European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 30, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday november 30, 1992 education the stars and stripes Page 9 \ a pupils in Heidelberg Welcome old Friend from space shuttle by Jimi Jones education writer when 7-year-old Ashley Bond mailed her paper Flat Stanley to her aunt in Florida she had no inkling that head float in space and eventually come Home glued to a plaque. But he did. Stanley a Cut out paper doll was safely reunited nov. 18 with Ashley and her classmates at Patrick Henry elementary school in Heidelberg Germany after earning Fame As a a Junior astronaut a aboard the space shuttle Columbia. When the shuttle lifted off on its two week voyage on june 25, the very slim Stanley was aboard representing second graders at the school. Stanley a return came when Heidelberg Community officials presented him a now permanently affixed to a plaque created especially for the Heidelberg school a and other mementos provided by the National aeronautics and space administration. The presentation was made to student Council president Ross Fearon 10, and witnessed by Ashley now 8 and a third grader at the school and the roughly 1,100 other pupils from preschool through fifth Grade. Flat Stanley is a 1964 character created by children a author Jeff Brown. His real name is Stanley Lamb hop but he gets squashed by a huge bulletin Board that Falls on his bed. Flat Stanley comes to appreciate his flatness because it Means he can do neat things. He can be mailed across the country lowered through sidewalk gratings and disguised As a framed picture to help catch Art thieves in a museum. As part of language arts activities department of defense dependents schools elementary school pupils have kept Flat Stanley alive and Well sending versions of him from their classrooms to relatives and famous people around the world. Teachers in Heidelberg then incorporate Flat Stanley a adventures int russian children visit Span Dahlem Span Dahlem a Germany a pupils from Pskov Russia visited Span Dahlem Middle school recently and received an introduction to the american and German ways of life. The 21 Pskov pupils visited the base As part of an Exchange program that started when 20 Span Dahlem pupils visited the russian school last May. The russian school children Ages 12 to 13, spent a week at Span Dahlem. They went to school lived with american families and sampled popular american pastimes such As Bowling and fast food lunches. In addition the children toured nearby German cities and met with German employees on base. The Exchange program continues this Spring when about 20 Span Dahlem pupils will get their Chance to go to Pskov. The City is near Chu Skoye Lake near russians Border with the Baltic nation of Estonia. The schools curriculum. Stanley began his most recent journey last school year in the second Grade classes of teachers Connie Williams and Elizabeth Mott. On his travels Stanley ventured 65 feet below sea level in Cozumel Mexico and thousands of Miles into space aboard the Columbia. Ashley had sent her Stanley to her aunt Lois Thompson Kastner of Winter Park Fla. Stanley with help from Kastner wrote to Ashley sharing adventures of being laminated and taken to Mexico on vacation. He had some great adventures having gone a is Buba diving and found a Coral reef a Ashley said a and he almost got locked in a fruit store because he blended in with the that was because of his attire she said describing it As a Green pants a White shirt with a red and White tie and Brown Stanley also wrote that he Wasny to ready to come Home and told of a possible Surprise a he might travel into space. When she Learned that Stanley might take a shuttle flight Ashley said she thought it was a really neat and that a the would come Back with lots of with the support of Rose Simmons Hall Patrick Henry a Deputy principal Kastner wrote to the Johnson space Center in Houston on behalf of the second graders. She explained Flat Stanley a desire to become a a Junior astronaut and travel aboard the next shuttle flight indicating that he a makes friends easily takes up almost no space eats very Little and is no trouble at a Unasa Felt it had never done anything with an overseas school similar to what it has done for stateside schools a said Sim Mons Hall who hoped that linking the school to a space flight would stimulate the children a interest in math and science. A my goal is to help children prepare for the year 2000,�?� the 30-Ycar educator said referring to the National education goal of making american students first in 848 Patrick Henry elementary school pupils Ross Fearon 10, and Ashley Bond 0, hold a montage that includes Ashley a drawing of Flat Stanley which spent two weeks in space with the Columbia astronauts last summer. Math and science. Quot math is one of the Bia flight and autographed photographs goals for our schools along with prob of the astronauts. Lem solving thinking and getting along a personal plaque from Nasa now hangs in Ashley a room and will be there the Nasa presentation to the school she said a probably until in in a grown also included a . Flag from the Colum students can apply computers programs Are helping to Speed College application process Washington a Jerry Paxton watched for four months As his son Laboured Over one Handwritten College application after another. Then Paxton hit on an idea a computer network that allows students to fill out a single application and funnel it electronically to several colleges at once. So he created College link a year old service based in Concord mass., that is plugging about 1,000 College applicants into the admissions offices of 400 schools shortening the application process to a few hours. A i asked myself a Isnit there possibly a better Way a a said Paxton a former executive for a computer manufacturing company. A a it a been a popular concept with the College link works like this students Send for a $30 software package and Load the software onto personal computers or those at school. After writing essays and figuring out what information they plan to Send they enter the data into the computer As outlined by a list of instructions. Students can use the process for applications to up to 12 of the 400 colleges about a dozen of which waive application fees for College link users. The students store the information on a computer disk and mail the disk to a processing Center which forwards the information it contains to the students chosen colleges. The service waives its $30 fee for students who can to afford it. Between 10 percent and 15 percent of College link users were granted waivers Paxton said. A it clearly should be available to everyone a Paxton said. A we found nearly half the kids actually did it in their High schools. Its encouraged by Many schools. A a Broad Range of colleges participate in College link Large Small Public private All male All female Liberal arts technological. Julia Mack 16, of Reading mass., applied to five colleges through Paxton a service. It took a hours. Another College to which she applied Brown University is not on Paxton a service that application look two weeks Julia said. A it was a real Lifesaver a said Julia who wants to major in chemistry a a lot of my friends Are still worrying about Fin Ishing their nine or 10 applications by hand and in be finished Charles Nolan director of admissions for Babson College in Babson Park mass., said College link helps his office efficiently handle a last minute Rush of applications for the business management College which Enrols about 2,200 Lull time students. A your fax machine is smoking right around the deadline Date a Nolan said. A this is a very natural thing for contemporary students. If you a asked me five years ago if this was possible i would say Only in ones after his son Greg a january to april application Marathon Paxton used his own service last year for daughter Ashley a applications. Greg a basically ended up attending the last College he applied to a while Ashley a knew by december 15th where she was a when a student is doing six to eight applications the latter ones tend to diminish in Quality a Paxton said. A the student loses enthusiasm for getting into these things. The concept of a Quality Effort once is what we re trying to
