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CLAYTON COUNTY
SCHOOL NEWS s
VOLUME 2 —NUMBER 4
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J. E. Edmonds is shown addressing the group of PTA who assem
bled at the Jonesboro High School to review and lend support to
Gov. Sanders’ Program for Education on January 21.
Teachers Meeting
Held at Rock Eagle
The Department of Classroom
Teachers of the GEA held their
annual Rock Eagle Conference
on January 31, February 1 and 2,
1964. The program began Friday
evening with a general meeting
with Mr. Ralph Hogan, State
President, presiding.
The events for the week-end
centered around the theme “An
Informed Teacher”. At the first
general meeting remarks were
given by Dr. Claude Purcell, State
Superintendent of Schools; Mr.
Frank Hughes, Executive Secre
tary, GEA; Mr. J. W. McAllister,
President, GEA; Mr. James Pet
ers, Chairman, State Board of
Education; Mr. Mac Barber, Pres
ident State School Board Assn.;
Mrs. Cicero Johnston, President,
State PTA; and Mrs. Lilia Carl
ton, Professional Services Assoc
iate, GEA. A report on the Miami
Conference on Instruction was
given by Mr. James Baskins,
teacher at R. E. Lee Institute,
and Mr. Jim Williams, President-
Elect, GEA-CRT, gave report on
the Thanksgiving Conference of
NEA.
On Saturday, there were group
meetings. At the Saturday eve
ning general meeting, guest
speaker, Rita Jacoby, Past Presi
dent of NEA Department of CRT.
Following the address, the Thom
aston Education Association gave
a reception honoring Mr. Ralph
Hogan, President, GEA-CRT. On
Sunday morning following mor
ning watch, a general business
session was held with Mr. Jim
Williams, President-Elect, GEA-
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| Recipe for a Good School
I PLACE not more than 30 children in an attractive
classroom in a safe, well-planned building.
ADD a teacher who is capable and well-prepared
BLEND IN P le nty of good books and modern
teaching aids
ADD safe school buses and ample space for play
LEAVEN WITH a salary scale that is fair and de
cent, and a good plan for teacher retirement
SPRINKLE generously with real appreciation from
the community
i SEASON with your personal interest, cooperation
and support
MIX WELL for one school year
: GUARANTEED RESULTS: happy well-taught chil
( dren
Serves One Community
Very High in the Protein of Citizenship
Juvenile Study Group
Held in Forest Park
On Thursday morning, January
30, an educational Study Group
for the Junior High and Elemen
tary Schools in the Forest Park
area was held in the Recrea
tional Center dining room from
9:30 until 2. This included Lake
City, Ash Street, Hendricks Drive,
and J. E. Edmonds Elementary
Schools.
Joe T. Lane, Clayton County
ordinary led the discussion on
the subject of Juvenile Protec
tion for the morning period. Mrs.
Thelma Byers, elementary cur
riculum director, and Dr. Hay
den Bryant of the State Depart
ment of Education conducted an
informal discussion on the sub
ject of Accreditation and School
Curriculum at the afternoon ses
sion. An opportunity was given
for anyone present to ask ques
tions pertaining to these two im
portant subjects.
There was a lunch break at
11:30. Another similar study
group which will be publicized
later is planned for February 19,
also in the Recreational Center,
and will cover the subject of a
series, “Children Are A Growing
Concern.” Mrs. E. W. Baker, pres
ident of Clayton County PTA
Counsel, and Mrs. Robert Brown,
Bth District Director, will be with
the group for this meeting.
CRT, presiding.
The following attended from
Clayton County: Mr. J. E. Ed
monds, Mr. E. L. Stroud, Mr. Jim
Williams, Mr. Ted Key, Mrs. A.
N. Bell, Miss Suechting, Miss Pat
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FEBRUARY 4, 1964
Sanders Education Program
Passed By House and Senate
PTA at Hendrix Drive
Has "All-Out" Campaign
Due to an all-out campaign for
PTA membership at the Hendrix
Drive Elementary School, the
figures now show an increase of
69 over last year’s enrollment,
according to Mrs. C. E. Flowers,
Membership Chairman.
The hard work that went into
this Drive has been most re
warding in increased interest
and enthusiasm says Mrs. Homer
Parker, President. The total in
PTA membership now stands at
831 qualified members.
Os the 475 families represented
in the Hendrix Drive School,
there are at present 429 families
enrolled in PTA. This shows
that 13 of the 21 classes at the
school are 100% on the rolls of
the association. The faculty
boasts 100 percent membership
in addition.
New Teachers Begin
Work in Our Schools
A hearty welcome has been
given to the new teachers, who
were employed in our system, be
ginning with this New Year.
These were employed to fill va
cancies that occurred over the
Christmas Holidays.
These teachers beginning their
work in our county system are:
Marilyn McFarlin at Ash Street;
Sandra Doffin and Shelly Tripp
at Lee Street; Rubye Davenport
and Helen Galbreath at Morrow;
Peggy Hiers at G. W. Northcutt;
Shirley Johnson at North Jones
boro; Karen Branan at Forest
Park High and at the Junior
High, Ralph Crist, Wilson Drew
and James Ward; at Jonesboro
Junior High, Joy Dickison and
Thomas Mills; while at Lake
City is Patricia Strickland, Alice
Hood and Mary Turner.
We are proud to have the fine
teachers with the Clayton Coun
ty Schools and feel confident
they already feefat home.
Sabin Oral Sunday
Starts County Drive
Sabin Oral Sunday is being
publicized by all communication
media in the Atlanta area. Vol
unteer doctors, nurses and citi
zens from various communities
are joining in this mammoth
campaign to drive polio from our
midst.
The drive to immunize every
child over 6 weeks of age and all
adults will begin February 9 in
three centers in Clayton County
as well as metropolitan Atlanta.
Our three high school centers
will be prepared to administer
this vaccine from 12 noon to 5
p.m. by giving a lump of sugar
with the tasteless vaccine on it.
Be sure to get your sugar.
February 9 and 16, March 15
and 22, April 19 and 26 are the
dates for the completing of the
program against Types I, II and
111 of polio. If you are not sure
you have had polio immunization
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Mental Health Study
Held at Jonesboro
Mental health is the subject of
two study groups held on Janu
ary 16 and 23 at the new senior
high building for the schools of
the Jonesboro area; Lee Street,
North Jonesboro, the Senior and
Junior High schools.
Dr. Spille of the Metropolitan
Atlanta Mental Health Associa
tion was one of the consultants
in these study groups. The in
terest has intensified because of
the fact that our country has no
psychiatric aid for disturbed chil
dren, and adults suffering men
tal disturbances must be placed
in the County jail to await dis
position of their cases.
Health Department, juvenile
court workers, ministers, PTA’s,
Family Service, the courts, the
medical association and Board
of Education are among those
represented on a committee
chosen to go into this problem
which grows daily in Clayton
County.
The committee is already at
work and meets on the fourth
Tuesday at the County Health
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Schools Completing
Evaluative Study
The Self - Study Evaluative
Program by all the elementary
and junior high schools of our
county is in the last stages of
development and writing prior to
the printing of the findings for
Visiting Committee in April for
accrediting by the Southern As
sociation of Schools and Colleges.
Each of the school’s staffs have
studied every phase of the cri
teria outlined by the association
and have written their reports
of efforts and plans in the re
spective areas. This study has
been conducted in detail over the
last two school years and is reap
ing many benefits.
Dr. Hayden Bryant of the State
Department of Education is act
ing as the consultant for this
study. Mrs. Thelma Byars, Ele
mentary Curriculum Director of
our schools, heads the local staff
committee directing this work.
The Visiting Committee of edu
cators from throughout the
Southeast will be chairmaned by
Dr. David Mason.
After the final approval of
each school’s report, the schools
will print 100 copies to be bound
into book form. These will be
used by the Visiting Committee
and copies will be available to
each of the schools. The lay peo
ple, and others interested, who
have helped on this tremendous
task will have an opportunity to
see their school’s report. The
Board of Education will pay for
the cost of binding one-half of
the reports and the schools will
finance the other fifty for their
own use.
Clayton County is among the
first schools in Georgia to be
evaluated under this new pro
gram. There are only 10 such
systems in the state who have
completed such a far - reaching
study of their schools.
THIS PAPER IS A
DEMOCRATIC ENTERPRISE
EDITED AND PUBLISHED
BY THE
CLAYTON COUNTY
EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
THROUGH IT’S
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC
RELATIONS
CLAYTON COUNTY, GEORGIA
Since the county-wide PTA
meetings of the night of January
21, Governor Sanders’ recom
mended New Minimum Founda-<
tion Program for Education has
passed into law. All county
schools consolidated in holding
these January meetings in three
centers, Jonesboro Senior High,
Forest Park Senior High and the
G. W. Northcutt Elementary
School.
The “Lights on in Our School”
programs, sponsored by the
Georgia Council of Parents and
Teachers resulted in large at
tendance at the three areas. The
programs consisted of a panel of
educational and lay leaders of
our communities, who presented
various phases of the “Sanders*
Program” to the People in an in
formative way.
Questions, ranging in interest
from those concerned with qual
ity in teaching to the effect on
the tax structure of the county,
came from the audiences. These
prompted replies which further
explained the various phases of
the 64 page omnibus bill pre
sented to our legislature.
The three centers for these
PTA meetings has 156, 320, 279
persons respectively and were
presided over by Mr. J. E. Ed
monds, County School Supt., Mr,
Ernest Stroud, Assistant Supt.,
and Mr. Emmett Lee, High School
Curriculum Director.
Some of the more important
phases are further explained on
page two of this issue. Be sure
to read Mr. Edmonds’ article on
how the measures effect our
schools.
Jonesboro Hi Teams
Win Debate Honors
The debate teams of Jonesboro
Senior High have won outstand
ing honors for several years. In
1961-62 they won the A A School
Debate and in 1962-63 they were
Champions in the State Triple-A.
This year, 1963-64, they have
accepted a chair at Barkley
Forum. Only thirty schools in
the southeastern states were
given such an invitation.
They are scheduled to partici
pate at the following places:
Emory University on February 7
and 8, and at the University of
Georgia on February 14 and 15.
Their last debate was at Cross
Keys. January 3 and 4. The af
firmative won three and tied one
while the negative lost two.
Forest Park
PTA Aims
This is the slogan of the
Forest Park Senior High’s PTA
fund raising drive which will
be conducted during the next
two weeks. All parents should
read with great care the let
ter which will be brought
home by their students on
Monday of next week. This
letter will explore the why’s
and wherefore’s of the fund
drive.