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Students Enjoy Warm Weather At Outdoor School
The sixth graders of School
District 509-J were blessed with
perfect weather as they attended
Outdoor School at Camp Tama
rack in two four-day sessions in
the past two weeks.
Apparently, Camp Tama
rack is known to have wet
weather and always during Out
door School it seems.
Using the natural elements
of the surrounding area of Camp
Tamarack, the outdoor school
offers classes in art, wildlife,
water and weather, soil and geo
logy; plants, and maps and the
compass.
But camp isn’t all studying.
The campers also have recrea
tion time and. time to clean
cabins for clean cabin awards.
And at night a campfire pro
gram, which is looked forward to
with much anticipation, is plan
ned and conducted by high school
counselors with assistance by
district teachers.
Counselors at Camp Tama
rack are from Madras High
School and are hand-picked by
the principals. Counselors were
often campers themselves when
they were in the sixth grade and
said when they reached high
school they were going to come
back and be a counselor.
Just completing its tenth
year, it looks like outdoor school GONE FISHING - Counselors and campers probed the waters of
is going to stay as long as it holds Dark Lake at Camp Tamarack to try and catch the most aquatic life
up in the budget. Other than that,
Camp Tam arack reached the
goal it set, to better acquaint
sixth graders with each other be
cause from Jr. High level and up
they will all be attending the
same school.
in a contest at Camp Tamarack. Weather conditions at camp were
perfect at Outdoor School as each day was sunny and bright.
(Roger Stwyer photo)
Text & Photos
by
Roger T. Stwyer
H I
TOGETHERNESS - Saraphena Scott, left, and Sammie Allen, got a
little relaxed at Outdoor School while learning how to read range and
townships in maps and compass class. Getting relaxed proved to be a
sm art move for the girls because each class was two hours long.
Roger Stwyer photo)
CAT Tests Next Week
High School counselor Ron
Pinkham urges all students to be
present for the
California
Achievement Tests which will be
given half-days froip Monday
October 9 through October 11.
He said that it’s important
for every student to take the
battery of tests because the re
sults are used in determining
where a student stands and
where his areas of weakness are.
The tests will also be used in
counseling situations, he said.
With these tests, we can tell
if a student is starting to slip, if
poor grades are related to poor
attendance, or whether or not a
student needs help in a parti
cular area,1 Pinkham notes.
509-J Budget Committee
Has Five Openings
Any registered school dis
trict voter is eligible to submit
their name for nomination to the
five positions open on the 509-J
budgeting committee.
The ten-member committee
consists of the five board mem
bers and five school district
patrons.
The committee is on avolun-
OUTDOOR LECTURE - Under bright, sunny skies, sixth graders listen intently to Instructor Harry
Phillips at Camp Tamarack as he discusses different types of instruments used in predicting weather.
(Roger Stwyer photo) )
From the High School Counselor:
by Ron Pinkham
The fifth week of school has
about come and gone. I ’ve had
many crises occur of which are
both personal and-or school-
oriented. It is hoped by myself
that such crises are handled with
much care and understanding by
all. Identifying a need by a
student and counselor would be a
prime goal with the end result of
resolving that need.
At this time the need for
tutoring is quite evident, so your
cooperation is needed. I will set
up a room during the noon hour
where I will assist the student to
the best of my abilities. When
teer basis and begins work when
ever the administrative staff,
submits the budget, usually by
December. The committee dis
solves when district voters ap
prove the proposed budget.
If you are interested in being
The Rockin’ 4-H Livestock
a committee member, you can Club will have their fall organiz
submit your name to any school ational meeting Tuesday, Octo
ber 10 at 7:30 p.m. in the 4-H
board member.
ever a teacher is needed in a
subject area they will be asked to
assist. Currently, tutors are not
being hired and use of the Adult
Learning Center may be one
source of assistance.
I have sent progress reports
to the parents last week and if
you did not receive any letter
then feel assured that your
son-daughter is doing fine thus
far. It is hoped that those who did
receive notices of students fail
ures to this point are not solely
due to lack of attendance.
I hope the community will
assist the fund-raising activities
of the Indian Club. Such an
activity has been the bottle
drive. Any other activity which
will raise money will be greatly
appreciated. Furthermore, the
Homecoming Parade of the 28th
is an important event, where the
Indian Club could put in a parade
float. Your ideas and assistance
are needed for the Homecoming
Parade.
—I cannot stress enough con
cerning my role as a counselor.
Please call when you need my
services. Parent or Student!
Feel certain that any of your
needs shall be dealt with to
complete satisfaction, or else.
Rockin' 4-H Livestock Club
room. Election of officers and a
report from Luke Sanders, who
attended 4-H Summer Week is
p |a ^ d L ;x . t h ^ . c t u b
will be making plans for live
stock judging at Pacific Inter
national Livestock Exposition in
Portland.