YESS is privileged to have an awesome and dedicated group of mentors (Juvenile Justice Advocates) who work with youth in care throughout the schools in Granite and with students in some of the facilities.
Orchestrating a Move at DSI/Gemstone
Carol and Pamela, teachers at DSI/Gemstone, programs at the Salt Lake Valley Youth Center, recently moved from the outside relocatable classrooms into the building into vacant sections. Moving classrooms is no simple task, especially when art and music materials and supplies are involved! These teachers worked diligently at organizing, packing and preparing for the move, […]
Mentoring Above and Beyond!
The job of a Restorative Justice Advocate (mentor) is more encompassing than one may believe. Our mentors search for opportunities to address the needs of the students they serve, sometimes going above and beyond the normal scope of their job description. One of the YESS Mentors has been working with a student who struggles with […]
Make no “bones” about it, YESS students are learning! Sweet!
Learning is so “sweet” in Cindy’s Health classes at the Salt Lake Valley Youth Center. This is a model of a long bone with the parts labeled compact bone, spongy bone, articular cartilage, and red marrow. Also represented is the haversian system with lamellae, blood vessels, and lymph vessels. Oh…and did we mention they were […]
YESS Mentors are awesome!
Driving at Ms Daria’s!
Students in Daria’s class at Connection High School, have the opportunity to take a Drivers Ed course and experience what it’s like to drive…without leaving the classroom! A Drivers Ed simulator was purchased through a supplemental grant. The students take seriously the responsibility to prove that they are safe and cautious drivers.
Milkweed and Monarchs – Planting
Students at Decker Lake Youth Center got down and dirty yesterday…planting the milkweed seeds in the greenhouse! This was the second session in the Monarch Butterfly Conservation Project sponsored through USBE and the University of Utah’s STEMCAP initiative. Since the monarch butterfly relies on milkweed for sustenance for the developmental stages, the replenishing of milkweed is […]
Driving in the Classroom
The students in the YESS Transition Classroom at Granite Connection High School, under teacher Daria’s supervision, ar elearning to drive…IN the classroom! This drivers ed simulation system was recently purchased through a supplemental grant through the Youth in Care office at USBE. Daria reports that the students have taken this opportunity very seriously and have […]
Acquiring Digital Skills
Students in Sandy’s classes, Digital Media teacher at AIM, and in Tom’s classes, Digital Media teacher at Detention, are attaining digital design skills through the use of Photoshop. The picture on the left depicts a student following a tutorial and learning to use the Photoshop tools. The other picture is a home design drawn by […]
NASA Comes to YESS
NASA – STEM/CAP Activity Write-up by Kath Nelson The youth at Genesis, UNI GTC, and Decker Lake were treated to a special interactive STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) presentation by a NASA scientist! Dr. Dianna Scalise, the Director of Astrobiology Education at NASA, was hosted by Dr. Nalini Nankarni, of the University of Utah […]
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