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Show jfeto. Amh to sf w to iinpr prgrannis U Hebo School District to push academic, fitness programs Superintendent Stansfield reported re-ported that Nebo Schol District's Dist-rict's theme for the year 1962-63 1962-63 would center around academic aca-demic preparedness to meet changing life situations for the youth of today. A summer workshop program has just been completed in which over 50 teachers participated while another is being planned for the first month of schol. Others Oth-ers will be scheduled right along during the regular academic aca-demic year. Emphasis this year will be on helping the teacher to better plan his activities and thus present a better les- son each day, said the superintendent. super-intendent. "All new teachers have been screened very closely and grade point averages studied in the light of the subject matter mat-ter the teacher will be expected expect-ed to teach," said Mr. Stansfield. Stans-field. As a follow-up program in physical education, the District will again stress physical education edu-cation in the primary and intermediate in-termediate grades as well as ' in the junior and senior high schools. New men and women teachers have been screened, and hired, in part, on their ability to teach the physical education programs expected by the District as well as the academic. Nebo's teachers are expected to follow the recommendations recom-mendations of the President of the United States in identifying identify-ing the physically underdeveloped underdevel-oped pupil, provide a minimum of fifteen minutes of vigorous activity every day for all pupils pu-pils (Nebo provides a 30-rnin-unte period for elementary students), stu-dents), and to use valid fitness tests to determine pupils' physical phy-sical abilities. "A healthy body will complement com-plement a healthy mind and the reverse is also true," said Superintendent Stansfield as he enthusiastically talked of the opening of another school year. |