Reading program guides district toward individual growth
The district emphasizes reading as thinking under Deputy Superintendent Yon John Stuart with two veteran women teachers Willie Terry and Monteze Botkin supervising grades one through eight. They lead goal setting, curriculum selection, in service training, and monitor progress via diagnostic and annual tests to tailor grouping and materials, noting a growing gap between Negro and white students as grades rise.
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Yon John Stuart
Willie Terry
Monteze Botkin
Stuart
Alamo
Austin
Ashbelt Smith
Bowie
Burnet - Travis
Highlands and Lamar
Carver
DeZavala - San Jacinto
American Book Company
Houghton - Mifflin
Science Researchs
College Ani
Remedial Reading Program Proposed for Schools
A district wide plan to add skilled remedial reading teachers at elementary schools next fall aims to lift under achieving pupils toward grade level. Pilot programs at Anson Jones and Harlem Elementary since 1963 show strong progress with small groups and 45 minute sessions.
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John Stuart
Anson Jones
Harlem
Stuart
Reading Test Demonstrates SRA Lab For Sixth Grade
Reporter joins Horace Mann sixth graders in a familiar SRA lab experience from Science Research Associates. Barbara Mays explains Power Builder Rate Builder and Listening Skill Builder groups, the TQLR formula, and Listenings Note Taker steps as she tests a rhesus monkeys story and learns how levels color coded blue for seventh grade late high.
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Johnella Boenton
SRA Labs
Science Research Associates
Barbara Mays
Horace Mann
Barry Nettles
SRA
International Business Machines
Asia
India
Sioth
Glenn Angel
Public School Kindergartens Seen To Aid Education Task
Deputy Superintendent John Stuart and Primary Supervisor Wil lig Terry favor public school kindergartens to support the district program. They say early K programs improve transitions from home to school, foster exploration, social skills, and parental counseling, with planned daily activities across language arts science math art and PE. Space for 20 kindergarten rooms is in the bond plan, with progress reports, parent involvement, and targeted support for pupils needing extra help.
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Wil Public School
John Stuart
Willig Terry
Reading Takes Big Part Of First Grader's Day
A school system emphasizes reading from grade one through eight with extended daily periods. First graders allocate 140 minutes to reading plus phonetic work, while later grades adjust to single long reading periods, library time, and varied basal readers.
Beginning First Graders Get Ready With Simple Reading Tips
If your child starts first grade, Mrs. Willie Terry suggests talking about school and reading short stories to a preschooler to improve recall. A four to six week readiness period helps the pupil adjust to a group, learn book handling, letters, names, address, phone, birthday, and basic words through structured teacher-led activities.
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American Book Company
Stuart
Terry
Gray ‘ . Wotan- Rogers
Willie Terry
Funds Enrich Programs In Five Elementary Schools
Title 1 funds totaling about 309000 over two years supported five district elementary schools. Equipment includes Language Masters, library books, audio visuals, and teaching supplies. Schools report welcomed gains in motivation and varied learning, with cataloged items across reading, language, and Spanish program readiness.
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Power Builder
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Brent McBride
Lawrence DelToro
Jenarie
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Title 1 Fund
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