Ann Jones, Lead Mentor and Administrative Assistant in YESS, recently presented a section of a training with DHS. She covered how to advocate for students in care within a school setting and how to work more effectively with DCFS and DJJS to provide the best educational outcomes for our students. The USBE held a professional […]
Oh, the possibilities in chess!
Van, math teacher at Decker Lake Youth Center, is teaching his students the art of chess. He has explained to them that there are 10120 possibilities of moves in chess! On the day of the photo, he was teaching them chess opening strategies. Students love Van’s math classes so much that they even ask for “homework” […]
Weather Station at DT
David, Science and Math teacher at the Salt Lake Valley Detention Center, set up a weather station outside. It is connected to the Internet and the statistics that it gathers can be seen online. Click on the following link for the Misty Meadows weather station: https://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=KUTWESTV46 . This is awesome David, thanks!
Robber Baron Trading Cards
Students in Brenda’s Social Studies classes created trading cards about the Robber Barons of the Industrial Revolution. They wrote a newspaper article about the Triangle Shirt Fire, and are currently researching ancient civilizations to present to their respective classes. Brenda prepares the templates for students to use, pushes them out to the laptops via LanSchool, […]
YESS Supports DBT & Mindfulness
YESS works closely with the agencies whose youth we serve in an educational capacity. The Mindfulness and DBT approaches are utilized at all of the YESS locations by the facility staff. The YESS staff recently participated in DBT and Mindfulness training to equip us to implement these strategies within the classroom setting. This training has […]
A Tech Approach to History
Brenda, Social Studies Teacher at Decker Lake Youth Center, integrates technology into her lessons. Today, students entered class and got to work on a self-starter with information from the online NY Times website. Their assignment today was to create a digital presentations on Ellis Island.
Diego Rivera Mural
Our Diego Rivera mural project for the conclusion of Mexican Geography & Culture: The Flower Carrier. Everyone in Gemstone/Genesis participated by first examining a 1 inch square of a portion of the mural. Then they had to replicate that pattern in a 6 x 6 inch square to fit 36 squares together in the window. Submitted […]
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