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Show NEOLA ELEMENTARY PAUL CHAMBERS ROOSEVELT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL DENNIS MANNING The year began with Mr. Dennis Manning as principal and several quality projects were started. In November he moved to Roosevelt Junior High and Paul Chambers returned as Principal. New projects . included: teaching test taking skills to all students to improve CRT scores, adjusting teaching methods to learning styles, monthly letters to parents, student letters to Bosnia,egg hatching projects, class plays, class science projects, and classroom contests. took place and prizes were During the cold February days many short-activiti- awarded. The computer lab was used by each class twice per week and the students wrote stories. The lab has two parts: and Apple II e section and a Mac lab. All the fifth grade students graduated form the D.A.R.E. Program conducted by the Duchesne County Sheriffs Office. Many activities were held to honor die Sesquicentennial year and two highlights were the Ancestor Day and the Reading Incentive Day. THOMPSEN SCHOOL PRINCIPAL KEVIN HEATON Outdoors, inside the school, in each classroom, and in the hearts and minds of everyone here, we see progress. Come and observe... or, even better, participate with us, as our kids learn how to; prune an orchard, assemble storage sheds, ride Mountain Bikes, participate in Aerobic Activities, play the Guitar, develop film in our very own darkroom, build Hardwood Gun Cabinets, Coffee Thbles, and Cedar Chests, create Ctafts and Art Work and produce Dramatic Plays. Adults hate to leave our Spanish Class, and all who visit enjoy our Biology Room with its collection of Critters. Our basic subjects of English, Math, Science, Social Studies, Health, Woods, and Child Development are enhanced by an enriched curriculum, and talented and innovative teachers. Thompsen School has great kids, who have great instructors, who truly care. We intend to use our curriculum to motivate kids, manage behavior, and positively affect lives. At Roosevelt Junior High School we are building a future for our students. Our theme this year has been Success Under Construction, and each department is working together to assure just that. Science is changing at RJHS! Last year was the first year for implementation of the new state Integrated Science core. Along with the new core a totally new science staff began work last year and are excited about this new curriculum which affords more hands-o- n opportunities for our students. In addition, the science department has formed a M.E.S.A. Club (Math, Engineering, Science Achievement) at RJHS. This club is voluntary and affords our students the opportunity to explore science activities on a wider scale. The science department put on a science assembly for the school this year and demonstrated many of the properties of liquid nitrogen. The students were enthralled and excited about science. The English department wants everyone to know how great our students are, so the students writings are entered in all the contests available. This year we will have students representing RJHS in Nagoa, Japan for the 1998 Olympics and two students representing us in Park City at the same time. All three were winners in a writing contest. Last year the 3rd place winner at the state Deseret News Spelling Bee came from RJHS. We had students win in the Standards writing contest and two students had poems published last year. This is just mentioning a few of their many achievements. The Math department also saw much success. Last year our students placed high in the state Math Test held in Logan. The Art Music departments are also flourishing. Nine of the sixty-eigUintah Basin Honor Band students were from the RJHS. They had to try out for it and were accepted to study and play under Dr. Gordon Childs from BYU. We added a musical productions class to our curriculum also this year and much work and effort went into producing an excellent musical entitled Ducktails and Bobbysox. We had our third annual 'Make a Difference Day this year and. were able to contribute $1 152 to the Roosevelt Childrens Justice Center by student and faculty pledges.' effort and really did help make a difference. At RJHS, our It was a unified, faculty and staff will continue to make a difference in building success in our students future and appreciate the efforts of parents and community in making this happen. ht fun-fill- ed TABIONA ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL BOB PARK ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL HAROLD STONE As a pilot school, Roosevelt Middle School is continually searching for new and better ways to meet the many challenges we face in educating our students. We continue to work on our math program which is beginning to take shape after two years. We are using a variety of ? approaches and textbooks in an attempt to meet all our students ItJ needs. Instead of a lock-ste- p approach, we have structured our teach students our on their level. to program Our accelerated program is in its second year and we currently have approximately 160 students, or 30 of our student body, in tins program. Our goal is to have these students ready to take algebra in 7th grade. We do this by having these students cover the math content of three years in two years. In the third year (6th grade) these students then take a full year of and As an extra benefit for our students we also provide after school tutoring in math on a daily basis for those who need help with homework or mastering skills. Many of our accelerated students attend this class as both tutor and tutee. RM.S. Circle of Art continues to grow at our school This is a program whereby our students art work is matted, framed, and glassed within our school and offered for sale or rent to our community. Many businesses rent and display these works erf art on a rotating basis. Many parents have purchased these pictures to hang in their homes. The quality of this art work is excellent and weve had a great response when it is displayed for public viewing. The money generated is funneled back into the arts program at our school. pre-alge- Achievement raising oneys 9 Success in progress at Thbiona School. Tabiona School may be small in size but Tabiona is very big in heart The students, staff, and the entire community rally to boost individuals and the school to seemingly impossible success. When asked what success did Tabiona enjoy last year, there is one unanimous answer,.... Winning the IA State Basketball Championship Basketball is a dearly loved sport of the community in Tabiona. Of the 360 community residents, 343 of them were in St George for the Championship game. Winning the game was a great achievement for our little school, but the community support is the real success story for the great things Tabiona is able to do. There were many other individual and team successes, such as winning the Wendover Volleyball Tbumament, Superior Honors at the State History Fair, First Overall at the District Science Fair, Academic winners, Superior awards in State Piano Competition, State Drill Team Sportsmanship Trophy, and many more. One of die years great successes was the graduation of all eleven of our students and as they left Tabiona, eight of the eleven had scholarships to Utah Colleges for advanced training, one had a church mission call, one had joined the army and was headed to school on his own. They all knew what they wanted and where they were going and graduated with their heads held high and ready to conquer the world. The fighting Tiger Spirit burns brightly at Tabiona School and athletic and academic success are only a challenge away. Another personal success is my election as President of the State Secondary Principals' Association..! feel this is an honor to me personally and I hope that it is also a statement of die quality of administrators we have in our district, that one of us would be elected by our peers state wide to represent than. I took office as President in June and will serve until June of 98. All-Sta- te is largely the product of steadily levels of aspiration and expectation . 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