June 1st

Today is the last day of school for the 8th and 9th grade students! Have a great summer and see you next year!

May 31st

The 7th grade students are expected to be in school today. Sewing lab cleaning, finalizing of grades, faculty vs. student games, and yearbook signing will be taking place today. This is the last day of school for the 7th grade students.

May 30th

For the first part of class, students learned about careers in the Family and Consumer Science areas and future classes they can take in this area. Students were given their final grades and citizenship. Students were also given time to look their grade over carefully for any mistakes I may have made or computer errors. They also cleaned a part of the sewing lab.

May 29th

Students learned about different Child Care and Child Development careers available to them, as well as what child care, day care and family care centers are and what is required to run one.

May 25th

Students learned about and defined social skills, acceptable and unacceptable behavior and manners. They discussed what each one meant and gave examples of each. We then moved on to how this relates to the stereotypes we have and how we treat other people based on those stereotypes.

May 24th

The students took their end-of-year test for the CTE Intro class. It has 40 questions on it with ten questions from each CTE rotation they had this year. There is no redo tests offered on this. If they missed the test, it becomes the student's responsibility to arrange a time to come in and take it by May 29th (Tuesday).

May 23rd

Students learned about the "Keys to Caregiving" which included physical, emotional and guidance needs. We also discussed their end-of-year test, which included specific terms and definitions, which they will take on Thursday (tomorrow).

May 21st and 22nd

While watching a video on child care safety and babysitting, students had 11 true/false questions to answer or they could play a safety game to earn points for their team. Afterward, students learned about different kinds and types of play teachers use in a preschool and day care setting to teach the children in their care while also playing.

May 18th

We went through the 5 steps of problem solving, which the students had to write down. We then gave some examples of how the problem solving process could be used. We also discussed family traditions, why we have them and what they are, shared some examples of our own family traditions and watched a clip from "Fiddler on the Roof" about traditions.

May 17th

Students completed a state survey on Utah Futures as an assessment for CTE Introduction. They took a similar survey at the beginning of the year to so we could see what they have learned.

May 16th

The classes learned the definition of the terms self-concept and stress and we discussed ways that we can raise others self-concept as well as our own. Students then discussed how advertisers come up with packaging for products and how the way we present ourselves to others is like packaging ourselves for others. Students then created a package from a lunch sack that represents themselves and uses positive labels instead of negative. These are due at the start of class tomorrow (Thursday).

May 15th

Students learned about six different poor communication techniques and six good communication techniques to help create effective communication with others, as well as attentive listening skills. The students need to keep these notes with them for the end of unit test.

May 14th

Students learned about the three types of communication; written, verbal and non-verbal. They also watched a video clip of each type of communication to help them remember the three types. We also discussed the importance of listening to others and watching their body language.