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Three R’s Now Inadequate
BY JOYCE TURNER
Remember when school used
to consists primarily of "read
ing, writing, and arithmetic’*?
No longer, in present-day so
ciety, can students rely on the
basic three R’s to equip them
for the world which they enter
after school years are over.
Educational systems are ha
ving to implement the basic pro
grams and courses with more
specialized training and educa
tion than ever before.
Forsyth County Schools offer
a variety of specialized pro
grams to help equip a child, no
matter what his leanings, for the
life he will lead as an adult.
Many of these programs have
been written about in previous
issues of the NEWS; some may
be unheard of by the majority
of parents in this area.
At present, 25 special pro
grams are being offered, witn
one scheduled to begin next Sep
tember. Some of the programs
are carried on during summer
months only, while others are
an integral part of the regular
school year.
The programs are:
Summer Headstart
Language Art Kindergarten
Work Study Program
Neighborhood Youth Corps
Out-of-School Training
Program
Vocational Office Training
Diversified Cooperative
Training
Agri-Business Training
Home-Bound Education
Education of Mentally Retarded
Class
Adult Classes in basic education
Adult Classes for high school
diploma
Business Education Classes
for adults, under sponsorship
of State Dept, of Education
Summer Science Workshop for
high school students
Summer Social Science Work
shop for high school students
Approved Federal Highway
Driver Education Project
for high school students
In-Service Training Class in
Math for teachers of For
syth County - carries col
lege credit
SCALP Program
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THE OLD RELIABLE MEMBER F.D.I.C.
Student-Teachers from North
Georgia College and Brenau
College
Reading Consultant and Reading
Center
Director of Exceptional
Programs
Seventeen Teacher-Aides
English teachers - working this
summer to revise the high
school Language Arts
Program
In-Service Training for
teachers on reading once a
week
High School Special Spanish
Course
These programs cover a wide
variety of education, and serve
pre-schoolers, adults, teach
ers, and handicapped students.
The Summer Headstart and
Language Art Kindergarten
program was most successful
last summer. Held at Cum
ming Lower Elementary School,
it provided specialized pre -
school training for youngsters.
Scheduled again for this sum
mer, it is expected that parti
cipation will exceed last year.
The Work Study program is
for eighth and ninth grade stu
dents, and seeks to help them
determine before the critical
last few high-school years ex
actly where their vocational in
terests lie. This group is de
veloping a curriculum guide for
statewide use.
VOT ( Vocational Office
Training) and DCT (Diversified
Cooperative Training) are of
fered to high school students.
These programs enable a stu
dent to attend school half a day
working toward the high school
diploma, and also to work half
a day. This provides in-service
training for students in a cho
sen vocation, and allows them
to implement their own or fa
mily income at the same time.
Two teachers are presently
employed by Forsyth County to
teach home-bound students who
are unable to attend regular
glasses. This service enables
students to keep up with their
school work, so that those who
return to school after accidents
or illness need not suffer aca
demically. It also enables those
who are never able to attend an
equal opportunity to obtain an
education.
The Adult Education Program
is a most successful one. Adults
may obtain a basic education,
work toward a high-school di
ploma, or take Business Edu
cation Classes to equip them for
particular occupations.
The Summer Science and So
cial Science Workshops at For
syth High offer excellent oppor
tunity to students in these fields.
These are in-depth , special
ized courses offered in addi
tion to regular curriculum in
these fields.
The SCALP Program, using
future Teachers of America
students, was initiated here
last summer. It proved so suc
cessful that it was continued
during this regular school year.
It involves FTA students work
ing with elementary students on
a one-to-one basis, offering
specialized education for spe
cial children.
The Reading Consultant and
the Director of Exceptional
Programs are shared with our
neighbor, Cherokee County.
These specialists’ services are
assets to thelocal system. The
Reading Consultant, Mr. Little,
conducts the weekly In-Service
Training for teachers in read
ing, in addition to his work with
students in this field.
The special Spanish course
being taught at Forsyth High is
the Encyclopedia Britannica
program, utilizing the Encyclo
pedia, film strips, books, and
other materials for teaching.
Materials used are valued at
$1,400.
With the opening of the new
Vocational High School in Sep
tember, the addition of new pro
grams as they are instigated and
procured by the administration
and approved by the Board of
Education, the schools of For
syth County have a bright fu
ture.
Some of the programs are
unique in the state, having been
begun as pilot programs in this
county. Visitors from other
systems have come to observe
the work being done here, and
in some cases, such as in the
SCALP program, participants
have been asked to visit other
areas and tell about the suc
cess of the programs in For
syth County.
Chestatee
Hoping
For Games
Chestatee School’s basebal
lers and track men are prac
ticing these days, with hopes
that games or meets can be
arranged with other schools or
Little League teams.
Any coach interested in play
ing between now and mid - May,
please call Coach Charles Mc-
Kinney at 887-4268 or 887-4284.
If you can’t reach Coach McKin
ney, call Principal Jim Clegg.
New Harmony
Sunday School
Has Meeting
The Intermediate Sunday
School Class of New Harmony
Baptist Church met at the La
nier Restaurant Thursday night,
April 3, for a dinner “get-to
gether.”
Those attending were Brenda
Bobo, Debbie Hicks, Lynn Stan
cil, Debbie Richards, Vickie
Smith, Teena Waldrip, Debbie
Satterfield, Melvin McPherson,
Phil Meers, Kelly Pruitt, Phil
Satterfield, Ricky Padgett, Don
nie Stancil, and Mrs. Evelyn
Richards, teacher.
Invited guests were Mr. Dew
ey Meers, Sunday School Sup
erintendent; Mr. Lanier Rich
ards; Miss Pam Stancil, Mr.
Noel Burt, and Mr. Kenneth
Jones of Alpharetta; Miss Pol
ly Smithwick, Miss Sherry La
them, and Mr. Ricky Gibbs of
Canton; and Miss Janice Haw
kins of Cumming.
Door prizes were won by
Brenda Bobo, Polly Smithwick,
Phil Satterfield, and Noel Burt.
Sunday
School
The First annual meeting of
United Methodist women in the
North Georgia Conference since
merger of the Methodist Church
and Evangelical United Breth
ren Church is scheduled April
23-24 at Smyrna, Ga.
The United Methodist Church
was created in April, 1968
through merger of the two Pro
testant bodies with total mem
bership of nearly 11 million.
Women’s organizations which
will hold their “first annual
sessions” at Smyrna are the
Women’s Society of Christian
Service and the Wesleyan Ser
vice Guild.
About 500 women are expec
ted for the two conferences, ac
cording to Mrs. Victor B.Year
gan of Rome, Ga., North Geor
gia Conference President of the
WSCS. All sessions are sched
uled for First United Methodist
Church at Smyrna, Mrs. Year
gan said.
The conference will be de
voted to consideration of Uni
ted Methodist women’s church
projects, missions programs,
new forms of worship, and new
forms of ministry.
Among speakers for the
meeting will be Bishop John
Owen Smith of Atlanta, resident
bishop of the denomination in
Georgia, who will address the
meeting on “ Reconciliation”.
Reconciliation is one of the
church’s major themes for the
1968 - 72 church quadrennium,
and churches across the nation
are raising S2O million for re
conciliation ministries among
the poor and racial minorities.
The program committee has
scheduled symposiums thr -
oughout the two day period in
which women will discuss wor
ship, missions, and new minis
tries with authorities in these
fields.
Included in the conference
will be Negro representatives
from the Georgia Conference
of the former Central (Negro)
Jurisdiction.
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Pine Crest
Meeting
Rev. Claude Pruitt will bring
the message at Pine Crest Bap
tist Church Sunday evening, Ap
ril 20, at 7:00 p.m.
Everyone is issued a cordial
invitation to attend this ser
vice and hear Rev. Pruitt.
Chestatee
4-H’ers
Program
BY ANITA JONES
The Chestatee 4-H’ers met
on April 9, 1969. The Presi
dent, Vicki Whitmire, called the
meeting to order. Then we had
the Pledges and devotional. The
4-H Pledge was led by Vicki
Dacus; the Pledge of Allegiance
to the American flag was led
by Paula Mathis; the devotional
was led by Jacqueline Ballen
tyne; and the song was led by
Debbie Barron.
The Secretary, Jill Swell,
read the minutes and checked
the roll.
The President asked if there
was any old or unfinished busi
ness. Mrs. Bannister had some
business, which was giving the
awards to the girls who went to
County Achievement.
Following this was the pro
gram, in which the following
participated: Sheila Bagwell
demonstrated how to make a
butterscotch snack; Rochelle
Ingram gave a demonstration
on how to make a place mat;
Darlene Higgins gave a dem
onstration on Entomology; Te
resa Walls gave a demonstra
tion on the tools for sewing;
Donna Millwood gave a demon
stration on Family Life; Debbie
Mathis gave a demonstration on
Forestry; and Vicki Whitmire
gave one on Wildlife.
The meeting was then turned
over to Mrs. Bannister. She
told the girls who went to Coun
ty Achievement how proud she
was of them.
The meeting was adjourned.
THE FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS - APRIL 17, 1969
Five Wins For
Forsyth Bulldogs
The Forsyth County Bulldogs
continued to improve Saturday
as they bettered their region
standing to five wins against no
losses with an 18-1 victory over
Burney - Harris.
Steve Higginbotham pitched
very well and was credited with
the win. The Bulldogs gave up
only one hit as they belted Jack
et pitchers for a total of twelve
hits topped by a 365-foot home
run off the bat of Pete Amos.
The highlight of the game ap
peared to be the improvement
of Bulldog hitting as they pulled
six men above the .300 mark.
The pitching staff also ap
pears to be shaping itself into
one of the region’s toughest, as
evidenced by the fact that
Vaughan and Higginbotham had
a combined effort which re
sulted in the fanning of 12 men
in only five innings and the
yielding of only one base hit.
Although the season is still
young the Bulldogs appear to be
developing into a region con
tender. The next game will be
Friday at Coal Mountain Ball
Park, which will again pit the
Bulldogs against the Yellow
Jackets of Burney-Harris; and
a very important game next
Monday at Coal Mountain at
4:00 p.m. in which the Bull
dogs will face region favorite
Gainesville.
Mrs. Moss
Is Eighty
Mrs. Mae Moss celebrated
her 80th birthday Easter Sun
day, April 6, 1969.
Present for the occasion were
her six children and families;
Rev. and Mrs. Monroe Gunter;
Rev. and Mrs. Simpson; her on
ly sister, Mrs. G. B. Anderson
of Lithonia, and Mr. Anderson;
a brother, A. R. Sewell of Cum
ming; her niece, Mrs. Johnnie
Ogle of Talmo, and Mr. Ogle;
a nephew, Mr. Price Anderson
of Atlanta, and Mrs. Anderson;
several grandchildren and great
granchildren.
The celebration dinner was
held at her home on the Daw
sonville Highway. Mrs. Moss
is very active in her church
and means much to her commu
nity.
BULLDOG HITTING
Danny Vaughan 520
Richard Martin 412
Jerry Smith 400
Donny Castleberry 375
Steve Higginbotham 304
Ralph Amos 300
Neal Head 278
Herbert Groover 273
Steve Bennett 231
PITCHING
Won Lost
Danny Vaughan 3 0
Jerry Smith 1 0
Steve Higginbotham 1 0
Ducktown
Communication
The regular communication
of Ducktown Lodge No. 572 will
be held this Friday evening, Ap
ril 18, at 8:00 p.m.
Family Night will be observed
and all members and visitors
are invited to bring their fami
lies.
Harris Bullock, First Grand
Steward of the Grand Lodge of
Georgia will be guest speaker.
Brother Bullock is also a mem
ber of the Grand Lodge Educa
tional Committee and takes an
active interest in the education
committees of subordinate lod
ges.
Group singing will also be
part of the entertainment for the
evening.
A covered-dish supper will be
prepared and served by the
members and their wives.
Wilbern Pendley, W.M., and
the members of Ducktown Lodge
extend a cordial welcome to all
families in this area.
Deacons’
Ordination
There will be a Deacon’s Or
dination Service observed at the
Harmony Baptist Church, Daw
son County, Saturday, April 19,
at 7:30 p.m.
The public is invited to at
tend.