Congratulations to the two students from Daria and Dave’s class in the YESS Transition Unit at Connection High on their high school graduation which was held at Cottonwood High School! What a remarkable achievement! Way to go!
Retiring Colleagues
Two of our teachers are retiring this year. Lisa Stolk, who has taught at O&A and at Decker Lake youth Center for a number of years; and Steve Hill, who has taught at ARTEC South and the Salt Lake Valley Detention Center. We are sad to see them move on, but want to wish them […]
TILT – A New Slant on Technology
The Technology Innovation Learning Team (TILT) recently held a 2 day powerful brainstorming and planning session at the YESS Office. This group was formed to explore, determine, and implement a plan to utilize technology in support of increasing student achievement and move toward a functional adaptation of Proficiency Based Grading in YESS. This is one […]
Teacher Appreciation Week
May 6 -10, 2019 is Teacher Appreciation Week. The YESS teachers are highly qualified, professional, dedicated, and caring individuals, committed to providing meaningful learning opportunities for our unique student population. They go above and beyond for their students! Each YESS site received a basket of goodies from the YESS Office (spearheaded by Ann). An extraordinarily […]
Reading & Tutoring at DT
Reading and tutoring at the Detention Center – Cathleen Taggart At DT, we’ve placed a great deal of focus on literacy. Sean keeps an amazing record of reading levels and time spent tutoring. It’s been a rewarding experience to tutor students one-on-one when we don’t have specific ESL students. Many of our residents, though not […]
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 […]
Flowers in Bloom!
Flowers are blooming all around, including in the art classrooms at AIM and Genesis! The first two flowers, as well as the sunflowers on the slider on this site’s homepage, were done by students in Sandy’s class at AIM. The remaining eight flowers are the artwork from Carol’s art students at Genesis Youth Center.
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 […]
Milkweed and Monarchs
Soon the students at Decker Lake Youth Center will be playing an active role in the conservation of the monarch butterfly, which is close to being designated an endangered species. This is a joint effort sponsored through the University of Utah’s STEM Community Alliance Program (STEMCAP), Utah State Board of Education and science teachers Lisa, […]
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