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Show rrj: 'I --. I I i i . "4 ; mi i "" ""liii,,. W'" : I EL' A - I School's hot out for them by MAN CHALAT Record staff writer By all rights, the halls of the Treasure Mountain Middle School should be empty now. But they aren't. Instead, the school is humming with activity, with students stu-dents from kindergarten age to the high school level busily studying computer science, French, reading, mathematics, Spanish and creative writing. Don't they know it's summer? Yes, they do. But 180 students have chosen to spend at least part of their summer vacation in summer school. MIt sounded better than just sitting at home," said Jay Neukom, who is enrolled in a summer school class entitled "Computer Graphics for the Young Adult." "I didn't want to be out skateboarding by myself and besides, be-sides, I like computers," added Neukom' s classmate Brian Oar. Teacher Andrea Morguloff said that, although she is working with some of the same students she taught during the regular school year, the atmosphere is different during the summer quarter. "The kids are really motivated to be here," she said. Other faculty members noted the relaxed attitudes of both students and teachers! "It has been very positive so far. There is no pressure about grades and all of the classes have less than 15 students," said Hal Smith, director of the summer school program. Smith said this is the first time summer school has been offered in the Park City School District. "And since it is just the first year, we are still trying to figure how best to serve the students." This year's pilot project is only two weeks long, therefore none of the classes (with the exception of the six-week home economics program) is being offered for credit. Smith said he hopes that will change in the future. "A lot of our skiers, for example, take correspondence correspon-dence courses from Brigham Young University to make up for the time they spend racing. "It would be great if they could take those courses here," he said. Smith, a member of the high school faculty, said he particularly enjoys seeing the teachers from all three staffs working together. Blake Barlow decided to sign up for a summer arts and crafts class taught by Marilyn Dewes. By Tuesday, the second day of summer school, he was already deeply immersed in a papier mache project. |