European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 6, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday april 6, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 9 education cats plans convention for May 4-8 in Germany Kaiserslautern Germany the european Congress of american parents teachers and students will hold its Spring convention May 4-8 in sont Hofen at Der Allau Stern hotel. The National Pat president Patricia Henry is expected to attend along with John Stremple the director of military overseas schools. The purpose of the Eca pts convention is to assist local Pat units in their  brats can help san Antonio a there is Hope for graduates of military overseas schools who might look on with envy while their stateside counterparts plan High school reunions. Since its founding in 1986, overseas brats inc. Has referred overseas alumni to reunion committees. Made up of former dependents of . Military government and civilian employees overseas brats inc. Has directed thousands of people to their respective reunion committees. It has also assisted overseas alumni organizations. Graduates of overseas schools can write to the non profit educational organization to Start receiving information about its activities. Overseas alumni should submit to the organization when and where they went to High school overseas and when they graduated. Information should be mailed in a self addressed stamped envelope to overseas brats inc., . Box 29805, san Antonio Texas 78229-0805.2 semifinalists chosen Washington a two seniors from the department of defense dependents schools Germany Region have been selected As semifinalists in the 1992 presidential scholars program. Michael a. Galloway of Heidelberg High school and Gerald d. Sadowski of Karlsruhe High school were named two of 2,500 semifinalists. They were chosen from More than 2.5 million students who Are expected to graduate from . High schools this year. From the semifinalists 141 will be selected As 1992 presidential  teacher honoured Washington a a science teacher at Mannheim High school in Germany recently received the presidential award for excellence in science and mathematics. Donald l. Volz received the nations highest Honor for teachers of mathematics and science last month in Washington. In addition to an expense paid week in Washington the 216 awardees receive a $7,500 National science foundation Grant to be used under their direction at their respective  Region names new Deputy director Camp Darby Italy a the director of the department of defense dependents schools Mediterranean Region has named Gilbert Espinosa As Deputy director of the Region. Espinosa replaces Joseph Indresano who will retire at the end of the school year. The new Deputy director was recommended As a candidate for the position by a panel of parents teachers and military members who conducted interviews in March. Espinosa currently serves As principal of Vicenza elementary school in Italy. Espinosa began his service with the military overseas schools As a teacher in 1961 at Zarazaga elementary school in Spain. He has served As an assistant principal at Mainz Aschaffenbur and Ludgwig Burg in Germany and Torrejon in Spain. He has held principalship in Nellinger Kaiserslautern and Schweinfurt in Germany and at Rota Spain. Espinosa holds a Bachelor of arts degree from Occidental College a masters degree from California state University at los Angeles and a doctorate from the University of Southern California. He will assume his position As Deputy director at the conclusion of the current school year.818 John my Junior Leanne Rios standing beams at the crowd gathered around her math fair project which Showa that Remale Fulda High students have higher Grade Point averages than the male  fair helps show pupils it works in real life by John Millar Wurzburg Bureau Fulda Germany a youngsters gathered in Fulda High schools cafeteria april 1 seemed to have genuine interest in math a and it Wasny to part of any april fools Day hoax. The cafeteria was the site of the schools first Ever math fair on the first Day of what is National math month. The sum of the event and monthlong Observance equated 59 displays and numerous activities. According to Fulda High school math instructor Pam Warrick who organized the event the fair was designed to spark pupils interest in the often dreaded subject of math by having them create projects showing How it is used in the everyday world., a was in All schools there Are not enough students who Are Good at math and who see a use for math a said Warrick who is also the school s specialist in the talented and gifted program. A if they see a reason for it they understand it better. I think too Many times kids think of things like math is being school skills and not real life skills. If they done to see a reason to learn it they  #. While some youngsters were required to submit math projects As part of their school classes Many entered displays for extra credit Warrick said. Pupils in grades seven through 12 were encouraged to enter she said and were limited Only in that their projects had to involve math in some Way. The result was entries in 15 categories ranging from ancient architecture to music. One student loth grader Allison Mcgillivroy created a piece of music by assigning numerical vibration values to the letters that spell her first name. Mcgillivroy fed the values into a synthesizer that transformed the numbers into musical notes and repeated them several times visitors to her display could listen to the tune on a portable stereo. A i focused on Arches and triangulation in architecture a said senior David Ward of Nis project. A the Triangle is used everywhere in  wards display included a computer that could display floor plans of the High school. Math he said a is basically the Way things work a its Why things work. In a studying architecture and architecture is  senior Emma Searby folded her project around the architectural design of the Parthenon in Athens Greece. Her first place entry in the category of ancient architecture detailed the use of what a known As the a Golden rectangle in architecture and the mathematical formula used to develop it. A a in a starting to enjoy it math a Searby said. A a in a starting to understand  she said that through the various projects displayed at the fair a you can see it works in real  888 John Mai 2nd it. John Crone shows senior David Ward How a seemingly ancient slide Rule works. It it came out. It was really fun to  Rios said she likes a everyday math a but added a a in a in algebra and in a totally  she admitted however that math is important in everyday life a whether its for the groceries or  cumulative Grade Point averages for male and female students at the High school to determine which gender was smarter. Her answer girls who had an Overall Lead Over boys by a .539 average. A fall the boys come up and say a you rigged it a a Rios said. A it was actually really interesting to see How fire direction officer for howitzer Btry 1st so urn army Cav regt. Crone said he and other members of his unit were on hand to a describe How we use math in artillery which is full of  the artillery display included such mathematical subjects As trajectories angles distances and velocity. The display helped a show them that math does no to go away a he said. Its there for the rest of your  a i was very impressed with the background work that was done a said Michel Schadt who teaches technology education at the school. A when they see it math being used they can see a use for it. And All of a sudden they can do  before the fair eighth grader Mandy piety Kowelu thought math a was really Boring. It was a lot of numbers and  but after seeing it used in music architecture and her own project on Art she said a a there a More to it. It can be pretty and Beautiful. Seventh grader Tommy Stein said he a knows some people Are using calculators for Basic math problems. People say a i Don t need it ill just join the  a you can to even do that anymore a he said. Quot they want people with brains