Franklin junior high starts Project Hi-Po for high potential students
Franklin junior high launches Project Hi-Po in its first year to nurture high potential eighth and ninth graders with a mixed eight to fourteen per class format. Led by Robert Colon the program blends social studies with thinking and group skills to develop reasoning leadership and creativity.
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Franklin Junior High School
Robert Colon
Colon
Franklin
Syd Ellwood
Parkland Drive
Chris Murphy
Second Avenue SE
High Potential Class Sparks Mixed Reactions in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids parents form the Cedar Rapids Assn for High Potential Children meeting at the Education Service Center to discuss programs for gifted students. Franklin class participants report pressure and scrutiny, with some peers mocking or ostracizing highly capable students, while others defend and support their pursuit of advanced learning.
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Chris Murphy
Second Avenue NE
Colon
Chris
Sud
Cedar Rapids
Franklin
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Dr Murray to lecture on Dutch immigrants in Tudor England
Dr Joan J Murray of Coe College will visit Auburn University April 6–8 to present three talks on immigrants from the Low Countries in Tudor England. The series, sponsored by the university lecture fund, marks the fifth year of the program. Murray is the first small college professor invited.
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Joan J. Murray
Coe College
Auburn University
Tudor England
Robert R. Rea
Murray
Rea
Auburn
Tudor
England
Red Cross Course Aims To Improve Elderly Lives
Norma Kirsch of the Grant Wood area Red Cross chapter develops a aging and the aged course to help staff and the public understand elderly needs. She stresses listening, communication, and attitudes to improve quality of life for seniors. A New York design firm unveils a solid acrylic cocktail table weighing 357 pounds, selling for $40,000, with only six made.
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Norma Kirsch
Grant Wood
The
Red Cross
New York
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