The Wayne County School District School Board will review and approve proposed budgets for the period of July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019 at the board meeting scheduled on June 20, 2018, 6:00 p.m. at the Wayne Middle School Library located at 75 North Center Bicknell, Utah.

The Board will also hold a public hearing on the same date and place to amend budgets for the current fiscal year, July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018.

Budgets are available to review in the District Office building during normal business hours.

Budget detail is also available here.

“Cause out there, somewhere, someone’s gonna love you,” is one of the lines from HONK JR. This is the play Wayne Middle School performed in the middle of April. This musical is a twist on the Ugly Duckling story. In this version it talks more about the barnyard animals that live nearby the duck family. Ida, the mother duck, loves Ugly when no one else does. Many are frightened by her appearance and her honk. Throughout the rest of the play, it shows Ugly’s journey after she is separated from her mother and meets the cat, who wants to eat her. Ugly meets many new friends and in the end is reunited with her mother and discovers that she is a swan. Everyone by the end of the play highly respects Ugly and apologizes for their rudeness in the beginning. This musical is absolutely adorable and all of the middle schoolers loved it.

One student, Elena Peterson, is the one of the many amazing people who made this all happen. Early in the school year, she went to Principal Peterson and asked him if they could do a middle school musical. He responded by telling her that if she found someone to supervise and be in charge then it can happen. Elena asked Toni Lamb and she accepted. After several months of practice they performed.

A special thank you to everyone who helped and another big thanks to all of the middle school students who participated. A huge thank you to Toni Lamb for directing and helping everyone along with Paula Pace for helping our Wayne Middle students get into their characters. Another special thanks to Elena Peterson for making this happen and to Andrea Peterson for helping up in the sound booth.

Written by Allie Peterson

Over the past school year Hanksville Elementary has taught the students the basics of coding and now they are starting their efforts in programing vehicles. Coding is what makes it possible for us to create computer software, apps and websites. Your browser, your OS, the apps on your phone, Facebook, and this website - they're all made with code. Programming is the process of using code to create a set of instructions that tell a computer how to perform a task.

This week the students in Hanksville Elementary grades 3-5 were provided a Meeper Bot to program and control over various scenarios. A Meeper Bot is a level programmable car that students use primarily to learn basic programming. They spent the first portion of the class building their cars, which is a container with wheels and simple computer that controls the wheels. Mrs. Wilkins then taught the students how to control the cars using on application on their iPads. After the students got a feel of how their cars worked they starting programming their cars. They did this by putting a series of commands into their iPad application which then controlled the cars. The students practiced programming several their cars several times. They then put a track on the floor and programmed the car until it could complete the course. The students were totally engaged and enjoyed the activity. These are exciting 21st Century skills that are being taught to the students who can use them as they progress through school and into the career of their choice.

By: Logan Stevens and Marisa Mares

On March 19-21 Wayne High School Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) traveled to Layton, Utah to the State FCCLA Convention. For the past year Kristen Stephenson, a Senior at Wayne High, has been the President of State FCCLA. One of her responsibilities was to conduct the meetings and with her State Board plan the event. Through her outstanding planning and leadership skills the State Convention was well run and organized. Also attending the convention were Wayne High School's FCCLA Officers: Vanessa Barlow, Jaden Blackburn, Miriam James, West Saunders, Logan Stevens, and Marisa Mares.

On March 20 the competition started and the fun really began. At 7:30 am, all officers collected for breakfast which was provided by FCCLA through the Hilton Garden Inn, and then they signed into their categories and received their competing time. Vanessa and Jaden competed in Focus on Children with a project titled "Spark Quad." Their project was on an after-school program for kids to learn about cultural heritage. Logan and Marisa competed in Chapter Service Project Display, doing The Caps and Gowns collection project for seniors that chose not to purchase or couldn't afford a cap and gown. Miriam and West competed in Life Event Planning with their project titled "A Trip Back in Time." This project was about the planning process of the 2016-2017 '50's themed Preference Dance. After competition was over and a closing ceremony everyone was done for the day and was released for dinner but urged to be back for the dance, bouncy house, and karaoke that ended the night.

On the last day of the event was the award ceremony and during the ceremony all members of Wayne High School's FCCLA received a silver in their categories. It was also announced that Jaden Blackburn received the position of Utah State Vice President of Community Service for the 2018-2019 year, and will be attending Nationals in Atlanta, Georgia. Overall state FCCLA was a blast to attend. We are proud of the four State officers from Wayne High in the last six years. In recognition of dedication to FFCLA and her outstanding leadership, Mrs. Taft received the Master Advisor award. Thank you, Mrs. Taft, for your support of us and all of the FCCLA members that have gone before us.

At the end of the event Kristen handed over her position to the next State FCCLA President. We are proud of the work she accomplished and the fine way she represented our State and our school. Thank you, Kristen.