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Show SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY AUGUST 16, 2000 School PEP expanded to area high schools The popular Personal Education Program (PEP) used at Mohave College far Kids a sn Anger Management Techniques Kanab Middle School will now 8. Conflict Resolution be offered also at Kanab and The assistance is provided Valley Highs. through individual support and The PEP is sponsored by peer group which will be deterSouthwest Center. The purpose mined by the students need. of the PEP student assistance Students may be involved in the program is to give assistance to PEP program for as long as they any student who is having a want. They may withdraw from problem no matter how minor or the program at any time. The severe. This program is not just students will fill out a survey for the high risk student. showing what needs or concerns Parents will be receiving a they may have. Approximately packet from their schools. In 50 of the students contacted will the packet will be a form that refer themselves for one problem needs to be signed and returned or another. They will check anyto the school to allow your child thing from thoughts of suicide to to participate. We would like to problems with grades. see everyone in the school be a Previous PEP programs show of the the number of disciplinary that program. part Assistance is provided in a problems, suspensions, expulnumber of ways including: sions, and dropouts decrease sig1. Drug Education nificantly. The PEP improves 2. Building students grades and facilitates 3. Problem Solving improved self esteem, social 4. Teaching Coping Strategies skills, and the ability to cope. 5. Peer Support We would like your child to 6. Group Support 7. Recently, Mohave Community College completed its summer youth program, College for Kids. The program had 20 Fredonia and Kanab youth who participated in classes at the Fredonia Center. This years classes offered students the opportunity to learn about and experience acting, archaeology, clay crafts and nature. The two week sessions ended with a party and exhibition ofstudent projects, including a presentation of four one-aplays writand ten performed by the stuct dents in the drama class. Other projects exhibited included bug collections, student drawings and artwork, and clay objects ated and decorated by ' ' ' cre- visor and College for Kids Coor dinator, reflected on the success of her program saying, Over the last three years, North Mohaves College for Kids Program has gone from under 15 participants combined at both Fredonia and Colorado City to just over 40 participants campusEach ofMohave Com-wide. munity Colleges four campuses, three of which are located south ofthe Colorado River, only take 60 students each year, so our growing participation is wonderful considering the smaller and less economically affluent communities served by the North T!ch nve Cam pus. 1 think eaks College far Kids snee t by -j' 1 Lynn Barney, JoAnn Bean, Marilyn Cox and Gregory OaMeaf, all of whom put in many hours preparing for and instructing the individual It h tl; from Irjlr.ccs - clam m. 1 1 i r- - 'V r i i v, ah - r t. School technology notes grades at home As the school year starts we will see the usual technology changes taking place in Kane County Schools. An especially exciting addition for parents, teachers and students will be the ability for parents or students to access student, test scores, grades and attendance from home using the Internet. Shortly after school begins, parents who have Internet access, either at home or some other source, can log on to the school data base and look at their childs test scores and at iatiurihsm I Kids program also received support from the community. I would like to thank Honeys Jubilee, Pizza Hut, the Southern Utah News, and State Farm Insurance for their economic and material contributions to the program. Their support provided participant scholarships and helped offset student material fees. I would also like to thank iiidren. P - tl Community College s'; In addition, the College for 1- Self-Estee- m StnfeitECT.vs ax cfe 10 . tendance. Parents can request takes, look at scores for each an application form and receive test given or identify tests stua user name and password for dents may have missed. The each child. The data will be enaverage will show office tered at the district and so parents can see where their parents will be notified when child stands in each class at any they can log on. given time. Parents can look at Last year several Kanab High attendance for each child as well. School teachers entered their They will also have an scores on the district SIS2000 link to each teacher so they can is but this the it communicate with teachers elecprogram, year desire of the school board that tronically. all teachers make these data No more wondering what available to parents. grade your child is getting in What-idea! Parents school or what their attendance great can look at each class their child records show. term-to-da- te ail a Kanab Schools PTAPTSAto merge The Kanab PTAPTSAs would like to propose some changes in the dues and organization. We propose that the dues be changed to $6.00 to be a member at all schools or $3.50 to join one school. This will decrease your cost if you have children in more than one school and give more money to our schools with less going to State and National. We also propose combining the three PTAs into one; called the Kanab Schools PTSAPTA. Each school will have a separate board and bank account, but once a month the PTA Presidents will meet to coordinate activities and fund raisers. We will have to amend our to make these changes. The new by-la- 2000 Join us at the stunning 2000 seat outdoor amphitheater in Springdale, Utah, located one mile before the south entrance to Ziou National Park. (PhTANNER 5k, W i $4s Augusts 480 S. C&ittalvPJQ. Box 980 . CbiLaracb City,AZ 86021 (520) 875-27- 99 Fratnia, (530) i 4 AZ 86022 643-74- 73 President- - may contact: KES Rinda Alldredge; KMS President-Cher- 1 MainSt, Tfrij C i AZ 86432 347-dfi- . Xr th 652-799- 4. O 4 k yl Presi-dent-Cher- A ! yl Mason; or KHS Brown. A call for poems Write a poem and win the $1,000 grand prize! Hollywoods Famous Poets Society is spon- soring a new poetry contest, open to everyone. There is no entry fee, and nothing to buy. To enter, send one poem of 21 lines or less to: Free Poetry Contest, PMB126, 1626 N: Wilcox Ave., Hollywood, CA 90028. Or on-lin- e at www.famouspoets.com. This is our big contest of the Tickets are or and may be purchased at these locations: St George - R & ICs Bookstore; Hurricane Zion Drag; Cedar City Munson's Music; Kanab Zion Pharmacy; Springdale - Flanigan's Inn, Desert Pearl or at the gate. A shuttlebus is available from St George to die amphitheater. Reservations must be made by calling For additional information or to be placed on the mailing list, please call or write: Cultural Activities, Dixie College, 225 South 700 East, St George, UT 84770. lts (520) cems about these changes you enter Featuring the Arizona Jamboree Titt-Trfir- ; will be posted in each school . They will be voted Concerts Frecfcrria Oaitar 70 WJsBai ' Back-to-Scho- ol by-la- SUMMER N earth Mchave (hmpus on at the time you register to ,, join the PTA at KMS or KHS at night, or at the KES picnic. If you have questions or con-- . year, says Poetry Director Martha French. We trust our prizes will encourage new poets to share their talent. The deadline for entering is August 29, 2000. . |