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Show ITT i ' SL yfflN 1 I Thursday. January 6. 1983 Uintah Basin Standard 7 Crowded dosses disturb educators The average size of Duchesne mont Elementary school, said his County School District Elementary school is able to maintain small class school classes is slightly below the sizes in some grades but is less state average, according to the Utah successful with others. In most of Education Association. Altamont's lower grade classes are in The average class size in Duchesne the 23 to range. School District this year is 26.96 Upper grades can' handle larger because students, said Don Ulmer, the class sizes, Todd said, associations executive director. The students have already developed average in Utah is 27.07. many skills. He said many teachers It is important to have as small as are implementing ability grouping class size as possible on the together of students at the same level elementary level, Ulmer said, because of reading or other skills. these are the grades where students Lowell District Superintendent develop important skills that are necessary for success in higher Caldwell said it would be well if the district were able to maintain smaller grades. He said the average student size of class sizes, but the size of kindergarDuchesne Districts classes for each ten through third grade classes are elementary grade are: Kindergarten, around the size the district has tried to achieve. The school board has 23.38; first grade, 25; second grade, 26.5; third grade, 26.71; fourth tried to keep kindergarten through grade, 29; fifth grade, 31; and sixth third grade classes to around 26 grade, 32.17. Some classes are below students and fourth through sixth the average and others are well above grade classes to around 28 students. nt ACADEMIC DECATHALONI These Union will students ; high represent the school in an Academic Decathalon in February. Pic- -. to decathlon Union high school has been invited to participate in Utahs first academic decathlon. The event to be held at Dixie College in St. George, February 17-1pits high school students 9, Elementary students, especially those in kindergarten through third grade, need a lot individual attention from teachers, Ulmer said. They have questions about reading problems, writing, spelling and arithmetic. If their classes are overcrowded, they have less chance to get enough individual attention and assistance from their teachers. Ulmer said the education association would like to see 24 students or e less in kindergarten through classes, and it would be good to keep the classes to that size in the upper elementary grades as well Howard Todd, principal of Alta- - David White, Cathy Lunstrum, and Ron Winterton. against each other in then areas of academic preparation. Six students have been selected to represent Union high school in the competition. David White, Junior; Karen Beavers, Senior; Bardett Fausett, senior; Paul Rowley, senior; Ron Winterton, junior; and Catherine Lunds trom, junior, will travel to the decathlon sponsored by Dixie Union High invited it tured are Raul Rowley, Bardett Fausett, high school in St George. Team members will be interviewed, write an essay and deliver a speech. Decathlon judging will also be based on examinations in economics, fine arts, grammar and literature, mathematics, science and social science. The final area of competition will be a super quiz in which the teams participate in a large audience situation. Each of the 40 school districts in the state have been invited to send a team from one school to the competition, said Union High Principal Ron Wolff. The team is coached by Betty Griffin, Nancy Perdval, Randy Merrill and Shir! Rawlings. third-grad- With continual budget cutbacks coming from the state legislature it is impossible to further reduce class size. As cutbacks continue, class size will probably become larger unless there is a tax increase, he said. The most acute problems of class overloads in the district are in Duchesne Elementary, Caldwell said. East Elementary probably has the least problem. Because there are more sections of each grade, East Elementary can better absorb a increase of students. Caldwell said the district hires teachers aides in classes too large to manage and where classes cannot be ' larger-than-expect- split due to lack of funds to hire a new teacher or lack of space. Phil Thompson, the district's said the district is now facing a 2 percent budget cut "We cut off all the fat we can find, and then we have to start cutting into the lean, he said. The last thing we will cut is teachers, the instruction of the kids is most cleric-treasure- r, important Two years ago the legislature required the district to make a 4.5 percent budget cut Thompson said. Ulmer said Utah has had the largest class sizes in the nation for years and that this year does not differ significantly from past years. Board Members sworn in Duchesne County School District Board Members were sworn ha January 3, during a special meeting at the District offices. Kent Rust was named as the Board President with Ralph Ercanbrack as Vice President Art Taylor and Ellen Rawlings were named to the Vocatio- Monday-evening- , nal Education Board. The next board meeting will be held toward the end of January. date scheduled at VC GED Test i Testing date and time for administering the General Education Development Test Battery was announced this week by the GED Testing Center at the Uintah Basin Area Vocational Center. The tests are scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, January 11, 1983. Completion of the tests will take approximately seven hours with a lunch break scheduled between 12:00 and 1:00 p.m. There are five examinations in the GED ' Test ' Battery covering ' the following subject areas: 1) Writing skills, (English, grammar and spelling); 2) Social Science, 3) Natural Science, 4) Reading, 5) Mathematics. There is a specified time allowance for each test with test Number 1 being 75 minutes, test 2, 3, and 5, '90 minutes; and test 14 60 minutes. Only those persons who meet the qualifications for taking the tests will be accepted. The qualifications are listed below: 1) Must be at least 18 years of age and high school class has graduated. 2) Those persons 'under 19 years of age must furnish evidence that their high school class has graduated. 3) Must not have received a high school equivalency . certificate. All candidates accepted for testing be present at the Cento1 hour before formal testing begins. For further information and a copy of the application form, please write or call the Uintah Basin Area Vocational Center, P.O. Box 367, The Roosevelt Telephone testing fee is $10.00. - - should one-ha- lf 722-452- 3. wards ' and the Bridgeland ward. Everyone fourteen years and older s were invited. Hate anil were sold and refreshments were DUCHESNE NEWS served. Marvel and Verda Moores son, Douglas, Salt Lake fell and broke his pelvis when he was rabbit hunting in the Duchesne area. He was rushed e Ruth Kofford has returned from her trip to Salt Lake. Ruth left December 18 to spend Christmas with her children, Mr. and Mrs. Dell Plainer and family and Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Kofford and family. While there, her son Gerald Kofford underwent surgery in the Holy Cross Hospital. Her O noise-maker- Velma Giles lbs. 8 oz. on December 27, thus making Ruth a great Grandmother. She also had the privilege of visiting with her two sons and families, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Kofford, and Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Kofford, both of Mountain--view- , ' 7 J family. s Chris and Carol Poulson, Susan Burdick and Geneva Gilbert ries mother), all of Provo, spent the holidays with Sherrie and Charles Burdick and family. Wyoming. Dennis and Colleen Ercanbrack and family attended the. Ercanbrack family Christmas party along with Dennis brothers and sisters and their families. There were over 50 members present They went to Salt Lake December 26 to do some genealogy work and visit his Aunt Connie Christensen. From there they went to Lindon to visit Dennis mother, Pearl Ercanbrack. They returned the next day. The study group, which consists of eight couples who meet together once a month to study are meeting at the home of Maurice Millet ts for a New. Years Dinner and games on - December 31. The Duchesne second ward sponsored a four ward New Years Eve dance for the three Duchesne Lake and admitted to Hospital. Marvel and Verda Moore went to Salt Lake and spent five days with their children: Dorothy Larsen and family, Doris Ann Fenn and family, Douglas Moore and family, and Carol Mayhew. On their way home they stopped in Heber and visited with their daughter Marvell Stevens knd to Salt Cottonwood grand-daughte- dra Townley gave birth to girl, ' . Mr. and Mrs. A1 Sigman, Provo, spent New Years Day with Doyle and Kay Allen and family. 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