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Show Scho Covering what matters most WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2007; B3 Students say: Recycle Lindsay B. Wolsey STAFF WRITER Courtesy photo CRAFTY EDUCATION: JoAnn Tuttle, Nebo District's Career and Technology Education Program coordinator, shows a quilt made on a quilting machine. Preparing students Lana Hiskey drafting. One of the challenges NEBO DISTRICT is always staying current JoAnn Tuttle, program co- with the latest technology, ordinator, presented to Nebo so the students continue to School Board of Education be prepared for the working the Career and Technology world. Education Program. There are over 7,000 stuThe Career and Technol- dents enrolled in Career and ogy Education Program pre- Technology courses. Nebo pares students for careers offers about 65 different including technology, busi- courses in our schools with an ness, health care, photog- additional 10 courses availraphy, cosmetology, fam- able at the MATC. This past ily consumer science and year, Nebo District's Career courses involving trades and Technology Education such as welding, auto me- students passed 3,396 Skill chanics, wood working and Certification tests. Nebo Transportation employees honored Kami Leifson and Vona Judd earned recognition as Nebo Transportation's outstanding employees in Nov. 2007 for the quick thinking and professional manner in which they handled their buses during what could have been a horrible accident. On Saturday, Oct. 6, 2007, Kami Leifson and Vona Judd were assigned to -take the Payson High School Marching Band to Logan for a band competition on what would turn out to be this year's first bad weather day. Everyone was concerned because of the threat of" bad weather, and made sure there were contact numbers in-case of an emergency. After loading the band members at Payson High School, they headed out for Logan following .the band trailer and instructor. As they traveled along 1-15 in the carpool lane, it was raining in some areas and dry in others. The farther north they went the worse the weather became. As they were nearing Lehi, Kami radioed Vona, telling her the rain was starting to come down hard, and they should slow down. As they neared Thanksgiving Point, the rain suddenly turned to. slushy snow, and . within seconds the road was covered with snow and ice. Cars started braking and sliding all over the freeway. Kami radioed Vona and told her to stop fast, because she was stopping to avoid hitting cars that were wrecking in front of her. Vona was about two bus lengths behind Kami, traveling at Reading improves scores Kami Leifson NEBO'SCHOOL DISTRICT. For a current listing of job openings for teachers, teacher's aides, secretaries, custodians, maintenance workers, bus drivers and food services, please go to www.nebo.edu/ READING LESSON: If children are given a minimum of 20-30 minutes per day to read books of their own choosing, standardized test scores should increase, on average, twenty percent, according to a study done by the Center for Reading. The Elementary school librarians in the Nebo School District are working hard to make sure your students learn and are reading the very best and newest books. In fact, ask a librarian to tell you some " F " words found in the library. Courtesy photo 4 Seat Airplane Vona Judd DA40 G1000 Avionics about 55 miles per hour, and trying to stop on slush and ice. Vona's bus was. not stopping, it was sliding toward the back end of Kami's bus. Vona was worried about crashing into Kami's bus, so she decided it would be safer to turn towards the cement barricade to try and stop. . Vona let up on the brake for just a Secondhand somehow, the bus straightened and she avoided hitting the barricade and Kami's bus, sliding up Now available First Time Ever at the SpringviUe-Spanish Fork Airport See NEBO • B4 DA40 Garmin 1000 Avionics Classifieds HELP WANTED Nebo School Board meetings have become a hot spot for high school students. At the meeting on Dec. 12, political science students from both Payson High and Spanish Fork High were in attendance as part of their class requirements. Students kept trickling in< throughout the meetingi until there were only a few seats left. Unfortunately for the late arrivals, they missed the highlight of the meeting. The Park School PALS were on-hand to educate the Courtesy photo school board on the impor- PARK PANTHERS: Students from Park Elementary visited the Nebo School Board meeting to tance of recycling. PALS talk about the importance of recycling; • stands for Park Advanced Learning Systems.. Found- paper. and system support." Not On. Tobacco, a program ed by Laurie Graham eight Gerke continued, "Many done by the American Lung PALS also unveiled the years ago, PALS is an orga- recycling commercial they people think that all coun- Association. nization for gifted1 and tal- had made that will be aired selors do is meet with "We enroll students in the ented children, ranging from on Channel 16. The com- troubled students, but we program who are struggling grades 3-6. They meet edch mercial showed students are actually here for alt stu- with tobacco, and get them Friday before lunch. walking by the trash arid dents. Since the early '90s, to examine their k smoking For the past few years, recycle bins, and when they we've been going through habits," said Jamsa. "While PALS has been focusing on . would throw paper in the the Comprehensive Guid- only two out of 20 students recycling at Park School. trash can the trash can would ance Program to help us actually quit smoking comUnder the watchful eye of throw it back. Eventually, a track the impact we're hav- pletely, most of the students . cut down considerably. And Principal Rob Keddington, student came along and put ing in the schools." the students, accompanied all the paper in the recycle " Illustrating one of the tasks all of the students commit to ., ; by their mascot the Park bin, where it stayed put. . o'f counselors,- Jamsa and Ger- "quit." Panther, started their presenCounselors spend about a School Counselors Ralph ke acted out a job interview tation with a cheer Each stu- Jamsa and Kim Gerke ex- scenario in which Jamsa did • thircLof their time on Student dent then took a turn at the plained the Comprehensive almost everything a job candi- Education Occupation Planmicrophone, giving a fact or Guidance Program lo the date could do wrong. ning (SEOP). Each counextolling the virtues of recy- school board.' . 'This little exercise sticks selor, has a checklist of items cling. "Basically, there are four with the students," Jamsa to go over with students, PALS hopes to raise parts to the program," Gerke said. "It's funny, but we can including the ACT, college $450 through their recycling explained. "Guidance curric- pick it apart and show them planning, graduation credits efforts, topping last year's ulum, where we go into the how little things like job and scholarships: $301. If they reach their classrooms and help students interview skills are imporCurrently the ratio of sec. • goal, they plan to reward learn their different learning tant." ondary students to school the school with a party. In styles, responsive Services, Jamsa explained another counselors is one to 450. The November of 2007, .they which includes counseling, way counselors help stu- State of Utah suggests a ratio earned $51 by recycling individual SEOP planning, dents, the NOT program — of one to 350. hr/jobs. (1/12-TFN) ' Sales/service rep/Part time — afternoons only. Flexible hours. Must be willing to obtain Insurance license. Steve Wilson State Farm Insurance 798-9288, 220 N. Main, SF (9/12-TFN) st 21 Century "Glass Cockpit" Security Insurance TOP DON HONORING EXCELLENCE AT SFHS Meagan Borkman Junior Meagan Borkman is the daughter of Ramona and Kevin Borkman of Salem. 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