European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 23, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes monday april 23,1990 education Melissa Quiles helps Mariette Verschaeve prepare left photo for her big scene in Italy As the goddess Venus in a video written and performed by Naples High school students and shot in the ruins of Pompeii. Above Are cameraman Daniel Baca and video recordist Jay Caruso who helped film the production under the supervision of seventh Grade geography a amps Gary Miller teacher Sharon Brown. The video will compete in the Mediterranean District department of defense dependents schools arts Media festival to be held wednesday through Friday in Rota Spain. Other Competition categories include sound slide programs picture books and transparencies. A Naples High video won second place at the 1989  stories turns students into stars by Jimi Jones education writer Wiesbaden West Germany a the Kaiserslautern elementary school student made it obvious with his first few sentences Friday what distinguishes Superior from commendable. Mitchell Jackson employing an ancient form of communication and in voices ranging from Gruff to shrill captivated the audience with a powerful delivery of the fable a the Hyena and the  judges unanimously decided that the 12-year-old and five others were Superior storytellers. In All 38 fifth and sixth graders had graced the stage for the fourth annual Oral Reading storytelling festival held this year at Aukamp elementary school education Roundup in Wiesbaden. They performed before a backdrop of personalized colourful stars under a huge a reaching for the stars Banner. Mitchell said afterwards that he studied his favorite storyteller . Callahan before the Competition and practice so much that a i could probably do that Story through  Mitchell is the son of Larry and Sherry Jackson both teachers. He said he chose a Hyena and the Fox because he wanted to do something a funny but with a  in Oral Reading Meredith Meyer from Bonn elementary school most impressed judges. She was among six Superior Oral readers. The fifth Grade Oral Reading program is an Extension of a classroom activity that started in Mainz said regional language arts coordinator Betty Nicholas. Since 1985, when she judged a classroom contest there the program has grown to a regional Competition. Storytelling is intended to enhance creativity and language arts skills and to build poise and self Confidence. It was expanded to sixth graders during the 1988-89 school year Nicholas said. Students who came from As far away As Berlin with their parents practice extensively for the regional contest in classroom and school competitions. Storyteller Bree Plummer 11, said she practice on first graders at Ansbach so Many times that a they were doing the motions and telling the Story with  Bree also was judged a Superior storyteller. Other Superior awards in the storytelling category went to Jillian Bandler Bonn Helen Stewart Hahn Samuel White Wurzburg and misty Demory Munich. Commendable awards went to Onalee Epperson Span Dahlem Josh Maggard Berlin Amanda Sims Schweinfurt Smadar line Bonn Beth Girten Vilseck and Louise Cooper Heidelberg. Honorable mentions went to Devlin Jefferson sem Bach Peter Eubanks Bremerhaven Jennifer Hundley bad nauheim Danielle Gilbertson school unlisted Jessica Rice Darmstadt and Meredith Johnson Heidelberg. In Oral Reading other Superior awards went to Schile Singer Gellhausen Jennifer Harper Ansbach Gabrielle Macon Nellinger Darcy Ruemping Aukamp and Neil Tallent Munich. Commence nations went to Leigh Hardwick Ansbach Catherine Malcomb Patrick Henry Heidelberg Suzy Lee osterholz Andrea Chytil Butzbach Anne Morris land Stuhl and Daniel Engel Karlsruhe. Honorable mentions went to Naomi Brill Bonn David Yearta Stuttgart Gloria weeks Schwabish Amund Paul await a Liesheim Bobby Lanham Span Dahlem Erin Doyle Vogel Weh Heather Manley bad sibling Ann Vickers osterholz and Tauni Macy  lets students Fly to Europe to see families Schwet Zingen West Germany a amps a serv ice members with dependents attending College in the United states May be eligible for government funded student travel to Europe this summer. Students under 23 years of age who attend a full time program at an accredited institution in the United states qualify for the program. Eligible students Are allowed one round trip flight per year from their school to their sponsors duty station. Trips cannot be accumulated and cannot be in the same direction twice in a year. Students must have a current passport and a valid identification card. Those who have not used their round trip entitlement and who leave school must travel within 30 Days of quitting school to qualify for movement overseas. Travel for students with army sponsors must be arranged by 1st personnel come. Army sponsors should Call the 1st personnel come movement division at ets 379-7833 for More information. Air Force sponsors can make arrangements at their base traffic management office. They should have a copy of travel orders assigning them overseas. Navy members should Contact their naval personnel transportation  sets open House at Munich Campus saturday Munich West Germany a potential College students can get a firsthand look at a College Campus this weekend. Saturday morning on Campus will be held at the Munich Campus of the University of Maryland on april 28. The open House allows potential students and their sponsors to visit the Munich Campus see facilities visit residence Halls and speak with faculty and students. The first presentation will be at 9 30 . Further information is available by calling the University admissions office at ets 440-6535 or writing to the admissions office University of Maryland Munich Campus Apo 09183-0006.judges sought to evaluate student technology projects Wiesbaden West Germany a organizers need More judges for projects that will be displayed june 1 at the sixth annual overseas technology educators organization technology fair. Organizer Frank Pendzich said he is seeking military members or civilians with backgrounds in electricity electronics Industrial arts drafting and Cal drawing graphic arts and automotive technology. More than 600 students from 24 department of defense dependents schools will compete in 26 events at the fair at the Frankfurt Terrace club. The fair is open to the Public. Volunteers should Contact Jim Zucchetti at 0612188284 or ets 339-3096.students�?T word Power shows marked decline Bloomington ind. Not a professors at Indiana University have reported that the written vocabulary of children in first through eighth grades was two and a half times larger 40 years ago than it is today. An analysis of More than 4,000 compositions written by elementary school students Ages 6 to 14 nationwide found just Over 10,000 different words. A similar study conducted in 1945 yielded about 25,000 different words., the children a vocabulary has changed As Well As decreased comparing the 5,000 most frequently used words in the recent Sample and the most frequent 5,000 Woras in the 1945 Sample 1,758 words Are found on one list and not the  of the differences Are based on cultural changes Over the years. A today so children Are writing More about violence Quot a a cd