by Dominic Bills | Oct 23, 2014 | News |
There is a bulletin board at Walden School outside of Bev Pecoraro’s classroom, highlighting all of the club options for 9th-12th grade students. These club offerings are unique, not only because they function as part of the Boys & Girls Club after school...
by Dominic Bills | Oct 21, 2014 | News |
Words. We use them daily. They are an essential part of communication. Saying them out loud, writing them down, reading them, comprehending them; we receive constant word training from the time we’re born. In school, we not only have classes about these subjects, we...
by Dominic Bills | Oct 15, 2014 | News |
The Amelia Earhart Elementary Club is one of the new Boys & Girls Clubs of Utah County sites that just opened this fall. They’re off to a great start helping club members chart the course to great futures! Garrett and I had the chance to visit the new club...
by Dominic Bills | Oct 14, 2014 | News |
According to a report published by the state of Utah, the graduation rate in 2013 was 81 percent, which is a 3 percent improvement over the previous year. In the Provo and Alpine school districts, however, the graduation rate is still at 78%. Nearly 1 in 4 students in...
by Dominic Bills | Oct 10, 2014 | News |
On Wednesday, Garrett and I had the chance to visit the Walden K-5 Club site, hosted at the Walden School of Liberal Arts in north Provo. The afternoon started with a healthy snack, grapes and mixed nuts, and some free time for the kids to play. This is valuable since...