European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 21, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Continued from Page 1 schools in Europe but some believe seniors May have been the ones most deprived. Quot a it must have been awful for them Quot Moseley said. Quot they make continuing european draw Downs May dictate that some seniors move sometime during the school year but like Moseley students Are entering their final year of High school with enthusiasm and High Hopes for an exciting year. Quot i m excited Quot she said Quot it s weird. Its the last Chance you get and its fun to leave a Mark. We just done to know what our Mark will be however being the Quot real High spirited class Quot that they Are they intend to Quot paint trash cans with �?T92, and bring Back a lot of fun traditions that were Here in the Early 80s, she Quot in a looking at my senior year with trepidation Quot Brockett said. Quot i have a real heavy course Load next year so i will be working hard to keep up my Grade Point Moseley also scheduled a heavy class Load Quot colleges done to like you to blow off your senior year Quot she said. Many seniors will carry solid class loads but most want to have fun she said. Quot it should t be a party year Quot Brockett said. Quot i probably should t have loaded up like that but i m hoping they the courses will help me Advance better in College Quot whether a year of partying or a year of hard work looms ahead students Are full of dreams for that almighty senior year. Events to come most often mentioned included senior photos a the outdoor color shots a a senior hallway senior lockers graduation Caps and gowns receiving acceptance letters from colleges buying cars and for the non College bound getting jobs. Seniors also Are looking Forward to spirit competitions football games prom and As Moseley described it Quot the one Date that Sticks in every seniors head Quot graduation most Are excited at the is Jami Jones Debby Mon by looks Forward to her senior year in Wiesbaden Germany. Prospect of taking control of their lives. Quot i m going on to College so i have to make a lot of decisions to figure out what in a going to do with rest of my life Quot 17-year-old Moseley said. After 11 Long years seniors say it feels great to finally be on top. Quot we can be As obnoxious and mean and stuck up As we want to be Quot Moseley said. But her greatest memories will be of Quot spending the last year with All my friends Atid being in control finally knowing it s our year. Quot we have a great senior class much better than last year Quot she said. Quot we have lots of spirit there Are a lot of athletes in our class. Most everybody is friends and we Are a smart Brockett looks Forward to sports and Roth he a especially keen on swimming and soccer because Quot i Don t know if i will get to do them in College Quot and corps commander because Quot to a looking Forward to repeating what we did last year a he said. The corps won Honor unit. Students Isay that along the Road to the final year some High school things just done to change. For example freshmen will always be a Worms Quot who stand out like flies in Buttermilk. Reminiscing about her freshman year Moseley said seniors Quot looked so old we idolized them. It s funny now to think that we Are the seniors the ones people will be she said Quot trendy Quot is the Best Way to describe today s freshmen. Quot they want to have All the hip clothes and to make upperclassmen friends. Most of them Are scared Quot and done to realize that Quot people done to really care Quot she said. Because the War brought student bodies together As a unit the traditional upperclassmen snobbish Ness played an insignificant role last school year but certainly it still exists students say. Quot when i was a freshman and Sophomore seniors looked Down upon us Quot Brockett said. It was too Early to form an opinion of this year s class but Brockett found last year s freshmen Quot Small and very unorganized Quot he said. Quot a lot of them were very Short Quot and it was Only toward the end of the school year that they a were starting to get their together Quot Brockett said Quot there were More than 400 of them and most were scrambling trying to get a foothold into High school Quot Short or tall Moseley said there were lots of Quot cute freshmen senior year for most students living overseas also Means their first full year of testing their driving skills. A the big Burden is you have to be 17 to drive Quot Moseley said. Quot every juniors major priority is to get their License. Parents get tense about the autobahn but you have much More Freedom with a troop reductions this year will replace the chaos the War caused last year. Still seniors will enter school next week hoping to fulfil their senior dreams Quot in a looking Forward to meeting new people although i Don t think there will be Many with the draw Down Quot Moseley said. Quot we want to have lots of parties. None was allowed last year. No one was Many 1991 seniors saw friends shipped to the Gulf last year. Many feared a draft that would Send them there too. But War is behind them and senior year and making memories ahead. But students say there were some images etched on their memory last year that will always remain. Quot it made everyone realize How special families were How important fathers Are a Moseley said. A it made you appreciate being an american and the freedoms we Dodds tries something new its nearly time for unload new desks at Frankfurt High school. A amps Jim Oer Haim new principals at Dodds the following is a list of new principals at department of Germany Region Aschaffenbur elementary Middle Daniel Osgood Atterberry elementary Frankfurt Minerva Mccann Augsburg elementary Linda Mccauley Augsburg High a Martha Brown bad Kreuz Nach elementary Peter Grenier Baum older High William Diesselhorst Berlin elementary Ynez Olshausen Berlin High Jeff Hagmeier Bundlach elementary Thomas Murdock Pitburg High Henry Demps Bobingen elementary Janette Johnson Butzbach elementary Carl Ford Giessen High Gordon Gartner Haine Burg elementary Wiesbaden Meren James Heidelberg High Robert Biriton Johann Kalb elementary Nornberg Carl Mcclelland Kalmar elementary Bonnie Leno ludwigs Burg elementary Louis Hughes ludwigs Burg Middle Ronald Steinman Mainz elementary Norman Jaffee Memminger elementary Patrick Buckley defense dependents schools in Europe Neu Brucke elementary Dixie Dimassio sch Dubisch Hall elementary Beatrice me Waters Sembach elementary Marlene Knudson Stuttgart High Laurence sessions Vilseck elementary Martin Kinney Worms elementary Frank Roehl Wurzburg elementary Dee Edwards Atlantic Region . Mahan elementary school Iceland c. Margaret Deatherage Croughton Middle school England Larry Howard . Sampson elementary school Cuba vacant Mediterranean Region Aviano elementary Italy Jean Waddell Aviano High Italy Robert Bennett Iraklion elementary Junior High Greece Burton Gloor la Maddalena elementary Italy Robert Kirkpatrick Rota elementary Spain Charles Callahan Sevilla elementary Spain Robert Ludwig Naples elementary Jacqueline Hulbert b by Jimi Jones education writer ase closures reductions will not affect the Quality of education for students returning to school monday officials of the department of defense dependents schools officials say. Quot in spite of the changes rapidly occurring around us our schools will Welcome students Back with an even stronger commitment to making a positive difference in their lives Quot Arlyn Sweeney Deputy director for the Germany Region said last week. Quot the draw Down is understandably an anxious time for military families but our schools will remain an element of stability in the lives of our students and their maintaining a Quality education program As the school system gets smaller to coincide with the reduction of the . Military presence overseas has been and will remain the goal of department of Dodds John Stremple the school system s director has said repeatedly. In May Stremple said that Dodds Structure will change Over the next few years but he was Uncertain to what extent. Quot that s a Crystal Ball that i Don t have a he said. Quot there is no question that there is going to be a significant comedown Quot referring to the National educational goals set by president Bush Stremple in an interview in May urged people to Quot pay attention to what those goals one of the presidents goals is to make american students the Best in the world in math and science by the year 2000. He has also proposed efforts to make High school graduation rate hit 90 percent by the year 2000. He is also pushing for drug free schools and 100 percent literacy among american adults. Stremple said that every Section of the Community must participate if America is to become a nation of learners. He said Dodds has asked to be included As a full partner in the drive to improve education in the United states. Officials at Dodds Atlantic said they anticipate an exciting year As they strive to meet the presidents educational goals this month teachers and Quot administrators have participated in a variety of in service sessions two of which will introduce new language arts and mathematics programs to be implemented this school year. Quot we have a number of Pilot programs being conducted in the Region and Hope to see some excellent student benefits and outcomes As a result Quot said Georgia Williams Scaife regional director. The Region will open its doors to nearly 15,000 students this year. A number of summer construction projects took place throughout the Region however All schools will open on time Wiiiiam Scaife said. Quot we Are utilizing facilities space and equipment made available through reductions for a variety of programs including staff development a she said. In the Mediterranean Region schools at in Ciurlik a Turkey the Only schools that were closed for the duration of the persian Gulf War will reopen with new facilities including two new two Story buildings at each school and a physical education facility. Med Region director Thomas Goodman emphasized the Region s goats with the theme a Success begins with he said this year the med staff will focus upon the Success of All students High expectations respect and concern for others insistence upon Honing the Best possible practices of teaching within the school and classroom and improvement of student achievement. Quot there is no reason Why our Dodds students cannot Excel in learning and achievement Quot he said. Dodds serving about 142,000 pupils in More than 260 schools in 19 countries is starting several new programs this year and improving old ones ranging from physical a education to verbalized math some of the programs involved Are a a new physical education curriculum designed to give students the knowledge and skills to enhance their physical Well being their entire lives a the school system expects by 1995 to provide introductory training for 2,500 teachers and 400 administrators and intensive training for 400 teachers and 50 administrators in curriculum standards evaluation standards and professional standards for leaching mathematics k-12 As proposed by the National Council of teachers of mathematics. A new language arts textbooks for k-12 will stress a whole language approach including listening speaking Reading and writing. A the final year of the Dodds three year mathematics initiative. A five Pilot programs to provide students with increased opportunities to learn a foreign language at an Early age. The programs will be in two classrooms at Alconbury elementary school England one classroom at Darmstadt elementary school Germany one classroom at Simonella elementary school Italy and one classroom at Royal Oaks elementary Spain. A project fast a program designed to assist Dodds parents in developing ways to help children Benefit from education. A global classrooms linking students in 14 countries through telecommunications. A cooperative learning programs that encourage. Students to discuss debate disagree and As a result learn from each other. A the study of teaching designed to help teachers and principals create finer schools for children. To addition the proximity of students to the dramatic events in the soviet Union and Eastern Europe Dodds has designed several in service training programs to provide teachers with material and information about the. History geography and political and economic Structure of these areas. Dodds Germany school Calendar fret slim Tor aug 26first Day of classroom instruction sept. 2 labor Day oct. 14 Columbus Day oct. 31 end of first marking period nov. 1 teacher workday nov. 11 veterans Day nov. 28-29thanksgiving recess dec. 23winter recess begins Jan 6,1992 classroom instruction resumes Jan. 20 Martin Luther King Day Jan. 23 end of second marking period and first semester Jan. 24 teacher workday second semester Jan. 27second semester begins feb. 17 presidents1 Day april 2end of third marking period april 3 teacher workday april 6 Spring recess begins april 13 classroom instruction resumes May 25 memorial Day june 11end of fourth marking period and second semester june 12 teacher workday Page 2 a the stars and stripes wednesday August 21, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 3
