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Show UNION HIGH SCHOOL ' MYTON ELEMENTARY Principal. Bill Fansett Lloyd Burton Friendship Club NEOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Principal Paul Chambers IMPROVED DAILY SCHEDULE The revised daily schedule, made possible by the board to be a great approved afternoon bus run. has proven benefit for our students. Student time in class is more Students have the same amount of productive. instructional time as in previous years, however the are yt.iai school day is shorter. The younger children school entire the day able to continue working through nd do not seem to tire at quickly. A shortened lunch after school has period and loading all bus students right behavior student reduced problems. drastically fDMPtJTFR LAB The District has cooperated in helping update the Neola new Macintosh Elementary Computer Lab with twenty StafT are capabilities. computers with to better literate mote to computer committed becoming" world we live in. information the for students prepare Each student has ninety minutes of computer lab instruction with a cert i floated teacher each week. CD-Ro- Mylon Elementary continues to be enthused about the literature basei but balanced, reading program.' We are in the third year as a pilot school with the State Office of Education in a literacy project known as LEAP. The students at UHS have a new dub, called the Friendship Club. There are two rules relative to joining the club, 1) you must join with a friend from another cul- hire, and 2) you must abide by school rules at all activities. We have five teacher advisors, representing several different cultures. Each month we plan a different activity that centers on a different culture. For example, for the month of NoWe all vember we had a Native American evening. learned to make and cook our own fry bread. Then each member of the club brought the hamburger, tomatoes, and etc. for the lopping for the rest of our meal The school furnished drinks and come of the fry bread making materials. After dinner we had a drumming group that played while we learned to dance. There were about seventy people in attendance having a good time learning about each other. Several other cultures will be featured in the months to come. Our plans are to celebrate holidays around the world for December, January will be Asian evening. February will be Hawaiian night. March will feature our ex- change students. April we will celebrate culture with the local Arts council. The activities promote understanding in a fun social setting. This project has provided funding for extensive training by state and national leaders in the literacy process. Classroom teachers have been able to purchase hundreds of titles of current and classical literature to have available for students in and out of the classroom. Students are able to integrate the reading and writing This method has proven to us to be procesa. The state motivational and interesting to students. council of the International Reading Association awarded Myton the 1996 Celebrate Literacy Award" for our efforts to increase the literacy of our atudents and to develop a model for leaching reading and writing with the LEAP project Research supports the concept that students who have a solid background and experience with the arts do better in the solid core subjects in school. Therefore, with the support of the District with voted leeway funds, we are providing quality instruction and experience in the arts with music, dance, and the visual arts. A special grant bom the State Office of Education, our Centennial School grant, and support from local artists and businesses has been very helpful November 19 was a highlight with the visit to our school by a professional Western dance and music instructor. Students were taught throughout the day and then families and the community joined us for the evening. We have scheduled in the spring, a visit bom the Performing Arts School and Camp personnel to instruct and motivate our students. HIGHLIGHTS More than one third of this years Fifth Grade students scored above the 90th percentile on at least one area of the SAT. BONN IE DUNCAN, the school secretary retired after 27 work. years at the school and we thank her for all her Peny-Mansfie- ld , ... . rrr :;.y .yu v ' DUCHESNE ACADEMIC DISTRICT FAIR The annual Duchesne District Academic Fair was held last spring at the Roosevelt Junior High School students from all over the district entered projects in academic areas such as woodshop, visual aits, language aits, math, science and music. The efforts of students, teachers and parents am greatly appreciated as they woriud together to make this event well attended and . JOHNSON OMALLEY PROGRAM The JOM program is up snd running at UHS and RJHS They have biannual parent meetings which have been successful in helping parents work together for student. Assignments and attendance have been monitored. The Junior 1996-9- 7 33 has atudents this JOM program High school year. Last spring they took students to Denver for a Youth Career Conference and also had activities at the High School, culminating with a pageant at which a royalty was chosen. . highly successful. STERLING SCHOLAR Duchesne School District was well in region represented competition for 1995-9All the high schools in the district hnl teams or individuals which in state playofls in most sports. The Union High School Girls Softball teem came home with 6. the State Championship Title. Congratulations to all!!! The Sterling Scholar program is popular program throughout our School District The students seem to enjoy this competition very much. Each year we have several students apply for most areas and it ia necessary to have competition in order to select candidates. The students have a positive attitude about the program and enjoy the opportunity to excel in an academic activity. Many students have received scholarships and recognition through the Sterling Scholar program. skills through their They learn important interview abilities, computer knowledge, and general ability to present themselves in a good light. Past district candidates have praised the program. stating that they received great benefits in life because of this experience. From Duchesne Co. School District we had 12 winners ft runners-u- p in the 1996 competition which is an excellent representation from our district job-entr- y dg,gpihLlli9 v s T rji V i UJ ?i Tjyrfv W "W .JIB ijuw U. ' - LEONARDO ON WHEELS Duchesne County School District psid Leonardo on Wheels to come here with its traveling hands-o- n science and art exhibit It was set up in die gymnasium at Roosevelt Middle School for two weeks. During that time frame, over 4200 students bom the District were bused or walked to RMS to spend 90 minutes M Leonardo on Wheejs-Thstudents had the opportunity to participate in five different exhibit categories containing a total of over 40 individual displays. Essentially all exhibits wen designed for touching, moving snd adjusting by the students. The categories included; motion, balance, sound, light and energy, pattens and structures, and the inflatable planetarium. Two nights and one all day Satiaday sessions were held for the public to visit Leonardo. During the public attendance sessions. Basin West 2000 Aits Council organized and sponsored a wonderful art exhibit and demonstration to accompany the Leonardo exhibit. More than 30 volunteers bom the area were ured to guide the students through the various displays. Each one donated anywhere bom 90 to S3 hours of their time to assist students learning bom the experience. There were three, nd sometimes four, Leonardo staff members on hand to keep equipment working and to assist volunteers and patrons. The overwhelming and almost unanimous responses bom teachers and students re summarized by: What a neat thing;" "We ere so fortunate to have it here; end "What a neat way to learn." A few mentioned only fun in their responses. We heard no negative comments bom those who attended. The Leonardo on Wheels experience was a wonderful enlightening, fun and event for the students of our district. It was well worth the cost. e . |