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Are Schools is conducting
it nnual Kinderg rtcn
Round-Up.
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hools id
to pi n for
of indergarten
th
p rents."
If ny p rents ar not
are of th records that
their children mu t v
h n enrollin for the fir t
tim . It is State la that
all children enrolling in any
publi or private hool in
Art ho
contin
South e tern Michig n
College Student Art Sho
featuring nearly 200 or
of students in ba ic de ign,
ceramics, photography and
p inting continues in the
O'Leary Arts Building Gal­
lery on carnpu through
y 9.
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ichigan for the first tim
must submit to the school
a tatem nt igned by a
doctor. Th doctor's tate-
ment must sho th t th
tudent h s be n immuni­
zed nd prot! ted gainst
m sles, mumps, polio, and
a ries of four immuniza­
tions for deptheri ,whoop­
ing chough and tetanus,
Also, child mu t be five
ye rs old by D cember
1. To prov thi, parents
ill n ed a birth certifi­
cate.
"Sometime children
are wrongly classified as
slow learners bee u of
physical problem. Som
h trouble hearing, others
m y h vi 'on problem.
It is a State la that re­
quires p r nts to ha basic
vision and hearing tests be­
fore starting school. The
tests can be conducted
by a family doctor, 0 the
rvices of the Berrien Cou­
nty Health Department, 769
Pipestone Street, Benton
H rbor can be u d.
"Parents should call
925-2157 to m e ppoint­
ments ith the Health D -
p rtment."
Se ral Benton H rbor
schools have Iready con-
A'CP commemorate
du ted th ir inderg rten
Roundup.
Sch dules for t e
remaining Benton Harbor
hool r:
M y 8, Lafayette from
9: 0 to 11 :30 a.m.
ay 9, Martind Ie in
th ftemoon only.
y 15, F irplain
orth ast fr m 9 to 11 .m.
F irpl in orth e t, from 1
to 2:' 0 p.m.; Hull both in
the morning nd the after­
n on; orton from 9 to
11: 30 a.m.; S Iy cCord
in e morning and fter­
noon; Sterne Brunson from
9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
M 16, Fairplain East
from 1 to 3 p.m.; Columbus
in the morning nd after- __ ----------_.;..----__;_-------;.._-------...,
noon; Johnson from 9 a.m.
to 12 noon; Sodus from
9 to 11 a.m.; Stump from
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9 to 11 a.m.
. ay 17, F irplain
cs from 9 to 10:30 a.m.
y 18, Pe rl from 9
to' 11 a.m.; Sorter from 9
to 11 a.m.;
May 21, Millburg from
9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Spin s
Comers in th fternoon
only
f parents h further
I q tion they arc a ed 0
call· the individual sch
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The Twin City Area
Branch ill Joan seven­
teen hundred branches of
the ational Association
for the Advancement of
Colored Peopl on Thurs-­
day, ay 17, 1979, at
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12:00 noon in a n tion-
ide commemorative demo­
nstration. Th commemo­
rati demonstration signals
the 25th nni rsary of
the 1954 Suprem Court
d cision re: Brown vs.
Board of Education .
The Twin City Area
Branch will represent the
community by pr nting
a national procl mation to
-the Mayor(s) of St. J 0 -
eph, Benton H rbor, the
Township of Benton, and
the B rrien County Com­
mi sioner .
It was this historic
.A.A.C.P. led victory
y 8, 1979 THE CITIZE
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A . re ult of th pa - onion
g of th iddle Income d on
Student Assistance Act, ber.
(M ISAA) signed into law b " hat is imp rtant
President Carter I st Decem- no ." according to Dean
ber, families ith incomes O.L. Vecellio, Financi I
in exces of $25,000 m y Aid Officer t South st-
no qualify for financi I ern ichigan College, "is
id. not as uming your inco
MISAA expand Basic is too high to qualify:
Education Opportunity It's rth a try to find
Grants (BE(x;) to help stu; out. The BEOG fund are
dents from families 0 availab here at - 5 C
prior to the t simply for half-tim s ell as'
could not expect education full-tim stuCJ nts. It
aid. Th BE(x; is only
Under certain circums- on type of fin nci lid.
stances, a- family earning 5 C nd L C as ell,
as much $30,000 could offer a wide rang of aid
receive help for the coming' progr ms. 0 it should
'79-'80 academic year. also be noted, to pply�
"Certain circumstan- for a guaranteed student
ces" is the key phra . 10 n availabl through local
What is important is a ban ks, parents no longer
family's djusted income requested to report their
nd as ts. This means a incom and any student is
numb r of things: size of eligible.
family, number of depen- ith th implementa-
dents already in college, tion of the 15 A in
th amount of ind btedn ss '79-80 a ard period, the
and other factors. number of recipien in th
Under the formu- basic grant program is e -
la, a family of 1 fiv ith pected to rise from 2 mil­
both parents wor ing and lion to an estimated 3 mil­
an income of $25,000 and
on child in college, the
BEOG could b as much
as $640.00 annually.
This Quid come do n
to around $250.00 ith
pent r in
less family m m-
lion recipi nts.
HTh earlier family
chec s into their eligibility
th better," said Vecellio.
For further inform lion
contact the student aid of­
fice at either L or S C.
decision
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Public Education and Iso
elimin ted the seperate but
equal doctrine. �.
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