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Show 4 The Magna Times West Valley News, Thursday, May 1 0, 2001 School Jordan High students win statewide auto contest (SOHK1GQ Weeks uritk Judy On the Cyprus Network had a currently at West Lake Junior. Devon Hartley was appointed tp serve as assistant principal at Hunter High School. Curt Noel, 1, May meeting to discuss and recommend solutions to the dropout rate that is occurring at in Magna area. Those attending heard about several great things that are happening now in the CLN to help students stay in school and graduate. They were working on some more great solutions when their time was up. They had a very informative meeting and will continue their discussion on retaining students on June 5, from p.m. at currently at Taylorsville High will be assistant principal at board meeting. Steve Hogan will be the assistant principal at Kearns Junior replacing Shelly Pierce who moves to West Lake Junior as an assistant principal. the high school level, Fred will leave Granite High to resume responsibilities as assistant principal at Taylorsville High School. Dorothy DuTempIe will be At Jordan High School students Benjamin Somsen and Kevin Porter won based on their diagnostic and mechnical skills by repairing a disabled ford. The contest was held at assistant principal at Cyprus High, replacing Clay Pearce who will move to Taylorsville as assistant principal. He has been the assistant principal at Cyprus. Bill Kenley will be assistant principal at Granite High. He is Salt Lake Community College on April 19. Above, Benjamin and Kevin pose for the camera with their high school automotive teacher, Mike resume duties as an administrator on special assignment in the district office. The appointments are effective July 1. we also Tuesday, the first reading of our new long-rang- e objectives for the district. It is the belief of the Granite Board of Education that our focus should be on teaching and learning. We have proposed five objectives to take over the next few years. They are: ground feeling valued, accepted, and connected to their school. achievement on every student. Improve educator quality and effectiveness. Academic Games Honors Increase the academic were made at our last school Evaluation of expenditures based upon progress toward learning goals. Last Community members and others who may have solutions or want to know more about the issue are encouraged to attend. Some administrative changes critical concepts. Explicit connections between classroom and world. Hunter High. Shauna Mackintosh will Pleasant Green Elementary. Mastery of basic skills and Equip every student with essential knowledge and skills. Implement support systems that promote student learning. Align resources to improve student learning. Success factors that would indicate if these objectives are met include, but are not limited to: Every student learning at higher levels; no student left behind. Instructional plans and decisions based on student performance data. Students from every back- Every staff member and stakeholder contributing to student achievement. Cyprus High School will hold graduation ceremonies on June 1, at the Huntsman Center at 6:30 p.m. Taylorsville will be the same day, same location, but the time is 2 p.m. School briefs Bennion Junior High won the Granite District Championship of Academic Games the 2000-200- 1 competition. Granite Park Junior High was honored as the Sportsmanship winner. Eisenhower Junior Highs team was named the Districts Most Creative team. Orchard Elementary The School Board approved $241,135 for an air conditioning system at Orchard Elementary School. Air Conditioning is expected to be installed before school begins on July 25. Cass. $ree Meals for Mammograms Former Utah Jazz center Mark Eaton gave Jordan High students competing for Benjamin Somsen and Kevin Porter $3,000 scholarship pwaids as the duo finished first at the annual statewide Auto Skills and Quality Care Challenge, which was recently held at Salt Lake Community College. The Jordan High students will compete for the national title in June in Washington D.C. Second place went to Cottonwood High ' a community college coach learned of his basketball talents and recruited him. Eaton is best Schools Brandon and William Harding. Ten teams of high school students became eligible for the state contest by placing in the top 10 in the written test held in February. On April 9, the teams demonstrated to Utah Ford Company, AAA and SLCC judges their diagnostic and mechanical skills by repairing disabled Ford vehicles. In addition to the scholarships awarded to the Jordan High students to study at a Ford ASSET 1 (Automotive Student Service Educational Training) program, SLCC awards tuition waivers for the 18 top regional finishers to study in the Colleges automotive program. This contest gives high school students a chance to demonstrate their abilities while ,m scholar- automotive technician before Wehmann and third, to American gyrj ar division chair. Eaton, who spoke to students and presented the awards, was an students Jason Ball and Ben Fork High two-ye- ships to enhance and sharpen their skills before entering jhe workforce, said Don Gajllard, SLCCs mechanical technology known for being a college standout player at UCLA and blossoming while playing in the NBA before having his number retired and becoming a motivational community speaker. Work hard, have integrity, give your customers your best effort and be proud of what you achieve and will achieve, Eaton has told students, their parents, high school faculty and College I use administers and faculty. my technical and junior college education every day. I use it more than the two years of education I had afterward. He has told students that he often had to work graveyard part-tim- e jobs to get by before deciding to try to make basketball a career. Once he decided to try to play professionally, he had to work long and hard since he felt he wasnt as talented as the other retired from basketball, he still The Salt Lake Valley Health tinkers with cars. If something unforeseen Department offers Free and low cost Cancer Screening exams to women 40 years and up with a low to moderate income: the-followi- would happen, I still think Larry Miller (owner of the Utah Jazz ng and several car dealerships) would give me a job if I got out my tool box, Eaton joked. 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