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Show Central Council PTA Sets School of Instruction The Springville Central Council of PTA is sponsoring spon-soring a school of instruction next Wednesday evening, even-ing, October 5, in the high school, at 7 p.m. and are tSsasUino' nil PTA wnrkrrc in Snrinp-- tasking all PTA workers in Springville Spring-ville and Mapleton to be present. A special invitation is also given all teachers and school principals and others interested to attend. After the general session under direction of Mrs. D. LaRell Johnson, John-son, president of the PTA council, the central council chairmen will take over in departmental discussion discus-sion in an effort to assist PTA officers of-ficers with any problems which they might have regarding the years work. The council chairmen in charge of the various discussions will be Mrs. Joe Miller, vice-presidents and program; Supt. W. W. Brock-bank, Brock-bank, school representatives and presidents, also with Mrs. Johnson; Mrs. Max Alleman, secretaries and treasurers of local units; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bartlett, adult education; edu-cation; Mrs. Kent Anderson, legislative; legis-lative; Mrs. Prank Johnson, membership; mem-bership; Mrs. Russell Blackett, program; Dave Friel, safety and civil defense; Mrs. A. E. Eldredge, health; Mrs. Clarence Deeben, bylaws by-laws and procedure; Mrs. Bert Gill, room representatives and hospitality; hospital-ity; Mrs. Max Huff, magazine. Plans for the School of Instruction Instruc-tion were made at a meeting of officers and committeemen at the home of Mrs. Joe Miller. Mrs. D. LaRell Johnson conducted con-ducted the meeting at which Supt. W. W. Brockbank was in attendance. attend-ance. When asked what he felt was the most pertinent issue to which the PTA would aspire this year, Supt. Brockbank replied that it would be a fine thing if the relationship rela-tionship of parent and teacher in regard to a child could be gotten away from generalities and down to individual problems. He said that, in their studies prior to becoming members of the educators profession, teachers learn much about the characteristics characteris-tics of the child at, different age levels of which parents may not be acquainted. With this knowledge and the close relationship they have with the child in the class room, teachers are in a position to help parents a great deal in coping with some of the problems they meet as the child grows, if the parents would only approach them with a sincere desire to cooperate. He suggested again that PTA meetings be geared to specific problems of the individual school and children and presented in euch a way that those problems might be discussed in small groups which might lead the otherwise shy parent par-ent to take part. In regard to health, Supt. Brockbank Brock-bank reported that this year there has been appointed a school nurse for each area of the Nebo District, SpringviUe, Spanish Pork and Pay-son Pay-son areas, which would give greater great-er assistance to the health chairmen chair-men of the different areas. He asked ask-ed that it be stressed again that children of the kindergarten, fourth and seventh grades have their physical evaminations as has been arranged before October if possible. Mrs. A. E. Eldredge, council health chairman, reported that polio shots will continue this fall through the school under a new-set-up of which the parents will be advised. She also said that the committees hope to set up tho medical record of each child on individual cards as has been done in some of the schools. Mrs. Max Alleman reported that the city safety council, under the direction of Mays Anderson, has moved to invite the student safety chairmen of the various schools to become members of the city safety council and meet with them at their monthly meetings. Other problems concerning adult education programs, the organization organiza-tion of room representatives and the magazine drive were discussed. |