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Show i Classroom teachers with salaries prepared by Utah a bachelor's degree in the Weber School District received a salary Foun- private research organization, and are based on the salary schedules submitted dation, schedule increase averaging $827 or 8 percent this year. In addition to this general raise, most teachers not at the top bracket of the salary scale also received an experience increment averaging $386. Thus, the total salary increase for teachers in Weber School District who have not reached the top step in the salary schedule amounted to $1,213 this year. These were some of the facts brought out in an analysis of teacher 1976-7- the 7 to the State Board of Education by local school districts. Certificated teachers with a bachelors degree in Weber School District will receive a beginning salary of $8,688 this year with a maximum salary of $13,710 received after 13 years of service. Added amounts are paid to teachers with additional academic training. The maximum salary for a teacher with a master's degree this year, for example, is $15,090, which is 74 percent more than is paid to a beginning teacher with only a bachelors degree. The report notes that these amounts are for approximately nine months of service during the school year. Foundation analysts observe that over the past five years salary schedules for bachelor-degreteachers in Utah have been raised by $3,035 in Weber School District. The state also began paying the e teachers share of retirement costs in employee 1972, which currently adds another $535 to the pay of a teacher with five take-hom- e ears In experience. addition teachers who had not reached the top step in the salary schedule have received annual experience increments totaling $1,280 over the fiv period. Thus, according to the Foundation report, a teacher who began a teaching career in the Weber School District in 1071 with a beginning salary of $6,375 has received total salary increases amounting to $4,850 or 76.1 percent, over the past five years. In addition if the teacher who began teaching five years ago had acquired added academic training, r the salary boost during the be even period might greater. Mountain States. According to estimates made by the National five-yea- Alghough teacher salaries also have risen sharply in most of the other states during recent years, the Foundation study points out that the strong gains made in Utah have closed the gap that formerly existed between Utah and the other Mountain States. Ten years ago, the average salary for classroom teachers in Utah was about 5 percent below the average of the eight Education Association, the aerage was salary in Utah during 1975-7only about 2 8 percent below the Mountain States average. Moreover, as noted, the state pays most of the employees share of retirement costs in Utah, a benefit not generally available in the other states. When this special benefit is taken into consideration, the average salary paid to classroom teachers in Utah actually was slightly higher than the Mountain States average last year. Th SUN CHRONICLE ot Roy Utah 84067 is published Second clou pottoge paid at Roy Utah Subscription per yeor $S SO Ph 825 1666 Single two yean $10 outofttote $1 odd?tionol 5 cent Wnte PO Bo 207 Roy Utah 84067 Street ad copy price S 1900 W Roy Utoh dress 5388 wkly Thursday, November 18, 1976 Roy, Utah VICA Santa comes to Roy next week plans movie to raise funds The VICA (Vocation-IndustriClubs of America) of Roy High has planned a movie to raise club funds Dec. 9. Tommy will be shown from 8 p.m. in the Roy High p.m. and auditorium. Admission, if purchased by Nov. 24, will be 50c for VICA members and $1 for general public. After that date tickets will cost 75c for members and $1.25 fo the general .. public. . for the turkey shoot will be Sign-utaken in the Roy High office until Friday. ROY al ROY Santa Claus will arrive in Roy the day after Thanksgiving under the supervision of the Roy Chamber of Commerce. Santa will arrive on a Roy City Fire Truck at 11 a.m. Nov. 26 on the south side of the Roy Shopping Center. He will greet children, hear their Christmas wants and have treats for everyone visiting him. Discount show tickets for Roy Theatre will also be given to each child visiting with Santa. The tickets, good for any show Nov. 26, will allow children to see the normal 75 cent show for only 40 cents. Shows playing that day are two Walt Disney favorites, Snow White and No Deposit, No Return. In conjunction with Santas annual visit to Roy, the merchants have prepared many specials to start the Christmas shopping season. A special tabloid advertising section will appear with next weeks Sun Chronicle and Sun Advertiser featuring the many bargains in Roy. Watch for next weeks paper on Monday, Nov. 22 because of the Thanksgiving holiday. There will also be a special after-holida- y edition of the Sun Advertiser. 6-- 0 p Roy Jr. Residents asked to cooperate with city discusses changes Jr. High planning for the "Images of Potentiality" programs where central office staff, parents, and teachers are invited to join with students in planning improvements at Roy Junior High School. We feel this project has helped us to attain the excellent educational climate that exists in our school. On Monday, Nov. 15, 1976, in the social science classes, all students completed an eight item questionnaire defining "success" and will indicate their likes or dislikes concerning the school. On Friday, Nov. 19. central office staff, community leaders, students, parents, and teachers will meet in discussion groups to discuss and delimit the responses in order for us to identify potential goals to be accomplished at Roy Junior High School. The Roy Jr. High studentbody invites you to participate in the group discussions on Nov. 19. The discussion groups will be from Roy am., is a.m., p.m. Your attendance would be 9:47-11:3- 9 12:14-1:5- 1 appreciated. LAURA FREIDEMAN displays some of her art which is on exhibit at the Northwest Branch Library this month. Mrs. Freideman says she taught herself to paint, and she has been painting for the past four years. Using oils, she focuses on animals and portraits. Her paintings are also on display at Lew Monico's Western Club. Parents trained to teach An opportunity for parents to attend classes on reading is being provided in the Weber School District. This unique parent and child program is being offered at the Mar-LoHills Elementary School in South Ogden. Dr. Betty Nowak and Mrs. Evelene Rice are the instructors for the course. The basic requirement for attending is that a parent and child must attend together. The purpose of the program is to help train parents so that they can be more effective in teaching their own children. With the great changes in teaching materials, many parents find themselves unable to understand the homework of their children. n According to Dr. Nowak, parents Roy hires new public defender Richard McChesney has taken the oath of office as the ROY city public defender. He was appointed to the position by city council on the recommendation of city attorney Roger Dutson. McChesney is a graduate of the Brigham Young University Law School and a member of the Utah Bar Association. attending this special evening program are able to understand such reading skills as blends, sounds, and long and short vowels. The program begins with the parent observing his or her own child taking a test in reading. The parent and the child are involved as the test is corrected, and both have an opportunity to see where the child stands in his or her reading development. With this as a beginning, both parent and child can work together to build reading skills. Many materials are handed out during the course of the class. The first book the parents receive is one entitled Primer for Parents. The primer shows a series of pictures and under each picture the words are written in Chinese. This ex perience helps parents gain some Insight into the difficulty one faces as he learns to read. While the parent recognizes what is in the picture, the symbols underneath the picture are completely strange and carry no meaning. This is the position the child finds himself in as he begins the very difficult task of learning to read. This new and exciting approach to parent-chilteaching was started last spring at Club Heights Elementary by Mrs. Rice. She and Dr. Nowak have worked closely together to develop this program They gained many of their ideas from the Exemplary Reading Center in Salt Lake City. During the course of the class parents become quite proficient at helping their children handle errors. They learn that with some words an error is handled by the sight approach, whereas with others, errors are handled by using phonics. Dr. Nowak feels that this program in reading has been so successful that she plans to begin development of a similar parent-chilclass in mathematics. Other schools in the district, including Hooper and Washington Terrace elementaries, are currently investigating the d d possibility of offering similar programs in their areas. Dr. Nowak reports that she has had an opportunity to teach children alone and parents alone. However, she sees great advantage to working with the parent and the child together. As the cold weather approaches we would like to remind the residents of Roy to coopeate with the city in removing all vehicles from streets that will interfere with snow removal. A street vehicle-fre- e is much easier to keep free of snow and will on streets which prevent follow-up costs citizens double in time and effort. Many citizens remove snow from sidewalks immediately following a storm; this is very much appreciated; however, caution should be taken not to remove snow before plows have gone by to prevent doing their sidewalks again. Your cooperation will be very much appreciated in order to cut costs of snow removal, added Wayne Kimber, city manager. Business licenses must be renewed by Jan. 1 All business and home occupation licenses in the city expire ROY Dec. 31, 1976. Renewal applications received after Jan. 1, 1977, will be subject to a delinquent penalty of 10 percent per month or fraction of a month of the license fee. The city is preparing to send business license applications to all businesses existing licensed within City for Roy operating renewal. However, if any business occupation business does not receive an application by mail, they should contact the city office. Cub Scout leaders meet at Sand Ridge for annual meeting leaders from Box Elder, Weber, Morgan and northern Davis counties will meet Saturday at Sand Ridge Junior High in Roy for their annual Pow Wow. The school, located at 2075 W. 4600 S., will be the site of the day long training event, held for leaders in every phase of Cub Scouting. Registration begins at 9:30 p.m. Lynn Harrison heads a volunteer staff of over 100 experienced leaders and professional people who have been preparing the Pow Wow since Over 800 Cub Scout last May. The purpose of the Pow Wow is to provide training for all Cub Scout leaders, including Den Chiefs, in leadership skills, and theme helps for both new leaders and old so that they may more effectively serve the over 5,000 boys in the eight to ten year old bracket who participate in the Cub Scout program in our area. Interested people may preregister at the Lake Bonneville Council Scout office in South Ogden. Fee is $2.50 which includes lunch. Honor students recognized The combined PTA ot Sand Ridge Jr. High, Roy Jr. High and Roy High School are having an honors day for the students receiving outstanding grades for the first quarter. Weber State College Little Theatre group will present "Taming of the at Roy High School Shrew, Auditorium, Nov. 18. 1976 at 8:30 a.m. Weber School District Superin tendent G. Leland Burningham will address the students. Roy Hooper Council PTA President JaNael Cox will conduct the meeting organized by Sand Ridge Jr. High School PTSA. Approximately 7(H) students will attend plus faculty and PTSA officers. This is a nice dress, shirt and tie affair. Basketball organized To organize a team tor Roy Recreation basketball there must be six to eight players or more if desired. All players must play in games. There should also be an adult coach. Leagues will be in the following grades: 3rd and 4th grades, 5th grade, 6th grade, 7th grade, 8th grade, 9th grade, and 10th, 11th, and 12th grades will be a mixed league. Elementary students must stay within their own school area and players should stay within their own grade. An older player cannot play on a younger team. Roster can be obtained from Roy schools or at the Roy City office. The completed roster must be returned by Dec. 11 at Roy Junior High at 9 and at 10 a.m. for a.m. for grades Completed roster ingrades cludes the names of all players, release slips for all players and a $2 players fee for all players. Recreation wrestling will begin registration Jan. 8 at Roy High beginning at 9 a.m. For further information contact Frank Tremea or Mike Hein. 4-- 6 |