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Show a Sun Advocate Price. Utah Thursday April B. 2000 Vosot Mtoiroilt O'OannnnKiDin) JiflonodDir i fii T i DIMd School improvement council explained n li . ... ii !r ' Vl'if money for schools. The Income The School Improvement Council works hard toward that very school Improvements. end-maki- x .IT. from these lands Is put into a per- manent savings account and vested, never spent. The interest earned now Is given to each school in the state. The School Improvement Council must comply with School Trust Lands requirements and decide how the money will be in- ng Mont Harmon's School Improvement 'J Council is comprised of parents, teachers, community representatives and administrators (the chart offers a description of the school's structure). The Council has met at least once a quarter to discuss policy spent. Rart of the Trust Lands requireandor procedural matters. Most ments School the are that each school will deImprovement recently Council is also serving as our velop a Plan baaed on itsownindi-viduneeds. In order to determine school's Trust Lands Committee. what those needs are, the CommitThe Council is working hard to comply with the requirements to receive tee was required to analyze test the money which will be made avail- and achievement data and to con1 school year. duct a needs assessment with parable for the The School Trust Lands were ents and students. Mont Harmon's givep to Utah at statehood in ex- School Improvement Council acchange for not taxing federal land. cepted the assignment, followed These lands are held in a legal trust through with the requirements, and to be used to benefit schools. There developed a Plan. The Plan has are 8.4 million acres managed by been submitted to our local Board the School Trust Lands Administra- of Education and we are tion and must be used to generate . IK? K 'Mi Viiii; TLiit 1(i .J vt al A ft . A 2000-200- Kristen Andrews, Jessica Steele and Chelsey Jelsma listen to Marcia Ah Mus directions before working on their career futures. Comprehensive Guidance a mouthful, but what la It? Comprehensive Guidance is the name given to what was called the "Guidance" program many years ago and called the "Counseling" program more recently Comprehensive Guidance actually Is a total guidance and counseling program that better helps students prepare to enter into the work force. This total program provides students with Instruction in so that they better understand what their career goals are; it provides instruction in decision-makin- g skills so that students can make critical decisions about their educational goals. Comprehensive Guidance provides instruction in career awareness and exploration and offers a "comprehensive plan for career planning. State law (House Bill 1 17) mandates that each student receive a Student Education Plan level) or Student Education Occupation Plan The SEOP process is a part (SEOP - Grades ) ' r.$ w!' . nership involving students, parents, school counselors, and other school personnel. As part of the process, student interests, talents, achievements and goals are reviewed in a conference with parents and a counselor. This information is used In determining what the students' career goals are and what educational courses will need to be included In their educational plan. This Information becomes part of the SEOP portfolio. Mont Harmon Junior High uses the Career Futures, a computerized Interest survey to guide students In exploring careers. Career Futures exploration has already begun In 9 grade English classes. Mrs. AhMu, our counselor, will be Inviting parents to several ftir-- . ent Nights where parents and students can review the results of the Career Futures exploration and to determine what courses students will need to take to achieve their career goals. The next time you hear Comprehensive Guidance, remember "Total Guidance and Career planning! iv&r . . (SEP-demen-t- 2). & Zf M y School hnorwwmrrt CouncM . .ir iir diV . v-- . ,. A A English teachers outline goals, strategies i that la the teachers the that makes la weapon English department bleed or at least ay salty tears. Our goal In the English Department at Mont Hannon Is to soften that cry to something more like... "English . oh yeah, that Sisal! "English! Yukl I hate English. So often .i.i t'.-- 11. -- J.- 'v'V U' i j ' '"fs m MSP James Brown, Mac Cook and Smokey Tweddell display Items made In Native American At Mont Harmon Junior High, students participate in extracurricular activities of ail sorts. Students are involved in club activities that include MESA, FOCLA, Spanish Club and Native American Club. MESA is a program to help females and ethnic minorities to discover the wonderfuf world of science, engineering and mathematics; however, white males are welcome too! The program originally started In California eight years ago and has spread throughout most of the eountiy Students who partici- pate have a chance of getting scholarships to colleges throughout the state. NASA in particular has a strong interest iuMESA students. Schools throughout the district that are involved in the MESA program include Mont Harmon and Helper Junior High, Westrldge Middle School and Carbon High School. Together there is a total of 120 students involved. Students must main- tain a 2.5 GPA and attend 60 percent of the meetings for the year. MESA director, Karen Houser, believes that MESA Is a great pro- Club class, lb participate In the activities, students may not have any unsatisfactory citizenship marks or failing letter grades. Some of the ties. As students are inundated with video and audio im- -. ages in this high tech world. It is becoming Increasingly more important for them to be more discriminating consumers. Teachers read to them, share videos and audio tapes while working on Improving their Rser response groups, reading response triads, lit- 'll 1WI i .T .iwlitii : .H notic . ' ' i erature circled, pair and share, novel discussion groupsall of these provide students with opportunities to improve their speaking skills. Students are required to read novels of their own choosing and take Accelerated Reading tests on the computer system in the lihraiy This has eliminated tlm need for the dreaded "Book Report of old to assure teachers that the book has been read. When paired with novel discussioH groups, these reading activities move closer to real life reading like adults do. : . iMi asqii ' ; odjU a .soft tailT 1 activities PCCLA has sponsored this year include service projects at Provo High where they helped collect clothing to send to the Kosovo . refugees. They organized the Sub Fbr Santa pro- school-wid- V. . place where we learn to communicate. The departments responsibilities include reading; writing listening speaking and vlewingaccordlngto the new core Just approved by the state board of education Tb this end Mont Harmon English teachers are exposing students to ail kinds of literature, Action and nonfletion, and training them In many andvaried strategies to improve their comprehension. Students practice at least Qve kinds of writing: descriptive, narrative, persuasive, informationaVexposl-toi- y and letter writing They are taken through the writing process incorporating the six trait scoring methods In teaching and practice. Students are encouraged to use the writing lab or their home comput- era to produce a polished, edited draft of each pieced . Ui' e ii'! , gram and sold concessions for this years Science Fhir. Profits from the Science FUr concessions will go to . their trip to the LaCaille Restaurant where they will practice proper table I dtf r i'sr ' ids i' etiquetta The Spanish Club at Mont Harmon Junior High is a remarkable program for students. Students . officers run it, with fern Black as their, advisor. The Club has many activities throughout the year. The club does various service projects, Including helping out at the Fbod : Bank. This month, the second year Spanish students will make a trip to BYU for the Language Fhir, which should be exdtingas well as educational A Mardi Gras was held ip March and is always a highly an- -, gram and hopes that several stu-- " ticipated event The year always dents will take part in the program ends with the final party the aucbecause there are maqyjobs in the tion. The students barter in Spanmathematics, science, and engiish, using the pesos they earn In class to purchase items. neering fields. ECCLA (Family Careers, ComMr. Buddamfs Native American Club meets mornings and after munity Leaders of America) Is school. They have made Items repby Tamara Johnson. Readers may remember it better by the resen tlngvarious Native American name FHA (Future Homemakers of cultures, including bows, arrows America, 1945) or as FHA HERO and quivers, tomahawks, mocca(Homo Economics Related Occupa-- 1 sins, chokers, arrowheads and bead tiona, 1971). It was started as a Vowork. One of Mr. Bucklands recation Education Act presented by quirements for participating in the President Woodrow Wilson.Mont Native American Club is to devote Harmon has participated since the first 15 minutes of club time to 1987, and currently has 42 memstudying This has helped students bers. Students interested in joining organize their priorities and get this program must have had or started on homework. must be takings Home Economics -- in' j'ijV ' avii ;); J B2ass Neal Maynes, Adam Cunningham, Angela Samplnos, Hall Coates, Daniel Hurst and Kacee Robinson were nominated for the U.S. National Mathematics Award At Mont Hannon Junior High School many students are scurrying to complete quarter projects before the end of the year 8, the school year is almost finished. Some of the students are doing surveys of their school lunch and compiling the results in. . ed , charts and graphs. Others are completing reports and activities dealing with reactors; a fairly new area in math and chaos theory Still others are making monthly budgets to Include apartment rental, utilities, phone service, credit, car purchase and maintenance, entertainment, and food. One class was required to write a childrens story with a mathematical theme. One geometry class project Is to design a quilt uBlngquadrilat- erato and triangles, and the concepts they have just studied. Some students have been re-- aly quired to research a famous mathematician and present their findings in the form of a baseball iy . card. Hopefofiy the assignment will make the students appreciate the influence and value of mathematics ta many aspects Of life. The foDowingstudents have recently beoinomF" nated for the United States National Malhwiiwitiffl Award: Janeile Bruno, Rebecca Hall, McKenzie Heiner, Lindsay Roye, Hall Coates, Heather Peterson, Rebecca Bunderson, Kacee Robinson, . A Cunningham, Neal Maynes, Michael Terry, Scott TtenyBrokThayn, and Jake Madrid. The students have been nominated by their math teacher. The award is td recognize excellence in mathematics. fS' " y. P1 Vi Andrews, CaiUin Fhucheux, Tferranoe DAmbroeio, Hurst, Adam 5 V:a Angela Samplnos, Tara mcCallum, Kristen Cameron Dansie, Daniel - ' i! r si t b k:V if 1 r "!' |