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m.m* IB - IM.AINDKAI.KU - M<II)AY. OECEMBKH (ILIAD HOUSE RESTAURANT OF WILMOT HW/ county c just WEST Of DOWNTOWN WILMOT WILMOT, Wl (414) 942-4400 WafX FISH FRY S9*J 4228 W. Elm McHenry 'i* 6606 N.W. Hwy Crystal lake •TWIN ENGINE •PRESSURIZED •AIRLINE EQUIPPED •REASONABLE RATES •EXECUTIVE CHARTER LEI US BE YOUR CORPORATE AIRCRAFT! CALL FOR A QUOTE TO YOUR DESTINATION: BASED AT GULT AIRPORT. WONDER LAKE, IL. DAYS: 815-647.2323. 24 HR. PHONE 312-497-3189 District size need not be bad Small school districts face some disadvantages - but their students don't have to be the stepchildren of the educational system. Superintendents from » three small districts in Illinois offered evidence recently at a statewide meeting of school ' board members and administrators in Chicago. The presentations on the advantages and problems of small school districts were among more than 60 panel discussions that were part of the Joint Annual Conference of the Illinois Association of School ? Boards, the Illinois Association of School Administrators, and the Illinois Association of School Business Officials. A HOLIDAY TIME SAVER! WASH all your clothes in 23 min. using our 18, 30, & 50 lb. machines. DRY your clothes in 20 min. with our 30 & 50 lb. dryers. OR DROP IT OFF and let us do your wash for you For example, the 350-student Signal Hill district in Belleville manages to offer a computer education program, foreign language instruction, and a pre­ school program, despite having lost almost two-thirds of its state aid over the past three years. The district does it, according to Supt. William Newell, partly by taking full advantage of the abilities and interests of staff and community members - bilingual citizens teach the foreign language courses, and an interested teacher became the resident microcomputer expert. The district also uses creative fund-raising, including seeking federal grants such as the one that financed part of its microcomputer program. The smallness of the district offers definite educational advantages, Newell said. Instruction can be individualized, and each student's progress through the system can be tracked and coordinated. Sharing staff is another way small districts can offer a better program, said Charles Zbrozek, superintendent of the Toulon- Lafayette schools. Districts can share teachers in traditional ways, or they can take advantage of technology and use cable or microwave television hookups. FISH Friday Nite *RY All You Can Eat SATURDAY BREAKFAST HAM & EGGS $2.99 16. 1983 AREER ' f Lisa Thoren, left/ Steve Schmitt and Jim Bentz are shown being greeted into the Career Resource Center by Denny Spraetz, counselor at Johnsburg High School. The center is located in a new area of the school this year. Denny Spraetz, counselor, assists John ' Scott and Joe AAajercik in the Johnsburg Resource Center as AAary Ann Christie and Kelly Hart occupy themselves with material in the center. Expand Career Resource center at Johnsburg high Guidance and counseling services are located in a new area in the Johnsburg High * School this year. The Career » Resource Center is open to all * students and offers a full range ; of services. Some of these * services include career coun- ; seling, personal counseling, advisement for course selection, testing and college-job placement. The new Career Resource Center had previously been several small classrooms. The conversion was completed over the summer. It is located just off the cafeteria in the center of the building for easy student access. A student may come into the Career Resource Center during lunch period if there is no time during the study hall period. For the first time an entire classroom size group may work in the CRC. The additional room has expanded the types of guidance activities that may occur. Also, students have the opportunity to use either of the two computers to do a career analysis, college or voactional school search, financial aid search, print job descriptions, analyze their study habits, practice for college entrance exams, explore facets of their personality or measure their interests and abilities. "The,computer is not only a science unto itself, and it's not only a tool for mathematicians or scientists. It's really a tool that's changing the way we do things in American society," an Illinois school superintendent told an audience of school board members and administrators in Chicago in late November. John Bristol, superintendent of Lyons Township High School District 204 in LaGrange, urged the school officials to consider computer education "A literacy issue, that's not limited-to those districts that think they can afford it or that think they're big enough." Bristol was a member of one of more than 60 panels that were part of the Joint Annual Conference of the Illinois Association of School Boards, Illinois Association of School Administrators, and the Illinois Association of School Business Officials. In another panel discussion on technology, Thomas Erekson, director of a state curriculum design and staff development project, urged a broad view of educating students for a technological society. Technical and traditional academic courses should be merged to form the "new applied basics," Erekson said, enabling students to prepare themselves not just to fill specific technological jobs, but to adapt to a continually changing workplace. This means providing a basis in such fields as hydraulics, physics, mathematics, and so on - a technical core curriculum. Erekson, a professor at at MCC McHenry County College is presenting a seminar on microcomputers titled "Getting To Know A Microcomputer" Friday, Dec. 16, from 10:30 a.m.-4 p.m. and again on Monday, Dec. 19, from 5-10 p.m. Topics to be presented range from what is a computer and how does it work to hands-on operation of a computer and helpful tips on purchasing your own microcomputer. The seminar will be held at, the college, Route 14 and Lucas Road, Crystal Lake, in room 144 of the Main Hall Building. If questions or a need for further information arises, call 455-3700, extension 250. Northern Illinois University and a member of the Sycamore District 427 board of education, said many of today's students will make from five to seven major career changes during their lives. In Bristol's high school district, he said, the computer has been integrated into the total curriculum, rather than treated as a separate topic. "We want our students to be exposed to a broad frame of reference. To address the computer as separate from the academic curriculum we offer is to offer a curriculum that is not as relevant as it could be." For example, he said, such issues as what the computer should be allowed to do, with its implications in regard to personal privacy, can be addressed in social studies classes. Even the area of vocational education has broader social implications, he said - including what kinds of jobs are available and how they are changing. Erekson, too, called for a more integrated approach to technological education. "We should be making the academic subjects more applicable and making vocational training more academic. We must be flexible," he emphasized. Small school districts sometimes feel they don't have enough students to justify the cost of buying computers, Bristol said, but "to me, cost is an excuse today, not a reason." Microcomputers can be purchased for as little as $200 per computer, he pointed out, and mov^Mrom classroom to classroon||W|hultiple use. EARNS DEGREE On Nov. 19, the Milwaukee School of Engineering con­ ducted its fall commencement, presenting 58 bachelor's degrees and seven master's degrees to those candidates who completed their respective programs. Andrew Eichorn, Jr., of McHenry received a BS degree in architectural engineering. Four area state scholars named at Marian Central Thomas Landers, principal of Marian Central Catholic High School, has announced the McHenry area students named as 1984-85 Illinois State Scholars. They are Mark Cotteleer, Margaret Coughlin and Diane Knox, McHenry; Kimberly Kaminski and Kim Schuler of Wonder Lake. These students were named as State Scholars based on results of several criteria, the ACT or SAT examinations and an Illinois weighted selection score. State Scholars who wish to be considered for a Monetary Award for 1984-85 can apply by submitting either an ACT Family Financial Statement, CSS Financial Aid Form, or the application for Federal Student Aid and check the item to have the results sent to the State of Illinois. Johnsburg high hosts financial aid meet Johnsburg High School will host a financial aid information night Monday, Dec. 19, at 7:30 p.m. in the high school auditorium. The program is designed to provide studets and their parents with information on financing post secondary atriiil iny spraetc, Johnsburg High School counselor, will speak on private sources for funds, computer searches available to students and local awards and scholarships. Gene Munger, U.S. Army representative, will talk about military assistance available to students. Dennis Wentworth, M.C.C. Counselor, will discuss federal and state programs. Materials will be distributed and questions answered. Barents" anci' stuclen(sVye urged to attend if college, Junior college, trade or vocational schooling is in their future and they are seeking money to finance their education. MCC REORGANIZATION--In one of her last official acts as AAcHenry County College Board of Trustees chair person, Barbara Kropp, of Crystal Lake, right, administers the oath of office to newly Looking For An Extra-Ordinary \/js|t Our 2 Floors Of Dining Rooms and Gift Browse Through <^QpS pQr ^ ynjque Our Holiday Q|mr)g an(j shopping Gift Line. . Experience Make Your Holiday Reservations Now! elected board members, left to right, Lee Schuppert of Crystal Lake, Eugene Meyer of Marengo, and Barbara Walters of McHenry at the reorganizational board meeting held at the college.