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Show H r fib "Hw I Is-- STEERING COMMITTEE Earl Farnworth, Orem businessman,- Wanda Findlay, Lehi High School PTA president, seated and back, Clifton Pyne, high schools supervisor; Donna Brock, retired elementary teacher; and Steve Garlick, studentbody president at A.F. High are working on committee for graduation. Committee to Help School Officials in Formulating Requirements A Steering committee commit-tee composed of representatives from the various communities com-munities in Alpine School District is working work-ing to assist school officials of-ficials in formulating plans to implement the new high school graduation requirements re-quirements mandated by the Utah office of Education. Committee members include Dr. Clifton Pyne, Supervisor Super-visor of High Schools for Alpine School Distirct; Earl Farnworth, Farn-worth, Orem Businessman; Wanda Findlay, Lehi High School PTA president; Mrs. Donna Brock, Pleasant Grove retired teacher and principal; Steve Garlick, Student-body Student-body president at American Fork High School; Mearle Smith, teacher at Lehi High School; Leland Priday, American fork business man and member of the Alpine B oard of Education: Educa-tion: Val Oveson, Orem businessman; Ladd Black, executive director direc-tor of Stevens Henager Business College in Provo and Orem resident; resi-dent; Stephanie Cowan, Orem High School student; stu-dent; John Gourley, Principal at Pleasant Grove High Schoo; and Marcella Walker, Pleasant Plea-sant Grove housewife and news reporter. "Part of the requirements re-quirements include that each graduate be given the opportunity to participate par-ticipate in a community based work or service experience prior to graduation," said Ardena Beck, Executive Ex-ecutive Committee Chairman. This work service experience is intended in-tended to provide students with the opportunity op-portunity to explore an occupation to help them make a better career choice; to develop basic skills required re-quired by a person entering that career; to learn what is expected of a worker in the way of work habits and attitudes; at-titudes; to gain an understanding of the free enterprise system and to enhance the civic consciousnes and personal per-sonal development of the students. "Those who participate in these work-service programs will have to complete a minimum of 75 hours," Miss Beck said. "As a student prepares for their Individual In-dividual Career Plan, the quality and quantity quanti-ty of the experience will be carefully reviewed by their school teacher-advisor," teacher-advisor," she said, noting that there are several ways a student can elect to meet this 75 hour requirement. "One might decide to participate in a supervised super-vised work experience, or they could serve in supervised service experience, ex-perience, both relating to their career choice," Miss Beck stated, continuing con-tinuing that they could also choose a combination combina-tion of work and service to fill the requirement. Those not desiring to participate in the work-service work-service program will fill this requirement by taking a cluster of classes related to their career choice. Before approval is given to participate in any of these programs, a student must have met several goals, which includes having prior approval from their parents and the school. Verification of their hours worked-served worked-served and an evaluation evalua-tion of their performance perfor-mance by their supervisor super-visor will be recorded on their school records. Miss Beck said that during the coming six weeks each business, industry, in-dustry, civic organi-zaon, organi-zaon, and governmental service agency is each community will be contacted con-tacted by a representative represen-tative from the school to locate work-service training sites for the students. The program will be explained to each contact and if they are willing to participate par-ticipate they will be asked to complete a form stating the type of experience they have available. "It is hoped that the community will be responsive to this need and help our students in fulfilling this new graduation requirement," re-quirement," Miss Beck said. Questions concerning the program and or anyone desiring to participate par-ticipate by providing work-service opportunities oppor-tunities is asked to contact one of the following Executive Committee members: Miss Beck, currently a counselor at Lehi High School who will be a counselor at Mountain View High next year, Committee Chairman; Russell Felt, Lehi High School counselor; Robert Secretarn, American Fork High School counselor; Maurice Bowman, Career Teacher at Pleasant Plea-sant Grove High School; Virginia Johnson, counselor at Orem High school. |
