Open lines of communication join parents and teens
Parents and teens favor better dialogue to resolve clashes in morals and behavior. An interview with one set of parents of a teenage daughter stresses communication as a path to understanding and guiding societal changes. This note closes a three part series on parent teen problems and possible solutions.
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Dorris D. Manning
Oxford State Road
Agers
Beverly Vanover
Chelsea Drive
Carlisle
Vanover
Wanda Chappel
Germantown
Thespians Attend Wright State Theater Conference
Twenty two Middletown High School students joined Wright University for a theater conference hosted by Wright State University Theatre Arts. The event featured workshops on mime body movement film study and Shakespeare.
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William Shakespeare
Middletown
Wright University
Wright State Department of Theatre Arts
International Thespian Society
Wright State
Beth
Sephereuzy
William Landen
MHS
Haunted House opens for sixth year by Middletown Jaycees
The Middletown Jaycees announce the sixth annual Haunted House at 1018 First Ave across from The Journal, opening 7 to 10 p.m. on Thursdays Sundays and weekends. Chairman Ron Short says this year will be the best yet, featuring a Darth Vader replica and a more natural, less painted setting while prioritizing safety with fire and health compliance, trained guides, and off duty police for traffic control.
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Middletown Jaycees
First Ave
The
Journal
Jaycee
Seattle
Washington
Ron Short
Jaycees
Darth Vader
Mr.Short
Ted House
Haunted house crew runs frightful show with upkeep
Volunteers bake costumes guide guests and run the concession stand while painting and fixing the house. Team chiefs inspect hourly to ensure lighting sound and props are safe. Admission is one dollar with a free pass for McDonald’s items and tours by contacting Dave Mulligan at 425-6460.
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Dave Mulligan
New English program stresses back to basics
Middletown area high schools implement a back to basics English program structured from three years of teacher and administrator input. Miss Sue Ware, Secondary English Coordinator, notes broad faculty involvement from June 1976 to June 1978, with final course study adopted September 13 after Board submission.
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Middletown Area
Miss Ware
Board of Education
Curriculum shifts mark Middletown and Fenwick high schools
Yearbooks at Fenwick High School await pickup for graduates. Middletown High School English departments discuss sweeping changes including making English IV required, reinstating a 11th grade College Survey course, emphasizing grammar, and strengthening reading and vocabulary. Fenwick introduces an Advanced Placement English program as part of a back-to-basics strategy.
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Riculum
Susan Mapes
Freshman High
Mapes
Middletown High School
English Department
Arbara Schick
Fenwick High School
Jim Orr
Fenwick
Middletown
Orr
Haunted House sets records with masks and build stats
Last year more than 14 000 visitors passed through the Haunted House. Don Post Studios masks priced 30 to 50 dollars each, exact movie reproductions. Darth Vader masks 2007 dollars, Gorilla 225. Construction uses 11 000 nails, 6 400 feet of 2 by 4, 8 000 square feet of plywood. Jaycees report 60 gallons paint, 1 000 man hours building, 1 500 hours designing, and over 900 hours for operation.
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Don Post Studios
Hollywood
Darth Vader
Jaycees
Ecology class at Middletown High grows in popularity
At Middletown High School the Ecology course, with over 100 students, includes bird observations, a cockroach farm, pollution talks, field trips to Miami University forest and Camp Campbell Guard, and guest speakers. Instructor Ken Butterworth credits rising interest to world awareness and hands on study.
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Middletown High School
Ken Butterworth
Butterworth
Miami University
Camp Campbell Guard
San Francisco State University
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