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Show SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS TUESDAY JANUARY 26, 1993 News BLM Cultural Heritage January 7 Dog at large-H- prescription anti-depressa- nt pills. When officers arrived, the man had slurred speech, bloodshot eyes and his balance was January 8 - Agency assist- - ring at a Kanab unsteady. The man was taken to pawn shop belonged to a theft the hospital where he had his stomach pumped. case in Washington. Meier ticketed for two dogs at large. -- al Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director Cy Jamison announced the formation of a new Cultural Heritage Education Team designed to improve the public stewardship of thousands of historical and archaeological d sites located on lands. public January 13 January 11 The Team will advance its - Criminal mischief- - a car had --Criminal mischief-- Juveniles message through a its rear tires slashed at damaged ceiling tiles at Kanab stewardship of tools, including culvariety Middle School. Montezuma Apartments. newseducation tural heritage - Criminal mischief- - there were - Dog at large- - Lucy Judd tickletters, classroom curricula, dea number of street lights shot eted. velopment ofa Young Stewards out with a BB gun. The damage January 14 exis estimated at $846.62. Jim - Hit and run-- truck damaged a Club, and other education and materiWillis, the head of Kanab City sign at Honeys IGA, witness hibits, programs, als. Power Board says the city is saw who did it Driver denied it. The BLM recently estaboffering a $100 reward for infor- January 15 mation leading to the arrest of - Child custody- - Charles Hall ar- lished a separate Cultural rived to pick up his son for visita- Heritage Resource Division in the person(s) responsible. Sheri Anderson, Washington, D.C. which overtion from January 12 - Drug overdose-Wif- e called to when they began to argue. They sees the management of an esarchaeoreport that she suspected that both eventually made a complaint timated four million historical and paleonlogical, her husband had overdosed on about each other. tological properties located on the BLMs 270 million acres of BLM-manage- A ex-wi- fe Education Team public lands. The Cultural Heritage Education Program, which focuses on children in grades K-- l 2, and encourages their interest in science, math and other relevant subjects, is a major initiative of the BLM. vast public lands. A companion video, entitled Solvingthe Mystery, is intended to reinforce and expand upon the message of the Mystery of the Cliffs. A childrens activity booklet complements the video The purpose of this system is know the grading policy in each class. Teachers will also hand to students, in written form, the grading system that may be unique to the individual teacher. inwhen Teachers will contact para time post secondary stitutions are deman dingbstter ents of students who have failed preparation of incoming fresh- to achieve mastery (70) of any men and when schools are being unit test. Parents are encourrequired to certify the compe- aged to assist their child to pretency of their students. pare for testing. Students who do not take The basic structure of the follows: tests the at the regular time will as is policy on be will take the test or retest after or Students graded unit tests on a scale of A, B, C or before school or at a time arI. No F grades will be recorded in ranged with the teacher. Teachers will explain to the the roll book for Unit tests. An A grade will represent scores class at the beginning of each A B" grade will unit exactly what the student is from be from 80-9AC grade will expected to learn in the unit. Scores below Outlines, chapter references, be from 70-770 will be T pretests, etc., are designed to Students who score below give each student the criteria 70 will be allowed the opportu- for success. The responsibility for achievenity of retesting on that unit 1. Retesting must take ment of mastery rests with each student This gradingpolicy will place within five school days. 2. Prerequisites for tak- allow additional opportunities ing a retest must be completed. for students to redeem them3. Retests will carry a selves if they have not found MAXIMUM of 80 or B. success on their initial attempt. summative grades However, they must be willing Quarter will be the average of all to do the work necessary to summative grades. Quarter achieve this success. Teachers are available to progrades will be issued as A, B, C, I. HOWEVER, after two weeks vide formative evaluations and the I will revert to an F. After corrective work. Students are students have had the opportu- encouraged to take advantage nity of retesting unit tests that of extra time before and after are below C there should be no school. Kanab schools have enjoyed a reason for D or F grades at broad-based the end of the quarter. support from parTeachers will individually ents over the year, and we ask create the prerequisites for test- that it continue. We realize that ing and correctives for retesting when new programs such as this in each class. These prerequi- are introduced, many questions sites will be handed out to stu- come to light; we invite your dents in written form so students inquiries. 90-10- 15-minu- te tended throughout Americas Another reason to shop HONEY'S IGA FRESH FISH SECTION 0. 0. 9. Striving to serve you better Fresh Fresh STEAK RED SNAPPER IMITATION CRAB SALAD $522 $222 Fresh SALMON . $122 Lb. ttpj. pro- grams. One component of the new The BLM is committed to e long-rangcontribumaking a Heritage Education Program tion to Americas education sys- already up and runningis Utahs tem for the benefit of all citi- Intrigue of the Past: Investigatzens, Jamison said. This new ing Archaeology education proTeam is another element of our gram. Since 1 990, thousands of Utah comprehensive educational camEarlier this the elementary school students have paign." year, BLM, together with the popular participated in this education Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, program designed to combat the launched Mystery ofthe Cliffs, rising tide of vandalism to culvideo featuring the tural sites on public lands. a For more information about Totally Awesome Foursome. The message of the video is that Utahs Intrigue of the Past we must all accept responsibilteacher workshops, contact ity for the care ofthese priceless Jeanne Moe, Utah State Office, archaeological and historical P.O. Box 45155, Salt Lake City, treasures that lie, mostly unat- Utah 84145-015- 5 (801) Kanab High and Middle School new grading system to provide opportunities for students to evaluate their performance and assume responsibility for their learning. It comes at 3 |