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Show t : .1 f i - - , - . " ft . ' . -l -j' i if V:, v 1 v.- ' I " I ' t 1 I i ' -.J V J - ! NeW teachers at Manila Elementary receive certificates from LuJean Livingston, left. Teachers, L-R. are Anita Babb, Karen Crosby, Diane Sweeney, Lori Martin, Carolyn er, Kathy Shields and America Chumpitaz. pTA Council reviews school problems By KALYN SECRETAN ie Pleasant Grove PTA Council held their September meeting at the Lla Elementary School. ' Council President Rosalie Smith ducted the meeting. Meeting sites will rotate among the schools i, pleasant Grove. ft,e new teachers at Manila were produced to the council. Anita Babb, a fourth grade cner from Ogden, graduated m BYU, taught school at Scera park and Las Vegas, Nevada. She is married to Steven Babb and is wiring on a Master's degree. Karen Crosby, a fifth grade leacher, received her degree from BYU. She has traveled throughout Europe and attended BYU Hawaii. She is married to Blaine Crosby and lives in Lindon. Diane Sweeney teaches kin-Jergarten. kin-Jergarten. Diana is from Lake Placid, New York, and made her decision to teach while in the first grade. She is married to John Sweeney. A part-time teacher, she teaches one half day. Lori Martin, . a sixth grade teacher, grew up in Ogden and attended Weber College. She married six years ago and has two children. Carolyn Miner is returning to a teaching career after 17 years raising a family. A fourth grade teacher from Cedar City, Carolyn attended SUSC and received her degree at BYU. Her husband is Rod Miner who teaches at West High and they are the parents of six children. America Chumpitaz is from Peru. She comes from a family of 13 children. She will introduce the Spanish emersion program. Kathy Shields is the school psychologist. She loves children. Kathy received her Master's degree at BYU and spends two days a week at Manila Elementary. Dr. Harold Jacklin met with the PTA to discuss negotiations within the District. The teachers association rejected the proposed increase. Supt. Cox feels the number one concern is to keep education going for kids. Salary, health and accident insurance, in-surance, personal leave and sick leave are all concerns. Pat Fenton discussed organization of the city and stale wide balloon launch in October. Each school will have the equipment to blow up balloons. Tags will be attached to the balloons with the following message. "I've been launched from Pleasant Grove, Utah. Please let us know where I was received." It will be interesting to see where the balloons are returned from. Parents and teachers are urged to join the PTA now and become involved in-volved in the school where their children attend. |