Congratulations to three students in Jacqueline’s Transition Classroom who graduated this month; one on December 4th and two on December 15th! “It takes a village” and these students received support from a dedicated team -Jacqueline – teacher, Finn – ETCA, Lee – Counselor, Jason – Principal, and Ann – Registrar/Lead Mentor. Kudos to these students, […]
Teachers’ Message to Students
Due to Covid-19, students at Decker Lake Youth Center have moved to distance learning. Here is a message to them from the school staff.
The Hubble Has Landed
The Hubble Space Telescope has landed in Kath’s Science classroom at DSI/Gemstone!
TILT @ ISTE
The four members of YESS’s TILT technology team recently “attended” the International Society for Technology Education (ISTE) 2020 conference. The conference was cancelled last June and was transitioned to online and virtual. Not only was it informative in terms of content, but it also modeled strategies in delivering successful virtual learning experiences, skills that these […]
A Velvet Touch
Students in Carol’s art classes at DSI and Gemstone tried their hand at painting on a different medium, velvet! They’re beautiful!
Gratitude Projects at DT
Students at DT have been focusing on gratitude the past two weeks. They decorated their living center doors with gratitude statements. In Art, daily class starters have been discussions and short videos on the topics of giving thanks and appreciating the positives in our lives. Students and staff expressed themselves on the “Gratitude Board” and […]
Long-term Students at DT
There are a number of long-term students at the Detention Center in school this year. Sandy, teacher, and Finn, mentor, are working closely with those students. She and the other teachers at DT are helping the students fulfill necessary credits toward graduation, through regular classes and credit recovery. Several of those students made the honor roll for the first term and received […]
Zoom-ing into STEMCAP
The students at Decker Lake Youth Center attended a virtual assembly developed by the STEMCAP group from the University of Utah. They attended in 3 separate classrooms over Zoom. The students spent the day before the assembly learning some background information about glass, how it’s made and its many uses. The presentation was live from […]
A New Social Studies Teacher at Decker
Meet Brian! Brian is originally from Atlanta and started teaching Social Studies in 2004. He moved to Utah, taught at Riverton High and then Hillcrest High and then spent the last six years at a charter school. He just started teaching with YESS at Decker this year. He’s married with three kids, likes to do […]
Two Great Days Art
Students in Detention at the Salt Lake Valley Youth Center participated in a unique art project in Cathleen’s classes. Each student was given an 8.5 X 11 white sheet of cardstock with part of a letter or word. They drew designs of choice, not knowing the actual quote. When all projects were completed, they were […]