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Show I The Magna Times West Valley News Thursday, October 25, 2001 5 School U school of medicines utiti (Jadu, TVee&i. teen mother and child Mi often pick up the What began as her desire to or turn express her feelings and my the television desire to impact my class in and we are bombarded with some small way, has taken discussions about the ills of on a life of its own. Perhaps our society or how bad the that is what education as its education system is. best is really all about." The topics today seem to Here are words to Emily's be tax vouchers, credits or poem: something that takes away from the real issues of havStand for America ing our youth educated in a fashion which will make You can take the lives of them productive citizens. people. This sometimes forgotten You can try to take our entitlement called "public pride. education" is a child's But you will never break us. Or what we have inside. birthright. Every day in our district, teachers are workYou can make us sob and ing diligently to provide the essentials of learning. cry. At our last Granite You can make us really mad. School board meeting, the But well keep our spirits reverence was provided by high. students from West Kearns Even though we might be sad. Elementary. performance was so and touching For each other we will stand. that I couldn't wait to visit We will hold each other's the school. I instinctively hand. knew that Excellent Things And we won't part, for were happening at this mankind's heart school also. I knew that . Helps protect our nation's these children were being land. taught skills that would make them employable. The beauty of America .They however were May we never forget. And our goal to stick togethlearning social skills, values and ethics. Upon visiting the er Be accomplished, not just school, here is a story that needed to be told. Two days after the terrorist attacks on our nation, Mrs. Johnson asked her 6th grade class, "What's so great about being an American?" Their answers touched her heart, and reminded her of what is right and great about this country. She found the image in the mind andJrfcaffr'bff our youth can 1I1G 1 Cl inspire us. desire to accept Their of different backabundant love an grounds, of our country's freedoms; arid their vision for the future is what will keep us We The set.For each other we will stand, We will hold each others hand, and we won't part, for mankind's heart Helps protect our nation's land. reminder that the AnotherHouses are being held to discuss the proposed boundary changes that will impact many families in the Granite District. Review of the proposals will occur between 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The public is encouraged to attend. These proposed changes are not cast in stone and the board wants to hear from the communities involved. is the time to bring concerns to members of the board. We want to make decisions that are in the best interest of children and we need to hear from everyone. My email is or phone me at i . program turns 20 The Teen Mother and Child Program at the University of Utah is no longer a teenager. The program, just starting its third decade at the University of Utah School of Medicine, has helped thousands of pregnant teens deliver healthy babies, while giving them assistance and encouragement to move forward with their lives. "We help pick up th pieces once a pregnancy has occurred," said Harriett Gesteland, a nurse practitioner with TMCP since Now 1990. The program was established in 1980, with the goal ; i of helping pregnant teens deliver healthy babies, i That mission hasn't ' changed, and today TMCP assists in up to 200 births a year and provides medical care for teen mothers up to age 19 and their children up 966-557- 7. to age 5. Magna Elementary will host a "light the Fire" Olympic program on Thursday, Oct. 25 at 7 p.m. It will take place in the Cyprus High auditorium. Providing early prenatal that pregnant teens don't always seek-i- s a primary goal. But help goes beyond health care. care-somethi- Nearly all the young women entering the program are unwed, and many were bom when their own mothers were teenagers. To break this intergenera-tioncycle and prevent unwanted repeat pregnancies, TMCP teaches teen mothers about family planning and birth control. They also receive educational, vocational and Financial counseling to help them become more "We want to minimize the impact on social services," Gesteland said. Last year, TMCP assisted in 70 births, including one set of twins. The average age of mothers entering the program was 16, with the youngest being 12. The average age of the fathers was 19. TMCP receives funding from government and private sources, including the School of Medicine's Department of Pediatrics, the Utah Division of Family Services, United Way and other organizations. The wives of Utah Jazz al self-relian- t. 1 basketball players also provide a scholarship fund to help teen mothers get a high school General Equivalency Diploma. TMCP operates on an annual budget of approximately a half million dollars and a staff of 2. Staff members include program director and assistant professor of pediatrics, Kathleen McElligott, M.D., Mark Pfitzner, M.D., also a pediatrician and assistant professor, Gesteland, a nurse midwife, nurse, nutritionist, social worker, vocational-educatio- n counselor, financial counselor. Women, Infant and Children clerk s and two workers. The program serves as a clinical teaching site for medical residents, social workers, nutritionists, nurse practitioners and nursing students. Patients in the program also have been part of research projects involving the U's College of Nursing and the health, social work and nutrition community. 1 support-service- 1 ? mhs ffi I". ajflagflflaL . '' .She asked them to create great something to show how they fell about their country. ' Many chose to draw symbols of freedom and unity, while others wrote about their feelings. Emily Orie'young lady, wrote a poem as her response to the terror-istLW- ho would try to destroy America. This powerful poem so ; ; moved this West Keam's i elementary teacher that she felt a tremendous needed to set it to music and teach the dass the song so where it ' could be performed at the school. The collaboration resulted in the song, "Stand for America". the principal, Mrs. heard the song and 'observed, the expres-- ; sions onfthe faces of the childreq and staff, she knew it needed to be shared, with ' others. As the song became.part of the.school's routine, MrS. Betfsori Witnessed' a change" in behavior of all the children. ; Mrs. Johnson puts it this APR STANDARD APR . INTRODUCTORY RATE RATE HOME EQUITY CREDIT LINE ; . INTRODUCTORY RATE When AUTO REFINANCE (Available six months from purchase) . ; . ! , way: " As a teacher, you hope that somehow you will be : ? , t able to help students move beyond where they are and mixwhat they have the1 potential to become. Often . the. resyl tSjof what we do ; are riot seen "by us. Students learn, grow, and move on, and it is often in their future creations that the seeds planted in elementary years begin to flower. 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