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Show WASATCH COUNTY COURIER FEBRUARY 28, 2001 _ Tuition Tax Credit | UVSC Wins Award for its Ethics Across the Curriculum Program Scrapped for This Year SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A pro- - Swallow’s plan would have offered -a $1,500 tax credit to anyone who pays private school tuition. Swallow argued that, since the state spends an average of $4,170 per student, every student posal that would give tuition tax credits to encourage parents to send their It. would also mean fewer nesle would have to be built and fewer teachers hired, he argued. He made the pitch to accommodate “A policy change of this _ an anticipated flood of 100,000 stu- — Utah | Valley Theodore M. Hesburgh Award for its _ Ethics Across the Cu ncaen pro-“The annual award is given for the best professional development program in higher education in the nation. 3 UVSC President Kerry OD. Romesburg accepted the award at a ceremony in Washington from John H. Biggs, chairman and chief execu- tive: officer of TIAA-CREF,a national magnitude deserves to be fully debated and carefully considered.” dents over the next 10 years. _ Opponents said his plan favored retirement system for the education mittee to study the proposal during the remainder of the year and said he. could bring the: tax c= bill back the rich, only benefitting those who could already afford or could nearly afford to send their children to private school, while doing little for poor students. which is named in honor of the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, president emeritus of the University of Notre _ He plans to ask an education com- ae Dame. “WASATCH ALTERN ATIVE SCHOOL NEWS — Denbow spent hours and evenings cleaning and setting up the computer lab in our career center. They ran cables “The fact that-we are being recog- | Faculty Senate and there was an unsuccessful move in that body to larly gratifying. Trying to promote and impeach him 3 South Summit School Wasatch County’s Source for News “Government is like a big baby— an alimentary canal with a big appetite at. one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.” —Ronald Reagan | | counseling dards is to ensure receive that services in all students four ACADEMIC -JULENA BONNER areas: - Guidance Curriculum, Educational and SOCIAL SCIENCE - Occupational Planning (SEOP), Responsive Services, and System | Support. Schools that meet the state standards receive additional funding for the program through money, which the Utah State Legislature has earmarked for comprehensive © PHOTO COURTESY WASATCH | ALTERNATIVE schoo. Computer lab setup by Dylan Stephens and Chaz Denbow, students at Wasatch Alternative School. and even made some repairs on a few. learned well and they were taught well. We encourage them to pursue future PROFILE Julena Bonner loves to explore and expound her horizons, and being involved in Social Science has given. her that opportunity. She has traveled throughout parts of the "old world" and much of the "new world.' She guidance. The main purpose of implement- loves to travel and learn about differ- # ing the Utah Comprehensive | Guidance and Counseling Model at Wasatch Alternative School has been to facilitate students’ transi- She has participated in the Utah State ent types of people and their cultures. mock legislature, debate and drama tournaments, taken third place in the stock market game, and is an active member of the EHCU Club. trators at Wasatch High where comprehensive guidance is also being implemented, and to prepare students for post high school education or employment. Linda Turner, the counselor at Wasatch Alternative School, would like to thank Mrs. Cheryl Hardy, Applied Technology Education director, Vickie Todd, principal of the school, Dave McNaughton, Paul Arnold, and Suzanne Rodriguez, teachers, Jodi Nichter, district crisis counselor, as well as Loretta Fillmore, Elda Rae North and Karlyn Mair, support staff, for their assistance with improving and implementing the guidance counseling program at Wasatch Graduation Alternative Program. It has taken a team effort to build the peernr Sponsored by BINGGELI ROCK PRODUCTS Supporting a strong foundation for education in Wasatch County! 654-2611 - 654-2233 Charleston, Utah | | fel guidance program which is being implemented by the counselor and staff at the alternative school. In order to pass the Svalatun schools must comply with 112 standards, which are set by the State Office of Education. The purpose of the stan- the services available to students with the counselors and adminis They organized the computer desks for teacher efficiency. They made a very unattractive computer lab look organized and inviting. We all appreciate their willingness to help the teachers and. students at this school. Dylan and Chaz have taken classes in computer repair and networking at Wasatch High School. Obviously, they | i CoURiER WASATCH COUNTY tion from the high school to the alternative school, to coordinate from the career center to other classrooms to network computers linked to the Jostens lab. They assessed the condition of all the computers and printers conservative bias from the ethics pro_fessors. He was president-elect of | iif from comprehensive working and repairs in the district, and their time for helping us was extremely limited. | Two gifted students at Wasatch Graduation Alternative Program came had nized for our work in ethics is particu- District came to Wasatch Graduation Alternative Program to evaluate the net- to our rescue. Dylan Stephens and Chaz they bi one been working continuously to keep up of computer as to whether i On Wednesday, Feb. 22, three evaluators from Alpine School District and District technology personnel have demand students encountered any anti-Mormon or anti- instill ethical thinking and decision Counseling Evaluation Passes puters were not working, and we had the _riculum and faculty and surveyed his - Comprehensive Guidance the of our career center. Many of our com- with “It was a huge day,” Englehardt said after a press conference. “It’s really the top award for teaching and learning.” _ The ethics program was central toa faculty feud a year ago. A sociology professor questioned the ethics cur- training in computer technology. Thanks, guys! Comprehensive’ Guidance and Counseling evaluation which each school must have every three years, _ we were worried about the condition just purchased the Jostens Lab from Mountainlands Advanced Technology Center, and it needed to be set up. - vice president for academic affairs. ca for The course was created in 1986, under Elaine E. Englehardt, assistant pea we - prepared of our curriculum, a seal school. -As a hallmark Romesburg said. The UVSC program is rooted in a required interdisciplinary course on ethics and values. = As a staff we would like to. recognize two students who have demonstrated commitment and caring at our | been rn next year. and nonprofit research communities. TIAA-CREF created the award, “making with our students has long se . mean $2,670 more money for those left behind. Utah (AP) State College has won the $30,000 £7 statement _ taken out of the public system would - OREM, a children to private schools i is dead this session. Rep. John. Swallow, R-Draper, said his plan got started too late to get the kind of debate that such a serious subject deserves. “I feel that this issue is foo impor_ tant to be rushed through at the end of a legislative session,” he said in a All |