European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 22, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday october 22,1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 9 education a amps photos Jim Jones making paper air planes from left seven Ali graders Rodney Douglas Sherrod Palmer and Louis Caban prepare for a recycling Competition at Darmstadt Junior High school. Teacher Donald Seltzer above created an afternoons Worth of contests and a to program to emphasize Energy awareness  energizes youngsters to conserve by Jimi Jones education writer Darmstadt Germany a Darmstadt Junior High school students say they like Assembly Best because they get to skip class and catch a Nap. But nobody slept last thursday afternoon. Instead a roaring foot tapping Finger snapping crowd served As the live studio audience for the taping of a program loosely based on televisions a the Arsenio Hall  the fast paced show dubbed a entertainment today for Energy tomorrow a was Donald Seltzer a Lively instrument to get across Energy awareness information and kick off the Community a Energy week program. A we wanted to make it entertaining and something to get the message across to the whole school a said Seltzer a science teacher and the schools Energy activities coordinator. Most of the students heard the message and Are Well aware of issues that will be highlighted this week Energy recycling and environmental Protection. A a we re doing paper very Well a Seltzer said of the schools 3-year-old recycling efforts. A Community paper bins Are Al ways  principal Daniel Basarich a guest on thursdays show said he believes the recycling program is the Best in department of defense dependents schools. A when i go to other schools and meetings and hear what they be done i Tell them How Many tons and tons of paper we re collecting every year a Basarich said estimating that students have gathered 6 tons of paper since recycling began. For example seventh graders Rodney Douglas Sherrod Palmer and Louis Caban helpers for the show handle daily recycling at the school by collecting bins from each classroom and assembling the proceeds at the schools recycling Point. Students also Volunteer to clean up outside Plant Trees and do a periodic saturday morning paper run through Community housing areas in army vans. A we get there at 6 30 . And decorate the Van a Palmer said. A then we go All Over Darmstadt looking for  the students say they do the runs about twice a month putting up flyers in Advance. They have enough volunteers to work morning and afternoon shifts. Another guest at thursdays show Britt Hinnen the Community a Energy coordinator told the audience that the school played a big role in earning Darmstadt an award for the Best Energy program in a Large Usa eur Community. Seltzer said that with troop draw Downs and budget cuts Money no longer is available for military communities to run Energy programs. A the Community expects us to win Money a he told the students. A a that show it funds  sue Kimbrell a sixth Grade science teacher at the school said her class has been studying the environment since the Start of the school year. A i Start with it first in preparation for Energy awareness week although it is the last chapter in the Book a she said. Her class also has done projects such As burying paper Orange peels and Glass which will be dug up in the Spring to see if they Are biodegradable. A they bring in products from Home to see if they Are Ozone Friendly. They Are really interested a Kimbrell said. Children at the school also create an annual Energy Calendar using their own drawings and other Art. Copies Are Given out in the Community and passed on to Congress and to administrators at other schools. Thursdays show included an aerobics demonstration with teachers and students from the audience a game show in which students answered questions about Energy the environment and recycling and a paper air plane contest. Eighth graders managed to Fly the most paper jets into target bins making them the recycling champs. The shows Host spec. Matthew Ryan started the show with a monologue that touched on Energy recycling and environment themes. Ryan who volunteered to Host the show is assigned to the 165th military intelligence in in Darmstadt. The students also rocked to the sounds of Pozer a Darmstadt based band made up of spec. Jeff Fagan and pics. Sean King Miguel Hughes and Greg Laird. All four Are assigned to the 440th signal in. The videotape of the show will be edited and shared with the rest of the . Army in Europe Seltzer said. A it would have been great if i could have had every officer in the gym watching a Seltzer said. A but that a not practical. A and its not going to be those people that change anything anyway he said. A a it a Gonna be my  gives High Marks to focus schools new York apr americans cities should pattern neighbourhood High schools after roman Catholic schools and Magnet Public schools that have Clear missions and aggressively shape student values said a study released saturday. A by reputation religious and special purpose Public schools experience much greater Success with Low income students than do comprehensive zoned Public schools. We found the reputation justified a concluded the study published by the Rand corp., a private non profit research organization in Santa Monica Calif. By contrast the typical High school in new York and in other cities a has lost its support a said the report a High schools with character alternatives to bureaucracy. A a they Are a so encrusted with rules and procedures that no one in them can work to his or her full potential a it said. Catholic and specially schools which the study collectively dubs a a focus schools a unhesitatingly place burdens on their Low achieving  meanwhile adults at typical neighbourhood schools a agree not to demand too much in return for the students agreement not to cause trouble a the study contended. The result markedly higher Scholastic aptitude test scores and graduation rates at the Catholic and specially schools studied compared with the two regular City High schools. Only one third of students at the regular schools examined by Rand took the sat College Entrance exam and their average combined score was 642, on a scale of 400-1600. Only 55 percent of students graduated. By contrast More than half of the students at the specially Public schools took the examination and averaged 715. Sixty six percent graduated. At the Catholic schools studied 85 percent took the sat and averaged 815, with 95 percent graduating. The report urged new York and other cities to replace existing neighbourhood schools with focus schools incorporating the Virtues of Catholic and specially or a a Magnet Public schools. Such schools have Clear missions control their own Fate push Low achieving students to their academic limits and done to hesitate to teach values like responsibility and reliability the report found. The Rand study contended that school Choice and deregulation two pet Reform ideas from the Bush administration May Nelp to Clear away external impediments to better education