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Show On Lights program continues fourth year MT. PLEASAN- T- The Lights On Program has been filling the hours between the Fountain Green Elementary students Shawn Anderson, school day end and the time Kristopher Cook, Colton Iloenicke, Carl Peckhatn, Mom and Dad come home Cierra Nebeker, Robert Anderson and Jesse Davis study from work for some Sanpete karate during the Lights On After School Program. County children. Lights On has been funded by a three-y- ear grant. Fortunately, the program will run a fourth year due to managed funds and MT. PLEASAN- T- ReEmery was no match for carefully small fees paid by parents of o Union as the Cougars scored gion 8 teams went in every period en route to a participating students. last week as North Sanpete Lights On provides stu32 to seven win. and Carbon started off with dents homework wins. Emery and Lehi lost on Emerys only score came a nutritime, help, reading d TD pass from on a the road, and Delta took the tious snack and fun enrichBowie Jeffs. week off. ment activities. Lights On is Tim Urbanik bulled his round - up 8 Region two-to-tw- after-scho- ol six-yar- way in from the one with 50 seconds to play to lead Carbon to a 26-2- 1 win over 4 A Pay son. Carbon led 20-- 6 early in the final period, but Pay son reeled off 15 straight points to take the lead and set up Urbaniks heroics. In other 3A action, top-ran- ked and defending chamlost to Snow Tooele pion 13. 25 to Canyon, The Buffaloes are not ready to worry yet, however, as last year they lost their first two games before going win streak on a 4 which culminated with a win over Wasatch for the 10-ga- Lehi 20 surrendered f points as Pine 2 View earned a come from behind win. Lehi quarterback Justin Hadfield accounted for both of the Pioneer touchdowns, TD tossing an eight-yar- d four and pass running yards for the other. second-hal- 20-1- 28-2- title. Though they did not play, Delta moved up to second in both polls, while Pine View took over the top spot in the Tribune and Bear River sits atop the Deseret News poll. Farmers Floral to host Good Neighbor Day MT. PLEASAN- T- Far- mers Country Floral & Gift, 57 West Main, Mt. Pleasant; will host "Good Neighbor Day" on Wednesday, Sept 3, beginning a 10 a.m. Everyone is encouraged to come in for a free dozen roses, keep one, then give the others away to 11 other people to brighten their day, show how much you care or to meet new people. The event is by Caseys City Lunch Cafe, Real United Country-Unite- e Estate, Big Pine Sinclair-Valu- e Mart, Terrels Marketplace, Steven R. Bench DDS, Moroni Feed Credit Union (membership required); Becks Home Furnishings, The Pyramid, Central n Utah Telephone, Mortuary, Danny Farm InsurDyches-Stat- e ance, Wheelers Drive-iChristiansen Paint & Glass; Magleby-Rasmusse- n, i; I Construction Johansen Co., George Johansen Construction, Skyline Pharmacy, KMTI, Squire, Country KLGL; Buchanan Mortuary, Horseshoe Mountain Hardware, Kings Outdoor World, Utah Heritage Highway 89 and Far West Bank-M- t. Pleasant. This year, along with Good Neighbor Day, Sept. 3, Farmers Country Floral & Gift are also raising money for the 1457. Engineer Battalion Family Support Group by selling tickets for a 5 foot stuffed giraffe (worth $400 retail), yellow ribbons that say "Till The Troops Come Home" and other donated items. Mary Goodwin will be also be there accepting food donations for the Central Utah Food Sharing Food Bank. held at every elementary school in the county. Why continue? Everyday in America, more than eight million young children go home alone. Most schools sit idle after 3:30 p.m. The highest time for youth crime is from 3 to 6 p.m. The most common activity for children after school is watching television, on average, 23 hours a week. (After school Advocate, Volume 2, Issue 9, June 15, 2001.) Supports academics One of the program goals is to provide support to the regular school day teacher. Homework help is provided. Support in reading, writing and literature is also provided during the academic portion of Lights On. Fountain Green Elementary second grade teacher Meredith Justesen said, "I get homework from students that attend Lights On that I wouldnt normally receive." Mt. Pleasant Elementary fourth grade teacher Nancy Malan said, "Working Moms already have a big enough challenge to try to juggle all the demands expected of them. Lights On provides a support for their children to be able to get their homework done, with greater in chances for success school." Tutoring The program is currently hiring Snow College students to help after school children get more tutoring in math and reading. Snow College students seeking employment can pick up an application at the Snow College Student Employment Window. Ask for the application with the heading "America Reads and America Counts" heading. The college students that work at tutors are paid . one-on-o- ne through the work study program. Ephraim Elementary second grade teacher Joan Luster said, "The Lights On Program provided a college g.rl who tutored one of my students each day after school. The tutor was faithful and regular. She established a good relationship with this student. The Lights On Program reinforced the Special Ed Program, and our efforts in the classroom. As a result, my students ability to read is increasing. Just as important, she is gaining confidence that she can read, her outlook on life has brightened and her attitude toward school is opti- mistic." Enrichment The enrichment portion of the program is important too. Students who spend no time in extracurricular activities are 49 percent more likely to have used drugs and 37 percent more likely to have become teen parents than those who spend one to four hours per week in extracurricular activities. (U.S. Dept, of Health and Human Services. Adolescent Time Use, Risky Behavior and Outcomes: An analysis of National Data, 1995.) The Lights On program provides a wide variety of extracurricular activities. 4-- H Collaboration with other programs in the community will help to sustain this program in the future. The program has been in Sanpete County for clubs are many years. the mainstay of the enrichment portion of Lights On. All students enrolled in the program become members of 4-- H 4-- H with a degree in biology. She designed fun, hands--o- n science lessons that are offered as clubs in Lights On. Some of the subjects that the students investigate are air pressure, gravity, chemical reactions, laws of motion, and learning how to observe and come to conclusions. Susie says, "At Lights On, the experiments we do help students to ask questions and be curious about the world around them." Sports, dance College and high school coaches and team members have helped with our program by running clubs in a variety of sporting events. After school children have learned skills in football, baseball, softball, basketball, soccer, golf, volleyball, frisbee golf, cheerleading, jazz dancing, line dancing and ballroom dancing. Martial arts Royal West Martial Arts have worked with Lights On for nearly three years now. who Students participate their learn to understand mental and moral physical, obligation to themselves and others. They also learn respect, discipline, confidence, physical conditioning and GayDene Montoya, who is the owner of Royal West Martial Arts and is a second degree Black Belt, has provided classes to each elementary school in the self-defens-e. county. GayDene and her instructors strive to help each child to reach personal levels of excellence. Best of all students think this club is a real "kick"! To Lights your Enrollment enroll, contact the On Coordinator at childs elementary school. Painting, crafts Arts and crafts clubs are often the most requested enrichment activity. Students love creating things and enjoy having something to take home to show their parents. Scrapbooking, stamping, salt dough creations, water color painting, pencil toll painting, sketching, ceramic painting and design scaping are just a few of the many clubs that are being offered to inspire the stud- ents artistic talents. Elise Hanson, parent, said, "My daughter has greatly enjoyed participating in Lights On and especially likes the art clubs that are offered." Enrollment is going on now and the program will start in September. Students can attend as seldom as once a week or as frequent as daily. Two check out times are can offered so children choose to participate only in the academic portion or stay for both the academic and enrichment portion of the program. Deadline MT. PLEASAN- T- Due to the Labor Day holiday, all advertising and articles will be due at noon, Friday, Aug. 29. The ofFice will be closed Monday, Sept. 1. 4-- They receive a bership card and 4-- H 4-- H memnews- letters in the mail. The Lights On students held participate in a mini-fa- ir in the spring at each school and the county fair allowing them to showcase their talents, be acknowledged for their work, as well as win ribbons and prizes. clubs offered in The 4-Lights On are: babysitting, beading I and II, computers, paper dolls, six bites (cooking), aerospace, pets, farm H animals, theater, gifts of gold, leatherworks, bugs, safety and my town. Super science Susie Nilsson, the Science Lady, graduated from BYU Mt. Pleasant Elementary students show off ribbons they won during the Sanpete County Fair for items they created in the Lights On program. |
