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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1968)
FRESHMEN TAKE READING COURSE How w ell can you read? A ll new students a t Chemawa are asked th a t question, by way of a diag n o stic reading test,w h ich i s adm inistered e a rly in the school y ear. Freshmen students are then put in to the developmental reading lab orato ry . Here they are grouped ac cording to th e ir sp e c ia l needs. I f a student shows a lim ited back ground, he i s placed in a program of basic phonics and word reeogni— tio n . Others who have aa stronger background are given in s tru c tio n in comprehension, r a t e , and word s k i l l techniques. The two teachers who operate the in s tru c tio n a l c e n te r, have a t th e ir d isp o sa l e le c tr ic a lly co n tro lled re a d e rs, in d iv id u al pacer machines, group lis te n in g c e n te rs, and the l a t e s t te x ts and m a te ria ls . I t i s f e l t th a t th is in s tru c tio n in reading a t the freshman le v e l w ill enable students to do a b e tte r job in th e ju n io r and se n io r y e a r. DALLAS S ta ff Promoted Mr. Jesse M att, former re c re a tio n d ire c to r , has been named as the new employment placement o f f i c e r, to replace Mr. M arshall, who has been moved to th e main guid ance o f fic e . Mr. Ed Belleque, an in s tru c to rs a id , has been appointed as re c re a tio n d ire c to r . HIGH SENIORS VISIT T h irty -fiv e seniors from Dallas High School spent a day on -campus v i s itin g w ith our students and learn in g about our school. DIFFERENCES OF OPINION An Englishman, an Irishm an, and an American were fly in g over the Sahara D esert. ”A b e a stly p la c e ," sa id th e Eng lishm an. " The D iv il’s Home," observed th e Irishm an. " What a parking l o t i « re p lie d tht American. S a tu rd a y Work The Student Employment O ffice a t Chemawa i s a very busy p lace. The number of students who have weekend jobs v a rie s from 100 to 125. They do a l l s o rts of work; from yard work and ironing to bus boy or h o te l maid. A student gets a job by going to Mrs. Hauser, the employment of f i c e r , and t e l li n g her th a t they de s ir e a job. She has them f i l l out a card t e l li n g what they can do and giving the inform ation about when they want to work and who t h e i r em ployers have been before. The of f ic e r f i l e s the card and when an employer c a lls the school asking to h ire someone, the cards are checked to see i f someone i s a v a ila b le . I f you q u a lify you may get the chance to work. The employer re p o rts the school on how w ell you do your work and i f you are s a tis fa c to r y you may get a chance to work again. Emma Beaver LIBRARY CIRCULATION GOOD Who says th a t high school s tu dents don’t read? I f the c irc u la tio n records a t the lib r a r y are any in d i c a tio n , we would have to say th a t the students a t Chemawa read q u ite a b it. S t a t i s t i c a l l y , > students checked out 1191 books in September, 1809 in October, and 2074 in November. The sin g le b iggest day a t the lib r a ry was September 19, when 314 books were checked out. the sm allest day was October 27, homecoming, only 22 books. The approximate d a ily average is 112 or about one book per day fo r every e ig h t stu d en ts. Mathew Waskey I t Isn ’t "ALL WCRK AND NO PLAY" around campus. The Friday and S at urday night dances are lo ts of fun and i f you don’t care f o r dancing you can always go to the movies. g u id e s kept busy The d u tie s of members of the Guides Club i s to guide v is ito r s who come to our campus. V isito rs may be fo reig n s tu d e n ts, business people, government o f f i c ia ls , or other high school and college s tu d e n ts. A ll members have an opportunity to guide, but they are expected to keep t h e i r grades up and hand in a d a ily assignment th a t they miss as a r e s u l t of guiding. We u su a lly divide larg e groups in to sm all sectio n s so th a t we can g et b e tte r acquainted and answer more q u estions. Sometimes our v is i to r s e a t lunch w ith u s. In a d d itio n to guiding, we have a club meeting the f i r s t Wednesday of each month. We meet during the lunch hour and have a sack lunch th a t day. At our l a s t m eeting, we decided to buy a guest book and keep a r e cord of our v i s i t o r s . Our o ffic e rs a re : Melvin Levsha- k o ff-p re sid en t,I Eve Soplu-vice pre s id e n t, V alentina L ind-secretary, Alfred Goozman-treasurer, and Clara Van W inkle-reporter. Our fa c u lty sponsor i s Mrs. C ordell. C lara Van Winkle CHATTER FROM BIOLOGY As the year goes by things are g e ttin g harder in biology c la s s . S t i l l , everyday seems ju s t a l i t t l e d iff e re n t than the day b efore. It seems to be g e ttin g more e x c itin g to o . Larrv Lewis FOREIGN STU D EN TS VISIT Most v is ito r s th a t come to Chem awa are here to observe and le a rn . However, many of the v is ito r s tu rn out to be more of an in s p ira tio n to us than we to them. Those students th a t come from fo reig n countries do a r e a l service to the h isto ry and geography c la s s e s. The f i r s t q u a rte r has seen 228 v is ito r s to u r our campus. T h irty - four exchange students rep resen tin g 17 countries and enro lled a t Ore gon S ta te U niversity, spent a day on campus. Twenty-three VISTA workers, who were taking tra in in g a t U niversity of Oregon, spent two days w ith u s . One hundred t h i r t y sophomores, en rolled as fu tu re teachers from Oregon College of Education, spent a h alf-day in observing. A GOOD SCHOOL ATTITUDE My fe e lin g s about school are im portant t o me. I want t o get as much education as I can. Every day I get up e a rly anxious t o s t a r t my schedule. Someday I hope t o be able t o have a good education and hold a good jo b .
