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, […]
A Thank You to YESS
This was a note from a grateful guardian of a current YESS student: “Dear (YESS), I am so thankful for the help you have given me in finding a possible placement for (student) next year. You definitely went above and beyond your job description. (Individual from another district) contacted me…next day after I talked to […]
YESS Library Assembly
The YESS Library is taking shape! Ann, Administrative Assistant and Lead Mentor, has headed up this project to collect book sets from around YESS and organize, catalog, and store them in one location for checkout. Allyson, Instructional Assistant, has helped with getting the books cataloged in a database and set up a check out system. […]
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 […]
Mentors Present to the State
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” […]
Spreading Music
Pamela, YESS’s own music teacher extraordinaire from Genesis, recently conducted a music training in the district for Preschool Services. The focus for this training was using the ukulele. Everyone was able to try their hand at playing this unique instrument.
Measuring Up!
Students at the Detention Center in Dave’s math classes learned about volume by determining it with manipulatives!
Parts of Speech Rock at Decker
From Dieter, English teacher at Decker: The students conducted their own research on an assigned part of speech using Blendspace. Blendspace allows students to compile pertinent resources, images, and videos that can be turned into a presentation. Once the students finished their presentation, I transferred their work into a Padlet account that was assigned to […]
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