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Show DAILY HERALD a | A PAGEPOR FOR EIDS, CLASSROOMS AND CREATIVITY ; Kids, share your artwork: | The Daily Herald is looking for children andteens to contribute drawings for BYOBrain, our weekly kids’ pagein the Tuesday Life & Style section. If you havea piece of artwork you'd like to have published,please mail it to Lauren Hastingsat the Daily Herald, 1555 N. Freedom Blvd., Provo, Utah, 84603. Youcan also dropit by the Herald’s office at the same address. Please include your name, age, school, year in school, and whatcity youlive in on the back of the drawing or on a separate piece of paper. Please also include a phone number where wecancontact you (this numberwill not be printed). Draw- | ings cannotbe returned. ma ROBIN TINAY SALLIE /KRT A diversity box lets the user draw photosto represent the differences that make them special and someone to celebrate. Craftthinks outside thebox Kathy Antor ot NIGHT RIDER When you lookin the mir- ror, do youlike what you see? Or,are you like most people who think theyare either too Gade fat, too thin, too short, too tall, have hair that’s too red or have too many freckles? Almost everyone has something about their looks that 5 age 6, American Fork; they wouldlike to change. Evenif you could changetliat first-grader at onething youhate, though, you'll still be the same person on the inside. Chances are; if you weren't happy before you changed yourlooks, you won't-be happyafter. But, what: if there was Forbes School something about youthat madeyoulook different than every person you know?Bella and Gizmodidn't looklike any other animals they saw outside their window. That's npauthors.com. To help you explore your own uniqueness, I made a diversity box by drawing pictures of people with differentskin,hair, and eyecolors. Maybe youneed a wheelchair, or a service dog to help you move about. Perhaps you can identify with the Sphynx cats because you are a cancer patient whohas lost your hair dueto treatments. Drawyour photosto representthe differencesthat makeyouspecial and someone to celebrate, not hate. Supplies you will need: » A boxorcube. » White card stock. » Yarn. » Colored pencils or crav ons. hair. Imagine yourself in their places. Without any hair, how » Scissors. Tobegin, .:..nix aboutall the people you knowand what makes them look different from one another. Don't forgetto include yourself in the would you feel? Jodi Pliszka, authorof the series of books “Bella and Gizmo's Adventures,” under- stands how the subjectsof her booksfeel. She, too, has no hair becauseofa rare condi- tion called alopecia universalis thatprevents hair growth. Herbooksare geared to help every child who maybe ridiculed‘or feel different from everyoneelse. She makes them feel unique andspecial. » Glue. list. Decide whatfeatures you will use for your pictures before you begin drawing them. Trace aroundthe sides and thelid of your box on the card stock. Cut the shapes out with your scissors. Drawfaceswith differing features and color them with pencils or crayons. will neverlook like a Barbie doll or G.I. Joe. Pliszka’s goal, through the sale of her books Cut the yarn for Hair and glue aboveand around your face,or. like myfreehand drawingof Bella 6n top of my andplush Bella and Gizmo box, leave your pictureshair- The realityis, most of you dolls, is to break downstereo- less. Thesesixth-graders Tiana Kleinman, age 7, celebrate etiquette American Fork; second-grader at Forbes School graduation gracetully Avis Thomas-Lester | Anthony Lyons tugged on the neck of his newblack-andwhite pinstriped suit as he sat overan elegantluncheon with seven classmates and waxed | | philosophical about the need for today’s children to be wellversed in the social graces. | “My mother wants me to | have good table manners so that whenI go out, I won't ,embarrass her,” Anthony said. Nearby, Jaquan Harris,in a well-pressed blue shirt and | powertie, nodded his understanding as he checked to makesurehis cloth napkin was still on his lap andhis elbow wasn't onthe table. This luncheonfor 52 sixth| grade students from North Forestville (Md.) Elementary School was the culminating event in a year ofetiquette us struction that inc! j oe ; LIP iy or Py 7) ‘ age 42 12, Orem; sixth-grader at Sharon Elementary with narya glass turning overnora bite displayed, or sprayed, mid-sentence. Pleases and thank yous echoedpleasantly. Smiles and handshakes were the orderofthe day. The etiquette program is the brainchild of Delores Hawkins, a retired teacher, mother of seven and once-aspiring cookie mogul. Hawkins was working with young students at North Forestville when Principal Wanda Grantasked her to takeon olderstudents,as well. Thus was born “Steps to Success,” where for an hour each week,sixth-grade students’ self-esteem is built up and their manners are “Our purpose is to promote good manners and socially ac: an adult, which fork goes with panin behavior,” Fontaine Bleu restaurant in New Carrollton, Md., with boys waiting for girls to board said. The program's mission statement also stresses selfespect and respect for others as well as self-confidence and Self-reliance. Anthony Hooker said he now knowshow totreat girls better. “You should respect who they are as a person,not chairs for them once insidethe dining room. 3 Then, remembering every- “You should never,ever use profanity because it is rude,” said MichaelKelly. sion — traveled by bus to La oy 2 thing theyhad learned, the « children sat with straight posture and hands onlaps as they were served gardensalad, stuffed chicken breast and vegetables, cake and punch. Theyput their meals away in how to respectfully aes which course — and everything in between. The students, decked out in their best outfits — many just for the occa- i coverthe real source of their beauty onthe inside. You can learn more aboutPliszka and her books at www jodipliszka. because theyare Sphynxcats, which meansthey have no 2 types andhelp children dis- the bus first and pulling out whatthey look like.” |