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Portland Observer Thursday. October 27. 1977
Portland youth study Health Administration
As a result of her summer job on the
HSC campus, an Oregon college student
has won a $150 prise and special plaque
Toni Haynes, a sophomore at the
University of Oregon, was one of two
students who worked on campus this
summer as part of the National Work
Study Recruitment ITogram In Health
Administration for Minority Group
Students.
The program is sponsored nationally
by the Association of University Pro
grams in Health Administration. It is
sponsored locally by the Portland Metro
politan Steering Committee.
Howard
Dahlslrom. contract officer in the busi
ness office, coordinated the program on
campus.
TOM HAYNES
personnel system She worked closely
with Myron Roberts, budget director.
She also spent time under the supervi
sion of Stan Urban. University Hospital
administrator, and Rudy Rallies. Hospi
tai budget manager
When the program ended in late
August, the students submitted project
papers outlining problem solving situa
lions with which they had been involved.
Judges of the papers chose Miss
Haynes' work as the most outstanding.
She received a cash award which she
plans to us«- toward college expenses this
year.
About her summer experiences. Miss
Haynes said. “Of all the health facilities in
which students in the program worked,
the Health Sciences Center was unique.
I got to do a little hit of everything. I have
been interested in the business field, hut
had never thought of a career in health
administration. Now. I’m seriously consi
dering it.”
Haley Peoples, a sophomore at the
University of Oregon, also worked at the
HSC this summer.
His projt-ct was
supervised by Dr. William Morton, pro
Thirteen Oregon college students par
lictpated and were stationed at various
health related facilities throughout Port
land
The program was designed to
acquaint them with careers in health
administration.
While at the Health Sciences Center.
Miss Haynes was involved in defining
certain aspects of the HSC's new payroll/
lessor and head of the division of environ
mental nwdicinc.
Dr. Morton is studying the distribution
of cancer in the community according to
several factors: geographical, orcupa
lional. and socio economic.
According to Ur. Morton, cancer does
not simply strike randomly. Lifestyle is a
factor. For example, some cancers orcur
more often among the poor, and other
types strike the wealthy.
This summer, Mr. Peoples worked to
compile socio economic "scores" for va
rious population groups in a number of
states and cities.
Ur. Morton commented. “Haley was
particularly interesttul in documenting
evidence that illustrated the socio «»co
nomic status of various minority groups."
Mr. Ifeoplcs addt-d. "As I compiled the
figures. I was able to sec patterns
forming.
It was interesting to see
whether or no! my theories were proven
by the data."
Toni is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Cleveland Haynes Jr. Haley is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Haley Peoples,
taken from Health Sciences ('enter News.
Vice-principal predicts good year for Jefferson
by l-aun Green
f)r larrv Ayers has been curriculum
vice principal at Jefferson High School
for three years
Before working at
Jefferson he was curriculum vice princi
pal at Adams High School. he was the
coordinator of a federal program call«-d
"Education System for the Seventies."
administrative intern at Jackson, a coun
selor at Cleveland, and taught a special
education class for the academically gift
ed in Nashville, Tennessee. He received
a B.S. from Bob Jones University with a
degree in biology and chemistry, a
master's in psychology from Peabody
College, and a doctorate from Oregon
Slate University in curriculum and in
st ruction.
REPORTER: What exactly is your job
her«- at Jefferson?
AYERS. I'm the supervisor for the
leaching staff: 1 evaluate the staff, assist
the principal, coordinate the orientation
of student teachers and interns, super
vise the in service training program,
produce a master schedule.
I also
authorize the spending from the instruc
lional budget and guide the curriculum
portion of Project Turnabout.
REPORTER Jefferson is accused of
not preparing students academically.
What are your feelings on that?
AYERS: Those are false accusations. 1
would like to meet and talk to people who
say that and find their point of reference.
We leach students the skills to make it in
society. They are taught employable,
social and occupational skills, as well as
academic content.
REPORTER: How do you decide which
classes to drop and which to keep?
AYERS: By the number of students
enrolled. If there are less than fifteen
students in the class, we drop it. But if
it's an important or developing class, we
keep it even with the low enrollment. We
then try to build the class by increasing
enrollment.
REPORTER: How do you make your
teacher evaluations?
AYERS: First we meet in what we call
a pre conference. We talk about both my
and the teacher's expectations. We then
agree on an evaluation, the process and
goals. Then I visit classes. Each visit is
followed by a conference with the leach
er. After a minimum of three confer
ences. a post conference is held. Then the
written evaluation is prepared and dis
cussed.
REPORTER W hat are your goals for
this year?
AYERS: I want to work with the math
department as they modify the math
program and include special math compe
tencies. I also want to work with the
English department to emphasize the
English skills and implement the Ian
guage arts competencies. There is yet
much to do with the regular program as
well as the magnets.
REPORTER: What are the biggest
problems you hope to settle this year?
AYERS: I want to get the appropriate
transportation for students coming here
from other areus. It’s hard to get the
students to come here Then when we do,
there’s a big problem with transporta
tion. The only really big problems are
recruiting and transportation. I would
like to assist the faculty in dealing with
competencies and measure students
against the competencies. We have to
prepare students as required in the new
graduation requirements.
REPORTER: What are you enthusias
tic about for the coming year?
AYERS: I’m more so than in the years
before. W e had a good opening with lots
of cooperation. We have a direction and
clear goals. The environment is healthy
and we're not bogged down. I feel this
will be one of our better years.
Ur. Ayers is a very busy man with an
important job to do.
With as much
enthusiasm as he has, there is no doubt
that he will be successful with his goals in
his job as the curriculum vice-principal of
Jefferson High School.
Edward Pierson, bass-baritone with the New York City Opera Association, will
make two ap;«earaaees in Portland. He will ¡-resent a conrert of sacred music at
Marylhurst Education ( enter October 30th. The conrert will be held in St. Ann s
( ha;*el at 3:00 p.m. and is tree to the public.
He will join with the Portland Symphonic Choir in its season oj-ening with a
¡-erformance of Felix Mendelssohn's “Elijah" on November 5th, 8:00 p.m. at the Civic
Auditorium. Reserved seats are available at the box office. Portland State University
and the usual outlets.
Pierson is known in the Portland area through his three years residence at
Marylhurst.
Eighth graders attend Jefferson
by Adrian Kaiel
This is the fourth year eighth graders
have been coming to Jefferson High
School for classes. Fifty seven eighth
YMCA initiates programs for North, Northeast
’
by Jim Brown
North YMCA “Project Move" will
implement several new programs in the
North and Northeast community.
Some of the programs are:
1. Junior Drama Club. In this pro
gram, youths will be encouraged to
participate in various cultural classes.
There will be drama, dancing, art. voice,
and music, (including all types of musical
instruments!. This program is available
to children from the ages of seven on.
Adults are also welcome.
2. Y-BMX. This program will give
youths a chance to display their racing
Okay, suppose
I put storm windows
over all 311 square feet
Wow' I d cut
my heat bill
about $80 this year'
**
skills on bicycles. The YMCA has built a
gram,” Baseball Clinic. Softball league
1.000 foot track in Gladstone. Oregon. - and volleyball leagues,
Y-BMX clubs are now forming in the a Events that are available to Y mem
north and northeast areas.
bers are dances, ski trips, pool, fooshall
3. YBA. This is a basketball program
tournaments, swimming, campouts, fish
for youth twelve to seventeen years of
ing trips, trips to the coast and much
more.
age. This program is set up in conjunc
tion with the NBA. In the near future, an
Some of the "IN CENTER" offerings
NBA player will be at the King gym to
will be counseling, referrals and rap
explain the program to as many as
groups. There will also be tickets for the
interested. This program will also have
Trailblazers game for some memliers of
coed or girls basketball teams. Volun
the North YMCA.
teer coaches are urged to call the YMCA
about team availability.
The center is located at King Neighbor
Other programs the north YMCA will
hood Facility. 4815 N.E. 7th Avenue. For
sponsor are "Senior Citizens Yard Pro
information call 287-2523.
Looks like I m
not the only one
who could use a
winter coat
If I bought a wrap
for my water heater,
I d cut my electric bill
about $10 a year
many Jefferson feeder schools including
Chief Joseph. Peninsula. Beach. Kenton.
and Ockley Green.
Mr. Frank Tarr, typing teacher, com
ments about having the eighth graders in
his class, "I really like it." Ingrid Reini
ger, an eighth grader at Ockley Green,
says that she really likes it and she's
coming here next year.
This program offers more above aver
age students a chance to get ahead and
advance more quickly than students of
their own grade level. Most students are
taking first year Algebra, beginning
Typing, and Biology.
The eighth graders will be here all year
and are getting high school credit for the
Here s an idea, honey
Instead of perching
on that rickety old
ladder why not
put up these storm
windows on the
inside? At least for
the third story
classes they are taking.
Mr. Jack Hopper, algebra teacher,
feels that the eighth graders do "at least
as well" as regular Jefferson students
Usually they're excellent eighth graders,
but it's loo early to tell.
The advance placement program didn’t
help much in recruiting freshmen this
year. Only five out of eighteen from
Peninsula registered at Jeff this year.
Renee Harris, an eighth grader at
Peninsula, is taking first year algebra,
beginning typing and biology. She likes
the advanced placement program, but
she doesn’t want to go here. When asked
why she said, "since I've been here this
year. I want to find something different."
Kathy Smith of Chief Joseph is taking
first year algebra and beginning typing.
She thinks Jeff is okay, but she's not
coming here next year even though she
wants to. She shyly smiled. "My mom
doesn't want me to."
Who d suspect such
a teeney little
doohickey could
save me up to
$40 a year on my
electric bill?
Why. I believe
I could put that
behind the
shower head
all by myself