Bulletin for October 7-13, 2011
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| Provo Rotarian Greg Hudnall (left) with today's speaker, Dr. Randy Merrill, Superintendent of the Provo City School District (center) and Rotary program chair Paul Warner. |
Upcoming Provo Rotary Luncheon Meetings and
Events
November 3: BYU Basketball Coach Dave
Rose
November 24: No meeting. Happy Thanksgiving!
December 1:
Kevin Garlick, Head of Provo City Power, speaking on cost-effective initiatives
at PCP.
December 8: David Hall, President of Novatek, speaking about his innovative firm and its Vista program for efficient housing.
December 8: David Hall, President of Novatek, speaking about his innovative firm and its Vista program for efficient housing.
December 15: Annual Club Christmas Party at Riverside
Country Club
Report of the Weekly
Luncheon Meeting held October 6, 2011
Today's luncheon meeting was held at Riverside
Country Club. President Steve Densley conducted with
Ron Roberts at the piano and Jill Moon
leading the crowd in singing the Anthem and reciting the
Pledge. An invocation was offered by Steve Tolley.
Birthdays were celebrated for those having birthdays in October: Carl Berg, Curt Bramble, Steve Covey, Bruce Gilchrist, Vaughn Park, and Les Smith.
Guests: Steve Densley introduced his guest Ashley Picard with Girl Scouts of Utah, Greg Hudnall introduced the Provo School District cabinet who attended to hear today's speaker, Stan Miller introduced Matt Jesperson representing the Courtyard at Jamestown.
President Steve Densley announced that the club's board has approved three charitable donations: $1,000 to Dr. Ron Pugh for his annual humanitarian trip, $1,000 to the Utah National Parks Council of the Boy Scouts of America for their annual charity dinner and auction, and $500 to the Boys and Girls Club of Utay Valley to support their annual charity dinner and auction.
President Steve Densley also announced that the club has purchased sixty coats for distribution through the Provo School District to chilcren without warm coats.
Andy Anderson served as sergeant raising a few dollars for the club's charitable foundation.
The district is organizing a Hispanic Rotary Club in Utah Valley. If you know of someone who may be interested in membership, please contact Tom Powell.
Paul Warner introduced Greg Hudnall, Director of Student Services for the Provo School District, who introduced today's speaker, Dr. Randy Merrill, superintendent of the Provo School District. He gave a demographic overview of the status of the school district and the success and challenges we face here:
There are currently 13,800 students enrolled in Provo City public schools.
Canyon Crest and Westridge schools were recently named in the top 10 public elementary schools in Utah.
There are 675 teachers.
Provo is the only district in Utah with a certified music teacher in every public school. The district owns nearly 900 musical instruments.
The district served over 1.3 million lunches last school year plus 800,000 breakfast meals.
There are over 212,000 books in the school lending libraries in addition to thousands of textbooks.
The district owns and maintains over 1.9 million square feet of building space.
The district owns more than 7,000 computers and 1,400 iPads.
275 students are enrolled in dual immersion programs in three elementary schools in the languages of Spanish, Chinese and French.
85 gifted (noted as "severely gifted") students are enrolled in advanced learning programs at Grandview School.
Provo area high schools have won many state football and basketball championships.
300 students are taking online classes.
The district isn't growing much with only 400 or so new students being added this year. The student population is 65% caucasion, 27% Hispanic with the remainder composed of Asians, Pacific Islanders and many other ethnic groups.
Almost 50% of the students come from homes classified as low income or poverty.
The district is planning for the future with it's 20/20 Iniative.
