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Show B4101 Celebrating more than 90 years of service to the citizens of Eureka. Price $.40 EUREKA, UTAH JULY 21, 1995 Volume Ninety -- n m v.'w w mmiwnw mm rsss'kl 3! V, Number 28 of Pwo-thi- nls Utah scBnooBs get good grade By Katherine Kapos The Salt Lake Tribune When the Utah Taxpayers Association is handing out the of Utahs 40 grades, one-thir- d below-average school districts get ,"V marks. Overall, the state gets a B- -. Tammy Rac Larson, the daughter of former bending event. She also rides barrels and breakonly one district, Morgan, Eureka residents, Laray and Brad Larson, is away. She has also been named a United States as high as an A- -. talented both academically and athletically. Here National Honor Roll and Scholar winner by the Using scores from the state- she rides her horse MI)ox-Ba- r, in a rodeo pole United States Achievement Academy. wide testing program, Greg A. Frcddc, research analyst for the association, came up with the as a way of determining quality in the state. Scoring highest in the state was Morgan School District with an A- -, followed by Logan, Rich, Park City and Tintic at No district earned a failing grade, our youth is more important than The United States Achievereceived D- but San Juan district before in ever Americas history. ment Academy and the and North Sanpete, Tooele and Scholars At Large Division, Certainly, United States AchieveDuchesne received D grades. announced that Tammy Rae ment Academy Winners should Not surprisingly, districts Larson has been recognized for be congratulated and appreciated receiving poor grades questioned for their dedication to excellence academic achievement as a Unitthe evaluation, saying it was ed States National Honor Roll and achievement," said Dr. to compare districts be- and Scholar Winner. George Stevens, Executive Directhere arc so many vari- tor of the United States Achieveables, particularly the number of Tammy Rae Larson, who ment Academy. students who either dont speak attends Albert Lowry High The USAA National Honor or speak it poorly. That School, will appear in the United Roll Awards provide honor roll tends to skew results, they said. States Achievement Academy students with many benefits and Frcddc used three indicators Official Year Book, which is services and is a gre tribute to a students dedication, talent, and published nationally. "Recognizing and supporting ability. v Former Tintic student shines academically and athletically B. an Tintic student earns to calculate the grades - average scores on the 1994 Stanford Achievement Test, improvement since 1990 and how students were expected to perform based 0n economic factors for each area. The three factors were aver-An- d aged to create a average and a final grade. The result was that 12 of 40 districts scored either C- - or below. "This study raises serious questions regarding the effective-grade- s ness of some of the school tricts in Utah," said Howard Stephenson, association president and a state senator, For the past four years, all gradc-point-ge- ts fifth-- , eighth- - and llth-grad- c students have taken the SAT. The Legislature mandated that scores for individual districts and schools be made available to parents as a way of creating more accountability, ir Utah students generally counter-cause national their perform parts SCOring better in 19 of 21 possible subjects However, Frcddc says perfor-Englis- h mancc varies from dislrict t0 out-unfa- Grade (continued on page 2) Grades based on test score improvement from 1990 to 1994 and whether students scored as expected. Tammy Rac Larson Tammy Rae has many other interests and talents. She is a member of the Humboldt County High School Rodeo Club, in which she has taken part for the past two years. This takes many hours of dedication and hard work. The past year found her in fourteen weekend entered ater and Center for the Arts and attend several plays performed at rodeos. Her events are barrels, and the Utah Shakespearean Festival. break-a-wais her strong event Workshops will be conducted by time. this at She rides a bay Maxcomm Associates (a profesDox-Ba- r, whom she horse named sional development organization) and the Covey Leadership Center. calls "Her Bud." Together they make a strong team turning a Participants will also presentations consistent .21 -- run. This past by influential speakers from 1994-199- 5 rodeo season ended in around the country on topics such as the homeless, the U.S. Space Ely, Nevada where she finished s. fitness and 13th in the state out of 68 District GPA Grade college credit at Honors Academy Since Sunday, July 9, Southern Utah University has been hosting the seventh annual Governors Honors Academy.The Academy, by SUU and Gov. Michael Leavitt, brings SO of Utahs best and brightest high school students together for 12 days of leadership and personal development activities designed to expand their minds and assist them in becoming tomorrows leaders. This years Academy will include a visit from Gov. Leavitt at the closing ceremonies, as well as messages from Sen. Robert F. Bennett and Lt. Gov. Olene Walker. The Academy will tour Bryce Canyon and Zion National Parks, attend the Production Utah at the Tuacahn Amphithe- - pole-bendin- g. y, Pole-bendi- ng pole-bender- Program, physical nanotechnology. Tammy Rac is the daughter of In addition, the participants will Laray and Brad Larson, former perform a service project for several elderly Cedar City residents Eureka residents. Grandparents on Friday, July 15. Students will are Ludene and Ed Fields; Leo and Lisa Larson; and the late be weeding and beautifying the Jackie Larson; and Pat and Billy yards and gardens of these rcsi- - Dean. are Credit (continued on page 2) "Tone" Jones and Edna Stewart. Great-grandpare- nts State Average: 2.' Source: Utah Taxpayers Association GPA, B- - Grade. t |