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Classic movies focus of area class

Classic movie class

Posted: Thursday, September 25, 2014 11:09 am

Jerry Bregg Special to the Standard Journal

ST ANTHONY—South Fremont Junior High School offers an elective course called Classic Movie Appreciation.

Sixth-grade students were placed in a unique class where they watch and analyze movies released between 1930-1975. Some students had never seen a black and white movie until they took this class.

This class has a large entertainment factor, but is also designed to teach students about cultural awareness and sharpen their analytical skills. It is part of the school’s “Hands-on learning” curriculum, which is designed to teach students valuable skills and knowledge in an entertaining way.

“It goes hand in hand with social studies,” says Classic Movie Appreciation teacher Marilyn Stone. “We learn about the cultures and it gives them [the students] practice analysis.”

The students learn about what events were happening when the film was made. The students also analyze the various aspects of the film such as acting, costumes, sets, special effects and give their own rating from 1-10.

“We learn to analyze and predict what’s going to happen in the movies we haven’t seen,” says student Brynlei Gould.

“It’s fun analysis,” says Stone. “It’s different from reading a book or reading a poem.”

Students have also been known to watch the movies they saw in class with their families at home. Since all the movies are appropriate, it makes for a fun and wholesome family activity. Mrs. Stone also said that students have been known to obtain their own copies of the movies after they watched them in class because they enjoyed them so much.

When student Adamaris Benitez was asked if she would watch these movies with her parents she responded, “Yes, because [the movies] are fun.”

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One of my responsibilities at the school district is to release good stories. I learned of this and decided to write an article about it. It was published in the Idaho Standard Journal.

Parker-Egin Elementary Library receives $5,000 grant

JERRY BREGG Special to the Standard Journal | Posted 2 weeks ago

 PARKER — A $5,000 grant has been awarded from the Idaho Commission for Libraries’ Read to Me program to Parker-Egin Elementary.

The grant program has three goals to help young students increase their love of reading and learning. They seek to “1) Increase the amount of reading done in homes of children in developmental preschool programs, kindergarten and first grade. 2) Increase access to age-appropriate quality non-fiction and fiction titles in elementary school libraries. 3) Increase the number of children reading on grade level,” according to the Idaho Commission for Libraries.

“I am very excited about this grant,” said Pam Cardon, Parker-Egin’s librarian. “We haven’t had the opportunity for a large budget for new books in a long time.”

Books, particularly nonfiction books are very popular among the students at Parker-Egin. They continually ask Cardon when the new books will arrive. As soon as they do, they will be flying off the shelves.

“As a mom, my kids have an interest in reading and learning about the world around them long before they could read,” Cardon said. “As a librarian, I see the children get so excited to tell me what they learned from the books they read.”

The students of Parker-Egin are eager for books. Once they learn they can check out books from the nonfiction section they excitedly check them out, and then eagerly share what they have learned. This grant will do well in increasing the thirst that the students of Parker-Egin Elementary have for learning.

“I feel with more access to nonfiction books, the excitement about learning will be contagious,” Cardon said.

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What I’ve been up to

So at the end of last semester I attended an internship fair and as I was going through the different booths I dropped my resumé off at a couple of places. A couple of weeks later I got an email from one asking if I would be available to come in for an interview. I excitedly said yes and a couple of days later I went in and was interviewed for a Public Relations internship. I brought in a few pieces of my work which are also available in earlier posts on my blog. Not even an hour later after the interview I got a call saying that the position was mine if I wanted. I gladly accepted.

So now I am the Public Relations Intern for Fremont County School District. So far it is going well. I have made a couple of press releases and I am making a rendition of the District’s mission, motto, and vision that will be hung in every classroom in the schools. This is a huge blessing to have this internship and I am grateful for the experience I have gained so far.

It’s an office job.