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Show Area Students Return From 'Upward Bound' Experience Three Panguitch High School students and a recent graduate recently returned from participation in a special six-week Upward Bound program at Southern Utah State College in Cedar City. Trudi Fagg, Hatch, a third year participant who graduated in May from PHS; her brother, Travis, a Junior at PHS and also a third year particpant; Staci Perry, Hatch, also a junior at PHS and a two-year participant; and newcomer to the program Shaun Murphy, another PHS junior all praised the program for the opportunities it provided them to learn, to practice what they learned and to experience many new activities. Under the summer program, participating students, some 50 in all from Arizona and southern Utah, attended school four hours each day and worked in the community four hours a day. Staci Perry worked at Sunnyhill pre-school where she taught art and did office work. She studied math and science, reading and English. Travis Fagg worked at Al's Bug Hut in Cedar City learning-by-doing auto body repair. His sister Trudi and Shaun Murphy both worked on campus helping to prepare for the college's annual Renaissance Faire by making flags, banners, pouring cement, painting, building cages and performing a great variety of other activities association with the "faire." , Locally, Roene Dickinson, Panguitch, serves as counselor and coordinator of the Upward Bound program in the area. Upward Bound is geared to low-income families and first-generation college-goers who qualify. It is designed to help students gain experience on-the-job, develop basic and advanced skills In math, reading, science and English and promote achievement. Students entering the program are selected according to their academic standings and willingness to work hard. Trudi Fagg was able to earn eight college credits in English 101 and Math 101 during the six-week period, starting her college career off with a boost. She was also named outstanding English 101 student and awarded a special medal for her achievement. Upward Bound students stayed on campus in student dorms, ate at the cafeteria, and were allotted $15 each per week for snacks, laundry and other personal spending. All said they had lots of homework and frequent study halls, but work was interspersed with a variety of other stimulating activities, they participated in intramural sports and listened to numerous guest speakers on such subjects as drugs and alcohol, mountain men, birds of prey, etc. They took an overnight trip to Lehman Caves In Nevada, a one-day trip to Zion National Park, and capped off their six-week program with a weekend tirp to the Provo-Salt Lake City area. Sixty-one members including staff and students stayed at the Provo Excelsior Hotel, went to the Star Palace for dancing, visited Lagoon and the Hansen Planetarium, and hiked to Timpanogos Cave. Sliding was part of their fun, on the Alpine slides at Park City and the super water sled in Draper. They will receive yearbooks in the fall containing a permanent record of the fun they experienced during the summer of 1984. They will also enjoy two on-campus activities during the coming school year to keep them in touch with each other and with the Upward Bound program. |
