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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 12, 1970)
PORTLAND/OBSERVER Nov. 12. 1970 h e a l t h , w elfare, character- b u i l d i n g , and rehabilitation serv ices supported by United Good Neighbors. C hristie School provides 24 hour group care, therapy, and education for disturbed and troubled g ir ls. It is one of 126 Transfer students win in elections K e lly ’s MOBIL SERVICE [= ¡1 ] 26 43 N.E. 7»h 2 8 2 -2 8 5 8 Auto Repair Tune Up* & Broke Job* NEIL KELLY CO. Remodeling Contractors 735 N.E. ALBBtTA Ph 2B 7-4176 WILLIE RANSON M A N A O IR QliU n z n W I L L P R I M I D IS W B U I_ D R H itD ' S O « W C O IV K e • H N .E . PORTLAND, O R K N STAM PS D IK U M O R I. 2 8 8 » 7 K II 8 3 3 3 Hour* 8 to 5 pm DAWSON’S TONSORIAL PARLOR C o uptbo w « * S r p ie iB N T M A IM P W O C S M I M « A AMOPBW SUBURBAN SCHOOL TRANSFER program for the 70’s is proving a step into opportunity for Perry Pierson. Perry lives at 4957 NE 8th Avenue. Quality education is more of a factor than busing. Perry recently was elected student body president of Menlo Park elementary school. DWAYNE ABRAHAM, who lives at 4036 N. Albina, as a transfer student to William Walker school in Beaver ton district was elected student body vice president of this suburban school which is cooperating in the transfer pro gram. Two Portland students In the suburban transfer program for black children have been elected to student body offices In their adopted schools and a Portland girl is currently running for of fice at the suburban school she attends. The suburban transfer pro gram, begun in 1968 to send children from the Albina area to schools in outlying d istr icts, is really proving Itself this year, according to Coordinator Donald R oss, and the Portland transfer students are becoming an inte g r a l part of their adopted sch ools. Dwayne Abraham, fourth grader from the Albina area who has been attending W illia m Walker Elementary School in Beaverton for the past three years, has been chosen student body vice-president by his cla ssm a tes. Terry Pierson, sixth grader, has been elected student body president of Menlo Park Elementary in the David Douglas School D istrict. Terry, form erly a student at Martin Luther King School in North Portland, has been attending the David Douglas school on the t r a n s f e r program sin ce the fourth grade. Currently running tor school office is Dorene Larry, sixth g r a d e girl from Eliot School w h o has been attending Lake Grove Elementary School sin ce the fourth grade. D o n a ld Ross reports that about 96 Albina area students are taking part in the suburban transfer program this year, with children attending schools in the Beaverton, Lake Oswego, David Douglas and Parkrose school d istr ic ts. He says the program has been growing each year, with the outlying d istricts continuing to ask for greater numbers of black children. Parents have becom e very enthused, too, reports R oss, and frequently will enroll m ore than one child in the transfer pro gram . D w a y n e Abraham has a younger brother, T erryl Lynn, in the third grade at William Walker School, and Terry P ier son has a younger s is te r , Cath erine, in the fourth grade at Oak Hills School in the Beaverton d istrict. Dorene Larry's younger brother Rodney is in the fourth grade at Lake Grove. Portland parents interested in enrolling their children in the student transfer program should contact the community agent in their local school or the school office for information. The vol untary program is for black children and transportation is provided by the Portland Public Schools. Student smoking At the request of member William Hilliard, the com m ittee discussed the problem of stu dent smoking at high sch ools. Mr. Hilliard suggested that per haps smoking lounges in the schools should be provided so that students would not be forced to congregate around sch ools, to sm oke. He noted that this probably would mean the Oregon law prohibiting minors from p ossessin g tabacco would have to be changed, and sug gested that the com m ittee urge the Board of Education to seek such a change. After much discussion, M rs. Ruth Gudman, com m ittee chair man, asked the two student m em bers of the com m ittee, Miss Laila Aarnas and Spurgin W aters, to survey the five area high schools to determ ine what fa cilities might be available for student lounges. Grant Hi seeking dialogue The faculty and administra tive staff of Grant High School is seeking to establish better channels of communication with parents of students who are new to Northeast Portland's largest secondary school. The first step toward bringing the school and community c lo se r together a meeting was held at the home of Mr. and M rs. Robert King, 523 N .E . Tillamook St. In a casual friendly atmos phere a few parents gathered to d iscu ss their common concern with faculty m em bers. Among them were M m e s . Porter, S t r a h a n , Linda L ew is, Bea L a w r e n c e , Naomi England, Lynne Soto-Sulig, Alcena Boo zer, Mr. Steve Brown, Mr. David Copper and Mr. and M rs. Jam es Majeske. All participants agreed that such a dialogue was useful and should be continued. "When a community has problems "con cerned citizen s" should find ways to solve the problems rather than Just talk," said M rs. Verna Shephard, Grant's Community Agent. M rs. Shephard announced that the future meetings of the group school adm inistrators will also be present. V M OUSTO M . UBOM R M O N f ••B A M ack E N D a w VA N C O U VER son , lA w M u t S P B C IA k T V S lS S IN B . C l IO T u , D lN 284 8474 AVK . P O R TLA N D ORC p r o *. Sam and O llie ’s M arket Ph. 2B4-3B37 1460 N. E. Prescott Fresh meat doily Bargain* alway*. 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