European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 08, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday april 8. 1991 the stars and stripes Page 9dodds names Philpot Nurnberg superintendent Wiesbaden Germany a amps the department of defense dependents schools Germany Region has selected Larry Philpot As superintendent of the Nurnberg District. Philpot who moved from principal of Heidelberg High school has been in the Dodds system for More than 15 years. He began his overseas teaching career in Heidelberg in 1976. He has served As a teacher and As an administrator in Izmir Turkey and Nurnberg. Before his appointment to the Heidelberg principalship he served As Deputy superintendent of the Nurnberg District. Philpot replaced 28-year Veteran Frank Alt who died nov. 10 the new superintendent earned his masters degree from California state University at Fresno. He is Active in the International Council of secondary school principals. Philpot was raised in Texas. He is married and has three  fundraiser Bobingen Germany a the annual International jazz excise Celebration will be held april 20 to raise Money for drug abuse education programs. The program featuring children and adults will be held at the Bobingen sport Halle from noon to 4 . Last years four hour Marathon featured 600 participants and raised More than $11,000. Jazz excise is a one hour aerobic exercise workout set to popular music. The Celebration features a four hour workout a 50-minute sessions with entertainment in Between. Participants ask people to sponsor them by pledging Money. All donations go to the Community specified by the participant. For More information about the German and. American program Contact local jazz excise instructors or Call Christine Charles at 0711-8197119.Dodds reunion planned Washington a the overseas department of defense schools annual reunion association will hold its third reunion june 21-23 in Chicago. The reunion an Opportunity for people to renew friendships begun overseas will be at the Allerton hotel on Michigan Avenue. It is open to everyone who a served the needs of dependent youngsters overseas anyone who worked with kids and  additional information is available by writing or calling reunion committee member John demos 6844 n. Sau Ganash Chicago 111. 60646, or calling him at 312-775-6177.College and career night Frankfurt Germany a Frankfurt High school will conduct College and career night tuesday. The event will be from 7 . To 9 . In the Terrace club in the Abrams Complex. College and career night gives High school students and their parents As Well As service Mem ers and civilians in the greater Frankfurt area an Opportunity to gather information about careers universities and colleges. Music Camp registration Torrejon a Spain april 30 is the registration deadline for sing out -91, the summer music Camp sponsored by the department of defense dependents schools Mediterranean Region. Interested students must submit their registration form along with a $75 Deposit to the Merit Terrane an Region office by the deadline for the june 23-30 Camp in Verona Italy. The summer show choir Camp for Dodds ninth through 11th graders offers students a Peak developmental and participatory experience in a highly professional show choir setting. Sing out �?T91 will consist of about 40 hours of rehearsals demonstrations and discussions. Besides participating in the Large choir students will receive Solo and or ensemble instruction. Also offered will be special sessions such As a How to audition a vocal production and a a what a it really like in the music business a the Camp will culminate with a special gala concert on june 29 for family and friends. X last years Camp featured students from throughout Dodds Europe. Questions concerning sing out should be directed to Mediterranean Region music coordinator Gary Bogle at ets 723-5383. Education reforms need to spread to All Levels says educator by Jimi Jones education writer bad Kissinger Germany a major Reform movements in american education have yet to touch students from the lower socioeconomic half of the american population even though they will play a major role in the future labor Force a leading school consultant says. A reforms Are geared for kids in the upper half a said James Monasmith an International consultant for the american association of school administrators and the association for supervision and curriculum development. A and done to think those kids done to know it a he said of the others. A from the minute they walk into school Many of them get the message that society Monasmith does not really care about their education that school expects Little of them and that the american dream does not apply to  As society Ages and the birthrate drops the number of Young people available for work also is rapidly declining Monasmith said. A the dwindling numbers will require that we look for workers among groups of workers previously ignored a often considered the less ready to work and the less productive to the Bottom half of our present student population a one fifth of whom Are labelled a at risk a a he said. Those students largely of Low income minority and uneducated families must be addressed he said. A the first Battle has to be won in Heads and hearts of the people who teach those kids because we Haven to made them a priority and we be got to if our country is to survive a Monasmith said Monasmith spoke last month at the department of defense dependents schools administrators workshop. The principal of Colville High school in Washington state said he received his school boards approval of a six year a workforce prep curriculum that focuses on skills employers want. Published reports say major businesses consider the american Public education system seriously flawed and it hampers their efforts to recruit Well educated workers. Thirty six percent of 404 responding Fortune 500 companies currently offer remedial courses to improve Reading writing and mathematical skills a to mostly High school graduates. A a in a convinced that those kids can do More and that schools Are not challenging them a Monasmith said in an interview a instead of putting them in watered Down academic classes vocational classes where they learn a specific skill that a outdated before they get out of High school or dumping them in special de classes a and a lot of that goes on a we Are integrating those kids into our work Force  the goal of the program he said is to equip a every single kid with a work ethic Basic academic skills and the skills employers want so that when that kid gets out of High school he qualifies for an apprenticeship a Trade school a technical school a Community College or a four year College or  the curriculum differs tremendously from Standard curricula found in most High schools he said. A it puts them in a lot More applied academic classes a Monasmith said. A it exposes them to a lot of technology that they can use to make them better prob Lem solvers better writers. Why not use spell checks word processors grammar checks and All the tools that Are available most importantly it starts with kids in ninth Grade and says a in four years you be got to make the decision where you want to  a in the next Economy everybody is going to have to go a year or two beyond High school a he said. A so we might As Well get kids geared up to Start thinking about k-14,�?�. Businesses he said Are Best equipped to train. A your Job is to give them fhe background they need to qualify for further training. A i think its a National disgrace that kids get to the end of the 12th-Grade year and still done to have an idea of what they want to do a Monasmith said. A we can change All that. We re doing  Bahrain senior wins top prize in Europe science symposium by Jimi Jones education writer a senior at Bahrain elementary i High school won the top prize in the european Junior science and humanities symposium and will present his research paper at a National symposium in Virginia. Craig Isaacs also received a $500 scholarship to the University of his Choice and was offered a $1,500 scholarship to attend the University of Maryland european Campus. His research involved a feasibility study on air foils. Four Oral presentation finalists will accompany Isaacs to Virginia next month As observers Sarah Teichmann of Karlsruhe High school Germany Justin Abold Ramstein High Germany Peter Michalak Woodbridge High England and Jennifer Johnson Zaragoza High Spain. Fifteen of the submitted research papers were chosen for poster presentation. The Overall poster Winner was a joint project by . Seals and Jen James of Woodbridge High for their project a attention and atmosphere while teaching does it make a difference to second Grade  the project earned the two a $200 Check from the Phi Delta Kappa educational fraternity in memory of Kent Rossier a Dodds science coordinator. Receiving finalist awards and checks for $100 were Elaine Marie Albert Torrejon High Spain Robert shuck and Ericka Zdenek both of Woodbridge High and William Mcvey Stuttgart High school Germany. A most of these students have spent More than a year in developing and constructing their science research projects a said Earl Morse science coordinator for the Germany Region of department of defense dependents schools. More than 170 students competed at Raf Green Ham common England March 14-16 in the 17th annual science research project sponsored by . Army research labs and the Academy of applied science. Participants were from Dodds Germany Atlantic and Mediterranean Region High schools the Canadian forces senior school at Lahr Germany the accent International school and schools of the european economic Community. Mall talk John w. Allan principal and teacher at co Vorden elementary school in the Netherlands wrote to share a recent moment from his third and fourth Grade music class. The children were learning a new song that contained the word  it was a new word for some so they stopped singing to explore the meaning. Allan said the class had defined the word Given examples and talked about the importance of ancestors in their personal histories when a Young Man in the Back of the classroom raised his hand and said a ancestors Are great but what about our a Brothers a h you Hava a Alica of Claa room Ufa to Ahara Pla aaa and h to Small talk tha Stara and strip a attn Jim Jonah Apo 09211