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Show YouthEducation B3 CLIPPER TODAY DECEMBER 2, 1999 X) JL3 Lakeside students forecast weather Him M&tOS BY ELSIE M. HALL Clipper Today Correspondent Junior High supports animal sanctuary LAYTON Utah's week for the animals has come and gone but not forgotten. North Layton Junior High School students and facility helped to make it a memorable week and brighter future. When the school called me to come for the gifts they had collected, I never expected so manyT said Sarah Wall, special events director for Best Friends Animal Sanctuary. Wall's station wagon was filled to the brim when all the gifts were loaded into it. Suzanne Murdock, NLJH teacher got the idea for an Animal Week project and with the help of teachers Julie Larson and Deborah Kellersberger the idea became a successful project with students pitching in. The kids worked hard organizing and collecting items for the animals! said Murdock. They raised $320 plus many treats for the dogs and cats, blankets, towels and toys. One day, principal John Zurbuchen and some of the staff put on a variety of animal ears and went around the school meowing and barking for $$$. It was a fun time, said Murdock. Since its beginning in 1970, Best Friends Animal Sanctuary located at Angel animal Canyon, Kanab, Utah has become the nations largest There are never less than 1,800 animals at any time! said Wall. sanctuary. They can be adopted during our once a month adoption day. We also need more volunteers in the Salt Lake City area. Visitors are welcome to Best Friends, the little city of animals setting on 100 acres of serene red rock land in Angel Canyon. There are many areas to see including Dogtown, Catland,The Bunny House, Molly the Pigs house, Horse Field and Feathered Friends Home for injured birds. For information call (435) 1 or (801) They can be reached by email at infobestfriends.org. or website at http:www.bestfriends.org. 644-200- THURSDAY. 364-999- 2. Folk Dancers will entertain students SUNSET Sunset Elementary School, 2014 North 250 West, Sunset will be entertained when BYUs Folk Music Ensemble drops in on students Friday, December 3 at 2 p.m. The ensemble is composed of seven instrumentalists and vocalists who will sing as well as play a variety of traditional folk instruments such as the fiddle, mandolin, banjo, dulcimer, guitar, harmonica, accordion and bodran. This is a Super Citizen Behavior award for students that have not received a ticket for bad behavior. Students will learn about engineering CLEARFIELD Students at Holt Elementary School, 448 North 1000 West will participate in Utah State University sponsored Junior Engineering State Tuesday, December 7 For the entire day, the school will be turned into a giant science lab and all students in kindergarten through sixth grades will take part in six different experiments and activities. To demonstrate what they have learned during this science lab day the school will host a program for parents during the evening of December 7 Avalanche class begins Dec. 14 at WSU For information on avalanche classes at WSU call OGDEN 626-637- 3. WEST POINT Elementary students spent two hours in the study of the science of meteorology Monday. November 29, thanks to the planning of Lt. Col. A1 Brody, one of the many caring parents of the school and Hill Air Force Base weather station personnel. The playground at Lakeside Elementary School, 2941 West 800 North, in West Point was set up with several weather stations, each with a different step in predicting the weather and the students seemed totally engrossed in learning what each station had to teach them. Captain Mark Mesenbrink, Hill AFB flight weather commander, instructed the kids in the use of the anemometer, a hand held instrument that measures the wind speed. The kids also learned to use the compass to determine from which direction the wind was blowing. I love science and I love kids, said Master Sergeant Mike Dore Hill AFB Weather Station Chief. This is a good time of the year (going into winter) for kids to leam about predicting the weather. They are introduced to what is going on with this earth around them. Dore who has been in the science of weather for 20 years and at Hill AFB the last two and one-hayears also said this is an opportunity to promote science as well as the service of the Air Force. They are never too young to leam about different sciences and what the Air Force has to offer them later in life. Putting together on a format real time information like present weather, clouds, temperature, etc. to come up with the weather forecast is a real challenge, said Dore Many meteorologist have learned to eat humble pie at times when they are off base in their predictions. Brody was on hand to help the kids and instructors with whatever was needed. Brody is one of the par- lf LT. COL. Al Brody talk to students about what they are learning at their own weather station. ents (and PTA member) that volunteers 40 hours each semester working with Lakeside Elementary. Brodys wife, Tamara, volunteer teaches sign language weekly at the school. Both Al and Tamara are wonderthirdfourth grade Parents are the ful parents, said teacher. Kav Dav. biggest asset I have. It's social capital - the integration of parents with kids. I can't do it all alone. Real learning takes place when teachers get parents involved. Students may be keeping their eyes on the sky from now on if those airplanes flying abov e are putting out contrells (those white streaks they sometime trail back of them) Usually up at least 20.1 MM) feet in the sky. these contrells form ice crystals and can indicate where airplanes should or should not flv If the contrell drifts it's telling how strong the wind is among other things which helps pilots make good decisions Officers help make schools safe BY MARK WATSON Clipper Today Staff Wnter Student Resource Officers (SRO) help make Davis County Schools safe while providing a comfortable atmosphere for learning and activities. School leaders and law enforcement agencies in Davis County are pleased with the results of the SRO program. The program is a joint effort of the school district and local law enforcement agencies to police schools. School safety and improved relationships between students and law enforcement personnel hav e been enhanced. School By contrast. Granite District operates its own police force which is separate from the municipal , police forces. We are of the opinion that we would like to work with municipalities instead of have our own police force, said Chase Rogers, director of planning and security for the district. The district is preparing to outline the program for state leaders during the upcoming legislative session to possibly pave the way for additional state funding. SROs are uniformed officers provided by the municipality in w hich the school is located. TTie relationship is formalized with a contract or memorandum of understanding, with costs shared between the district and the city. Cities generally use grants to fund their portion soft funding. Police officers assigned to the school may be there part or all day depending on the level of funding support. The SRO is a member of the school's administrative team and is given office space, telephone and a computer in the school The SRO is . the liaison between that school and the police department. The officer has three roles: teacher, counselor, cop. The City of Bountiful, where the program as been in place for the past five years, has seen a tremendous decrease in the amount of juvenile crime. Weve seen a 50 percent reduction in incidents of juvenile crimes. IN 1995 we had 1.000 incidents and in 1998 we had 506, Rapp said. The program has received a lot of national attention. Bountiful is now extending its PROS (Police Reaching Out to Students) program to the elementary level. Dave Turner, of the school district, was instrumental in designing the PROS effort Because the district and municipalities are effectively working as a team, government entities are more prone to fund SROs through grants. Dale May, a police veteran who has supervised several departments for Layton ED., now works for the district as a liaison between police departments and the school district. He deals with polices and procedures. Officers come in and talk with teachers and help with some social studies classes. They provide education and provide counseling for students. May said. SROs were on top of a situation last year at Viewmont High School. Kids were being harassed by other kids. We needed to provide a safe environment in the school, so the police handled the criminal aspects while the school had to look at its own policies concerning students being victimized. Some students were expelled and transferred to other areas, May said. 25-ye- ar law-relat- Police officers have been heavily involved with the education process, which appears to be worthwhile in establishing healthy relationships between law enforcement and juveniles. The officers know the kids and discuss issues with them including domestic violence, child abuse, due process, evidence. Now. if a child witnesses domestic abuse, parents are also charged with child abuse, May said. Having police in schools also provides information to help police in cases outside of schools Because of a grant the City of e offiLayton will hue seven cers for the PROs program. District officials and officers say the program will become even more valuable as it reaches down to the elementary level. In elementary schools we can catch problems early With officers as elementary mentors we can work with children and parents and help the children get through some difficult years, May said. The liaison said some police officers do not want to be "kiddie cops. He said it takes a special officer for this type of duty. For the most part, officers have been a big hit in the schools. According to Rogers, in order for the SRO program to work officers must be committed to the kids. Officers must receive training in subjects such as school and special SARAH WALL receives gifts from North Layton Junior High students for Best Friends Animal Sanctuary." See story in "High Notes." 44 full-tim- flffcTpfiTy HD DRESSES re 444-139- 5 (MD education law. The hours are longer than those funded in the grants. Officers also attend most extracurricular activities. coordination is Significant required. In the Davis District, there are officers from 11 municipalities in the schools. The actions and programs must be closely correlated. 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