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Murray City School District • 147 East 5065 South • Phone 801-264-7400 • Fax 801-264-7456 • www.murrayschools.org The Your Murray Schools section of the Murray Journal is a Murray City School District publication under the direction of D. Wright, communications & public information specialist. Murray Schools: website www.murrayschools.org Email with questions or information to [email protected] Social Networking Be sure to join Murray District social media so you can keep up to the minute with school and community news. You’ll find us on Facebook at Murray City School District UT; and Twitter at MurraySchoolsUt (one word). If you are Murray District alumni, email us with reunion info. at [email protected] Portuguese Dual Immersion Language offered at Parkside Elementary Murray School District will be starting their second Dual Immersion Program at Parkside Elementary School next school year. The target language is Portuguese, which will provide to Parkside and other Murray elementary students an exciting opportunity to leave 6th grade bilingual and biliterate – able to fluently speak, read, and write in two languages. Parkside will follow the successful Spanish Dual Immersion Program at Horizon Elementary School, now in its third year. In August, 2012, approximately 56 first graders in two classes will learn the same Utah state core curriculum that all first graders are taught with one difference – they will learn math, science, and social studies in Portuguese from a teacher who speaks only Portuguese for one half of their school day. During the second half of their day, they will learn the English Language Arts curricu- lum from their English-speaking teacher. The teacher team, one English-speaking and one Portuguese-speaking, work very closely together to ensure that all students in the two classes are successful in all content areas. Any incoming first grader is eligible and the parent/guardian must apply to have the child participate in the Dual Immersion Program. Parents/guardians are asked to commit to the full six years, first through sixth grades, so that each child receives the full benefit of this wonderful opportunity. All other students will be placed in the regular program in which they will learn the same curriculum in English only. Parkside will be one of only two Utah schools offering Portuguese Dual Immersion next year. Murray School District and Parkside chose to provide this opportunity for many reasons. With over 220 million speakers, Portuguese is the seventh most widely spoken language in the world and is the official language of eight countries. The most widely spoken language in South America, Portuguese is second only to English as the most widely used language on websites and in blogging. Also noteworthy is the fact that Brazil is considered by many scientists to be the country with the most important biodiversity in the world. Finally, Brazil’s economy is expanding rapidly and is currently ranked 7th in the world in GDP. Martha Kupferschmidt, Director of Teaching and Learning, encourages families to consider this program for their children. “Five- and six-year-old children are at the optimal age to begin acquiring a second language. To be able to do this in a safe envi- ronment while learning the required curriculum is a wonderful opportunity that will result in many benefits to these children. Not only will they become stronger learners, they will be more culturally and globally aware, as well as more likely to learn additional languages. This is truly a win-win proposition for students!” Photos of Dual Immersion Spanish program at Horizon Elementary are shown at top of page. Spring Murray Community Education Classes (MCE) Computer Skills for Life – Tim Manning For individuals that have little or no experience with a computer, to gain a basic understanding of how to use the Windows operating system. Course focuses on developing mouse skills, using CD’s and Flash drives, creating files and folders, manipulating windows, under- standing email, surfing the internet, and maintaining the computer. Class runs 5 weeks, once a week for 2-hour sessions at Hillcrest Jr. High, Room 5. Tue Apr. 10 6-8 p.m. 5 wks $65 Power Point – Tim Manning Learn how to develop a presentation, copy, moving and deleting test, images and slides, formatting, insert graphics and charts, create slide transitions with sounds and animation effects and how to print and distribute your presentation. Class runs 5 weeks, once a week for 2-hour sessions at Hillcrest Jr. High, Room 5. Thu April 12 6-8 p.m. 5 wks $65 Driver Education Summer classes are taught at Murray High School, Monday-Friday for 3 weeks. Students must be 15 to 18 years old. Class time: 8-10 AM with supervised driv- ing time either before or after class; teach- er will let the students know. Students can not miss any time, so check calendars before signing up. June 4 – June 29 & July 30 – August 17 Costs $ 95 Murray Community Dance Murray Community Dance program is a nine month program with begin- ning, intermediate and advanced class- es. Advanced levels are determined through tryouts with limited openings. Registration for NEW Students in Fall 2012-13 will be May 23, 2012, from 4 :30 PM to 7:00 PM in the at Murray High School small dance studio by the main gym. Kindergarten Orientation Schedule Viewmont Elementary, 745 W. 5720 S. (Anderson Ave.) March 21 at 2:30 p.m Horizon Elementary, 5180 S. 700 W. (Glendon St.) April 11 Open House 2-5 p.m Liberty Elementary, 140 W. 6100 S. April 12 at 3:30 p.m McMillan Elementary, 315 E. 5900 S. April 13 at 2 p.m Longview Elementary, 6240 S. Longview Dr. (560 E.) April 18 at 9:30 a.m Parkside Elementary, 495 E. 5175 S., Murray April 19 at 10 a.m Grant Elementary, 662 W. Bulldog Circle (6140 S.) April 20 at 2 p.m ECEC (Early Childhood Education Center) is now offering classes for young children Fall Preschool Information – Preschool Open House and Registration will be held on Monday March 12, 2012. Families may visit from 9:15 to 11:15 a.m, 12:45 to 2:45 p.m.; or at an evening session from 5:30 to 7 p.m. • Preschool begins the week of September 4, 2012 • Morning classes are from 9:00 – 11:30 a.m. Afternoon classes are from 12:30 – 3:00 p.m. • Tuition varies, depending on number of days attending. Check at ECEC for specific class schedules and rates • Registration Fee is $50 Summer Programs – Two programs are offered this summer; both run Monday thru Thursday from 9:00 to 11:30 a.m. Three sessions will be offered with a different curriculum each week: #1 July 9 thru– 12; #2 July 16 – 19; #3 July 30 – Aug 2. The cost is $45 per session. • Preschool Summer Adventure Program where preschoolers learn and discover. • Summer Kindergarten Readiness is a literacy based program with handwriting activities, basic math concepts and social skills addressed. Call for availability on all ECEC programs; ask for Debi Evans, 801-264-7404. ECEC is located at 73 West 6100 South, in Murray. Important Dates 3/26-30 Spring Break 4/04-05 Elementary Parent-Teacher Conferences 05/28 Memorial Day holiday 05/31 Hillcrest JH 9th Grade Promotion, HJH, 7 p.m. 05/31 Riverview JH 9th Grade Promotion, MHS, 7 p.m. 06/01 Murray High Graduation, SLCC Lifetime Fitness Center, 1 p.m. 06/01 Last Day of School NOTIFICATION Murray High class of 2009 cumula- tive folders are now being released. The folders contain immuniza- tion records, grades, some testing results and other misc. information. They will be available until June 14, 2012 in the high school counseling center. Files will be destroyed after that date. March 2012 Your Murray Schools 2012 Pinnacle Award Recipients Named Murray Education Foundation (MEF) proudly announces recipients of the 9th Annual Pinnacle Awards, a recognition that honors outstanding efforts of excellence in education in the Murray City School District. In collaboration with leading Utah businesses and the Murray community, the program’s purpose is to recognize that educators, classified employees, and volunteers are important, and that outstanding achievement is appreciated and recognized. They will all be honored guests at the Pinnacle Awards Gala on March 22, 2012, which will be hosted by Jennifer Stagg from KSL TV; Sodexo Executive Chef Jeff Gratton will oversee the menu. For information on any MEF activ- ities, contact Jeanne Habel, MEF Executive Director, 801-268-0076. This year’s Pinnacle Awards recipients are: Trudy Burton – Horizon Elementary reading coordinator Barbara Haun – McMillan Elementary 6th grade teacher Kay Morgan – Murray High School CTE Foods/ProStart teacher Alan Scott – Murray High School choral music teacher Kathie Webster – Riverview Junior High instrumental music teacher Karen Peterson – school secretary, Liberty Elementary Traci Black – volunteer, Viewmont Elementary & RJH
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Murray City School District • 147 East 5065 South • Phone 801-264-7400 • Fax 801-264-7456 • www.murrayschools.org
The Your Murray Schools section of the Murray Journal is a Murray City School District publication under
the direction of D. Wright, communications & public information specialist. Murray Schools: website www.murrayschools.org Email with questions or
information to [email protected]
Social Networking Be sure to join Murray District social media so you can keep up to the minute with school and
community news. You’ll find us on Facebook at Murray City School District UT; and Twitter at MurraySchoolsUt (one word). If you are Murray
District alumni, email us with reunion info. at [email protected]
Portuguese Dual Immersion Language offered at Parkside Elementary MurraySchoolDistrictwillbestartingtheirsecondDualImmersionProgramatParksideElementarySchoolnextschoolyear.ThetargetlanguageisPortuguese,whichwillprovidetoParksideandotherMurrayelementarystudentsanexcitingopportunitytoleave6thgradebilingualandbiliterate–abletofluentlyspeak,read,andwriteintwolanguages. Parksidewill followthesuccessfulSpanishDual ImmersionProgramatHorizonElementarySchool,nowin itsthirdyear. InAugust,2012,approximately56 firstgraders in twoclasseswill learn thesameUtahstatecorecurriculumthatall firstgradersaretaughtwithonedifference–theywilllearnmath,science,andsocialstudiesinPortuguesefromateacherwhospeaksonlyPortugueseforonehalfoftheirschoolday.Duringthesecondhalfoftheirday,theywilllearntheEnglishLanguageArtscurricu-lumfromtheirEnglish-speakingteacher. Theteacherteam,oneEnglish-speakingandonePortuguese-speaking,workverycloselytogethertoensurethatallstudentsinthetwoclassesaresuccessfulinallcontentareas.Anyincomingfirstgraderiseligibleandtheparent/guardianmustapplytohavethechildparticipateintheDualImmersionProgram.Parents/guardiansareaskedtocommittothefullsixyears,firstthroughsixthgrades,sothateachchildreceivesthefullbenefitofthiswonderfulopportunity.AllotherstudentswillbeplacedintheregularprograminwhichtheywilllearnthesamecurriculuminEnglishonly. Parkside will be one of only two Utah schools offering Portuguese Dual Immersion next year. Murray School District andParksidechose toprovide thisopportunity formany reasons. Withover220millionspeakers,Portuguese is theseventhmostwidelyspokenlanguageintheworldandistheofficiallanguageofeightcountries.ThemostwidelyspokenlanguageinSouthAmerica,PortugueseissecondonlytoEnglishasthemostwidelyusedlanguageonwebsitesandinblogging.AlsonoteworthyisthefactthatBrazilisconsideredbymanyscientiststobethecountrywiththemostimportantbiodiversityintheworld.Finally,Brazil’seconomyisexpandingrapidlyandiscurrentlyranked7thintheworldinGDP. Martha Kupferschmidt,Directorof Teaching andLearning, encourages families to consider this program for theirchildren.“Five-andsix-year-oldchildrenareattheoptimalagetobeginacquiringasecondlanguage.Tobeabletodothisinasafeenvi-ronmentwhilelearningtherequiredcurriculumisawonderfulopportunitythatwillresultinmanybenefitstothesechildren.Notonlywilltheybecomestrongerlearners,theywillbemoreculturallyandgloballyaware,aswellasmorelikelytolearnadditionallanguages.Thisistrulyawin-winpropositionforstudents!” PhotosofDualImmersionSpanishprogramatHorizonElementaryareshownattopofpage.
Spring Murray Community Education
Classes (MCE)Computer Skills for Life –TimManning For individuals that have little or noexperience with a computer, to gain abasic understanding of how to use theWindows operating system. Coursefocusesondevelopingmouseskills,usingCD’s and Flash drives, creating files andfolders, manipulating windows, under-standingemail,surfingtheinternet,andmaintaining the computer. Class runs 5weeks,onceaweekfor2-hoursessionsatHillcrestJr.High,Room5.TueApr.106-8p.m.5wks$65
Power Point –TimManning Learnhowtodevelopapresentation,copy, moving and deleting test, imagesand slides, formatting, insert graphicsand charts, create slide transitions withsounds and animation effects and howtoprintanddistributeyourpresentation.Classruns5weeks,onceaweekfor2-hoursessionsatHillcrestJr.High,Room5.ThuApril126-8p.m.5wks$65
Driver Education SummerclassesaretaughtatMurrayHighSchool,Monday-Fridayfor3weeks.Studentsmustbe15to18yearsold.Classtime:8-10AMwithsuperviseddriv-ingtimeeitherbeforeorafterclass;teach-er will let the students know. Studentscannotmissanytime,socheckcalendarsbeforesigningup.June 4 – June 29 & July 30 – August 17Costs$95
Murray Community Dance Murray Community Dance programis a nine month program with begin-ning, intermediate and advanced class-es. Advanced levels are determinedthrough tryouts with limited openings.Registration for NEW Students in Fall2012-13 will be May 23, 2012, from 4:30PMto7:00PMintheatMurrayHighSchool small dance studio by the maingym.
Kindergarten Orientation Schedule
Viewmont Elementary, 745W.5720S.(AndersonAve.)March21at2:30p.m
Horizon Elementary, 5180S.700W.(GlendonSt.)April11OpenHouse2-5p.m
Liberty Elementary, 140W.6100S.April12at3:30p.m
McMillan Elementary, 315E.5900S.April13at2p.m
Longview Elementary, 6240S.LongviewDr.(560E.)April18at9:30a.m
Parkside Elementary, 495E.5175S.,MurrayApril19at10a.m
Grant Elementary, 662W.BulldogCircle(6140S.)April20at2p.m
ECEC (Early Childhood Education Center) is now offering classes for young children
Fall Preschool Information –PreschoolOpenHouseandRegistrationwillbeheldonMondayMarch12,2012.Familiesmayvisitfrom9:15to11:15a.m,12:45to2:45p.m.;orataneveningsessionfrom5:30to7p.m.
• PreschoolbeginstheweekofSeptember4,2012• Morningclassesarefrom9:00–11:30a.m. Afternoonclassesarefrom12:30–3:00p.m.• Tuitionvaries,dependingonnumberofdays attending.CheckatECECforspecificclass schedulesandrates• RegistrationFeeis$50
Summer Programs – Twoprogramsareofferedthissummer;bothrunMondaythruThursdayfrom9:00to11:30a.m.Threesessionswillbeofferedwithadifferentcurriculumeachweek:#1July9thru–12;#2July16–19;#3July30–Aug2.Thecostis$45persession.
• Preschool Summer Adventure Program where preschoolers learn anddiscover.• SummerKindergartenReadinessisaliteracybasedprogramwithhandwriting activities,basicmathconceptsandsocialskillsaddressed.
Call for availability on all ECEC programs; ask for Debi Evans, 801-264-7404.ECECislocatedat73West6100South,inMurray.
Important Dates3/26-30 Spring Break4/04-05 Elementary Parent-Teacher Conferences05/28 Memorial Day holiday 05/31 Hillcrest JH 9th Grade Promotion, HJH, 7 p.m. 05/31 Riverview JH 9th Grade Promotion, MHS, 7 p.m.06/01 Murray High Graduation, SLCC Lifetime Fitness Center, 1 p.m. 06/01 Last Day of School
NOtIfICatIONMurrayHighclassof2009cumula-tivefoldersarenowbeingreleased.The folders contain immuniza-tion records, grades, some testingresultsandothermisc.information.TheywillbeavailableuntilJune14,2012inthehighschoolcounselingcenter.Fileswillbedestroyedafterthatdate.
March 2012Your Murray Schools
2012 Pinnacle award Recipients Named Murray Education Foundation (MEF) proudly announces recipients of the 9thAnnualPinnacleAwards,arecognitionthathonorsoutstandingeffortsofexcellencein education in the Murray City School District. In collaboration with leading Utahbusinesses and the Murray community, the program’s purpose is to recognize that
educators, classified employees,andvolunteersareimportant,andthat outstanding achievementis appreciated and recognized.They will all be honored guestsat the Pinnacle Awards Gala onMarch 22, 2012, which will behostedbyJenniferStaggfromKSLTV; Sodexo Executive Chef JeffGratton will oversee the menu.ForinformationonanyMEFactiv-ities, contact Jeanne Habel, MEFExecutiveDirector,801-268-0076.
This year’s Pinnacle Awards recipients are:TrudyBurton–HorizonElementaryreadingcoordinatorBarbaraHaun–McMillanElementary6thgradeteacherKayMorgan–MurrayHighSchoolCTEFoods/ProStartteacherAlanScott–MurrayHighSchoolchoralmusicteacherKathieWebster–RiverviewJuniorHighinstrumentalmusicteacherKarenPeterson–schoolsecretary,LibertyElementaryTraciBlack–volunteer,ViewmontElementary&RJH
