Show iia —— By Jason Bergreen staff writer ' Despite a recent survey that icon- - A eluded Utah Middle School students inhale or hutf dangerous chemicals to get high more frequently than their ' ’ : - ' !' " 'A'1 A 'A yA A3 and regional news lower than that of tlie national aver- - ' age The survey was sponsored by the Utah Office of Education the Utah ' i Department of Health and the Utah Department of substance abase in shall who is also Mount Logan Middle School's resource o Ulcer “ But I'm not going to say we don'tever have incidents where maybe that could be happening" According to the survey hulling chemicals such as glue paint white “The only arrest I've made with a A among similar aged students in the kid being intoxicated by huffing here country Use of cigarettes alcohol atMbunt Loganwas last year" said marijuana and other drugs among V Utah students is at least two times Logan police detective Sean Mar-- Local state Sunday November 23 2003 ' said in the last fiscal year seven people have been admitted as patients for' ' hulling chemicals as their primary drug of choice! The ages of the patients were unknown! hui believed mental health! to be teenage : vll certainly is more common ' "I think the most popular thing for the kids to huff is air freshener" Mar- among kids ihaf are younger probably A ist because of accessibility” shall said ‘Their have been some ' -local incidents of that but like 1 said Bohman said YvV' Ay- f ' ‘ "' I've only ended up arresting one kid V Hulling depending on the cheini- ' here at theschool” y' a y j cal can cause tissue damage to the Bear River Mental Health sub- y lining of the nose and throat brain' stance abuse counselor Jared Bohman A damage and even death Bohman ' said' : ' ’ VWhcre the kids that are using are very youiig their brains are niit fully developed and so uny drug use at a ydiirg age is going to cause problems for a kid to leiun and develop av they : should" Bohman said t ' parents that suspect their child 'experimenting with huffing should Vy'T talk to them to see if a problem exists'1- - ' : V Bohman said ' 'There's nothing stronger than confrontation and asking !' : straight-u- p abiiut what's-goinon” Bohnuin said Canyon car wreck kills m 46-year-o- By Jason Bergreen staff writer ' ' Wearing only shorts or a bathing ! suit and sandals 11 brave or crazy A cUtah State University students y risked life and limb for charity by jumping into the icy waters of First Dam Saturday A A “We" re all going to experience Z wliat's called frost bite" A Polar Bear Charity Challenge orga- A-- ’ ’ ! ' ' after losingcontrol of his truck and hitting a guardrail ' The crash occurred shortly before 5 pm on US Hwy S9 near mile post 376 the Utah Highway Patrol reported David C Page(46 died instantly of head injuries suf- fered in the crash w hen his 1987 Forii swerved - ' 'across birth lanes of tralTic hit the guardrail and overturned UllPTriHiperCreg Willmore' L ’) nizer Matt Stone snickeringly warned the group prior to the jump y The group of friends'riiainly USU v' classmates from professor Ron God- managing and organizing peo! A A pie 3 10 class gathered on the AA banks of First Dam about 10 am y : ‘ ’' ' V F-1- ee ' :' ' ' ' 'v ' V ' By Jason Bergreen staff writer ' A Logan nian died Friday evening in Logiih Canyon v local charities first-degr- ld Logan man students dive in to help ' ’ ' Valley people USU A - Sjlid ' r ' y S-- " ' - ’ believed Page Was V!if is south fvgoing and traveling! i!about 60 rnph in a 50 1 mphJA'- zone when the crash ticcurred “ V! He Was not wearing a seat- r: ' r hplt' Another driver Whoame’-'--- - ' ' A' : - AAjlffever done" Amanda Belloff said - V'fsVThis is jnsaneJv-- : ! Wyf -- Music blasting from the teckof Stone’s station wagon pumped up the runners prior to the j'Ump until a ' y -- ' Eli LuceroHerakJ Journal : Stoneasked before the groupmade Shawntel Bragddn left and Camille Marsing jump into First Dam Saturday rriotriing as part Of a Polar Bear Swim The swim it’s way Jo the edge'of thedam was put on by a group of USU students' who used tho event to raise money and food for local charities As At ihedam the participants got - A 'Y'" ' ' on V’ f S s ' ' V'l AyAfy their marks and on the count of '! 'AA'A in case injury or death occurred three rushed whooping and holler-the participants quickly ran back to out a single thought” Belloff said ' : ' ' ! y-The waiver warned that 'nsks their cars to warm tip next to the ing into the water shivering back onto land' ' minutes' she However second as stood men Belloff a two later heater hesitated Several set V anddangera may include but are not Only A drying themselves with towels! in the! limited to hypothermia extreme watched six men hit the icy water 'y of girls also completed the cha- '! AA with a splash However in the spirit ' Tenge 'A1'' snow before sauntering back to their ! cold bruises pneumoniajnd other 5 A Av sicknesses! and death”' A: 'vehicles "That was the coldestthing I've of the challenge Belloff and a sec-- '' ? for “Don’t worry if your feet cir your times entire in “Good worked done John ever all” life" ond girl r niy Jentry up the courage to butt is numb for two to four hours Miskin said as the skin on his chest make th dive both hitting the water Sorensen said " afier that's normal "Stone told the “It doesn't feel cold when you began to turn pink and blue simultaneously Paul Larkin Who The seven men and four women come backoiit" Stone said as he had just emerged from his first group Storie who has participated in in Saturday's event in the same breath that he ' who the with took admitted a double participated dip plunge ' ' ' the feet consent his couldn't waivers feel A releasing signed "girlsi ' see DAM on A8 “That was total submersion witbA university from any and all liability Upon leaving the dam most of r 'VVlf-A-- ! 1 ‘ ! y ' 5 ’ - - : !' : all students to score of proficiency on at a level end-of-Ie- ve exams — there is no in between It’s either pass or ' fail The first week of December Logan and Cache County School Districts will release the scores from last year's terion referenced tests or CRTs which were administered at the end of the last school year Student performance on the exams has already determined whether schools have made adequate yearly progress or AYP according to federal No Child Left Behind mandates If scores for a school have not increased since last year according to No Child Left Behind the school has failed to make progress When it happens once the school is pot on program improvement notice When a school does not rebound from program -- improvement No Child Left Behind says changes need to be made Parents will have the option to place their child in a different school and the state will step in to hiake whatever ! changes they deem necessary One test score makes this determinatibn but teachers and administrators from local districts say relying on one test score does not give an accurate picture of what a student has really learned It's the ongoing assessments that show the real know ledge deal” “Testing is a said Steve Zsiray associate ' superintendent of secondary curriculum and instruction for Cache County School District “Assessments on the other hand are an ongoing continu- al measure of how well students understand the material” Cantwell said she sees that formal testing at the national and state level must be done But they are not an accurate measure of the student's ability to learn the teacher's abili-- : ty to teach or to find out how much progress a student has - f- - s one-sh- ot : 'Tire marks indicate that the 'vehicle went off 'the right side A" A ' of the rirad WilliiKire said “It appeais that the’ driver then ' corrected the steering to theHViv V‘ fcft and back onto and across vehicle then VA' ' both Jancs-Tlistruck the guardrail bn the left : side of the road arid rolled once bcfore coming to reM’V!'- ' Triiffic in the' canyon was delayed for a period of time while investigators sjxike with ' witnesses and gathered evi- ' dence about the crash ' ' Page was driying west when he crashed It is not known A ' where he was coming from Willmore said -- - made This is where assess-- : menu are most helpful “Assessment has to be ongoing and embedded into the scores "There needs to be soiiie A criteria and so the tests scores A are used as a reference point” Kuresa said “But parents should also consider ongoing ‘ ' ‘ daily teaching” Cantwell said “It is your guide to what needs to be taught and it is your measure of how effective your teaching has been How would you know what to " teach if you didn't know' where the students were and where they needed to be?” Logan District Elementary Curriculum Director Susanne Kuresa said a lot of parents don't know the difference between testing and assess- ment “We try to convey the dif-Mitcti MascaraHerald Journal fere nee between testing and ' Cantwell Teacher Bevarty works on letter recognition with students in assessment testing being for and Woodruff Elementary Cantwell uses daily class her at kindergarten accountability purposes assessments to keep track of student progress assessments for instructional purposes” Kuresa said “Yet she said not just scores on A that are not reflected by one assessments are embedded exams test score" into our instruction They are care "ParenU about The state needs something related to and deeply directly ongoing to rely on and it wouldn't be what goes on in the classsafety Parents care deeply about their child's attitude feasible to take every school’s rooms” towards school their opportuclassroom assessments into There are many indicators consideration when determinand factors that need to be nity for involvement their child's self esteem” Kuresa taken into account when coning adequate yearly progress So they rely on the GIT said “These are all indicators sidering a child's progress end-of-lev- el I I I condi-Vi-- ! AfAy “Does everybodyhhye a buddyto AyA watchthem if theydon’t come up?” Continued from A 1 if patch v Will more said road assessments teacher qiialifica- tions and various programs” But parents need to be aware of the different kinds of assessments teachers are doing in the classroom she said There are ways to ensure that students are learning everything they need to know before they take an exam Ongoing assess- ments may include paper and pencil tests activities and group projects A “Assessments can be anything that measures to what degree I know and understand and can apply what I have learned" Zsiray said Teachers and administrators are encouraging parents to ' have an open dialogue with their child's school and are willing to answer any questions parents might have about assessments test scores and No Child Left Behind : end-of-lev- el i |