European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 23, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday december 23. 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 9 education old army Post finds new life As Campus by Joseph Owen Stuttgart Bureau Stuttgart Germany a conversion of a former army Post into an education Center has moved a step Forward with the University of Maryland Scall for applications to a four year program it plans to Start there next fall. The school located at Schwabish a mind Germany placed advertisements about the new undergraduate program in major International periodicals and some students already have applied said Joseph j. Arden the University a european division director. The program intended primarily for americans living in the United states who want to spend one to four years studying in Europe is administered by the schools University College. It is completely separate from the european division which serves . Troops and diplomatic personnel who already Are in Europe. The new Branch Campus is expected to serve up to 250 students. It will be located on the former Bismarck Cavern which housed the Headquarters of the army Snow defunct 56th Field arty come until last Spring. University College is developing the curriculum which will focus on contemporary european and German studies business and management with emphasis on International business computer studies and International relations. The new Branch May provide some Relief for Maryland teachers who would have lost their jobs because of dropping enrolment in the University a european division. The division once had a fairly constant annual enrolment of about 50,000 students the overwhelming majority of them part time. This year the total is expected to drop to about 42,000, Arden said. The University ended its classes in 11 communities where the military has withdrawn and it expects to discontinue classes in five More communities in 1992 for the same reason. The number of classes available in other communities also has dwindled significantly because troops left and individual military installations closed. But students should not regard that As a sign the University is phasing out its courses for . Troops according to Arden. A we will be in the european command As Long As there Are any american military left and. So Long As we Are invited to do so a a he said. The City of Schwabish Amund which originated the plan to turn Bismarck Cavern into an educational Center still has not completed negotiations to buy the property from the German Federal government said City spokesman Klaus Kilhof. The delay will not interfere with the University a plans he said. Sch Sobisch a mind also has begun renting 234 apartments that make up another former army site in the City Hardt housing area. The City has signed a two year lease for the property. A a we re trying to House a diverse renter clientele in that District so that it does no to become a ghetto a Kilhof said. The Baden Wiir Temberg state government has reserved administrative buildings and Barracks at the nearby former Hardt Cavern to temporarily House applicants for political Asylum Kilhof said. The City Hopes to use the rest of the Post to store Road construction equipment. 8is foggy of Man Molly Lehman 12, makes some adjustments to her puppet while a year old Carol Widdicombe right narrates the puppet show the marvelous maid  shows teach pupils language arts skills by Jimi Jones education writer Kaiserslautern Germany just before curtain time 11-year-old Carol Widdicombe got a Case of the butterflies. A ooh in a so nervous a the sixth grader said As she took a final look at the script marvelous maid Marian. She hid her nervousness Well knowing the show must go on. Besides it did no to last Long she said. A i was nervous with people taking pictures and because everybody was looking at me a she said afterwards. A but once we got going i forgot about  the performance she said went a wok but we messed up a  front of a schoolmate audience Carol had just narrated marvelous maid Marian a puppet show written and produced by Carol and four of her sixth Grade classmates. Set in England the show was about a Maiden who roamed Sherwood Forest learning to shoot ride and fight by the Side of her eventual husband Robin Hood. The show was one of five the 30-member English class produced As part of the department of defense dependents schools newly adopted language arts program. Officials say the new materials stress a comprehensive approach to teaching and learning language arts meaning All aspects a listening speaking Reading and writing a Are intellectually and academically interdependent and cannot logically be taught in a vacuum. Selma Kovich the sixth Grade teacher at Vogel Weh elementary school who teaches Carol and her Peers the upper level English class is a staunch supporter of the program. A this approach allows the teacher to include All areas of the curriculum using the same theme a she said. A besides this feature the Book in Kovich eludes grammar along with very creative suggestions and lessons opening up the child a mind to write in a creative manner a said Kovich who has taught different Grade Levels at the school for 20 years. A we do All creative things Quot Kovich said. A i really like the idea of creativity. Anybody can learn out of the Book but what you get out of your mind is really  one of the lessons she chose As a class project gave the children the Opportunity to first read about a puppet production and All of the Steps necessary to accomplish and present a puppet show she said. The lesson started with the class Reading a Story called puppeteer. The class then decided to write their own puppet shows. Eleven year old Ronica Mccray and her groups show the Princess who loved a Prince was about a a Princess whose parents made her marry some poppy Prince who she did no to want to Many a Ronica said. She said they first did a Cluster map a so we knew who did what. It went pretty Well a she said. In Cluster groups members decided things like the name of the show and who was going to play what roles. After writing their plays the students created their puppets. Most groups also built their own puppet Heaters. Joey Szoke a 12-year-old whose group did a Christmas Carol said their group was Able to borrow a puppet theater from a neighbor. A fall we did was come up with the script a said Joey who has won several Young authors awards. Joey also has had three of his writings published in Sparks a Book of children a creative work published annually by Dodds Germany. A despite a lot of scene changes it was pretty Good a Joey said of their presentation. A we had a lot. Of fun doing it especially making the puppets. It took us awhile but anything that a worthwhile will take a Long  puppets were made using sponges. Styrofoam balls magic markers Ana socks he added. The next phase of the monthlong project was rehearsal. Noriko Ambulo whose group produced cinder White a Takeoff on Cinderella and Snow White and the seven dwarfs said their group worked in the classroom and sometimes at Home. They received the final pointers during a replay she said. The students the top pupils from each of the five sixth grades at the school said they like the cooperative and collaborative skills they learn in the creative class. A mrs. Kovich is really interested in created arts a said Noriko. A i like that in her. We do a lot of projects. We study and test but we also have fun like with this  Noriko said she also liked the a no negative putdown but always put  a attitude that Kovich stresses for students. A everybody in our group cooperated and helped each other. We were a Good group a Noriko said. And remembering to Praise she added Quot everybody else a was Good  Kovich said the final step would be to videotape the shows for entry into the school regions Media Fisl