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Excellence.

Pine Lake Elementary, West Hills Middle School, and
Andover High School are open to non-resident students
on a tuition basis. For additional information, please
call Student Services, (248) 645-4535.

Pine Lake Elementary School Open House
March 27, 1998 , 10 a.m. - noon and 1 - 3 p.m.
Call (248) 932-6250

Andover High School offers advanced placement and honors
courses in English, European history, U.S. history, American
government, computer science, mathematical relationships,
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calculus, statistics, biology, chemistry, physics, Latin, German,
Spanish, French, and ceramics.

• Comprehensive, nationally-recognized program of study
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• Nearly 100 percent of graduates attend colleges and universities
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• State champs in swimming, forensics, mock trial
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• Communications courses - television broadcasting on channels 6 and 2,
radio broadcasting on WBFH 88.1 FM, award-winning video productions
• Foreign languages include Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Latin,
Spanish, American Sign Language
• Service Learning Program incorporates community service into academic
programs
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symphony orchestra, multiple theater productions
• Sports for all students at the middle school level
• Hot, nutritious lunches offered at all schools, middle and high school
cafeterias open before classes for early birds
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• E.L. Johnson Nature Center - 32-acre science land laboratory
• Early Bird and Kids Club - safe, well-supervised, before and after school care
• Spanish instruction begins in first grade
• Art, music, and physical education at all levels
• Newcomers' classroom for non-English speaking elementary students
• Full and half-day kindergarten options
• Band and orchestra instruction begins in fourth grade

The Options You Choose Today Will Last a Lifetime.

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34

Remembering
A 'Calamity'

LARRY DERFNER

Israel Correspondent

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3/13
1998

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alestinians have an official
term for what happened to
them when Israel gained its
independence 50 years ago:
"Nakba," or, in English, "Calamity."
The Nakba is an event burned into
the memory of all Palestinians. In a
low-key way, with lectures and
exhibits, they are commemorating it
in some cities of the Gaza Strip and
the West Bank. It is a somber, bitter
commemoration, in starkest contrast
to the celebrations Israel has in mind.
In the failed Arab attack on the
Jews in 1948, some 600,000 Arabs
fled the land or, in tens of thousands
of cases, were expelled.
Still, about 100,000 Arabs were left
behind — those who did not flee.
These 100,000 have grown to nearly 1
million today. They are Israel's Arab
citizens who, ever since the intifada,
have become more open and defiant
about their identification with their
former countrymen. As American Jews
say of their relationship with Israelis,
so Israeli Arabs say of their relation-
ship with the Palestinians: "We are
one."
Which leaves the question: When
Israel's Jews are celebrating the 50th
anniversary of the founding of their
country, what will Israel's Arabs be
doing?
Mourning the displacement of their
Palestinian brethren, and protesting
the 50 years of discrimination they've
suffered themselves, say Arab members
of the Knesset and other leaders of the
community.
As Israel has its committee to plan
the anniversary celebrations, Israeli
Arab leaders have set up a preparations
committee of their own. During the
panel's meeting this week, members
considered declaring Israel's
Independence Day, May 15, as "The
50th Anniversary of the Palestinian
Calamity." Proposals were made to
treat it as a day of mourning, and to
publish a "Black Book" listing the
Arab villages that emptied out and
vanished during the war.
No coordinated plan has been
adopted, but clearly Israeli Arabs see
their country's 50th anniversary as a
day of anger and grief. "What exactly
does Israel want me to celebrate?"
demanded Member of Knesset (MK)

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