by Nadine Wimmer SALT LAKE CITY - Thousands of Utah students have something directly in common with one of the country's most famous kids -- Suri Cruise. Suri - daughter of actors Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes - attends Avenues: The World School in New York City. Her tuition is $40,000 a year. Class size: 17. Then there's Cierra, daughter of Dave and Robin. She attends Spring Lane Elementary School in Holladay. Tuition: free, if you don't ...
Community Council Notes Tuesday Sept. 12th
Community Council, 8:00 A.M.. Attendance: Margarita Morales-Chair, Kelli Handy-Vice Chair, Sara Noel, Jolene Randall, Principal Excused: Aleisha Ivins, Reyna Diego, Traci Jones 1. Shared Leadership 7 Habits- encourage parents to have students practice and teach them at home. 2. A concern about 6th grade class size was raised. Staffing issues, class size, and grade-level needs were explained. Other options were discussed. Will ...
Teachers Now Accepting Texting as Acceptable Writing
After years of fighting it, teachers nationwide are now accepting Textlish as a legitimate writing style. Skipping articles like "the" and "an" and spelling phonetically is improper English but it's fine in Textlish. Now high schools and even middle schools are allowing students to use Textlish in their papers. Some teachers even require it. "I go beyond just accepting it to believing it is a new language," said Gabe Upton, teacher at ...
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