DETROIT 1.1"Immummil Plant Trees for Troops in the Gulf The Jewish National Fund, Israel's only official afforestation agency, has reserved space in the American Independence Park outside Jerusalem to plant trees dedicated to our American troops. JNF has been planting trees, honoring Americans, since 1948. Roundtable Of Humanity At Detroit Open School KIMBERLY LIFTON Staff Writer T SHOW YOUR SUPPORT! A Certificate of Authenticity for the number of trees you planted will be sent to whomever you indicate, or to Washington, D.C. for distribution to the families of our troops. Trees will be dedicated July 4, 1991. Make checks payable to: JEWISH NATIONAL FUND. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Mail Coupon to: JEWISH NATIONAL FUND, 18877 W. Ten Mile Rd., Southfield, MI 48075. Enclosed please find $ for the trees at $7.00 each (tax deductible) in Israel planting of for our troops in the Gulf. 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Whether they asked about the war in the Persian Gulf or the Holocaust, most of the students' questions focused on relationships — a topic teachers at the Open School say is crucial to survival in the multi-cultural society of the 1990s. Children at Detroit Open School, just south of Eight Mile Road and east of Tele- graph on Frisbee, are not the traditional students found in most schools. It is a unique school within the public school system where educators teach children to learn by exploring the real world in all its richness and variety. The forum was the brain- child of Dr. Sidney Lutz of Lutz Data Systems Associ- ates in Farmington Hills, which sponsors the Open school for the Detroit Corn- pact program. Dr. Lutz's company is a partner with Detroit Compact, which is committed to helping Detroit middle and high school students prepare for the job market. As part of the Compact program, students who sign contracts agreeing to main- tain good grades and atten- dance records are guar- anteed jobs after high school. As a business partner, Lutz Data Systems is trying to br- ing tutors, mentors and edu- cational programs to the school to help the students improve their grades. At Open School, there are no standard textbooks. Stu- dents progress at individual paces. "We take the active, hands-on approach in which the role of the teacher is diff- erent," said principal Laura- jean Milligan, who started the school 19 years ago. "We are the facilitators here to help you reach the top. This is integrated learning. You learn to read not in reading class. You learn to read through science, math and social studies." Demand is so great for the school that less than 10 per- cent of those on its 350- student waiting list ever get into the K-8 school, Ms. Milligan says. Ms. Milligan says Open students haven't always fared as well as others on the The Holocaust and the Persian Gulf war were central themes. standardized Michigan Edu- cational Assessment Pro- gram and the California Achievement Test. But, she says, these students are more prepared for college and the work place. In social studies class this year, Diana Kennedy taught students about the Holo- caust. Each was instructed to go to the library and find any book written on the Holocaust. Pupils were instructed to design a book cover and write a report. Then, for a class field trip, Ms. Kennedy took the racially integrated students to the Holocaust Memorial Center in West Bloomfield. So Takyesia Washington, a 13-year-old black student, was especially interested in asking Mr. Michlin about the Holocaust. She wanted to know if religious groups who have blamed Jews for killing Jesus Christ have haunted the Jewish people, and whether this con- tributed to the Holocaust. People believe such talk has haunted the Jewish peo- ple, Mr. Michlin replied. He explained that many experts believe the Holocaust was caused by Christian anti- Semitism. "Modern thinking is that Jews were not responsible for the killing of Jesus Christ," Mr. Michlin said. "The Romans thought he was a rebel and a threat."