Farrer Middle School

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Farrer Activities 2001-2002

During School

• Advocates (eight total)
• Mentors
• Math Support
• Reading (three classes)
• Lunch Activities
• TOPS volunteers from BYU
• Youth Crime Watch

After School

• Merit Badges
• Computer Lab
• After School Assist
• Drama Club (A Midsummer Night's Dream and Fiddler on the Roof)
• English for Credit
• English Honors
• Job Ready
• Nike Sports
• Student Council
• Math for Credit
• Math Lab (two days a week, tutors from UVSC)
• MESA
• Keyboarding
• Sewing Assist
• Beginning and Intermediate Trumpet
• Beginning and Intermediate Clarinet
• Beginning and Intermediate Percussion
• French Horn
• Low Brass
• Trombone
• Flute

Evenings

• ESL classes for parents (three levels)
• Free Child Care
• Explorers Post
• Children's Justice Center
• Community Action Classes (Homeowners classes)
• Junior Jazz
• Computer Classes for Adults

College Prep

• Trust Funds (free set up)
• College Week (and assemblies)
• College literature, checklists

New to This Year

• Dance Teams (Latin and Standard, held after school)
• World Dance (dances from different cultures, for beginners, after school)
• English Symposium (Gifted & Talented, sci-fi and medieval themes)
• Art Heroes
• Honors options (differentiation within the normal school day)
• All advocates speak Spanish, span the whole day, and are assigned to teams
• More TOPS volunteers (about thirty each semester)
• Impact (Like Big Brother Big Sister, for about 10 kids)
• Better Data Tracking System
• Math/Science Symposium
• Jazz Band (held in the mornings)