Orchard celebrates Dr. Suess’ life

BOUNTIFUL — Students at Orchard Elementary School learned more about the life of Dr. Suess last week, as the school celebrated the author’s birthday. Characters from the books were highlighted, and students were able to play games and return home with painted faces.

Partnership for Reading Horizons

NORTH SALT LAKE — People in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma will now enjoy a partnership with Reading Horizons through the Learning System.

The Learning System is one of two programs Reading Horizons recently partnered with to help provide materials for schools in the Southern states that are struggling with their reading programs. UMA Education Solutions of Georgia is the second program.

Together, the programs have made it possible to stretch Reading Horizons into the schools in these southern states. A representative of Reading Horizons presented the programs to more than 100 school district administrators. The programs have been proved to raise test scores and improve intervention responses.

For more information on the Reading Horizons RTI program, visit http://www.readinghorizons.com/rti/index.aspx or call 1-800-333-0054.

VHS announces pre-festival concert

BOUNTIFUL — The Viewmont High School band program will hold its pre-festival concert on Wednesday, March 17 at 7:30 p.m. The concert band and wind symphony will be performing as a prelude to the Regional Band Concert Festival. The festival will be held later in the month.

Viewmont High School is located at 120 West 1000 North in Bountiful. Refreshments will be available.

U of U offers ACT preparatory class

BOUNTIFUL — An ACT Preparatory course is being offered at the University of Utah Bountiful site beginning Thursday, March 11.

The class, which will run through April 1, focuses on preparing students to do well on the ACT test, which is required by most colleges. The course offers strategies to increase mathematical, reading, English, and science reasoning skills. Throughout the session, 18 hours of instruction and testing are provided.

The class will be held from 4:30-7:30 p.m. For more information or to register, call 801-581-6984 or visit youth.utah.edu.