Norwalk High School expands curriculum for fall
The Norwalk Board approves new academic and vocational courses for 1966 67 including advanced biology using BSCI curriculum, Math II for algebra and geometry, calculus and trigonometry for seniors, an office co op program, senior home economics specialization, a health hygiene course, and a new special education class. Over 120 students begin Typing I and driver training across three courses.
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St. Paul High School
Norwalk Elementary Art Goes Specialized In Menus Of Projects
Art classes in Norwalk elementary schools have become more specialized under Susan Dunbar and the week long sessions reach kindergarten through sixth grade with 45 minutes per class. In junior high Edward M. Kirk teaches seven and eighth graders color and collage in a 12 week course. An experimental four week block system was tried for high school seniors with mixed results. Art I focused on magazine collage and linoleum prints while Art II included posters and a school art show. Nine St Paul High School students joined Norwalk’s program this year.
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Norwalk
Susan Dunbar
Edward M. Kirk
Kirk
Patricia Hammond
Hammond
St. Paul High School
Maplehurst adopts longer reading blocks for sixth grade
Sixth graders at Maplehurst adapt to a January instituted reading program. Each class now has 45 minutes with teacher guidance and larger groups. The move aims to increase reading enjoyment and overall skill development through consolidated groups and targeted instruction.
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Maplehurst
Bus shifts classroom to mobile reading program
A converted retired school bus serves as a mobile reading classroom for 30 students aged eight to twelve from Norwalk’s five elementary schools. Led by Mr. Edward Van Norman, the program diagnoses each child’s reading gap and uses tailored materials, peer reading, tape-recorded practice, and a circulating library to maximize growth quickly.
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Kathy McLaughlin
Edward VanNorman
Norwalk
VanNorman
S. Henry Smith
van Norman
Gulliver
Yeller
Toby Tyler
School psychologist Gallo outlines diverse duties and intern shortage
Mr. Nicholas P. Gallo, director of pupil personnel services, explains that school psychologists in small systems wear many hats. They conduct child studies, consult with educators and parents, oversee exceptional children programs, and coordinate services including speech, home instruction, and social welfare liaisons while facing a statewide shortage of interns and applicants.
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Nicholas P. Gallo
State Board of Education
Norwalk
Gallo
Cleveland
Columbus
Cincinnati
Elementary study basic economic concepts in two city schools
Two second grade classes at Bronson and League Street Elementary, guided by Miss Enid Jonas and Mrs. Mary Jane Shuler, study economics. They attend a Purdue University workshop, build mini grocery stores and banks, perform short plays on profit and loss, and learn terms like profit from real examples.
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Karen Balcon
Bronson
League Street
Enid Jonas
Mary Jane Shuler
Miss Jonas
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