when they come in to school Fit Kids Utah Program. 2. Youre doing a good job! The program is made possible 3. You did a lot of work today! for testing. The first day that kindergarten students will attend class will through a grant from the Utah State 4. Now youve figured it out. be Tuesday, September 2. Department of Education and the Utah 5. Thats right! State Department of Health. Our Ca6. Now youve got the hang of it! Preschool w ill begin August 26. Preschool parents w ill be notified about reers To Work Program will be in its 7. Thats the way! second year and ASAP will be in its 8. Youre really going to town. bus routes and lime schedules. School lunch applications will come fourth year. Wearealso approvedasa 9. Youre doing fine. 10. Now you have it! home the first day of school in our Centennial School for the fourth year. 1 1. Nice going. Sevier Ualley Applied echnology Center Invites You To Enroll This Fall '1H 1 Fall Term Starts With Registration Aug. 19, 1997 Classes Start Aug. 20, 1997 "I-f- 12. 13. Thats coming along nicely. Thats great. 14. You did it that time! 15. GREAT! 16. Fantastic! 17. TERRIFIC! for you. You outdid yourself today! 18. Good 19. Low Tuition Cafeteria Activity Center..... Individualized Instruction.. .. Technology Center Offers Courses in Sanpete for 97-9- 8 School Year Adults and high school juniors and seniors will have three technology programs available to them in Sanpete County. This has been a cooperative effort involving Snow College, Sevier Valley ATC, and North and South Sanpete School Districts. Students can get high school credit and work toward completion certificates at Sevier Valley ATC. The following is enrollment information for the respective programs: I 2. New Facility Financial Aid Available ASE Certified Auto Technology Program & SECRETARIAL CLERICAL COMPUTER HXUNOIOGY ACCOUNTING '3 & COMMERCIAL NURSING FOOD BUILDING TRADES SERVICE AUTO BODY DIESEL i MECHANICS 05'j(Jy0 COSMETOLOGY (Collision Repair & Refinishing) WELDING Certified NURSE ASSISTANT School Calendar IS95 97 Sevier Valley Applied Technology Center (SVATC) Exit Throughout The School Year And Students May Enroll To Classes And Training At SVATC Are Enroll Students Any School Day Throughout The Year, There Are Three May Needs. Individual Although Meet Their At North Sevier, South Sevier, And Richfield High Trimester With The Major Enrollment Periods Which Correspond be will 19,1997 with classes starting August 20, 1997 Fall 60 August registration Which Run For Days. Schools And and continuing through May 23, 1998. Reasonable accojt, modal, on Ma"c.cM SVATC ts M West oT race, color, national origin, sea. age. Imran disabilities of otherwise qualified students. SVATC does not discriminate on the basis activities. For mquines concerning Title VI. Title IX. and Section 504. contact Cnng pmgrams 80.94 16. or the OIrficc lor Civil Rights. U.S. Department of Education. 1961 Stout Sheet. Denver. CO. 200 South. Richfield. UT 84701. (01 pros de d in' 3. CNA (CERTIFIED NURSE AIDE) (High school seniors and collage students) High school students contact your high school requirements. College students contact Katie Jean Larsen at 283-749- 3 or call counselor for entrance 283-732- 1 . are three enrollment groups for CNA the first group starts August second the 20; group, January 5; and the third group, March 20. NOTE: There Students who have not previously been enrolled at SVATC need to take an en trance test which takes approximately two hours. For the first of the year only, tests will be brought to the respective high schools in advance Counselors will know test scheduling details. ill,- basis students interested in nursing and an Although most programs at SVATC operate on aware of and plan to enroll on specific enrollment dates, sonu business classes will need to be 896-97Ext. 211. or 896-82have questions call SVATC at Cm students) counselor for entrance requirements. Post high (adult) students contact instructors directly at 1 . Sevier Valley ATC at 896-97- 1 CAD ART PRACTICAL MACHINE TOOLS CNC AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY (High school juniors and seniors and post high High school students contact your high school DRAFTING GRAPHICS BUILDING TRADES (High school junior and senior students only) Contact your high school counselor for entrance requirements. Selected Business Credit Accepted By Snow College Certified Instructors Excellent Equipment Fully Accredited Approved Veteran Training then-gradin- 20. Good work! 21. Thats better. 22. Excellent Add it all up and we think you'll agree, Sevier Valley Tech has 100 going for you. WISP computer for every teacher and in- only one internet class could be vested in installing the necessary squeezed into the available time in the equipment to make the internet availcomputer lab. Hill plans that each stuable to students. dent will have more time on the comGVHS Principal Donald Hill com- puter soon, When the middle school mented on some of the results of in- is built it will free-u- p the computers creasing computerusage in the school. here. Well be able to expand the proLast year we were able to get a com- gram and offer more classes. Hill sees the internet as a resource to puter on every teachers desk, and it enhance a students learning, but not really made a difference, he said. Teachers are now able to take roll as a replacement for high school. He with their computer, and the results said there are problems with the latest are sent directly to the office, instead idea of a student staying home, receivof having to send out an aide to collect ing and sending assignments through the reports. Filling out grade reports his computer to get a diploma. How can the teacher be sure the by hand is also a thing of the past. Teachersdontmissblacking-i- n count- student, and not someone else, did the less circles with number two pencils. woik? He commented, Theres someHill commented, The computers have thing to be said for the high school saved the teachers a lot of time in their environment. Students have to learn routine work. to get along with each other. Also, With access to computers, many theres a lot of learning from other teachers were able to improve people in the classroom. The plan is to make the information systems by using computer programs. Teachers were also able to on the internet more available to stuenhance theirknowledge of a subject dents at GVHS, with supervision. You by looking on the internet, continued have to have a lot of safeguards, said Hill. Hill. There is stuff on the net kids Working out the bugs takes time, shouldn't see. But the net is a good and some frustration is inevitable. source of information and especially Also, several teachers, especially the helpful to students who arebehind and older ones, were a little frightened by need to catch up. Sevier Valley Applied Technology Center 203 South Richfield GC3-97We Sewe A Et Higk ScJcwE & AM Age StudM CC3 West 11 Reasonable accommodation is provided to the known disabilities of otherwise qualified students. SVATC does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or handicap in admission or access to, or treatment or employment in, its education programs or activities. For inquiries concerning Title VI, Title IX, and Section 504, contact Craig Mathie d 6 or the Office for o SVATC,, 800 West 200 South, Richfield, UT wtoi. (801 ) 896-97- 1 Stout 1961 CO U. Department of Education, $0294. Street, Denver, Civil Rights, |