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Show JK HELPER " JOURNAL (Utah) THURSDAY, MAY 23, 196? PACE EIGHT 'S Reprinted by permission pom 1S63 World Book Year Book, (jpppright 1963 by Field Enterprises Educational Corp. THE THREE V's By Paul C. Tullier, Sr. Editor, World Book Year Book v hc Part III A millicm of them are now idle. Millfcns more will follow. TVhat can we do to hold those -- millions salvage rfcoolf in school? How can we those already out of There are no pat answers to Ike first question. But a search far one is under way. "We must atch the would-b- e dropout early,'' says Robert C. Tabsr, dire cioi cf pupil placement and counseling ifor the Philadelphia school system. ''By the time a pupil Teaches high school, he has usually decided whether he will finish rohocl or drop out.'' But, he says, "by starting in the early school years we stand a good chance of influencing' and reducing the number of dropouts." Th way to "catch'' the would-b- e dropouts is to recognize their symptoms. Some are easy to detect. Playing hookey is one. Tardiness, day after day, is another. A report card filled with low or failing (grades is a third. But there are other symptoms that are mot so easy to spot. Typical examples of such behavior patterns can be found in pupils who bqy p3??ii' grades but v.'ho often daydream in class. Brash youngsters who talk back to their teachers or who are continually bullying their classmates are suspects. Painfully shy students who have little to say either in the classroom or on the playground need watching. Each in his own way imay toe flashing an SOS for help. More and more teachers are on the lookout for such signals. Sometimes, of course, these traits are found in the gifted child as well as in the dropout, and teachers are aware of this. Once the would-b- e dropout is spotted, the school staff closes ranks and works as a team. with "behavioral Youngsters the shy ones, t he problems" Z: V- S ' - M: IN UTAH -- tClW ",' tfS WW A X ,Vl:7 cities, such as Union City, N.J., and Medford, Mass., have introduced special teacher programs to improve reading instruction. Pleading ability is one cf the foundation stones of a Chicago program designed to help potential diopouts and reclaim those already in that category. Known as the Great Cities School Improvement Program, it is one of 10 such projects financed by the ones insolent the ones, aggressive Ford Foundation in U-cities. are dealt with more The Chicago experiment is a good Or they are referred of the originality being to specialists. Family troubles example that are affecting their school-wor- k, shown by. each of them. or even school attendance, Part One is devoted to holding are handled (by school authorities the would-b- e dropout in school. or turned over to social agencies. It involves pupils 14 years or Most of all, the teachers look for older who are still in elementary the youngster's special interests. school and almost certain to An example of such teamwork drop out. Classes are held at the at the grade school level, and Stephen A. Douglas School. what it can result in, comes from "Mail Order" Learning Robert Taber. "Mary Ann was a New subject matter and new shy, retiring girl,'' says Taber. "She was also a poor student, ways of teaching have been inTwo unusual "textunable to keep up with her class." troduced. books," for example, have been ilm her second year, Taber continues, she was placed in a spe- added to the usual list: the news-oap- er and the mail order catalog. cial class for retarded children. Her teacher worked closely with "The newspaper," says Mrs. Heten, in her, looking for ways to cut Isbitz, assistant .principal through her indifference. When Charge of the program, "has been Mary Ainn showed an interest in called the 'poor man's university.' drawing, her teacher encouraged And because it is an record of current events, her. Soon the counselor and art director were drawn in. Special! it is a university in print." As instruction in art was provided. use'dxat the Douglas school, the r becomes a tool "The' changes in her attitude daily soon became evident," says Ta- -, by which the youngsters improve ber. "The scowl left her face.' reading skills, learn to "skim," Her interest in schoolwork im-- 1 and improve their vocabularies. proved. She returned to regular j They learn history through curclasses. She was mo longer con- -; rent events. They discover science. They learn practical arithretarded." j (Mary Ann's talent was further, metic by "shopping" the ads. developed in junior high school.' The classrooms themselves are Later, she received a high school vibrant with color. Large bulletin scholarship. IHer academic grades boards are filled with posters, were satisfactory, and, pictures, and student projects. graduation, she won an art "We keep their eyes as well as xholarship and subsequently went their minds busy," says Mrs. Ison to earn honors for herself in bitz. "Blank walls too often enthe orofessional field. a courage daydreaming "Not every student has special these students can't afford. luxury Some Tatalents like (Mary Ann,'' says classrooms have pictures of Lena Horne and Louis Armstrong cheek - toy -- 'jowl with Ralph Bunche. "We try to inspire the children with pride of race," says Mrs. Isbitz. "We try to raise their sights and encourage them to be lieve that they, too, can amount to something if they will only 'make the effort." under-standing- burrs' ber. "But it's a good example of hope to do even better. We'vejust statistics, or bodies. They're they need sympathy; above what teachers and counselors can got to. These youngsters are notpeople. They need encouragement; they need understanding." do to help a child." Aimost every school system now hi.s some kind of social prcgram to help backward students. Same, like the one in ' AO CHECK PRICES IN A.-- G. Cheyenne, Wyo., are on the lookout for possible poor readers as early as kinderartsn. Other systems have corrective reading III SALT LAKE PAPERS. SALT courses all the way through grade school into high school. Some X. !N OUR STORE, These Prices Effective Friday and Saturday May 24 and 25 U. S. 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Pupils are rarely bored, mb tine rmm j Their, reading skills have increas-- I ed, their vocabularies have enlarged, and even their way of dressing has improved. School counselors work closely not only with the children, but also with their parents. Field trips are made to museums, to concerts, to plays.' All these forces, combined, nave achieved the main goal of the project. Of 420 youngsters in- volved, all have remained in school. Part Two of Chicago's Great Cities project involves those who have already dropped out. Headquarters are at the Paul Laur-- j ence Dunbar Vocational High School. Early in 1961, teams of teen-a- ge volunteers made a door- -; or survey of the school dis trict, seeking out youths of 16 or over who had dropped out of school. Later, the youngsters were invited into the project office at Dunbar for personal interviews and counseling in the after-schohours. 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