Foothill High Monthly Newsletter

September 1, 2014

Volume 1, Issue 1
Important Dates

Note from the

Teachers

September 1
Labor Day

The new school year is well

under way and boy, it is
flying by! Mrs. Shex and Mrs.
Williams and other teachers
in the Iron County School
District spent two full days
at district trainings learning how to become more
effective educators.
One of the highlights was a
simulation-based training titled Bridges out of
Poverty.
Its objective was to help educators and
administrators understand the effects of poverty on
children and families.

What Were Learning!

Social Studies
We have been following the recent
military
actions
in
Israel,
reactions to the Michael Brown
shooting,
and
studying
First
Amendment rights.
English
In English, we have been doing a lot
of reading and writing on the movie
industry, and learning how it
impacts our lives.
Science
Each individual student is working
on his own needed curriculum...
(continued on pg. 2)

September 5
Parole (for select
students only)
September 25
End of 1st Quarter

Mr. Chat Retires

Long-time Foothill High teacher
David Chatfield, known by students and
faculty alike as Mr. Chat has retired
after 3o years of service. He started
his long career with a 3 year stint at
Cedar
High
School.
Then he
transferred to the then newly opened
Southwest Utah Youth Center where he
continued
for
27
years. Mr.
Chatfield
has left a
huge legacy
here
at...
(continued
on pg. 2)

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Contact a Teacher
Email (preferred):
sombryn.williams@ironmail.org
leona.schexnayder@ironmail.org

Student Art Project of the Month

This
project
was completed by a
student*
for
our
Art Foundations
course. It
was
inspired
by
a
similar
drawing
from
an
art
textbook.

Mr. Chat
(Continued from page. 1)
...Foothill. His expertise and quiet
wit is sorely missed by students and
teachers alike.
When asked what he
plans to do with his newfound free
time, Mr. Chat replied that he plans on
traveling and serving a mission for
his church with his wife.

Mailing address:
270 E 1600 N, Cedar City, UT 84721
(435) 867-2500

New Technology for our

Classroom
Teachers and school administrators are
thrilled to announce the addition of a
new document camera. This document
camera is not for snapping selfies, but
for the purpose of projecting a
document onto a screen via digital
projector. (Think of a document camera
as a 21st century version of an
overhead
projector.)
Currently,
teachers are utilizing the document
camera to show students text and
images for our Social Studies class
from the book American Born Chinese by
Gene Luen Yang.

What Were Learning!

(continued from pg. 1)
...in making
progress toward the
requirements
in
science
for
graduation.
Math
We are pleased to announce we have
brand new Personal Finance books. The
class now does the exact same sequence,
math problems, and special projects as
the other high schools in the Iron
County School District.

* note: for privacy, student names are anonymous and never published for
anyone other than respective parents/guardians to see.