The school staff at Gemstone/DSI donned holiday accessories, prepared and served 20 students, 20 JJS facility staff, and 10 YESS staff breakfast as a treat for the holidays. Mark, flipping a mean egg, Carol slinging pancakes, Kath and Allyson microwaving up some crispy bacon, Margie serving up her scrumptious homemade salsa, and Chad, Pamela and […]
Color-by-Note
Students in Pamela’s music class at Gemstone/DSI at the Salt Lake Valley Youth Center recently enjoyed a variation of color-by-numbers, color-by-notes! Students were also taking a drum test! Music is a blast in Pamela’s class!
SHIFTy Teachers
Three of our teachers, Jodie, Paula, and Jim, were given the opportunity to participate in a SHIFT training sponsored by Youth in Care at USBE (Utah State Board of Education). SHIFT is a series of trainings that “support innovative technology integration in classroom instruction.” They were given a backpack full of equipment and resources to […]
Faculty Festivities
The YESS, Safe School, and GAPP faculties recently held a luncheon. It was good to come together, share school experiences, and build camaraderie. A great time was had by all.
Recorders!
The YESS Technology Specialist, Suki, recently was given the opportunity to share her interests in recorders with Pamela’s music students at Genesis. She brought her recorders, a sopranino down to a tenor, demonstrated the range of each, and taught the students the fingering for 5 different notes. The students were even able to play 3 […]
Star 360
YIC at USBE recently purchased a testing platform, Renaissance Star 360, with the intent to use it throughout the state with YIC students. Decker students have been the first group in YESS to take these exams. The tests cover Reading and Math and the results go into a database that can be accessed throughout YIC […]
Gratitude Flags
Hanging in the entrance of the Salt Lake Valley Youth Center are some pretty amazing gratitude flags created by students and staff in art classes at DT. This project definitely involved many helping hands (“It takes a village . . .”). Cathy, registrar/secretary, cut and prepared the fabric. Anthony, staff at DT, approved the work to make sure it was appropriate, […]
Mission STEM/CAP
Thanks to Kath, YESS Science Teacher, for this submission A weeks long partnership with the STEM/CAP ambassadors from the University of Utah, Granite Schools District, and the Juvenile Justice Community culminated with the presentation of podcasts researched, written, compiled, and recorded by students in a JJS youth center. The University branded the new project “Mission […]
A New TILT on PD
For a recent professional development training, YESS teachers selected from three options that were offered based on their responses to survey. Sandy, teacher at YESS’s Transition Classroom at Connection High and TILT member, facilitated a session on creating one’s own Nearpod (an online resource with a vast database of lessons correlated to core standards). Brenda, […]
Student Self-Care Fair for Parents and Guardians
Granite School District recognizes the importance of equipping parents and guardians with skills to meet the unique challenges of their children. Each year Granite provides an opportunity for parents to attend a district sponsored event to provide them with a variety of available resources. This year, it will be held at Taylorsville High School from […]