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Show 7 I 7 UINTAH BASIN STANDARD. November 3. $3.5 million plan promoted to boost literacy of Utah kids Aeaociated Preu Lt. Gov. Olene Walker and the state Office of Education have unveiled plans for a $3.5 million literacy program targeting every child in Utah. "There is no excuse why children cannot read inUtah, Walker said last Tuesday as she explained the "Utah Reads program to the legislative Child Care Task Force. The initiative will be launched next year and aimed at fostering a love of books in the youngest infants to stuintensive tutoring ofhigh-schodents who still struggle to read. About 36 percent of Utahs fourth-gradeare reading below level, according to national literacy skills tests given to 4- 9- - and ol rs -, SCHOLARSHIP hundred --dollar college scholarIf you are a star both in the ships await 25 outstanding scholar-athlete- s. classroom and on the field, the Scholar Athlete Mile Mustache of the Year Award Program may be for you. To find out more contact Melody Scholes at Union High or phone 1 for an application. That's 1 nomination is for March IS. Deadline OFFER-Seyenty-- five Elementary school educators spotlighted by teachers union By Stacy Medium 1999 Prehistory & Heritage Week poster contest During the than 16 wide and 24" long. The poster contest is sponsored by the Divisions of State History and Parks and Recreation, Utah Geological Survey, Trust Lands, Bureau ofLand Management, Utah Statewide Archaeological Society, Utah Friends of Paleontology, U.S. Forest Service, and National Park Each year Utah celebrates its rich archaeological, paleontological, Native American, and historic heritage with informative lectures, programs, activities, Native craft demonstrations, and archaeological and paleontological site visits during Utah Prehistory and Heritage Week. Help promote Utahs exciting past by entering the Utah Prehistory and Heritage Week Poster Contest Cash prizes will be offered in three categories: Grand contest winner $250; Secondary school winner $100; Elementary school winner $100. This contest is open to professional artists, starving artists, student artists, and creative citizens of any description. Artists may choose any material or design. The principal elements of the design should depict aspects of Utah archaeology, paleontology, Native American cultures, andor historic settlers. The posters should be less Service. Posters should be submitted no later than January 1, 1999, to the nearest chapter of the Utah Statewide Archaeological Society, or Antiquities, Division of State History, 300 Rio Grande, Salt Lake City, Utah 84101. Visit our Prehistory Week web page to see the 1998 poster and posters of other states -- www.history.state.ut.usprehist. contact Renae or Ron Rood at the Division of For information, Weder Recent studies also show that reading problems must be identified and addressed before the fourth grade, since the building blocks for literacy are largely laid down by then, said Jan Dole, a reading and language arts specialist with the state Office of Education. Dole, an education professor at the University of Utah, is "on loan to the state office to help shop the literacy initiative to government agencies and the community. The program, which has been taking shape for the past several years, also will seek heavy participation of schools, families and communities to accomplish its goals. "It is extremely hard for children to catch up in reading skills after grade three, Dole said. school 1998-9- 9 year the Duchesne Education Association will randomly select and spotlight teachers to be featured every month in the Standard. The DEA hopes to promote education in the Uintah Basin by introducing educators to the community. This month Janalee Goodrich, a teacher at Altamont Elementary School, and Cathy Johansen, a Roosevelt Middle School teacher, share their background, teaching and lifestyle with the Uintah Basin. Janalee, a native of the Uintah Basin, graduated from Altamont High and received a bachelor's degree from Utah State University in elementary and special education. This is her fifth year of teaching: she taught two years of special education at Altamont Elementary, one year at East Elementary, and one year at Duchesne Elementary. She is also the DEA representative at 1st-gra- 4th-gra- Altamont Elementary. Cathy is also from the Uintah Basin and attended Todd Elementary, Union High, College of Eastern Utah, Weber State University, Utah State University, and Central Texas College. She teaches science and math at Roosevelt Middle School, where she eqjoys helping to turn students negative attitudes toward science into more positive perspectives. One comment she has heard from several students is, "I didnt know I liked science. A mother of two, Rylee and Chance, Janalee is married to Lee Goodrich and eqjoys spending time with them. Cathy also has two children, Sara amd Linda, and is married to Kerwin Johansen. Along with her other responsibilities, Cathy works at the Roosevelt theaters. Teachers have free time? Well, not a lot of time, but when they do have some leisure, Cathy eqjoys reading and Janalee likes camping and being outside. (801)533-352- 9 (801)533-356- 4 State History. 1998- - Pace 15 through school communications and public-servic- Although poor readers are not beyond help after age nine, most reading programs after that focus on serious intervention rather than preven Lion of early problems. A main emphasis of the program, and $500,000 of the proposed budget, will be on early childhood. Child-car- e centers will be encouraged to develop a love of reading in infants and toddlers by reading aloud regularly and making books available to simply touch, turn pages and admire illustrations. Family involvement will be encouraged announcements e stressing the importance of reading aloud to young children at least 20 to 30 minutes each day. A bill laying out the program will be drafted in the next few weeks. Budget requests will be made at appropriations subcommittees at the 1999 legislative session. In addition to the early childhood efforts, the program proposes spending $1 million for books, supplies and other learning materials. Another $1 million would go toward teacher training. Most task force members signed on enthusiastically to the initiative. "This is absolutely exciting, said state Sen. Leonard Blackham, "We all know if you can't read and write your choices in life are very limited. Campbells launches nationwide school contest Campbells "Labels for Education has teamed with Mary-Kat- e and Ashley Olsen, stars of ABCs new hit show Two of a Kind, to launch the "Souper School Stuff" contest - a nationwide contest that will award Gateway computers to winning schools across the country . school will The grand receive 25 computers fortheir school lab, plus an interactive school visit via satellite by Mary-Kat- e and rice-winning Ashley. full-siz- schools in the Campbell's "Souper School Stuff Contest will each receive one computer 25 provided by Campbells and 25 donated and Ashley to Laby Mary-Kat- e bels for Education. The twins' donation doubles the number of lucky schools! This partnership with Campbells "Labels for Education marks Mary-Kat- e and Ashleys first-evpublic effort to support a nationwide education program. "We are thrilled to be celebrating 25 years of Labels for Education. Campbells is firmly committed to helping students, parents and teachers obtain much needed eduer The contest celebrates 25 years for the Campbells "Labels for Education program which has provided more than $80 million in educational equipment in exchange for redeemed Campbells product labels. During the 1996-199- 7 school year, more than 78,000 schools and community organizations took part. The educational equipment provided by the Campbells "Labels for Education program includes a wide variety of products ranging from maps to microscopes, computers to a Swanson broths and poultry. An additional 50 e mini-va- n. The most popular item is the Playground Ball Schools can redeem labels from hundreds of Campbell product varieties for the Campbells "Labels for Education program, including: Campbell's Soups; Pepperidge Farm breads and cookies; V8 and V8 Splash; Franco American pasta and gravy products; Pace salsa and Mexican sauces; Pregcf Sauces and cational equipment for their schools, said Anne Pizarro, Program Director, Campbells Labels for Education. To participate in the "Souper School Stuff" contest, students are asked to draw a picture of their favorite school activity, incorporating a label from a Campbell prod- uct. For more details about Campbells "Labels for Education and the "Souper School Stuff" contest, kids can visit the website at call 222.label8foreducation.com, (8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. EST) or write to Rules Entry Form, P.0. Box 679, Sayreville, NJ 08871-067Contest ends Dec. 31. 9. Project Learning Tree visits local 3rd grade classes Project Learning Tree (PLT), an environmental education program which uses forest ecosystems to create an awareness and knowledge of the world around us; teaching us how to think and now what to think about the environment, is visiting local 3rd grade classes with a hands-o- n learning activity in ecosystem exploration. This program is being offered to all 50 school districts in Utah thanks to a grant through the Utah State Office of Education. The program is presented by the State Coordinator for Project Learning Tree in Utah. The PLT Activity, "The Web ofLife has been modified to meet the stan' dards and objectives established by the State Office of Education for ecosystem study in the third grade. Another modification of the activity incorporates plants and animals native to Utah, some of which students will recognize. The community ofplants and animals used in this activity make up an ecosystem referred to as a Foothills Oakbrush Community. The 3rd graders are asked to discuss food chains and food webs, define words like herbivore, carnivore, and omnivore; and producer, consumer, and decomposer. Stu . dents also explore the pyramid of energy as it relates to a particular ecosystem. They infer from the activity where the energy to run life in an ecosystem comes from, where the energy goes, and how it is recycled; all within the community of plants and animals. The real fun and challenge begin when the students recreate the food web, which is the association of all the plants and animals within an using species ecosystem, Cathy Johansen Janalee Goodrich identifica- tion tags and balls of yarn. During the process of connecting all the plants and animals based upon their individual habitats, an extremely graphic demonstration of just how complex an ecosystem really is reveals itself in the web of yarn as more and more connections are made by different species. Once all the connections are made, organism interrelationships are explored; as well as the law of supply and demand and how it is directly proportional to populations of individual species. This hands-o- n exploration into our natural world will have a lasting effect on these 3rd grade students. The lessons learned here will last a lifetime. The greatest lesson being, we are all connected. stars and Ashley Olsen, CONTEST SPONSORS-Mary-K- ate of the hit ABC television show Two of a Kind, have teamed with to launch the Souper School Stuff" Education for Labels Campbell's contest a nationwide contest that will award computers to winning schools across the country. - MaillOSiiliiBigUiPnimaiiWh You Can Place An Ad This Size In 3 1 Newspapers Throughout Utah For Only $ 95 Per Week 1 the past 25 years, Campbells has LABELS FOR EDUCATION-Duri- ng than $80 million in educaprovided schools across the nation with more labels. The variety for in product Campbells tional equipment exchange of educational equipment available ranges from computers to microscopes, from globes to athletic equipment. 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