The Mail-Journal, Volume 22, Number 17, Milford, Kosciusko County, 24 April 1985 — Page 12
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THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., April 24,1985
School news
i "Career Education" class at Wawasee
By CHRIS CAULEY Staff Writer It can be argued that a high school education —for all its X’s and O’s, for all its readin’, writin’ and ’rithmetic — does not, in many cases at least, help a student decide what to do later in life. Or how to do it. How many 18-year-old kids go to college with no idea of what they want to do later on? How many kids change their academic majors once they do get to college, and often several times? How many kids find out only at college registration that there are courses related to their major that they could have or-should have taken in high school? And how many kids then graduate from college only to discover that there are no jobs waiting for them in the “real” world? No wonder that a college professor once wrote an essay entitled, “Don’t Send Johnny To College,” which was that professor’s way of saying, “Don’t waste my time with a bunch of kids who don’t even know why they’re here, much less care.” However, high school and university administrators have slowly but surely come to grips with the problem, finally realizing that counselling alone is not the answer. The local high school has taken a step in the right direction with a class called “Career Education,” a class that is available in many high schools in Indiana, but which is not a requirement. At Wawasee, it is a required onesemester course for sophomores. ‘*My first reaction was that they’re too young as sophomores to make a career choice,” said Terri Stevens, owho, assisted by Karen Parr, teaches it at Wawasee High School. “But what happens is, their freshman and sophomore years are all filled with requirements and then their junior and senior years are open for electives. They have to have started some thought process so that they know what to put into those elective hours.” “Careers” has been in the curriculum for “quite some time,” Stevens said, adding that the agenda of the course has changed from year to year and from teacher to teacher. y lt’s a course designed to have kids explore possible career choices,” she said. “Not with the idea of making a decision on a career, but to give them an idea of what’s available, what’s needed and what’s necessary for them to pursue a career they would choose.” Stress Awareness The course is intended to help both the student who already has some career goals and the student who does not. “We stress self-awareness and career awareness,” Stevens said. “You have to know yourself before you know what kind of a job is going to satisfy your personality, and then you have to be realistic about the career that will make you happy.” Cheri Martindale is a secondsemester sophomore at Wawasee. She took “Careers” last semester and it was not exactly what she thought it might be when she signed up for it. “I expected we’d learn about jobs and stuff, but once we got into it, it was more of letting you explore whatever jobs you wanted
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MILFORD TREE PLANTERS — Milford students began this week to plant trees for a windbreak and a nature study area around the school track. The trees, secured from the Department of Natural Resources, are poplar, Norway spruce, white cedar, white pine and red pine. Shown at the planting site are, from the left, Mr. Mikel, instructor; Bobi Stookey; Mr. Long, instructor (in back); Rhonda Stookey; Hector Roa; Todd Mikel; Ryan Smith; Joe Henderson; Mr Speicher, principal; and kneeling, Dan Wuthrich and John Wright. (Photo by Glen Long)
to,” Martindale said. “She (Miss Stevens) didn’t say, ‘Go explore being a lawyer. See how you’d like it.’ If you wanted to be a teacher, she said, ‘Go do a job search on how to be a teacher.’ ” That — “job searching” — is one of several things students learn to do in “Careers,” which is actually taught in two places. Terri Stevens teaches the “text” portion of the course in her classroom while Karen Parr helps students work with computers and research materials in the high school LRC (Learning Resource Center). “She’s the tour guide for all of our material in the LRC,” Stevens said. The course has a variety of mini-units, most of which are taught in week or two-week segments. The first unit is the already discussed “self-awareness.” Other mini-units may seem more practical to some people: consumer credit and buying, checkbook balancing, job applications, resumes, interviewing for a job and budgeting. “Some of them have no idea what it costs to live,” Karen Pansaid. “They think they’ll go out and buy cars and big houses and there’s nothing to it.” Most of the above mini-units are taught by Stevens in the classroom, but there are several visual aides or tools in the LRC which help the “Careers” student. One of those tools is called the SDS, which does not stand for “Students for a Democratic Society” but “Self-Directed Search.” Students fill out a questionnaire about themselves and their interests, feed the information into a computer and then receive a printout which analyzes what occupations they might be suited for. “To them it seems mysterious that they would be able to write down their likes and dislikes, rate themselves in different areas and from that ■ get their job recommendations,” Stevens said. COIN Reader Helps Another visual tool is the Bell & Howell COIN reader (Coordinated Occupational Information Network). Students simply plug a “fiche” (disc) into the COIN reader and receive detailed information about the job they are studying. Included might be such items as the nature of the occupation, working conditions, methods of entry, earnings and advancements, fringe benefits that can be expected, employment outlook and educational levels that the student needs to attain. The student can then take another fiche to learn what colleges offer programs and degrees in the field. A fiche on Ball State, for example, includes such information as the cost of living in a sorority and the composite SAT scores of the freshman class at the university. A newer feature in the LRC is the TEDS (Training and Educational Data Service) computer, which is hooked up to a central computer in Fort Wayne. From TEDS a student can gather information on colleges, vocational school information and information about job opportunities in Indiana. The Shadow Knows One of the highlights of the Career Education course for many students is “shadowing.”
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CAREER TEACHERS — Well, they may not literally be career teachers but Karen Parr (left) and Terri Stevens (right) teach a “Career Education” class at Wawasee High School. The course, a required one for sophomores, helps students decide what careers they might be interested in and gives them assistance on how to pursue a career. (Photo by Chris Cauley)
In shadowing, students actually go into the field and spend a day working under the tutelage of a professional in a field they’re interested in. In her “shadowing” exercise, Cheri Martindale was an assistant teacher for one day last semester in an elementary Special Education classroom. “It seemed like it was real beneficial,” she said. “It gave you a chance to go out and find out for yourself, rather than saying I’m going to college to be this and then jump into it and find out you don’t like it.” “They can follow someone around and see what it is they want to do,” said Karen Parr. “Now it may change their mind. They may say, ‘This is not what I want to do.’ But then that’s helpful, too.” Parr, who did not join the high school teaching staff until this semester, has a son who recently took the course. She admits she wasn’t initially sold on the
Syracuse honor roll given
Marion Acton, principal of Syracuse Junior High School, has announced the names of those students who have attained honor roll status for the third grading period of this year. They follow: Distinguished Honor Roll Eighth grade — Heidi Huffman, Matt Koble, and Brian Neff. Seventh grade — Julie Gunn, Jennifer Griesbach, Janelle Jennings, Tonya Perzanowski, Russell Anderson, Scott Berkey, Casey Kline, Coung Reed, David Schmahl, Mike Tuttle, Rick Weaver, and Duane Wells. Sixth grade — Cammie Gibson, and Susan Harman. Regular Honor Roll Eighth grade — Debbie Bickel, Barb Butler, Jennifer Carty, Lisa Collins, Heather DeSomer, Melissa Fancher, Angie Gorman, Mary Haffner, Lori Hand, Faith Hapner, Danyi Heckaman, Tyna Hunnicutt, Angie Keim, Michelle Michael, Alicia Schaekel, Gina Swartzendruber, Tanya Werker, Chuck Dawson, Allan Delagrange, Brad Gerstner, Robert Huey, Shawn Jones, Jay
course. Now, obviously, she is. “I was opposed to having my son take this in the beginning because it had a reputation of being a waste of time,” she said. “But I don’t think so any longer with the new direction it’s taking. He really benefited from it. It’s kind of a course about life in addition to being about careers.” “It’s like anything,” Terri Stevens said. “I can’t make you learn anything. I can’t teach you if your mind is closed. But if you. come in with an open mind, we can show you a lot of things. We can help you work your way through it.” Cheri Martindale said she enjoyed the “Careers” class and was asked what she would tell a friend about it. “If you’re looking for something for your future and you need a little boost to get you on track to look for ideas or what you really want to do, then it’s the class you should take,” she said.
Koontz, Vince Koser, Tom Mangas, Garrett Ponciroli, Judd Storey, Dan Stuckman, and Brian Tallon. Seventh grade — Daphne Byrd, Teresa Coy, Santha Cripe, Casey Cunningham, Lisa Donley, Amy Hoene, Shawn Kiser, Angie Kistler, Lisa Neises, Heather Ritchie, Darci Smith, Kacy Yoder, Travis Caudill, Nathaniel Hud-
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RESEARCHING INSTRUMENTS — Mrs. Lantz’s fifth grade students at Syracuse Elementary are researching band and orchestra instruments to see which instrument best suits them. The project, also, helps the students to learn about research techinques, budgeting time, and planning ahead. Pictured above is Mrs. Sherry Lantz helping four of her students on their projects. From left to right are Briaii Donat, Angela Kilian, Troy Feaster, and Angie Clark. (Photo by Leslie Miller)
Research helps students choose
It is that time of year agajn for interested fifth grade students to choose a musical instrument to begin playing in junior high. To help in the effort, Mrs. Sherry Lantz, music teacher at Syracuse Elementary, is helping her students learn more about each instrument. As a class project, Mrs. Lantz has assigned a instrument research paper. Each student must choose an instrument out of the band or orchestra that is appealing to him. He must, then, research that particular instrument through the resources in the school’s library. x The final product will include at least a two page report on the instrument as well as one
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EXCHANGE STUDENTS AS PAGES — Nils Haugland and Andreas Kolb, exchange students at Wawasee High School, served as senate pages for State Senator John Augsburger on March 20, the 50th day of the 1985 legislative session. Haugland, 18, a senior at Wawasee High School, is an exchange student from Norway. His host parents are Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Ensinger. Kolb, 18, a senior at Wawasee High School, is an exchange student from Switzerland. His host parents are Mr. and Mrs. Charles Koser. From left in the photo are Haugland, Augsburger and Kolb.
Wawasee art show
The public is invited by the students and faculty of Wawasee High School to attend the annual art show and industrial arts exhibit which will be held in the Cub Scout cake auction on Thursday North Webster Cub Scout Father and Son Cake Auction will e Thursday evening, April 25, at 7 p.m., in Camelot Hall. The cakes, made by the Cub Scout and his father, will be auctioned and all proceeds will be used for pack activities. Prizes will be awarded to the largest, smallest, tallest, longest, best for the Cub Scout Theme, best decorated and most unusual. Prizes will also be awarded to the top three cakes bringing in the highest price.
son, Shawn Kahle, Kevin Manning, Stuart Ough, and Ronnie Sims. Sixth grade — Karen Butt, Jenna DeSomer, Dawn Firestone, Heather Huffman, Celia Impey, Nikki Jones, Nikke Marsh, April Mock, Anne Sims, Jennifer Smith, Ingrid Stuckman, Mike Acton, Robert Livermore, Mark Myers, Andrew Tatman, and Zachry Waterson.
diagram, labeling all parts of that particular instrument. This would be equivalent to a “C” paper. To receive a better grade, the student must supply more information, diagrams, and originality. Although one purpose of the lesson is to give the students a better understanding of the fundamentals of musical instruments, it also provides them with invaluable research techniques. ♦ They will learn to research topics of interest on their own, budget time accordingly, and learn how to plan ahead. The report, also, provides away in
school commons area this weekend. The show will be open from 4 to 9 p.m. on Friday, April 26 and from 1 to 6 p.m. on Saturday, April 27. Judging will take place on Saturday morning with first, second, third place and honorable mention ribbons awarded to each art category. A best of show piece will be chosen from the first place winners. This will br purchased by the school and put on permanent display in the hallway in front of the auditorium. Fine Arts Festival at Fairfield Fairfield High School will be holding a Fine Arts Festival Saturday, April 27. It will be open to the public from 6 p.m.-9 p.m. At 6 p.m., the art exhibit will open and at 7 p.m. the bands and choirs will be performing for the judges. Any alumni or the general public may submit art entries but are not eligible for competition. However, students who have entered the competition, will be competing for best of show. This means that the best entry chosen over all by the judges will be mounted in the school hall in the school’^, permanent collection. A SSO prize will be given to the winner. An admission fee will be charged and cookies and punch will be served while the public enjoys the music and art works.
which students learn to put their thoughts and research on paper in and organized and accurate manner. Public — private Two-thirds of the nation’s Roman Catholic high schools admit anyone or almost anyone who applies, contrary to the notion that they are reserved for the “whitest, brightest and richest” students, parochial school officials said recently. Crochet instead / Crochet large holes in woolen socks instead of darning. The mend will be more elastic and stronger.
Creative Co-Eds help out
ByAMYJODRY The Milford Creative Co-Eds 4-H Club met at the home of Becki and Bobbi Haab for its April meeting. Lisa Kaiser, president, opened the meeting by asking Pam Schock to lead the American pledge and Lessli Hershberger to lead the 4-H pledge. Roll call was answered by each member telling their favorite 4-H project and some things that they will be doing in this particular project this year. The Haab twins led the singing and Marlene Price gave health and safety suggestions. Laura Haney gave the treasurer’s report. Lisa Kaiser gave a report on the junior leaders’ trip to IUPUI at Indianapolis. Four selected Kosciusko County junior leaders represented the county for the state-wide meetings. Informative meetings were held and this information was brought back to their local clubs. Mark Hermann, former Purdue all-American quarterback, was one of the noted speakers. The remainder of the afternoon was spent making costumes for the 4-H Share-The-Fun Contest which was held at Warsaw High School recently. Mrs. Stan Price, Presidential Academic Fitness Syracuse Junior High School eighth graders have 19 recipients named for the 1984-85 Presidential Academic Fitness Awards. To receive the awards, students must maintain a B-plus average in junior high school (including the first semester of the eighth grade), received a recent score above the 80th percentile on the lowa Test of Basic Skills, and maintain satisfactory citizenship grades. The recipients are: Barb Butler, Jennifer Carty, Melissa Fancher, Angela Gorman, Mary Haffner, Faith Hapner, Heidi Huffman, Tyna Hunnicutt, Melissa Naugler, Gina Swartzendruber, Brad Gerstner, Matt Koble, Vince Koser, Tom Mangas, Brian Neff, Garrett Ponciroli, Judd Storey and Brian Tallon.
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Mrs. Larry Haney, Mrs. Terry Musselman, and Mrs. Suzanne Shock assisted the 4-H leaders, Mrs. Richard Kaiser and Mrs. Steven Haab, during the contest. Mrs. Brent Kaiser was a guest. Refreshments were served by the hostesses. The May meeting will be held at the home of Cindy and Marlene Price. Book fair at Syracuse Syracuse Parent-Teacher, Organization will be sponsoring a book fair April 29-May 3 in the Syracuse Elementary LRC from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. All proceeds will be used to purchase needed items at the school. Chairwomen for thisg year’s event are Judy Kausal and Karen Jennings. Books will also be available during the PTO Fish Fry on Friday evening, May 3. Essex speaks on drug z influences Bill Essex, former detective sergeant with the Indiana State Police, spoke with Syracuse Elementary students on Thursday, April 18, in the school’s gymnasium. Essex, with the aide of his robot “Bucky”, informed the children about the hazards of drug and alcohol abuse. The four main influential areas that may lead children toward drug and alcohol abuse are the children’s peers, heroes, parents, and the media. - Essex showed the children how to recognize the signals projected by these influences and how to say “No” to them. Although he does not condone drug or alcohol abuse in any form, he defines the difference between an adult’s and a child’s abuse of them. oi'j Essex went on to describe some 1 of the physical damages that drugs and alcohol may produce, not qnly to themselves, but also to the next generation.