College District to Resume Without PLAN Curriculum
The College District will end the PLAN program following an April board ruling and return to teacher written lesson plans. Westinghouse materials influenced current plans, with revisions to address previous shortcomings. Kindergarten orientation begins with three days of screening and individualized motor, auditory, and visual assessments to guide instruction.
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College Community School District
Board of Education
Westinghouse Learning Corp
Supt
Robert Bostwick
Westinghouse
Prairie district plans extend program into early grades
Bostwick says essential to start in first three years as enrollment shifts. Projected total 2,920 students, down from 2,970 last year. Kindergarten enrollment drops from 220 to 185. Detailed by school: Prairie elementary 495, Prairie View 480, Prairie intermediate 550, Prairie junior high 715, Prairie high 630. Remaining students in Kirkwood Community College high school program or Cedar Rapids special education. Secretary Selzer notes no major renovations but a strong grounds push with eight extra CETA workers for maintenance and development. Projects include paving, baseball fields, backstops, and landscaping. New teachers listed for 1977-78.
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Bostwick
Prairie Elementary
Prairie View Elementary
Prairie Intermediate
Prairie Junior High
Prairie High School
Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids Community
Selzer
CETA
College Community Calendar Highlights and Holidays
The calendar lists non teaching days for K to 12 on August 22 to 24 and October 28, 31. a first day of school on August 25. holidays including Labor Day September 5 and Memorial Day May 29. breaks from December 23 to January 2 and March 23 to 27 for Easter. ending with the last day of school May 31 and a non teaching day June 1.
Cedar Rapids Schools Announce Orientation and Registration
The Cedar Rapids Community School District lays out schedules for junior high orientation at all six campuses at 9 a.m. Friday and high school registration for the fall trimester on Thursday at Jefferson Kennedy and Washington. A $4.25 towel and lock fee applies at registration. Activity tickets at $12 cover athletic and fine arts events for the year, with reduced prices at other high schools.
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Cedar Rapids Community
Jefferson, Kennedy
Washington
French Art In Chicago at the Art Institute
The Art Institute of Chicago houses the world’s largest collection of French Impressionist paintings not in France but in Illinois. Rand McNally Traveler’s Almanac also notes the institute’s outstanding Oriental art sculpture watercolors and prints from the 13th Century to the present and names it one of America’s Top 500 Sights To See.
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Los Angeles
France
Illinois
Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute
Rand McNally
America
Lunch prices announced for two districts
Prices rise in the College Community district this fall with elementary lunches at 55 cents and secondary at 60 cents, five cents higher. Cedar Rapids district keeps meals unchanged at 45 cents for elementary and 50 cents for secondary. Breakfast stays at 15 cents.
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College Community
Cedar Rapids
Nuclear power on increase figures for 1976
Nuclear News reports that nearly 10 percent of U S electrical capacity comes from nuclear plants. In 1976 six more nuclear units began operation, bringing total commercial units to 59. ten more startups planned and 80 units were under construction.
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Hinsdale, Ill
U.S
Prairie Schools Offer CETA Pilot Jobs Program
Prairie High describes a CETA pilot program through the College Community district to place 39 workers in roles such as office and maintenance staff and library aides. Eligible job seekers must contact Job Service of Iowa to certify and then reach Marilyn VanHoe at the high school for training and placement.
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College Community
Marilyn VanHoe
VanHoe
CETA
Job Service of
Iowa
Eighth Avenue SE
Prairie High School
Policies Announced for Reduced Price Lunches
Cedar Rapids area schools outline free and reduced price meal and milk eligibility under national lunch and milk programs. Families may apply any time. forms sent home, copies available at principals’ offices. Contacts provided for each district to appeal decisions and arrange hearings.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Community
College Community Schools
Osteopathic Doctors Make Up One in Twenty Physicians
In Chicago Dr. George J Luibel president of the American Osteopathic Assn says one in twenty U S physicians is a D O and most osteopaths are general practitioners treating about ten percent of patients.
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Chicago
George J. Luibel
The
American Osteopathic Assn
Luibel
Pilot Safety Course Set By Rockwell Flying Club
A free aviation safety refresher is set for Sunday at 7 p.m. in the Collins cafeteria building. Speakers include Chris Fedde of the FAA on accident prevention, weather experts, radar services for VFR pilots, and FAA officials on hazard avoidance. The program also covers engine care and answering audience questions.
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Rockwell Flying Club
Collins
C Avenue NE
Chris Fedde
Federal Aviation Administration
Fedde
Conrad Johnson
Craig Johnson
WMT Television
Nancy Johnson
Cedar Rapids
Ned Powers
FAA
General Aviation District Office
Ken Lowmiller
Avco-Lycoming Division
Elevators Ranked Safest Public Conveyance Study
Otis Elevator study shows elevators and escalators carried 50 billion passengers last year with about 1,427 accidents. Traffic rose about two percent, while other public conveyances include train, bus, taxi, and airplane.
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New York
United States
Otis Elevator
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