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Show + October 26, 1999 WASATCH COUNTY COURIER _ i “f } é . Midway Elementary News friends we have learned that we can ~ keep violence out of our lives as well. The children decorated grocery sacks tions that arise in everyone’s life. STAR with anti-violence and drug slogans and — stands for Stop, Think, Act and Review. wore red and purple ribbons all week to _ help them remember to take good care Weekly lessons from “Character -Counts” are helping students to become responsible, contributing citizens of their homes, communities and of their bodies. Our school has entered a Scholastic Book-Utah. Jazz-Cream O’Weber spon- - class- rooms. The students role-play everyday situations, listen to great stories, sored write son so the teachers can reinforce them on the playground as well as during rotaMrs. Jensen, Kohler and McNaughtan feel that special time every Friday morning is well worth the extra effort. This week we have celebrated Ribbon Week. This particular week is always a great learning time for boys and girls. Through video’s and assemblies we have learned how to say NO! to drugs, alcohol and tobacco, and by controlling our tempers and practicing being good contest. Each - student - needs to read at least 20 minutes each night for 16 weeks to help us win. The — Grand Prize is a visit by a Jazz player to the school who reads the most minutes. WOW!! It is going to be exciting and will certainly encourage students to ~ letters, set goals and have fun. All three third grade classes are on the same les- tion. reading caring towards others. Ms. Nelson from astrology to zoology and from the would also like have been > estimation| through a fun Halloween activity. they carved a pumpkin into a o’lantern and then they estimated “many seeds they removed from the dle of that pumpkin. Now they are counting and counting to see just ° many seeds there really were. Z First Jack how midbusy_ how to o something special that has happened recently in her social studies. classes (Valiant Knights Team). They have been. studying about archeologists and what they do, so that they will better understand what they are learning in ancient. civilizations. They read, read, READ! his . Fausett’s ee graders leaves counting and Science and fidthicinaties Day. They were joined by seven students from the dents of. the day this week. She chose alternative school. They listened to a Nathan Baum for being kind and caring towards others. JD Howells is always _ keynote speaker who told how chemresponsible for his work. Adam Kowallis © istry affects their everyday lives and how has a happy and positive attitude. it is advancing the treatments of bacte-Kelcee Smith, too, is responsible in her rial infections. The students then split work, and Stefanie Thacker is kind and up and went to various classes ranging Ms. Nelson had fun nominating the stu- ” were very Red Ribbon week. “It was great! Thanks ences in the field all over the world. He to Drama it for their play, “Huff and Puff,” and everyone who supported us. ' Dead day was a lot of fun. All the teachers chose five kids from their first period told them about the legacies that the classes, then student government went Fremont and Anasazi Native Americans around and painted their faces. Those people then were not allowed to talk all day. They represented the numbers of kids killed by drugs and/or violence.” -come to talk to them about his experi- left us. He also brought pictures and artifacts for them to see. He spoke about ~ the work he is doing in Wasatch County to learn about its early inhabitants. They appreciated his time and willingness in coming to share his knowledge with them. Heber Valley Elementary 5th Cassadee Evans, Josh Weishar, Levi Givens, Matt Jacobsen, Ashton MacFarlane, Hollis Pyper, Gardiner Seawright, and Bryce Daley, accompa-nied <—Mrs= Conlin teacher, Mr. Arnold, and alternative to BYU's ed annual Parents, please remember that Friday, October 29th, is a career ladder day for teachers. Students do not attend school that day. This week is also the last week of first quarter. Remember tutoring is held each Tuesday and Thursday after school to help students keep up. The Wasatch Dance Center is performing Wednesday for our students at lunch in the little theater. Sixth grade will be hosting a Fall Carnival on Thursday. % : Ribbon Winners Dillingham and Eva Tukuafu, would like to thank everyone who participated in f 1 and 4th grade Red Student government reporters, Andrea uae Elementary 3rd | and glassblowing from the year before, | they all seemed to have a good time. excited to have Mr. Ken Kohler of Midway, an archeologist and curator, On Saturday, October 16th, ten dedicat-ed middle school students, Shaelene Christensen, Darby Whisenhunt, Heber Valley golden ratio in mathematics to fractals. Although they missed the slime making oe STAR CE practice HW Oe graders (from “Character Counts”) to help them handle some of the many difficult situa- Tae third Middle School ranglers — | Braggin’ Dragon — Midway Midway Wasatch | WMS STUDENTS OF THE ‘DAY l-r: Nathan Baum, JD Howells, Adam Kowallis, Kelcee Smith, Stephanie Thacker )9s srade Red Ribbon Winners Heber Valley © Elementary ist _ and 2nd grade Red Ribbon Winners Institute Class—Old Testament 12:00-12:50 pm on Mondays ce & Wednesdays etry U.V.S.C. are held in the building behind the Heber Library. Everyone i in the com- munity is invited. This is a — PPO for gospel study, If we don’t use it, we will lose it! Elementary Tutor K-5 Certified Host Piper Riddle any 654-1227 © |