European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 11, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday May 11,1992 the stars and stripes Page 9 education Numberg holding Job fair for school representatives Wiesbaden Germany a representatives from school districts in 20 states Are expected to attend a two Day Job fair in Niernberg beginning saturday and sponsored by the department of defense dependents schools Germany Region. The fair from 10 . To 3 . Both Days will be held next to the Niernberg District superintendent s office building 1443 on Fronmiller Strasse 30. The fair which focuses on Job opportunities outside of Dodds is designed for educators within Dodds but everyone is Welcome. Representatives from schools on . Stateside military installations Guam schools Bureau of Indian affairs schools and some International schools Are expected to attend. Call 0611-88239 for More information. Technology Competition set Wiesbaden Germany a hundreds of Junior and senior High school pupils Are expected to compete for More than $15,000 in can and prizes May 26 at the eighth annual technology fair at Heidelberg a Patrick Henry Village. Children will compete in categories that include Bridge building drafting House design graphic arts and computer programming. The fair is sponsored by the overseas technology educators organization a non profit group of educators employed throughout the department of defense dependents schools. Last year More than 900 pupils from 27 Dodds schools competed in 25 categories. I a 1 7 a say Vul. 4tr design for Success Sis Dove Didio parents and teachers from Berlin Model to shirts at a european Congress of american parents teachers and students conference in sont Hofen Germany. The to shirts Bear a design created by Keith Dudley a fifth Grade Pupil at Thomas a. Roberts elementary school in Berlin. His design was chosen from a school wide Competition and the shirts were made available for Purchase. From left Are Jim journey special education teacher at the school Parent Barbara judge Jennifer Mille a fifth Grade teacher at the school and Sandy Stephenson of Berlin High schools Parent teacher and student association. Who s sleeping in Blaire Brooks bed a Winner by Jimi Jones education writer Wiesbaden Germany a sixth grader Blaire Brooks played the role of mama Bear in her kindergarten class production of Goldilocks and the three bears. If that performance came anywhere near her april 24 appearance at the Oral Reading storytelling festival then the audience must have adored her. Her presentation of the tale about the Young girl who slipped into a Bear family a Home and fell asleep in the baby bears bed held the audiences attention and convinced six judges that a a Superior was the Only Way to rate her performance. The judges at the sixth annual festival rated Blaire and five others As Superior storytellers. Blaire from Bonn elementary school and Amy Wil let from Geilenkirche elementary school racked up the most Points. Fifth and sixth graders from department of defense dependents schools Germany Region took to the stage at Aukamp elementary school for the program called piecing together a lifetime of pleasure. The event has been held at Aukamp for the past three years. As part of the program fifth graders read aloud and sixth graders told stories. Pupils performed at the regional festival after winning classroom school and District competitions. Blaire said she Felt a really Good at a reception following her performance. She said her parents Peggy and maj. Charles Brooks coached her a through the whole process a with her mom making notes on her delivery. Blaire also thought her class would be pleased with her performance. When she won the District Competition a they decorated the hallway and my locker a she said. Amy who finished second among the six readers who notched a a Superior rankings said she began practising her Story in september. A i had lots of time to perfect  she had tried it out on her class a few times too she said. A my whole class knows the Story a she said. In Oral Reading 11-year-old Ryan Hilgers from osterholz elementary school was the top rated Reader. Ryan said that although she likes to read a in front of people a she Felt nervous. A but you try not to think about it. Just pretend no ones there and just  she said her biggest tip came from her Mother who reminded her to read her Story and not to memorize it. Judges rated Laura Mackey from Heidelberg a Mark Twain elementary school the no. 2 Reader. Laura said she was a used to an audience a having had High school students Grade her on her Reading but a it was a Tough Competition. Its a really Good program for fifth Grade. Ill be Back next year for  the fifth Grade Oral Reading program began As a classroom project at Mainz elementary school in 1985, said Betty Nicholas regional language arts coordinator. Storytelling was added for sixth graders during the 1988-89 school year. Others who minced gestured and wove their Way through stories in a Superior manner were Benjamin Dickerson bad nauheim Llorin Edwards Augsburg Kevin Ford osterholz and Michael Kuhn Munich. Storytelling commendable awards went to Jordyn Smith osterholz Katie Bills Heidelberg Alexis Thompson Neu Brucic Joy Caine Wei Brincken Regan Harwell Darmstadt and Kathryn Morton Wiesbaden. Honorable mentions went to Jacquetta Moody Wert Heim Lawrence chatters Rhein main Nick Girten Vilseck Mary Lehrer Ansbach Theresa Nilges As Schaffenburg and Tiffany Richards Rhein main. Other Oral readers rated Superior Ashleigh Burton Frankfurt Alexis Overstreet Frankfurt Joelle Schneider Bonn and Sarah Tillson Kaiserslautern. Commendable awards went to Electra Caddell osterholz Scott fugal Augsburg Marianne Kinney Gra few Der Rizal Mijares Fulda Mike Pearson Niernberg and Marie Santiago Schwabish Hall. Honorable mentions went to Jodie Bronzo bad Ai bling Caitlin Clapp Span Dahlem Corey Cooper bad Kreuz Nach David Malcolm Heidelberg Molly Ullery Munster and Emily yokum  to take inventories at closing schools by the stars and stripes officials from Dodds Germany Region will Send a draw Down team to Kiiren elementary school to begin an inventory of supplies at the school. The facility closes its doors Friday. The closure is one of at least 18 that will take place Between Friday and june 12 throughout the Region. Additional closures could follow a Germany Region spokesman said. The team from the department of defense dependents schools will conduct an inventory of All supplies at the school including textbooks computers and desks. Some of the items will be moved to other schools while other items will be stored in school warehouses at Mainz Kastel and nah Bollenbach. The school system has hired a German firm to dispose of hazardous and environmentally sensitive materials such As chemicals found in science laboratories. Kiiren located about 30 Miles Northeast of Kassel has an enrolment of 30 children in grades kindergarten through eight. Germany Region officials have estimated that the packing and shipping and labor associated with moving supplies from the 18 schools could reach a total of $747,000. The Region plans to use four teams of logistics personnel to direct the shipping of supplies from closing schools. School officials Are counting on teachers and administrators at the affected shools to help pack the supplies. Teams Are also scheduled to visit the following schools Leitheim elementary on May 29 Munich elementary june 9 Munich High school june 9 Nellinger elementary june 5 Flensburg elementary june 11 Munster elementary May 22 osterholz elementary May 29 prism elementary june 5 and so gel elementary May 27. Also ludwigs Burg elementary june 5 ludwigs Burg Middle school june 5 Stuttgart High school june 5 Bundlach elementary june 12 Heilbronn elementary Middle school june 5 Herborn Seel Bach elementary june 12 Kiesel Bronn Annex june 10 and meierhof Elemen tary june 9. Frank of Gara spokesman for the Region said that children assigned to schools scheduled to close before june 11 have been placed in special accelerated programs allowing them to finish their assigned work. Pupils who successfully Complete their work under the accelerated program receive full credit for the school year of Gara said. School system officials in Washington allotted 181 classroom Days for children for the 1991-92 school year. That number exceeded by six Days the minimum requirement set by the North Central association which accredits All Dodds facilities