Students at DSI/Gemstone at the Salt Lake Valley Youth Center participated in the first of the Mission STEMCAP programming with a focus on the Grand Challenge topic of extinction. The program continued starting today with students at UNI GTC and will explore the topic of biodiversity loss. Here is some information regarding STEMCAp from Dr. […]
Orchestrating a Move at DSI/Gemstone
Carol and Pamela, teachers at DSI/Gemstone, programs at the Salt Lake Valley Youth Center, recently moved from the outside relocatable classrooms into the building into vacant sections. Moving classrooms is no simple task, especially when art and music materials and supplies are involved! These teachers worked diligently at organizing, packing and preparing for the move, […]
STEMCAP Collaborator
The students in YESS have been privileged for the past few years to have a team, under the direction of Dr. Nalini Nadkarni, forest ecology professor from the University of Utah, come to the facilities to bring science experiences. They were most recently at Gemstone working with the girls on ways the students can be […]
Festive Breakfast
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, […]