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10 Th News-Rtriew, Roteburg, Or. Wtd., Aug. 17, I960 County Health Notes Schools Are With Health Concerned Of Children By JOHN H. DONNELLY, M.D. .children, they are frequently In- child's health. I( he sees a doctor County Hulth Officer I strumental in securing referrals at all, it is only in regard to a 1 and corrective procedures for chil- specific illness. Thus it is that the Virtually every parent knows ,lrn whn need these services To Dresrhnnl nhvsiral tviminilinn that good health in a child is nec-jbe truly effective, such follow-up i not uncommonly, reveals a condi- I uon wnicn nas existed lor some essary for growth and development; requires close working relation into a normal, healthy, nappy cm- ,hips among school people, health zen. They are concerned w n e n their children are sick and tend to do everything within their power to lead to the restoration of health at the earliest possihle moment. Nobody likes to see a child sick, and nobody likes to see a child handicapped because of some im pairment due to sickness. School people have long recog nized that a child who is handicap ped by ill health cannot learn well or function normally in the class room. In line with this common knowledge, the school system of this state, along with health au thorities, have required that chil dren entering school he given the benefit of a physical examination by a competent physician. Defects uncovered at such an examination may be further stu died and corrected. This enables every child to have the oppor tunity for entering school with the best possible chance of learning and gaining school experiences at his greatest potential. It also pro vides school people with informa tion about certain children which may help these children to be giv en special consideration in the achool room. For example, a child who is found to be hard of hear ing may be placed near the front of the room where he may more easily hear the teacher. Standards Aid Health Further provision for the health of the school child is gained through maintaining standards in school construction and building whereby lighting, heating, ventila tion, restrooms, and school lunch es are being built and maintained at the best possible standards. Teachers are encouraged to be on the lookout for possible signs of illness among their students and to send them home if they appear ill, particularly with a communicable disease. Frequently teachers are much better able to spot variations from normal health than even parents, aince they have a large group of children of comparable age and behavior to compare. A teacher who is "health conscious may be very valuable in delecting the ex istence of some low-grade ailment which may otherwise escape de tection. Working with the teachers and achool officials in the management of health of students are the pub lie health nurses who carry out the school health proornm. In addition to consulling with teachers and school officials on the health problems of department, practicing physicians, i w 4 f i . - DR. JOHN H. DONNELLY . . . county health officer and various institutions such as the Children's Hospital at the Univer sity of Oregon Medical School. By working wilh both the child and his parents, the nurse is fre quently able to help the parents better understand the child's prob lem and secure adequate follow-up measures. It should be borne in mind that a child's heallh consid erations are not restricted entire ly to his physical health but should also include mental or emotional problems the child might have. Generally speaking, there is a considerable allentinn given to a child's heallh the first year after his birth. He is likely to be re checked for physical abnormalities during the first few months, and the parent is urged to see that the child gels immunization against common contagious diseases be fore he's a year old. Haalth Neglected Between the age of one year and the time the child is ready for school, however, there is a tend ency on the part of many parents to neglect close supervision of the Oregon ranks 15th in the esti mated average salary of instruc tional staff in puhlir schools. The avcraiie salary is $5,450. Alaska leads the list at $6,600. California is second wilh $(1,450. The Averncfe various for all 50 stales is $5,1(10. time, and which has been known to the parent. Periodic phy sical check ups during the pre school years would tend to uncover these defects earlier wherever they may exist, and even where thev do not exist help implant in the child's mind the importance of good health maintenance and the fact that a doctor is not only one who gives "shots." Probably most parents conscien tiously try to keep their children home when they are sick; how ever, occasionally a child develops his illness while at school or for one reason or another goes to school wilh a contagious disease. Some of these diseases, such as measles, are highly contagious even before any symptoms are no ticed. Almost every school child be comes exposed to these diseases sometime during his elementary school career. Some of these dis eases yield lasting immunity, oth ers do not. May Expose Classmates Thus a child not only does not learn well when he is not feeling well, but he may expose his class mates to such conditions as strep throat, colds, flu, impetigo, ring worm of the skin or scalp, scabies, or even tuberculosis. The school environment is particularly con ducive to the spread of these con ditions because of close proximity of others within the classroom, droplet spread of disease organ isms through coughing and sneez ing and by frequent body contact in play. I personally favor doing away with awards or special considera tion for children who achieve per fect attendance for the entire school year. It promotes such prac tices as that of Ihe woman who took her sick child to school to stay until the attendance role had been taken, then took him home to put him to bed. He maintained his perfect altendance record, hut in the meantime he exposed his entire classruom to a contagious disease. The net loss in school at tendance was many times what it would have been had he stayed home in the first place. Sick leave is allowed adult work ers, why not school children? Could not awards be given for per fect attendance other than time lost from illness? And parents, if your child is out of school because of illness, keep him home. If he's not well enough to be in school, he's not well enough to he on Ihe streets or playing with the neighbors. Glendale Plans Accreditation Bid: Improvement Started - 1 ONE OF FIRST graduates from Southern Oregon Normal School when it was re-established in 1926 was Mrs. Eva Taylor, Riddle school teacher. She has been attending this year's summer session at the college ond is shown examin ing a copy of this summer's "Siskiyou," the yearbook. Mrs. Taylor recalls that even in the early days there were many student activities, including o basketball team which beat Oregon State College in its first gome. The first classes ever held at Southern Oregon were in summer session of 1926 when 209 students enrolled. School Fund Increase Lowers Millage Rate Most Douglas County school dis-i At the oilier end of the scale, Ash tricts are in the best condition fi- Valley wilh few children, cut back nancially they have been for years: only .6 of a mill with Ihe $380 al this fiscal year because of a wind-! lolled it. fall that came from the Uouglas I other districts with amounts re- County Court. It added a total $459,080 to ex pected receipts of the districts. The good news came in the form of an announcement earlier this year that the Budget Committee had authorized an increase in the county school fund, Up to that time, the county budget had includ ed $10 per census child to be dis tributed on that basis among the districts of the county. At $10 per child, the total this year would have been $229,540. But with a boost to $30 per census child, the tolal jumped to $608,620. The effect was to knock millages in the districts down in all dis tricts. Benefitting most from miil age cutbacks were such districts as Mvrtle Creek, which has low valuation, and Roscburg with high student population. Mvrtle Creek, by receiving $42, 240, was able to cut back 8.4 mills. State Revenues Ample; Property Tax Nixed SALEM (AP) The Stale Tax will be enough revenues so that the stale will not have to levy a property tax during the year end ing next July 1. There will be $:il million in sur plus revenues on hand by then. The commission is required by law each year, when it adopts its state levy of taxes, losay whether tlhere is need for a stale property lax. The slatle properly tax has not been levied for 21 years. At TOT TO TEENS! TINY TOWN TOGS Washable cottons . fall and vintage colon. SHEPARDESS Dretset in cottons and Royal O (It looks like wool and washes like cotton!) SACONY WHITE STAC J u m pe n Mix and match ikirtt ond Clonic pleated tkirtt in wool and nylon topi In waihobla knlti and flonnalt. 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Itoseburg $459,080, 5.8 mills; nil lard $40,440, 4.7 mills; Scotts Val ley, $2,820, 4.3 mills; Days Creek Tiller $8,460, 3.9 mills; Camas Val ley, $3,980. 2.8 mills; Riddle $16. 400, 2.5 mills; Oakland $15,280, 2.3 mills. Elkton $5,740, 1.8 mills; Gunler $840, 1.7 mills; Gardiner $6,540, 1.5 mills; Umpqua $2,420, 1.4 mills Glide $24,840, 1.4 mills. By MRS. GERALD B. FOX The Glendale High School admin istration, which with facility and school board, has been working hard for the past two years on a program of self-evaluation and im provement, expects to make its for mal application for accreditation to the Northwest School Accredita tion Board in December. After a self-study of every facet of its program and the institution of the improvements which seemed to be indicated, the Glendale dis trict invited an accreditation com mittee to visit last spring and to study the buildings, facilities, cur curiculum, and program of the school from every angle. The com mittee followed an exhaustive study with various suggestions for further improvement. Included among the suggestions were the following, according to Supt. Marlen Yoder. Counseling Urgod j It was felt that the school ought to institute a program of student counseling, both in the upper ele mentary grades and high school. This suggestion is being acted upon this fall with the designation of Calvin Fricke, seventh grade teach er giving one hour per day to coun seling boys in the high school and a similar period of time daily to counseling boys in the upper grades, fifth through eighth. Mrs. Janet Kelner,-homemaking and shorthand teacher, will give an hour per day to counseling high school girls. Mrs. Frances Price, seventh grade teacher, will counsel grade school girls. Guidance programs in the Glen dale school in the past, have had to do, mainly, wilh guidance in the choosing of curricular mater ials. Other improvement suggested by the accreditation committee includ ed a strong objection to use of the library as a classroom, a practice I made necessary by crowded condi r j lions last year. Yoder hoped that ', a possible drop in enrollment this i year due to the local industrial ' situation, might make it possible to avoid use of the library classroom. Effort Plinood The committee also recommend ed that faculty members not be asked to leach outside of their fields of major preparation. A spe cial effort has been made to ad here to this recommendation in hir ing and the planning of the fall's curriculum. Another suggestion was thai for eign language be continued for three years. In line with that pro gram, Spanish is being given this year for the first time, and it is planned as a three-year course. Another weakness in the Glendale schools system, as pointed out by Marlen Yoder, Glendale school the visiting committee was ine superiatendent has announced lack of activity clubs aside from that all teaching positions in the j tnose having to do with athletics Glendale High Posts Filled Glendale High School are filled. The following new teachers have been hired: Clarence Friedrich, formerly eighth grade teacher, will teach general Knglish classes at the high school this year. Allen Reed from Sunny Valley will teach academic English in all grades, plus Journalism. .Mrs. Janet Kelner, formerly of Bly, will teach homemaking and shorthand and will act as girls' counselor. Harold Johnston of North Dako ta, a recent graduate of Jamestown College there, will teach commer cial subjects and practical math. Richard Lemke, who received his master's degree from the Univers ity of Oregon this summer, will teach boys' physical education classes, speech and math. He will also be head football, wrestling, and track coach. Chester Smith Jr., who is a for mer resident of Glendale and a graduate of the Glendale High School, will return to teach science at Glendale this fall. Smith taught last year at Illinois Valley. Stanley Vanderwal, who was graduated from Willamette Uni versity last spring, will he music instructor for both the grade school and the high school. The music program, except for work under the regular classroom teachers, be gins with the fifth grade for vocal work and with the sixth grade for instrumental work. and some drama. Yoder stated that in order to correct this situa tion, the school noon hour is being lengthened this fall, giving some time during that period for special activities. Emphasis Changtd Another change being made in the Glendale program this year will be in line with a change in emphasis which has been conduct ed throughout the past three years. Yoder slated that students who will be graduated this coming spring will be completing four years in which they have been guided into choosing a curriculum in keeping with their general abilities and goals. Yoder stated that Ihe pro gram puts a premium on "educa tion" not on "grading." At the same time students are encouraged to make the most of their abilities. In line with this, the organization of the Honor Society, and the setting up of standards of scholarship and citizenship as re quirements for eligibility for nomi nation to student body offices have helped to make academic achieve ment important to the student. This year's graduating class, according to Yoder, will find that the top 10 per cent of the class, rather than a valedictorian and salutatorian, will be receiving special gradua ting honors. Honor will tbus be paid to graduates of both the gen eral and the academic fields. p fIUIHII JB.inpH JLI PIUHIIIWMU1 '- r Tr-WHn in OPEN EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT UNTIL 9:00 'A 443 S.E. 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