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f ~~ ■■■ ■ '- ‘ \ [ Perry-area school news J Students seek self-study, depth through school's gifted program By MELODY BACAS Stall Writer The gifted program in Perry of fers a lot of opportunity for excep tionally intelligent or creative stu dents, according to one teacher in the program. Becky Crockett, who leaches honor's English at Perry Middle School, said the honors courses help students gel beyond the basic facts. "Instead of teaching just facts, we encourage students to go a step deeper and interpret the facts," she said. Crockett said gifted children need that extra zest in education. Other wise, they might go the other ex treme and do poorly in school. They gel bored easily, she said. "If they do get bored, they can be disruptive. This gives them chan nels for that energy," Crockett said. Some of the goals of the gifted program in Houston County arc to offer more enrichment activities to the student, more independent study, self-direction, improve lead ership abilities, and sharpen inquiry I j|H|B&v' YWm? ' ' ■:;.•• f'!?■&• ■" / \ ■ *'**?sss» Georgia Scholars Perry High School seniors Bruce Munger, Chris Cosby and Michael Sargent received pins and certificates for being named "Georgia Scholars." The Georgia Scholar Program is a state effort to identify and recognize se niors who have achieved excellence. The "scholars” are eligible for a Governor's Scholaship of $1,250 each academic year for tuition if they attend an approved university in Georgia. Nine seniors from Houston Coun try received the honor. Reading club begins June 5 "Find Time for Mystery Read" is the theme for this year's Perry- Houston County Public Library Summer Reading Club. Opening day for the club will be on Monday, June 5. Children can pick up a reading club folder Monday, and register for prizes each week. Activities will be held at the Library from 10 to 2 on opening day. There will be weekly activity sheets at the front desk of the Library. Children of all ages can sign up in teams of two for the scavenger hunt. Pick up rules at the front desk of the Library. BJP^TISK J| WORLD SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP ™ ** LIVE ON GIANT SCREEN ~ CLOSED CIRCUIT TV FROM 9:00 P.M - MONDAY, JUNE 12th. MACON COLISEUM §k seats coXsasf&«»c« mvmrw SOT' 743 9166 'PayVoVv.ew nowl Coliseum Bor Oftlce, Habersham Records In Macon, to Howell TV In Her Ricks In Warner Robins, Perry, Mllledgeville and Vlnevllle Ave » Rocky n Macon Add i 2 00 lor all mall & phone In charge orders. 1912)746-9403. I J skills and critical thinking. According to Houston Board of Education records, 786 arc enrolled in the gifted program in this county. That includes elementary, middle and high schools. In Perry, there are 32 from elementary schools enrolled, 25 at Perry Middle and 32 at Perry High. Crockett said in kindergarten through second grade children must be in the 99 percentile on the IQ test to be in the gifted program, called Focus. Those in third grade and up must be in the 96 percentile on the IQ test, plus be in the 85 percentile on standardized achievement tests. Students who may not be in the 85 pciccnlilc, but who arc in the 90 percentile on cither math or verbal arc also eligible, Crockett said. Crockett said IQ tests at PMS arc given in groups at the begin ning of the year, but individualized tests arc also available. Teachers or parents must rec ommend students for the program. Parents must sign permission slips for all testing and to enter the pro This year's program will continue until August 12, and will feature puppets, storytimes, special guests, games, puzzles, films and videos. Children will cam certificates for lime spent reading, being read to and attending library programs. Certificates will be issued between August 1 and 12. Lists of certificate recipients will be sent to local schools. This year's program is different because certificates will be awarded for lime spent in reading experi ences rather than for the number of books read. gram. The student must maintain a "B” average to stay in the classes, ac cording to Crockett. Crockett said the middle school honors program is much different from the Focus program. Children in Focus go to honor’s class one day a week and learn more problem solving skills and logic. "When they move into the mid dle school, it's structured where there are two academic classes which are science and English. We leach the gifted everyday, not once a week,” Crockett said. Crockett said gifted classes arc usually smaller, so individualized help can be given. Students can re search the course of study further than other students 100. Textbooks arc somewhat different, according to the teacher. For instance, she uses an eighth-grade English book for her seventh-grade honors class. Seventh grade science includes earth science and physical science while eighth grade honors students study chemistry and physical sci ence. The English courses for both grades contains traditional instruc tion in grammar, composition, vo cabulary and literature. However, it also contains a study of mythology and Greek and Romas culture. Teachers are also required to work students through a unit of test-tak ing skills with special emphasis on the PS AT. Crockett said being in a middle school honor's program will qualify students for the high school pro gram. She also said many people, in cluding parents and teachers, don't understand gifted children. 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