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Show Page 8A Lakeside Review Wednesday , Sept 2, 1 98 1 A Davis Teacher Teaching Students How to Write, Teachers How to Teach teach other English courses to supplement the writing classes. Actual writing is the key to sucFARMINGTON Teaching writing is more than having stu- cess in the teaching formula. Miss dents put words down on paper and Beans students write every day. correcting those words for spelling, She sends reading assignments punctuation and syntax, the Davis home so that she can spend more time writing with the stuCounty School Baord was told by Mary Louise Bean, a Davis District dents, helping, encouraging and ninth grade teacher. listening. Miss Bean, who is a graduate of activities the With the Utah Writing Project held at students receive additional trainUtah State University, learned not ing in organizing thoughts and only how to teach students to write, ideas before the final draft is forbut to teach the Davis teachers who mulated. Reading assignments are teach the students to write. to help students see what designed Class size makes a difference, other students are writing and the she said. A good class should not different styles of writing. have more than 30 students, while a The writing program to be even better number would be 25. Preparation time is enormous. She more effective must have a school spends more than 30 hours a week wide grade level committment. Students need recognition and reoutside of class working on student for quality like publicawards papers. I can not physically have five tions of the work, competition for writing classes, she said. She will big prizes like bikes, she said. Susan Tannar Holmas Raviaw Corraspondant By in-cla- ss pre-writi- Leaders Urge AAore Parent Input PTA AFTER ALMOST three weeks of delays the lights at Roy High School football field have finally been raised. The crane needed to raise the lights was diverted to its main function of cleaning up train derailments, and only last week was made available for the school job. The lights were made possible through the generosity of Ernie Durbano of Layton. Durbano donated $58,000 in materials, cash and labor to the Weber County School District foundation to fund the project to be undertaken. (See story, page 6B.) Durbano will be honored Sept. 25 during homecoming activities. munities will have to choose The National PTA Board of Directors has called for parents and other community leaders to assume a major role in determining educational priorities and in influencing financial decisions that will be required by the dramatic changes in federal funding of edu- The Act also calls for systematic consultation with parents of children attending elementary and secondary schools in each district, but does not specifically spell out what form consultation will cation. ' The Educational Improvement and Consolidation Act of 1981, signed into law last week, lumped fed- Adult Education Courses Slated ROY Registration for the literature, Mondays, first class Web- Sept. S, 6 to 9 p.m., Room 113, $4.25 ; psychology, Mondays, first class Sept. 8,. 6 to 9 p.m., Room 206, $2.50; English grammar, Tuesdays first class Sept. 9, 6 to 9 p.m., Room er Adult Education Completion Program at Roy Junior High School is scheduled Thursday from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the school. Registratin will also be held on the first night of each class. Schedule for the fall quarter includes: English composition and Local 203, $4.25. Math, Tuesdays, first class Sept. 9, 6 to 9 p.m., Room 206, $3.50; bookkeepingtype, Wednesdays, first class Sept. 10, 6 to 9 p.m., Room 201, $2.50; reading, Wednesdays, first class Sept. 10, 6 to 9 p.m., Room 203, $2.50; Business machinestype, Thursday, first class Sept. 11, 6 to 7:30 p.m., Room 201, $2.50; history, Thursdays, first class Sept. 11, 6 to p.m., Room 203, $2.50. The courses will be terminated at the end of the second week if there is not sufficient enrollment. High school completion course work is available to all individuals through attendance at Weber Vocational High School, 1100 Washington, Ogden. Students Join National IProgirdirn pation to their participation when they are in Washington. The local students will travel to Washington during the week of January 31 through February 6, CLOSE UP, A Washington, D.C. government studies program for high school students and teachers will include as many as 100 participants from Utah for the first time this year. The announcement was made by Deb Jung, community coordinator for the Close Up Foundation at a lunch for 11 School Superintendents from the Salt Lake City area. Close Up Foundation, a non- 1982. Jung said that one of the key elements to the success of CLOSE UP has been the community conn of stucept where a dents from a selected area participate in the Washington sessions together. The students have an opportunity to understand how the federal government impacts on issues in their own state, to develop new friendships and often to participate in follow-u- p programs once they return home, she said. During the week the students will meet with members of the Utah Congressional delegation, recross-sectio- profit, nonpartisan educational foundation, was created in 1971 and since that time has brought over 92,000 students and teachers from around the country to Washington for an intense week-lon- g look behind the scenes of federal government. Last year over 13,200 participants took part in the program, with an even greater number participating in programs on state and local government modeled after the national Washington program. Last year three area educators were in Washington to evaluate the program for Utahs participation. The three included Boone Coleg-rova social studies specialist for the State Office of Education, James Henderson, a social studies . e, teacher leader for the Granite School District, and Larry Wilson, supervisor for social studies for the Davis County School District. Were excited that the CLOSE UP program now includes schools from Utah, Jung said, and are looking forward with great antici The Close Up Foundation awards a limited number of fellowships to each of the invited schools for inteachers and come students. Additional students in the 10th, 11th and 12th grades are encouraged to participate regardless of grade point average or leadership ability. Funds for these fellowships are made available through a partnership created by CLOSE UP with the educational, political and Congres-sionally-establish- ed Na- pation and involvement in decision- cern that, faced with these making for educational planning, changes, state and local com programs and funding. Local Students Achieve High Grades Names of Utah State University students who achieved the honor roll for Spring Quarter, 1981, have been announced. In order to be included on honor roll, a student must be enrolled for 15 hours or more and have a grade point average of 3.5 or better (4.0 is at Utah State elude: Roy Shelley R. Adair, Joanne Lee Matthews, Laurie Peterson, Pauline J. Peterson, Kay P. Stark, Heidi L. Zandel, family life; Deanna K. 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INTERESTED IN EARNING ATTRACTIVE PAY OUT COURSE INCOME No Points No Brokers Fees No Commissions Credit Life Insurance Available 776-480- funds for education by 25 percent. According to the PTA Board, meeting in Chicago, this shift is both a potential opportunity to return control of education to local communities and states, and a possible threat to children whose needs may no longer be served. The PTA Board expressed con- ra (Op or more Can Scott: Davis Teacher Earns Degree from the feder- decision-makin- g al to state and local levels. At the same time, Congress reduced Pro-Ter- Cable-Satelli- Homeowners: Borrow up to 360 classroom activities. The Utah schools were selected for this program in conjunction with the State Department fo Education. The school districts invited to participate in the program are Cache, Logan, Weber, Ogden, Davis, Salt lake City, Granite, Jordan, Provo, Murray, and Alpine. al Said Mary Ann Leveridge, tional PTA president, It is ironic that this act, which is intended to return educational control to communities, could ultimately decrease the role of parents and local leaders in educational decisionmaking by eliminating the previous requirements for community and parental advice. The only way to prevent diminishing the parental role, said Leveridge, is for parents to insist on legitimate partici- business communities. ences; Raedene Barlow, Lani Using funds from the Green, business; Paula Toscan, Allen J. Ellen-de- r A). straight science; Randy K. Hunter, natural Fellowship Program, honoring LAYTON in- Mueller, roll Lynette on honor the resources. Students the late Louisiana Senator who was Layton, has completed require-- , a. n of the Senate at ments for a masters degree at Utah President the time of his death in 1971, the State University. Close Up Foundation seeks to Mrs. Mueller teaches second match tins allocation with donain the Davis School District. grade tions from business and philanShe is a daughter of Alvin G. presentatives from the White thropic sources in the community. Farnsworth, Salem, and attended House and the federal courts sysCLOSE UP provides printed text Pleasant Grove High School. She tem, lobbyists, media personalities materials for participants and also and her husband, William R. Mueland experts on foreign and domestseries of televi- ler, formerly of Tooele, have a son, several produces ic issues. Jason. sion programs aired on the The students will also particiShe earned her bachelor of sciPublic Affairs Network pate in daily small group workSAVE ON ALL MOWERS LEFT III STOCK ence school the degree in language arts and during year. shops led by CLOSE UP staff mem- The televised seminars are designSouthern child at development bers and will have the opportunity ed to supplement social studies Utah State College in 1968. to observe Congressional committee hearings and the Supreme Court, Jung said. 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