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March 29, 2012
Garfield County
ENTERTAINMENT & EVENTS
EIGHTH GRADE TEAM WINS CONSTITUTION BOWL
The Eighth Grade Pangutich Team won the Garfield County TARs Constitution Bowl that was hosted As we move into April, or achieving a score of 160 ting takes place, students by Pangutich High School. I would like to discuss the or higher on the test; this do not test as well in an This team consisted of Jantassessments translates to a 3 or 4 on the environment where they sen Orton, Connor and Ian upcoming Anderson, Drew Fisher, and given to the students in CRT test. The testing win- are making up the test comMcKoy Dodds. They com- Garfield School District. dow will open April 9th and pared to participating in peted against 9 other teams The particular type of test- go through May 18th. The their regularly scheduled of 9th grade to Seniors. ing I am referring to is the State has set the standard to testing time with fellow They were the only Middle CRT (Criterion-Referenced have all schools in the State students. If you are planSchool Team. Each team Tests) or commonly called, start testing six weeks pri- ning on your student not atwas give questions that related to the Constitution of the United States to study and then end of year or end of level or to the end of school. In tending school during this they competed to see who could buzz in first and answer the questions correctly. A double testing. Regardless of the Garfield School District, the period of time, please visit name, it is the same type science test will be admin- with your child’s teacher elimination tournament was held March 14, at Pangutich High School. The Garfield County of testing. The District is istered April 16th – April so they can make arrangeTARs organized the tour- required by the Federal 20th. Language arts will ments to have the test comnament and posted a $300 Government and the Utah be April 23rd -April 30th. pleted. This is a very stressprize for the winning team. State Office of Education to Math will be May 1st - May ful time of year for teachers The tournament began with test every student in math, 14th with four additional and students because of the John Swallow Deputy At- language arts and science. days to make up any testing testing requirements. The torney General speaking The testing is administered that may have been missed testing scores in math and to the student body. John on computers and will start by the students. We ask language arts will count toasked the students if they with the 3rd grade students. parents to please make sure wards the District and the had the freedom gene or In 3rd grade, the students your students are in class schools passing ‘No Child the desire to always be are tested in math and lan- on the testing dates. Please Left Behind’ on the federal free. He explained how the guage arts, but they are not do not plan extended family level. On the State level the Constitution helps us to be tested in science. In 4th - vacations or an event where science, math and language free. Students then began 11th grades, all students are a student would miss an ex- arts will count toward passthe competition and spent tested in math, language arts cessive amount of school ing the ‘UPASS’ or State the next 3 hours answer- and science. Seniors who during this time. Typically, testing standards. Please ing questions. The TARs are enrolled in a science or if a student misses the day take time to discuss the want to thank our judges math class will be tested, their class participates in importance of these tests Superintendent Ben Dalton, but they will not be tested the testing, the student will with your child and take an Justice Court Judge Russell in language arts. Passing be required to make the test active role in asking them Bulkley, County Attorney the test is commonly re- up at an alternative time. how well they did on the Barry Huntington, and for- ferred to as being proficient Many times when this set- CRT tests. mer school board member Mack Oetting. This was a challenging competition for Brian Bremner has sought re-election in the Panguitch District #2 School Board race. all of the students. Bremner declared his candidacy early in the filing period and was unopposed until the final hours. Bremner has served on the School Board representing the west side of Panguitch for 3 years. “Several people encouraged me to file again,” Bremner said. “They exDirector Carl Boyd, Jr., Tropic, recently finished pressed a desire to keep service on the National Rural Electric Cooperative Assomeone on the board sociation’s (NRECA) Resolutions Review Committee who is willing to make (RRC). The NRECA Board of Directors appointed the the tough decisions for the RRC with the task of bringing a set of recommendagood of the students.” tions for consideration, if needed, to reform the NREDeclining enrollment, CA resolutions process by the December 2011 Board state mandated changes meeting. A representative from each state was appointand potential loss of more ed by each NRECA Board Member. Utah’s NRECA than $600,000 in federal Board Member, LaDon Torgersen, appointed Carl funding face the school Boyd, Jr. as Utah’s representative to serve on the RRC. district in the coming The RRC consisted of four working groups (opyears. Seven candidates erating simultaneously), which were established by a have filed for the three random “count-off” method in May 2011. Each of the open school board seats. four Working Groups then began corresponding elecBremner added, “My tronically, addressing, in-depth, one of four general only motive is to provide questions about the NRECA resolutions process. the best education we can Carl Boyd, Jr. served as the Group Leader of Working Group I and addressed the topic for our kids. Every acof Membership Obligations. Group I focused on the following question, “What are the tion needs to be measured membership obligations to the NRECA resolutions process from the standpoint of help- against that standard.” ing to create, understand and support the publicpolicy positions of the electric cooperative network?” The Working Groups met for a day and a half on June 28-29, 2011 in Dallas, Texas. During the two days, the Group Leaders met five times and the Working Groups met three times. Each Working Group developed proposed recommendations and then presented them to the Group Leaders for review and discussion. Deliberations focused on developing a mission, a set of desired ends, and an initial set of specific proposed recommendations from each working group. The RRC met several times throughout the year and made final recommendations, which were voted on and approved by the entire membership in February 2012, representing approximately 850 electric cooperatives across the country. Director Boyd, Jr., is in his 2nd term on Garkane Energy’s Board of Directors representing cooperative members in the Hatch, Henrieville, Cannonville, Tropic, Bryce Canyon, and Spry areas. He has served in various capacities for Garkane’s Board and is currently serving as Garkane’s Board President.
CRT TESTS
BREMNER SEEKS RE-ELECTION
DIRECTOR BOYD, JR. SERVES ON NATIONAL RESOLUTIONS REVIEW COMMITTEE
GARFIELD COUNTY LIBRARY BOARD
The Garfield County Library Board (yes, there is such an entity) meets quarterly, usually by teleconference, to discuss circulation of library materials. Budgets and purchases are reviewed and sometimes suggestions are made. The libraries in Escalante and Panguitch and the Bookmobile are for the use and enjoyment if all county residents. The same library card is used county-wide. Library Board members are Kent Osborn and Kathy Petersen with the Bookmobile, Rex Christian and Vickie Crawford in the Escalante area, Sandy Johnson and Trish Thompson in the Bryce Valley area, Laura Mosdell representing the Panguitch City Council, Brinda Bair, Ann Reynolds, and Barbara Talbot in the Panguitch area. If you have suggestions, questions or concerns about the library please talk to one of these board members.
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