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PG. 8^ PLAINDEALER-WED., FEB. 28, 1968 lacfiite School Alternate To Junior High School Although "middle school" has been long used to designate just what the name suggests - an intermediate school between two other schools - in most recent years the term lias taken on a new coloration. In educational circles it is being studied and, increasingly, adopted as an alternative to the junior high school. This interest reflects a disenchantment with the junior high either as a bridge between elementary and high school or as a vestibule to the latter. From the standpoint of school organization -- the numbers game -- it involves a shift from a 6-2-4 organization 6 years of elementary school, 2 years of junior high, and 4 years of senior high), to a 4-4-4 structure with equal terms for lower school, middle school and high school. The McHenry system is organized into a 6-2-4 system (six grades in the elementary school, 2 in the junior high, and four in the high school) rather than the more traditional 6-3-3 system. This is partially because of the separate elementary and high school districts. Even in this plan, though, certain criteria for aschojlorganization and program consistent with mental and physical needs of pupils. More important than economics, organization and administration of a new middle school is, of course, the acceptability of such a program to the students involved. The middle school organization takes fifth graders and places them in a one - classroom, one - teacher situation, letting the students maintain the security of a room that is a school-home to them. These students, though, are exposed to the library learning-center, to an organized physical education program. and to other programs that they, as inquiring < young minds, will need. In the sixth grade, a gradual transition to , departmentalization takes place with students moving to other rooms for instruction in grouped subjects. Then when students can go "upstairs" to the seventh and eighth grade levels, From The Farm Advisor's Desk * LIMESTONE Limestone increases the efficiency of the N, P and K native in the soil, or applied as commercial products. It aids in supplying calcium and magnesium essential to plant growth. It reduces the solubility of aluminum, iron and manganese which frequently are injurious to crops. It promotes the growth and functioning of micro-organisms in the soil. It reduces soil acidity. If your soil needs limestone, apply it now. Only a soil test can determine how much limestone you need. ALFALFA SEEDING RATES University of Illinois agronomy specialist suggest seeding 12 pounds of alfalfa^seed per acre. This rate givesSfiaximum yields along with fine-stemmed more palatable hay. FARMING IN 1970s Farms owned by corporations can succeed because the farms can be run by profit-oriented corporation management teams. Market analysis will precede their production decisions. They will set up records for effective ongoing performance analysis and cost control. Profit planning will be a standard part of management procedure in corporation farming. CoiiH:i'?rcial farmers who presently produce the bulk of the nation's food and fiber will compete with corporation management in the 1970s. Cpmmercial farmers can be and are, equipped with the technical knowledge to cope with modern far' ction and marketing. They also possess the management skills to operate large farms. Unless a farmer can develop the many management skills required by modern agriculture, v be farming in 1980. i ;. management is the one skill that will do the most to insure success of the modern farmer of/the 1970s. B1&5EST EATER „ The U.S.D.A. (United States of Agriculture) says the 19-year-old boy is the biggest eater in the U.S. population. - - - YOUR TEMPER. F"-. "very minute you are , 0 . ... lose,sixty seconds happiness. they are prepared for departmentalization they are verssd on the use of building facilities, and they find the transition much easier to make. Psychological evi<fence points up that this type or organization is more suitable to the education of students, in that the difference in development between fifth and eighth grader sis less than the difference between first and sixth graders; and that fifth graders are more ready for educational innovations than are younger students. Thfe division between fourth and fifth is an extremely logical one., Also for the students' benefit, the new middle school concept reflects, on the part of its advocates, a freshness of viewpoint, a flexibility and adaptability and a receptivity to innovations such as team teaching, non-graded student groupings, a flexible scheduling and sequencing individualized learning and instruction, utilization of new instructional materials and devices, greater emphasis on independent study and self-development, and others that make a school a fresh- PEP MONTH . . . March is "P^P Month." Howard Pylex, left, president of the National Safety Council, presents to Charles J. Sicor president of the Guild of Prescription Opticians of America, a letter from the Council backing the Guild's year-round drive known officially as the "Protective Eyewear Program."' The program seeks to impress upon the public the importance of protecting eyes by wearing heat-treated, impact resistant or plastic lenses. er and more exciting place to learn in. At this stage of planning the school is concerned with the building of the structure, not of adopting any one of these new approaches. Nevertheless, the middle school offers a chance to match educational practices more closely than in the past to the needs and potential of children in the middle school years, between childhood and young adulthood. OPEN CAMPERS' MEETING The Millstream Campers will hold an open meeting Saturday, March 2 at 7:30 p.m. at Freund's Campers, east of McHenry, on Rte. 120. Interesting films on wild life and careful camping will be shown and coffee and refreshments will be served. Everyone is asked to bring a cup and chair. All interested campers are most welcome to attend. IS TRADITIONAL PLAN-GRADE, JR. HIGH, SR. 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