It was a day of celebration this past week as two students of YESS fulfilled the requirements to graduate from high school. Both students have been with YESS for about 5 years and have worked closely with our mentoring program. It was a success a long time in the making. We are all proud of […]
Visit from founder of Water for South Sudan
The boys at Decker Lake Youth Center had a very special experience on Wednesday when they were able to meet virtually with Salva Dut, the founder of the organization Water for South Sudan and the main character in the true story A Long Walk to Water. It all started earlier this year when the boys read the book […]
Julius Caesar Day at Decker
Students at Decker Lake Youth Center were able to participate in a Julius Caesar Day presented by the Utah Shakespearean Festival and arranged by Dieter, English teacher at Decker. In years past the education outreach program of the festival would go to the sites to do a presentation followed by some workshops. Due to the […]
Mission STEMCAP Overconsumption Series at Decker Lake Youth Center
This 8-day workshop taught the students about the environmental problems associated with human overconsumption of resources and how the 3 Rs can help – reduce, reuse and recycle. During these 8 days, students created their own collages out of unwanted materials. They took a virtual tour of the Utah Museum of Fine Art where they […]
Honor Roll Assembly
An assembly was held today at DSI/Gemstone to recognize students who made the Honor Roll for the third quarter of this school year. Congratulations, students!
Planets Align at DT
Students studying astronomy in David’s Science class at Detention, drew this model of the solar system!
Aquarium Fieldtrip
Students from DSI/Gemstone had the opportunity to go to the Loveland Living Aquarium recently. They had to qualify by having a certain grade average from 6 of their 8 classes. All had a great time and “it was really fun to go somewhere, said Pamela, English and Music Teacher”!
Water for Sudan
The boys at Decker Lake recently finished reading the book A Long Walk to Water, the true story of the civil war in Sudan and the journey of one boy to stay alive and ultimately return to his country and help his people. The main character, Salva Dut, has created a charitable foundation called Water for […]
Decker Makes the News with STEMCAP
Students throughout YESS have had the opportunity to experience science and the arts through the STEMCAP program offered through the University of Utah. Recently, Fox News visited Decker to see first hand the impact of STEMCAP on the students. They interviewed one of the students, as well as Angie, Site Facilitator and Science Teacher; both […]
Fish-y Business at Decker
On Thursday, February 18th the students at Decker participated in a presentation from the STEMCAP group. The students learned about the research that a Marine Biologist is involved in to study the behavior of fish in certain habitats. A virtual tour of the specimens at a Natural History Museum was used to explain how research […]