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PAGE 15 PLAIN DEALER - FRIDAY. APRIL ft. 1181 Lost In The Shuffle? . . . The Three R's 4-2.13 Co-Curricular Activities a. Programs for extra classroon activities shall provide opportunities for all students. b. • The desires of the student body Jji the area of co- curricular activities shall be of critical importance At all times, activities of this nature shall be carefully supervised by a school-approved sponsor. .-2.V9 ic £d\icat^°n ide s\jte scVvo w "°- \£££ fiect .cu'""8' : vstem ° X 8"U steto ot \jnits m1 eas^ tew 2,6.' UU"t^c 0»e scVZ oi cqs®. • nated aS ,n e»c*veacUtve *eTC«cS ot M^d is t0 oi ^ a (C\\&VtC 2-6.3 Arb or and Bird s h o u i d k - - u " d ^ o b s e Dav­ ie ho Cod( rved accord,'_31 J>' ,df'S igr,a> £UUt£e£d* to" °y- th#» r - 1 " - c - i o n 2 7 - 7 « * G o v e r n o r * The or, 4 - 2 . 2 0 Physical £docatlQn a. ^ P P r o p r i a t e a r N . ^^£sPhrSlC4! ^ " c a t i o n - ^ P h y s i c a l e d u c a t i o n ' ^ e d u « t i o n • • - P ^ r a , s h o Q l d b e - - ^ e s t a "Back to the Basics 'isn't just a statement. It's a war cry! More of the public add their voices each day They are the men and women who go to the polls in McHenry and around the nation and say "No" to the great majority of requests for money to run our schools. No one has specifically defined "Basics". Those who feel good music and art programs are basic to any 1961 education not always have their voices heard Their cries are outnumbered by those who weigh the benefits against the money in their inflation-hit pocketbooks and come up with a negative vote. To them, the Basics are readin'. ritin' and 'rithmetic. So where did we lose the Basics? Were they suddenly snatched from the system and totally discarded? Or were they just filed away? Local educators say they never really disappeared. They just sneaked into a back seat as the classroom became crowded up front. Sometimes the crowding was only "iew attire for an old standby, like the New Math, which simply amounted to an attempt to help students understand how the numbers worked Unfc~Uinately, while youngsters were delighting iheir teachers with new skills in thought problems, the boring repetition of multiplication tables was relegated to something above anonymity. When business men hired high school graduates and found they had difficulty making change for a dollar bill, New Math was doomed. Math is back in its important but unexciting place in the curriculum, a fusion of the old and the new. Discipline had its own place in pushing Basics into the corner. Young teachers today have been described as products of their time. They grew up in an ere of rebellion and freedom reflected in tolerance for even the least conforming views of their students. What amounts to an exciting challenge in the classroom isn't always conducive to the best discipline for learning. Young parents with the same background too often fail to give more than mouth disapproval of too much television or too much standing on the street comer We've experienced the "buddy" years when Mom, Dad and Teacher were on a first name basis with the kids. On paper it sounded like a friendly, informal system, but something was missing, and that something was authority. Changes in the name of economy haven't always helped the Three R's either Partitioned classrooms with study and instruction in progress simultaneously have borne out the promise of accommodating more students But the below average boy or girl with less than normal attention span has sometimes been left behind because of a wandering mind attracted to the place where the action is And the large group instruction approach counted the same students in its toll Not sufficient motivation to return to the classroom for a close look at topics given only an overall view for the masses. Some state and federal mandates have been less ot a factor than one might expeci in downgrading Basils T h o u g h t f u l t e a c h e r s h a v e f o u n d u n o b t r u s i v e w a y s t o f i t in observances of those days designated to honor birds trees, good roads, and a growing list of individuals But this is only the beginning Other mandates include Consumer Eduction and Protection - Health Education - Conservation of Natural Resources- Metrics They boggle the mind, these 'musts of the times. In the matter of co-curncuiar activities, the Illinois school code reads: "The desires of the student body shall be of critical importance" It isn't easy for any school system operating strictly according to this kind of code to maintain the authority we have always associated with administrators and teachers qua Del century have their origin" If we can believe knowledgeable educators, they came from highly rated high schools with a good tax base, large teaching and administrative staffs and a motivated student body backed by parental and community support That kind of script assures some degree of" success Unfortunately, few educational Utopias were found to be as fertile for accomplishing their goals The result has been a public too often disillusioned bv the verv word Education The prediction is that pressure for higher standards in the classroom will continue But will iT And should it0 Of course it should' And it probably will, although 1981 economy may slow the pace It's a well recognized fact that money alone doesn't make a good school system But the mos. efficient administration can t do the job of educating several thousand young people with money that is worth less by the day New Math no longer CXigtsrm ti> McHenry school system And New Reading, with less emphasis on phonics, doesn't get a second glance these days The open campus is something out of the past, and large group instruction as we knew it a few years ago went out with the flex mod system Not often do we hear a student and teacher on a first name basis As all of these innovations slid into the back seat or out the door the Basics came up front again The local public should be encouraged, as they will by the statement of Dr Richard Farmer. Elementary School District 15 superintendent "The school of tomorrow. even with the financial help we hope to get, will run smaller I'll be content with that" County Col lege New Learning Center Hours McHenry County College's Learning Resources center will open earlier on Satur­ days as part of an effort to better serve MCC students and local residents The new hours for the LRC, the college library and audiovisual collection, are from 8 a m. to 10 pm Monday through Thursday, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m on Fridays and from 8 a m to 1 p.m. on Saturdays. The increased hours were an­ nounced at the regular February MCC Board of Trustees meeting at which Linda Bigelow, assistant dean of instruction, LRC, gave a report Ms. Bigelow told the trustees that the LRC has issued 117 library cards to local residents who are not college students since last summer. She said making the LRC facilities available for use by the general public is one of the purposes of the center Ms. Bigelow told the board that while the "main pur­ pose of the Learning Resources center is to support the educational program of the college, in addition we also serve as an information resource for the community." She reported that,' both students and non-student LRC users benefit from the interlibrary loan service that enables the college to borrow materials from 95 school, public academic and special libraries in northern I l l i n o i s R e f e r e n c e librarians provide help in finding information, tours of the LRC. orientations, bibliographic instruction, and preparing subject bibliographies In 1980 more than 21,000 items were circulated and 2.400 audiovisual equipment setups were provided for the MCC faculty, she said. The LRC collection is "pretty well balanced to support each of our instructional areas ", Ms. Bigelow told the board The collection includes 26,500 books, subscriptions to 14 newspapers and 468 periodicals, more than 9,000 reels of microfilm. 4,560 audio cassettes and 27 video- cassettes. In addition there are 65 16mm films, 4,760 records, 1,190 filmstrips, 43,490 slides and 3,647 transparencies. While those services are provided by the LRC's Media Services division, the center also has a Production Services section which provides audio-visual, photographic, graphic and copy center services for the college. Jim Bykowski, coordinator of the Production services section, also spoke at the board meeting Bykowski told the board that production ser­ vices employees distribute, maintain and repair college audio-visual hardware, and produce tapes of internal demonstrations as well as record programs off the air within provisions of Federal copyright laws The photographic section provides slides and other materials for use by MCC instructors in classes as well as providing photo's for the public information depart­ ment, he said. That section produces an average of 10,000 slides and 4,000 photographic prints each year, he added. The graphics section of production services provides typesetting, design and pre­ printing production for all the college's printing needs, while the copy center provides centralized duplicating and printing services as well as main­ taining satellite copiers, Bykowski said. Still Has Friends No matter how low the dollar falls, people keep falling all over one an­ other trying to pick it up. -Courier, Bristol, Va. Keepin' Healthy "Good eating habits should be firmly established during early childhood ' Good nutritional habits can only be formed by what you feed your family, for the food choices you make will largely determine your child's food preferences If your child was a healthy^ full-term baby, you can introduce cereals into the diet at about four months of age At this time you can begin to supply the necessary nutrients through food instead of vitamin- mineral supplements. For example, iron needs can be met through iron-fortified infant cereal At about five months, offer plain fruits and vegetables These will supply vitamin C Introduce only one new food at a time and feed the child that food for several days. This will give you an opportunity to detect possible allergic reactions Begin the protein group (meat, fish, poultry, beans) at about six months By the time your child celebrates his first birthday, he should be getting a varied, well- rounded diet that meets all of the child's energy and development needs. A diet which includes these four food groups imilk and cheese, bread and cereals: fruits and vegetables and m e a t . f i s h , p o u l t r y a n d beans) will also supply a d e q u a t e q u a n t i t i e s o f minerals and fiber After age one. a child's size and age will dictate his appetite To promote good eating habits, cooperate with your child Serve a little less food than you think he will eat It is better for a child to ask for more food than to have more forced upon him Your child's food tastes will change from time to time It is not unusual for a child to go through a period of refusing milk If this h a p p e n s , u s e m i l k i n cooking, such as in puddings And. if he should prefer raw fruits and vegetables, they have even more nutritional value than cooked ones Your child will usually like what other family members like So. if he sees someone eating "junk" foods, he too • VOTE * APRIL 7th FOR BILL AUSTIN ALDERMAN * WARD 2 * will probably want those non-nutntional foods If you keep in mind that during these early years a pattern is being established, and plan your menus to include foods from the four basic groups each day. you will greatly enhance vour chUd s chances of a long, healthy life If you have questions about feeding your young child, contact your physician or the Illinois Department of Public Health. 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