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Heads Thompson Drive | Dlsfr)c> [56 ~P^T1 GOP Candidate James Thompson, right, and hit recently appointed northern Illinois coordinator, A1 Jourdan of McHenry, met in Crystal Lake to discuss the fall campaign. Jourdan will head the northern Illinois campaign for Thompson in the Nov. 2 election. Political Comer Albert M. Jourdan, McHenry county Auditor, has been named to head the northern Illinois campaign of GOP gubernatorial candidate, James Thompson. Jourdan, who resides in McHenry, has been McHenry County Republican chairman for several years and is Well known throughout the northern part of the state as one of the most hard working and effective Republican party leaders. As northern Illinois coor­ dinator for Thompson, he will be invovled in setting up volunteer and regular party support for Thompson in the northern sixteen counties from the Mississippi river to Lake Michigan. Summer Course In Field Natural History At MCC McHenry County college will offer for the first time a three hour credit course in Field Natural History, during its summer session '76. Field and laboratory work will emphasize identification of plants and animals and an introduction to ecology. In the past twenty years, a tidal wave of humanity has flooded the earth, more than a thousand million additional people. With each person desiring his fair share of the earth's resources, the stresses exerted on the life-support systems of the planet are without precedent in human history. The trend toward growth of population and expansion of human demands on the earth's resources continues, but the planet earth is limited, and unlimited growth cannot be supported. The problems resulting from this dilemma are discussed in this course. Field work will stress techniques for collecting, preserving, and identifying plants and animals. Methods for studying ecological relationships and en­ vironmental contaminants will also be developed. If the goals of environmental conservation and the well-being of people are to be attained, a change must take place in the attitudes of the people toward nature. Life-styles that reduce the stress upon the planet's resources, and that permit the survival of humanity into the future must be identified and adopted. This change, to be effective, must take place in the individual and in the local community. The course is scheduled to meet Tuesday mornings from 9 to 11.. Laboratory and field work will be on Wednesday and Thursday mornings from 8 until noon. The course is designed for the beginning college student as well as in­ terested members of the district. The course will provide background for all courses in field biology, and would, therefore, be especially useful to teachers and preprofessional students. Students Enroll In New East Campus Option Next school year ap­ proximately fifty students will enroll in the new Life Ex­ perience option at East cam­ pus. Instruction 'i this option will emphasize learning by doing. In this way a student actually experiences what is learned rather than limit s t u d e n t p a r t i c i p a t i o n A o listening or observing. Two important parts of the option are the Community Awareness and Survival Skills programs. Actually, Com­ munity Awareness is a history type couse which will focus on history ranging from a world­ wide viewpoint to studying McHenry's past, present and future. In the Survival Skills program students will be ex­ pected to develop skills which are necessary in everyday living. These skills might range from learning how to change spark plugs in a car to how to balance a personal checking account. In addition, students enrolled in the option will receive academic instruction in the areas of English, science and physical education. Students will also be able to enroll in regular East campus courses during the time when they are not scheduled into optional classes. Before a student was enrolled in this new program, care was taken to explain the program to interested students and their parents. In all cases parent permission was required before a student was enrolled in the option. .The Life Experience option is an example of an optional approach to education which allows a team of teachers to work together to teach an identified group of students. It President's Award Grant To Local Girl Susan Johnson of 3709 W. High in McHenry has been awarded and accepted a President's award grant from the University of Dubuque for the 1976-77 academic year. She is the daughter of John and Carol Johnson. The awards, based on out­ standing scholarship and participation in high school and community projects and ac­ tivities, are issued to deserving freshmen and are renewable yearly. The grant is worth half tuition, $1,060 annually, and students must maintain academic and extra-curricular standards to retain the award. "We are very proud of these new students," President Walter F. Peterson said. "The Presiden't award is one way the university recognizes students who have done well in high school, in their activities, the church and in the com­ munity." Approximately 20 awards are given to outstanding freshmen students annually. The mass of the sun is about 1,000 times that of all the other bodies in our solar system, combined. HORNSBYS f a m i l y c e n t e r s Passports & I.D."s Now Available ADULTS & CHILDREN 'FAMILY GROUPS WELCOME) NLY 31 No handling cnaree FINISHED COLOR PORTRAITS SHOWN FOR YOUt SELECTION-MOT fVOOfS SPECIAL! S g . 8 8 This Week Only Children with parens, grandparents, SMI cwpks. Mm MiOttf Limit m sptcial ptr family DRESS APPROPRIATELY * One Special Portrait Per Person * One Special Portrait Per Family * Groups-Subjects Up To 11 Yrs.-$2.00 Per Person. 12 Yrs. & Older $4.00 Per Person. In Addition To The Special Fee * Costumes and Pets Additional. PHOTOGRAPHER ON DUTY: APRIL 21, 22, 23, 24, & 25 McHenry Store Only 4400 W. RTE. 120 McHENRY, ILL ANYONE CAN HAVE PORTRAITS TAKEN BUT PARENT MUST SELECT SPECIAL [( Clip Out And Save] HORNSBYS ^ f a m i l y c e n r e r s is hoped that options will help personalize education in a school system which necessarily has large numbers of students and teachers. Not only do options allow for a smaller scale of education, but options also allow teachers and students with similar interests to work together. For example, the Life Experience option intends to take learning out of the traditional classrooms when possible. Outdoor ac­ tivities like hiking, gardening and nature studies will be scheduled in addition to and in conjunction with academic instruction in the option. £ The district 156 school board has officially given support to an optional approach, providing options do not cost the taxpayers extra money and teachers in the option do not have reduced professional assignments. These guidelines are followed in the new East Campus option. Obviously, it is no easy task to organize an option, but a group of East campus staff members are working hard to make a dream come true. They feel that the long extra hours they are putting in to plan the option will pay off because both the students and the teachers who eventually are involved in the option will be there because they have selected this ap­ proach to education. SECTION 2 • PAGE 3 • PI.AINDEALF.R WEDNESDAY. APRIL SI. ItIS Ms Clemens will appear through the sponsorship of Urban Gateways, the non-profit a r t s e d u c a t i o n a g e n c y operating in the six-county Chicago Metropolitan area. The agency is sponsoring several Art istsm-t he-Schools programs in area schools during the month of April Urban Gateway offers a variety of in-school programs in dance, drama, music, the visual arts and cultural heritage Special Bicentennial programs, teacher in-service workshops and high school programs are also being of fered this school year These art events and other urban Gateways programs, are made possible in part by the Illinois Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts Ginni Clem mem wUI present a program on feEi musk Friday. April B. In three McHenry schools. They are Hilltop. Edgehrook and McHenry Junior high. Appearing through the sponsorship of I'rfcau Gateways, a non-profit arts-education agency. Ms. Clem mens will also present a demonstration of the guitar and banjo during her program of folk music from around the world. Entertains In Schools Folk music with Ginni Clem mens will highlight ac­ tivities at three McHenry schools April 23 Ms. Clemmens will perform at Hilltop school at 9:45 and 10:45 a.m.; in Edgebrook school at 1 p.m. and in McHenry Junior high at 2:45 p m: A demonstration of the guitar and banjo is included in this lively program of folk music Irom around the world Ms Clemens' repertoire includes a variety of songs from mountain banjo to bassanova. from topical to international and from blues to ballads Audience participation is encouraged throughout the program "THE BIRDMAN James's Park." th innamed man regularly *eda the birds In SI James's p*etel> won their confidence. One cheeky sparrow ap­ pears to be waiting Ms turn on the maa's nose. SPRINGTIME VALUES I U » M s U \\ f MUSIC TAPES KT TiKTs mdudmo DrMm On/Mah* n On. 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