July 29, 1965 (24 pages)

beet catctee 3 ASUTOT) epeAogn’ ee ro) LAREN ES eee ar sen anecneen: pencantin 21 ¥atathat ot ate AT HOME IN THE COUNTRY Pat af at ate # Both The Students New Card . And Teachers Learn Project Is At Summer Schoo] Underway -£ a ww July 29, 1965.Nevada County Nugget A summer school experiment which started in Grass Valley five weeks ago ended last week with success "far beyond the expectations” of anyone, The program, sponsored by the Grass Valley Elementary School District, canbecalledan experiment because, while it included the usual diet of makeup and remedial material, this summer school also included the added aspects of an “enrichment” and activity program. In short, it provided something for almost everyone, and the results, now being sifted out indicate that this is a good summertime educational idea. First, according to district superintendent -principal Vernon Bond, the Grass Valley program, unlike most summer schools, held its enrollment throughout the session. Initial enrollment was 400, 318 the first week, 331 the last week for an average enrollment of 347, At the conclusion of the program which ended last Friday, the district sent out questionaires to parents of the attending students. Although Bond admits the parents had both good.and.bad to say about the program, “we found no comment that the kids did not want tocometosummer school, " Getting them to school in the Summer is one of the major hurdles. Keeping them there is the job of the program and the staff. "The staff exhibited outstanding creativity," according to Bond, The teaching staff of 17 came from a variety of area backgrounds and brought a variety of experience with them tothe summer school. Bond indicated that bringing together a staff of such differing backgrounds offers a stimulus and enhances the feeling of creativity among the teachers, Parents polled by the district at the conclusion of the program indicated they liked the creative approach to subjects, the opportunity for students to improve in weak subjects, new and challenging ways. of instruction, the use of teacher aides and enjoyable activities, The questionaire found parents disliked the large classes, the shortness of the class periods, Conflicts of the school days with other community activities and the fact that the summer program Started too soon after the end of the regular school session. None of the criticisms of the program are really bad and there are good reasons for doing things the way they were done this first ’ year, Bond indicated that the length of the class periods were tailored to state requirements for the obtain state funds. He noted the Program was held to five week because after that time the students start to lose interest. He also pointed out that the students were required to change classes at the summer school because this gave them exposure to a variety of teachers and teaching methods, The summer school this year cost about $10,000 which includes salaries for 17 teachers and 17 teacher aides and materials. The district will receive about $9,000 in state and federal aid for the program leaving a cost to the district taxpayer of $1,000 or about 59 cents per student per, week, In addition to this, much of the material used in the Summer program, can be used during thecoming regular school term, Before the program started, Bond indicated that one of the main Purposes of the summer school would be to bridge the learning gap from the close of school in the summer to the start again in the fall. The program this sum mer indicated that this can be done. The summer school also showed that the students can be stimulatedtoexpand their educational horizons and are interested in trying things not normally offered in the regular school program. The students came from almost every district in the county and Bond saidhe hoped that next year some sort of cooperative scheme could be worked out to get similar summer programs started in other districts, The ideas of remedial work, enrichment programs which allow INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC was part of the summer . i * CHARLES WOODS works o n color negatives for the new card line while David Osborn looks on. ys a z. program. This view shows Glen Sander's summer school band at the Hennessy School. students to reach out into new fields, and an activity program, can all be combined into a successful summer school which not only broadens the knowledge of the students, but improvesthe abilities of the teaching staff. The distri heir program was a big success. Air Force Graduate Airman Third Class George D, Day, son of George N, Day of 822 Forest Glade Circle, Grass Valley, has been graduated from the technical training course for U. S, Air Force electrical power production specialists at Sheppard AFB, Tex, ARTS AND CRAFTS were offered as another phase . of the program. Here, teacher aide, Susan Halls, @ e is shown with two of the students in the class of es Mrs. Ada Lee Spillers. Masons Announce Sojourners Picnic For Grass Valley Worshipful Master, Arlie Hansen, of Madison Lodge No, 23 F&AM, of Grass Valley, has announced a "sojourners” masonic picnic for Sunday afternoon, August 15th at Memorial Park, Hours are 3 to 7 PM, All master masons of Western Nevada County and their families are invited to participate in this old fashioned get together, Hansen has designated Junior Warden of Madison lodge, W. A. Jerdon as general chairman and asks that he be contacted at 273-6262 for reservations, Prizes will be awarded to the oldest mason present; the oldest mason in years of service; and the mason that has traveled the greatest distance from his home lodge, It is felt that many masons have moved to Nevada County over the past few years but have not visited any of the local lodges and this “sojourners" picnic is an opportunity to get acquainted and meet their fellow members. A combination of Nevada County talents have been used to create a new product, provide a steady income to support the activities of the Nevada County Council for Retarded Children and provide work training for the retarded in the county. The product is a new line of Christmas and greeting cards created from drawings done by the students at the Gold Flat Special School in Nevada City and designed and created for color printing production by Nevada City commercial artists, Osborn and Woods, The project is an outgrowth of experimental art classes conducted at the special school on a voluntary basis last year by Nevada City artist, Marge Kopp. The imaginative, colorful and humorous drawings that resulted PA is The Happy Clown from these classes caught the fancy of members of the Nevada County Council forRetarded Children and caught the eye of Osborn and Woods, Thenew line, now almost ready to go to press, is the result, Osborn and Woods took the basic drawings and prepared the color negatives from which the printing plates will be made. The cards will be sold by Osborn and Woods and the Nevada County Council with the proceeds going to support the work of the local council. Producing the cards is the first phase of the project. The second phase will be the packaging and preparing for mailing of orders. Plans call for making this a part of the work training program at the Gold Flat Special School in the future, The final phase will be completed when the Nevada County Council opens its sheltered workshop program in the county in the near future. The packaging of cards and the preparation of orders for mailing will hopefull v become one of the first and one of the regular jobs of retardates attending’ the shop for work training,

beet catctee 3 ASUTOT) epeAogn’ ee ro) LAREN ES eee ar sen anecneen: pencantin 21 ¥atathat ot ate AT HOME IN THE COUNTRY Pat af at ate # Both The Students New Card . And Teachers Learn Project Is At Summer Schoo] Underway -£ a ww July 29, 1965..Nevada County Nugget A summer school experiment which started in Grass Valley five weeks ago ended last week with success "far beyond the expectations” of anyone, The program, sponsored by the Grass Valley Elementary School District, canbecalledan experiment because, while it included the usual diet of makeup and remedial material, this summer school also included the added aspects of an “enrichment” and activity program. In short, it provided something for almost everyone, and the results, now being sifted out indicate that this is a good summertime educational idea. First, according to district superintendent -principal Vernon Bond, the Grass Valley program, unlike most summer schools, held its enrollment throughout the session. Initial enrollment was 400, 318 the first week, 331 the last week for an average enrollment of 347, At the conclusion of the program which ended last Friday, the district sent out questionaires to parents of the attending students. Although Bond admits the parents had both good.and.bad to say about the program, “we found no comment that the kids did not want tocometosummer school, " Getting them to school in the Summer is one of the major hurdles. Keeping them there is the job of the program and the staff. "The staff exhibited outstanding creativity," according to Bond, The teaching staff of 17 came from a variety of area backgrounds and brought a variety of experience with them tothe summer school. Bond indicated that bringing together a staff of such differing backgrounds offers a stimulus and enhances the feeling of creativity among the teachers, Parents polled by the district at the conclusion of the program indicated they liked the creative approach to subjects, the opportunity for students to improve in weak subjects, new and challenging ways. of instruction, the use of teacher aides and enjoyable activities, The questionaire found parents disliked the large classes, the shortness of the class periods, Conflicts of the school days with other community activities and the fact that the summer program Started too soon after the end of the regular school session. None of the criticisms of the program are really bad and there are good reasons for doing things the way they were done this first ’ year, Bond indicated that the length of the class periods were tailored to state requirements for the obtain state funds. He noted the Program was held to five week because after that time the students start to lose interest. He also pointed out that the students were required to change classes at the summer school because this gave them exposure to a variety of teachers and teaching methods, The summer school this year cost about $10,000 which includes salaries for 17 teachers and 17 teacher aides and materials. The district will receive about $9,000 in state and federal aid for the program leaving a cost to the district taxpayer of $1,000 or about 59 cents per student per, week, In addition to this, much of the material used in the Summer program, can be used during thecoming regular school term, Before the program started, Bond indicated that one of the main Purposes of the summer school would be to bridge the learning gap from the close of school in the summer to the start again in the fall. The program this sum mer indicated that this can be done. The summer school also showed that the students can be stimulatedtoexpand their educational horizons and are interested in trying things not normally offered in the regular school program. The students came from almost every district in the county and Bond saidhe hoped that next year some sort of cooperative scheme

could be worked out to get similar summer programs started in other districts, The ideas of remedial work, enrichment programs which allow INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC was part of the summer . i * CHARLES WOODS works o n color negatives for the new card line while David Osborn looks on. ys a z. program. This view shows Glen Sander's summer school band at the Hennessy School. students to reach out into new fields, and an activity program, can all be combined into a successful summer school which not only broadens the knowledge of the students, but improvesthe abilities of the teaching staff. The distri heir program was a big success. Air Force Graduate Airman Third Class George D, Day, son of George N, Day of 822 Forest Glade Circle, Grass Valley, has been graduated from the technical training course for U. S, Air Force electrical power production specialists at Sheppard AFB, Tex, ARTS AND CRAFTS were offered as another phase . of the program. Here, teacher aide, Susan Halls, @ e is shown with two of the students in the class of es Mrs. Ada Lee Spillers. Masons Announce Sojourners Picnic For Grass Valley Worshipful Master, Arlie Hansen, of Madison Lodge No, 23 F&AM, of Grass Valley, has announced a "sojourners” masonic picnic for Sunday afternoon, August 15th at Memorial Park, Hours are 3 to 7 PM, All master masons of Western Nevada County and their families are invited to participate in this old fashioned get together, Hansen has designated Junior Warden of Madison lodge, W. A. Jerdon as general chairman and asks that he be contacted at 273-6262 for reservations, Prizes will be awarded to the oldest mason present; the oldest mason in years of service; and the mason that has traveled the greatest distance from his home lodge, It is felt that many masons have moved to Nevada County over the past few years but have not visited any of the local lodges and this “sojourners" picnic is an opportunity to get acquainted and meet their fellow members. A combination of Nevada County talents have been used to create a new product, provide a steady income to support the activities of the Nevada County Council for Retarded Children and provide work training for the retarded in the county. The product is a new line of Christmas and greeting cards created from drawings done by the students at the Gold Flat Special School in Nevada City and designed and created for color printing production by Nevada City commercial artists, Osborn and Woods, The project is an outgrowth of experimental art classes conducted at the special school on a voluntary basis last year by Nevada City artist, Marge Kopp. The imaginative, colorful and humorous drawings that resulted PA is The Happy Clown from these classes caught the fancy of members of the Nevada County Council forRetarded Children and caught the eye of Osborn and Woods, Thenew line, now almost ready to go to press, is the result, Osborn and Woods took the basic drawings and prepared the color negatives from which the printing plates will be made. The cards will be sold by Osborn and Woods and the Nevada County Council with the proceeds going to support the work of the local council. Producing the cards is the first phase of the project. The second phase will be the packaging and preparing for mailing of orders. Plans call for making this a part of the work training program at the Gold Flat Special School in the future, The final phase will be completed when the Nevada County Council opens its sheltered workshop program in the county in the near future. The packaging of cards and the preparation of orders for mailing will hopefull v become one of the first and one of the regular jobs of retardates attending’ the shop for work training,