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FREE & EASY TABLECLOTHS

Easy care 50/50 cotton/polyester tablecloths in eight
colors. Machine washable.
Sale Price
Regular Price
16.99
18.99
60x84" Ob./Ov.
16.99
23.99
60x102" Ob./Ov.
16.99
18.99
70" Round
Also available:
7.99
9.99
52x52"
12.99
14.99
52x70" Ob.
21.99
26.99
60x120" Ob.
29.99
32.99
60x142" Ob.*
27.99
29.99
90" Round*
1.99
2.49
Napkin
*Available by special order.

EDINBURGH TABLECLOTHS

Generously proportioned, 100%
cotton formal damask tablecloths in
six popular sizes. 72x90" Oblong/Oval,
72x108" Ob./Ov., 72x120" Ob., and 70"
Round Special Value 29.99 any size
Napkin 2.99.

ROYAL LACE CROCHET
TABLECLOTHS

Beautiful 100% cotton lace
crochet tablecloths in ecru.
Reg. Price Sale Price
39.99
66x84" Ob./Ov. 44.99
39.99
66x102" Ob./Ov. 44.99
39.99
66" Round 44.99
also available:
54.99
59.99
60x120" Ob.
2.49
2.99
Placemat
1.49
1.99
Napkin

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BATTENBURG LACE TABLECLOTH
SETS Save on our beautiful lace detail

tablecloths with coordinating napkins. in
seven popular sizes. 68x88" Oblong/Oval.
68x104" Ob./Ov., 68x120" Oblong, 72x138"
Ob.. and 68" Round. Sale 49.99 each set
Reg. 81.99 each set.

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FLANNEL BACKED TABLE PADS Heat resistent,

quilted pads cut easily to exact size to protect your
table or buffet. Clean easily with damp cloth. 52x70"
Sale 6.39 Reg. 7.99. 52x90" Sale 7.19 Reg. 8.99.
52x108" Sale 7.99 Reg. 9.99.

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FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1990

Roeper's Aliya Pasik attends the program.

MOSCOW ON COOLIDGE

t's nearly impossible to
do an accurate count of
the new Russian-
speaking students at
Berkley High School - the
number grows daily. As of
April 2, there are 25 en-
rolled in the school's bil-
ingual program. That's a
record high for any one
ethnic group, according to
Berkley's bi-lingual coor-
dinator Laura Gogola.
Assuming that the Soviet
immigration trend con-
tinues, more staff will be
needed to maintain the pro-
gram. Throughout the small
school district, Berkley has
approximately 100 Soviet
Jewish children enrolled.
Michigan mandates bi-
lingual education for all
districts with 20 or more
foreign-speaking students.
In 1976, Berkley began its
first bi-lingual program for
the Chaldean youth who
had moved into the district.
Two yers later, Soviet
youngsters living in the sec-
tion of Oak Park served by
Berkley schools were placed
in bi-lingual classes, but
then the number of Soviets
slacked off, Gogola recalls.
Today, the school has
responded to the rapid im-
migration of Soviet families
by setting up two daily
periods of intensive English
language training under the
direction of Gogola and two
bi-lingual parapro-
fessionals.
These students are ex-
tremely varied in their
language abilities," Gogola
explains. "Some attended
foreign language schools in
the Soviet Union, where
they may have had daily
English training. Certain
families who knew that they
would be moving to this
country were able to see to
it that their children

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learned to speak some
English before leaving
Russia."
Then too, some people
learn the language more
readily because they are bet-
ter students or more adept
at languages. And some are
more naturally gregarious
and anxious to try out their
new language.
Gogola feels that the
Soviet teens are following a
very normal integration pat-
tern at Berkley. Just as a
baby first learns to unders-
tand and then begins to
talk, so, too, do these young
people need time to sit and
listen and absorb before
they start to use their
English comfortably.
In addition to their two
periods of bi-lingual train-
ing each day, the newcomers
are mainstreamed into four
other classes. They attend
math classes at their abili-
ty levels. In social studies
and science they are placed
into the appropriate grade-
level courses.
The majority of the Soviet
students will continue to
take the special language
classes for two to three
years, during which time
the hours spent in the pro-
gram may be decreased.
Standardized testing, the
student's academic achieve-
ment and desire for this ex-
tra support will determine
when they no longer need
the program.
"For the most part these
are very well prepared
students," Gogola says. "The
immigration process, which
sometimes causes serious
interruptions in a
youngster's schooling, has
had only minor affect on
their education. In general,
they're a hard-working
group. Both the students
and their parents are very
ambitious." ❑