European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 25, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday november 25,1991 the stars and stripes b Page 9educationdisney helps teacher Chalk up new role by Jimi Jones education writer Hanau Germany a in response to a Young girls cry for help scribbled on the bathroom Wall a trusting schoolmate wrote a go seems. Materna. She wont the girl thought she was pregnant. Because of the nature of her eighth Grade health class Carolyn Materna often finds herself in a crisis intervention situation acting As an Arm of the Counselor so office. She has dealt with pregnant girls boys worried about being Gay and youngsters who make straight a a becoming overwhelmed by pressure. Playing roles involving All facets of the school she has run track meets and Field Days set up and overseen student councils written curriculum produced and starred in faculty shows and taught teacher aerobics. She also developed a rewards program for the entire Hanau Middle school where she teaches. And now Materna has another role. She is one of 36 teachers honoured in the second annual production of the Walt Disney company presents the american teacher awards a television program that has received widespread acclaim for its approach to recognizing the teaching profession. A each of us remembers with great fondness those teachers who have made a significant and lasting contribution to our education and to our lives a said Disney Channel president John f. Cooke in a news release. A these Are the types of teachers who Are recognized in the american teacher the teachers were selected from hundreds nationwide who submitted essays on their teaching philosophies and letters of recommendation from their school principals and teaching colleagues. Three teachers in each of 12 subject areas who had different teaching styles methods backgrounds and students were chosen and one in each of the 12 categories will be named As the outstanding teacher in his or her Field. Video profiles on All 36 teachers aired sunday on the Disney Channel in the United states during a live telecast of the awards ceremony. Materna left last week to be on hand for the sunday ceremonies. Maternal a principal her colleagues and her students describe her As a caring person an educator that any Parent would want to teach his or her child. A there Are a number of people at this school who Are doing things for kids that Are really energetic that get involved and make the school a better place a said principal Robert Sennett. Materna is a one of them a he added. A a she a dynamic. She has a Way of relating to the children. And its not a buddy situation. Its a very professional Counselor Type when Sennett approached her with the Disney application Materna thought it might be the right time Tofan to televise awards Carolyn Materna a teacher at Hanau Middle school in Germany will be honoured in the second annual showing of the Walt Disney company presents the american teacher awards. The awards ceremony was aired live sunday on the Disney Channel in the United states. American forces network Europe or an television will air the program today at 3 . Ass a cml Jones Carolyn Materna talks about her teaching philosophy. Shed Light on military overseas schools and teachers particularly in the Wake of operation desert storm. A a we a gone through such a stressful time. To see them scared to death. But to keep focusing on what they had to do a she said of Dodds pupils Many of whom had a Parent in the persian Gulf. Nothing had been said to America. They done to know we exist unless they re in the on a lighter note pictures of movie stars and a teacher hugging actor Tom Selleck helped Spur her to mail the application a never thinking they would Call a Materna said. But that Call finally came a and a film Crew later came to Germany to film a classroom profile. Sennett views the award As a a super Chance Quot to spotlight education a a. To get some of the people who have done some really Good stuff and show them to the rest of the american Public. Maybe with movie stars and that Type of hoopla people will look Back and say a there was somebody Back there who made a differ ence in my a Materna strives to make a positive Impact on children a lives through a teaching philosophy that involves a meeting the needs of them All a from the slow learner to the brightest student she said. Parents Tell Materna that her name comes up a lot at the dinner table and they Stop her in the Bank and commissary. But Best of All one of her brightest pupils told his Parent that health class was his favorite because when he entered the door the weight of the world was lifted from his shoulders. A i take that As a supreme compliment a Materna said. And her name on the bathroom Wall was the a Best kind of feedback a showing that pupils Trust her she said. Tvs taught for 30 years 20 in Dodds department of defense dependents schools. In be done a lot of things because 1 care and 1 want to see things happen for kids a said the Mother of two grown children. A when 1 interact with kids i get a real Good understanding of them and 1 think they Trust me. I teach sex education so there has to be a different kind of relationship. They also must have some Structure and consistency knowing that you expect Good things of them a she added. A the students and i work together to create an environment which makes the class what we want it to be. We develop a Mutual Trust and the a magic begins to school nurse and teaching colleague Jean Gribensk said Materna a goes beyond the Job description. She is totally dedicated to the school and making it work. A she gets kids to think a Gribensk said. A she looks out for them and picks up on kids that have problems. She works hard to make the whole school experience a positive one. Interacting with All the kids in the school and making it successful for All of a a in a so excited about this a Materna said. A my whole impression is that its a wonderful wonderful thing to be treated like this. And i really want to win in my category so i get upon that stage and give America a message about Dodds kids and Dodds Wiesbaden uses brains to win bowl in tie breaker by Jimi Jones education writer Hahn a Germany a the audience roared Friday when the timekeeper called a Send of Wiesbaden a Gen. . Arnold High school had outscored its opponent by 20 Points. But a Challenge to a question from opposing Ramstein High school resulted m 10 Points being deducted from Wiesbaden a 120 Points. The 10 were added to Ramstein a 100 Points to Send the teams Back for a final five question tie breaker. No matter. Wiesbaden still beat Ramstein to the Buzzer to correctly answer three of the five grueling questions clinching a 145-120 Victory and the no. 1 spot in the 10th annual interscholastic academic games. A a in a feeling Good a said Wiesbaden coca Tain David Miller who was first to Buzz on Many of the Tough questions. A last year and the year before that Wiesbaden has gotten second. Finally we won a he said stretching his fists toward the ceiling in Victory. A a it a quite a feeling a echoed co Captain Justin Robert. The win could have gone either Way he said. A it was just a matter of a few questions but we put a lot of work into the brain bowl a patterned after the one time to game show College bowl a pitted 125 ninth through 12th-graders from 25 department of defense dependents schools against each other. Every school in the Germany Region except for Mannheim and Munich participated this year. Ramstein a Justin Abold said afterwards that he had not Given up Hope for his team which won the Competition in the 1983-84 school year the second year of its existence. A it was just great being Here a he said. A a in a not going to be Here next year but in a betting on Abold and Wiesbaden a Miller both seniors were named most valuable players in the fierce Battle of wits. Hanau edged out Heidelberg for third place while Frankfurt High school placed fifth. Four time Winner Wei Brincken High school the Only school to have won More than once in the bowls 10-year history finished sixth. The two Day event held this year at Hahn High school was originated at bad Kreuz Nach High school by Sandy Riggins an English teacher who believes Scholastic competitions should be highlighted As much As athletics. Riggins now at Berlin High school was honoured at a banquet thursday for initiating the pros amps Jim Derheim Hahn High school students from left Jodi Erickson Sarah Wilson and Heather Reese try to outguess the competitors in the 1991 brain bowl. Gram. Four member teams Are composed of a student from each Grade. Each team has an alternate but there must be one student from each Grade level in the first round of play. A after that teams May put in alternates a said Heidelberg sponsor Anne Bodnarz who lets her students practice for about six weeks before the team is chosen. �?o1 listen for Strong categories a bed Narz said. A then we have a Competition where a teacher group watches them compete and they help me choose the
