Show J Page 6 Millard County Chrontcle Progress December 1998 17 Delta North Elementary Delta South Fillmore Middle School W Geography Awareness Week Nov 21 - 26 People places and patterns - Geography puts the pieces together iiyt'j Trivia contest winners Istplsce-Mr- s Rowley's class 2nd place Mrs C Stevens' class 3rd place tie - Mr Robins' and Mr Bailey's classes Buddy Readers Students North are busy The reading at Delta and 16 grade students are buss being “Buddy 22 fourth fifth graders ers " students Read- fourth while third graders dents involved It provides all extra reading of the stu- time The and older the fhree times a week these students read tth their buddy 1 heir reading time cona familiar book 2) of I) a new book and reading it 3) introducing ‘tutors’ have been very responsible the ‘tutees’ enjoy working with the students at our school We appreciate work our DNES Buddy Readers are do- talking about the new book 4) writing a sentence about the new book and 5) a familiar book to send home choosing ing sists for students ’bM&Jbwi graders tutor second grade the fifth graders read with 4 Back I tor Tyson Holiday Trumame Boxton Ian Holiday front DuJuan Mitchell and Brayden Rodgers Navajo Heritage a &! Coordinators for this program are George and Mane Bamson Diane to read South Elementary school just a book and a video that are ‘Navajo Code Talkers’ who in the Pacif c during World War II were the ‘Secret Weapon’ during Delta f? purchased about the helped They MI that were not even discussed until 960’s The Navajo language was and used very successfully in the Z' the late coded f JU v‘ f V r rv Pacific in the battles forces during W'WII Navajo soldiers They were on ‘secret code’ T Shirt contest winners Mrs These contests were only 2 of Drug-Fre- e the Japanese There were 400 who were ‘code talkers’ active duty they used the These men were responsible for many victories dunng the war as Japanese cryptographers could not break their “code” One of these men is the grandfather of some of our students Peterson's class many activities dunng the week By Annamane with His name is Samuel Tom Holiday (Todich’it’nii Clan) Mr Holiday came not to long ago to talk to the 4th grade students about the Navajo code and W WII talkers After seeing the inter- - to our school est in the Navajo code talkers’ a book and a video were purchased for the school so that teachers can enhance their curriculum and so that the students can team about these hero’s from WWII that many people don’t even know about Mr and Holiday’s grandchildren that go to DSE are (from oldest to Boxton Ian Holi- youngest) Trumame day Tyson Holiday DuJuan Mitchell and Rogers Bradyn ’T Schools LaDamus - is the threat of or actual physical Violence emotional andor sexual malof an individual by an intimate current or former partner It is predominantly toward females by males Domestic abuse includes physical (hitting kicking intimidation harm ) and sexual (forced ridiculing slapping) psychological (threatening unwanted sex accusations concerning affairs name calling ) behaviors There are so that more people can many myths surrounding the issue that need to be dispelled seek help and the cycle of violence can end 1: Violence between spouses or partners is very rare Fact Domestic Myth is a major problem in the United States Each year two million (2000000) women are severely assaulted by someone they know This translates to 3479 per day 228 per hour 3 8 pef minute One woman is beaten every 15 seconds 2: Domestic violence mostly happens in very poor families Fact Domestic Myth violence encompasses all races ethnic groups educational levels social and economic classes sexual orientations religions and physical and mental abilities Women w ith the economic means tend to use private resources to obtain protection and safety and thereby avoid public awarenesr 3: Women who get abused usually do something to deserve it Fact No one Myth deserves to be abused No one No justification exists Domestic violence is a criminal act 4: If your children don’t actually see the abuse it probably won’t have a Myth harmful effect on them Fact Children are harmed by abuse even if they never see it and are never abused themselves They cannot get enough positive attention from a parent who lives in fear They cannot relax and feel secure because they know something is children are abused or in homes where spousal abuse occurs Statistically wrong at a rate 1500 times higher than the national average neglected 5: There is no way to tell if a man will become an abuser Fact There are Myth common characteristics of male perpetrators which include' alcohol and other drug abuse extreme jealousy and a need to keep a woman totally isolated a need for control level a violent temper sparked by little things and being a victim of a low frustration abuse himself as a child Millard County has an active domestic violence coalition and a If you or someone you love needs help or further information please call the Division of Family Services at Mental Health at or or New or in Horizons Crisis Center at an course Of emergency alwayscall9l Domestic treatment directed “' ipKv-- ' f Class visits care center On Dec 14 Mrs Bliss’ second grade visit the Care Center They sang songs a stocking and gav e their “grandparents” filled with goodies The students are as a service project grandparents “It they send cards and turkeys was fun seeing them” said Luis Fandino adopting In Nov Name the birds contest winners of the ‘Name the Bird’s Each of the students submitted their two names one girl and one boy After going through them finalists were chosen and then they were voted on The two finalists were by the classrooms Pinkerton for the boy and Penny for The results Contest’ are in The winning names were submitby Steven Holman of Mrs Gillen’s grade class and Zach Young of Mr the girl ted 4th Chappell's 5th grade class The to like their new names and are well Stop in the pay them buds seem doing very Center and a visit! Contest “ Pig out on Books” Reading contest 47475 minutes The reading So far swing at DSE is in full year with the results this September and October reading calendars the First Grade is in the lead with a total of 52 801 reading minutes second place is Fourth Grade with 51323 minutes third place of Farm Credit the & Kindergarten with fourth place Second Grade minutes and fifth place 43577 Fifth with 43615 Grade with Keep up the good work Reading is so important and can be so much fun!! minutes students! 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