McBee system changes honor rolls at Middletown High
Middletown High adopts the McBee grading method issuing about 9000 McBee cards for roughly 2000 students across four to six classes. Students may calculate their averages for honor roll with teacher verification, while counselors manage typing and distribution of cards amid extensive human effort.
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Middletown High School
Middletown High
McBee
Lemon-Monroe High School
Monroe
Don Altstaetter
Altstaetter
Boots Take Over Winter Style In Narrow Chimneys
Column notes the fad for fashionable boots, from western to vinyl styles, and the practical struggles of wearing them. The author mocks Santa slipping through narrow chimneys and reflects on how boots reshape image, with anecdotes of walking, calf tones, and old go go boots awaiting moths. The piece ends with a tongue in cheek reference to These boots were made for walking.
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Santa
John Wayne
Korean girl seeks American friends letter to editor
A 15 year old Seoul high school student, Miss Bong-ja Lee, asks readers to publish an appeal in the newspaper so Korean students can exchange letters with American peers. She leads the school's English club and hopes to learn about American customs and student life while sharing Korean culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Korea
Miss Bong-ja Lee P.O
Jung-Ang
Colleges Offer Consumer Courses Across Higher Education
Colleges and universities provide degree programs in the consumer field. More than 500 courses are offered, largely through home economics departments or schools.
Middletown thespians tour Broadway in Thanksgiving trip
A group of Middletown High School actors and chaperones joined Ohio peers on a three day New York immersion over Thanksgiving. The International Thespian Society organized the trip with Ohio Thespian Society leadership. Cost was 179 per person for round trip air, Chorus Line, Pippin or Bubbling Brown Sugar, Lincoln Center tour, backstage 46th Street Theater, and a Times Square hotel stay. They attended a New York Times critic seminar by Clive Barnes and viewed Acclaimed shows including Equus and the Metropolitan Opera House with senior Adrianne Powell eyeing opera as a career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TWA
New York City
Middletown High School
Thespians
Ohio
International Thespian Society
Ohio Thespian Society
James Butch
Department of Performing Arts
Middletown High
Butch
New York
Edison
47Th Street
Times Square
Clives Barnes
New York Times
Cash offered teen entries in safety contest
LONG GROVE Illinois High school students can earn up to 2500 dollars for a term paper on traffic safety. The 22nd Kemper Insurance project offers 2500 for first, 1500 for second, and 1000 for third place with prizes split between students and schools. Groups of four must investigate a local safety issue, propose a solution, and present a white paper to officials and Kemper.
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Long Grove
Ill
Kemper Insurance Companies
Kemper
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Rozella Sixt
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By Ginger Williams
Zorba
Fenwick High School
Julia Suba
Mike Seifert
Bonja-Lee
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D-1
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Andrianne
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Michael Ruppert
Pippin
Greenwich Village
Staten Island
Statute of Liberty
Empire State Building
Rockefeller Center
Robert Mucha
Wilma Mucha
Roosevelt Middle School
George Sands
Virginia Westlund
Sorg Paper Co
Todd Monroe
Janne Powell
Beth Wilch
Mike Woodward
Tim Adams
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