Harb r
Benton Harbor
e Schoo retary in
el m ntary building and t
Central drnini trati n for
H bor
piloted
One of the
to e
invo d rs
dministra tors
leetion of
gram.
ore in
d cline in
er
on to
d nt .
In tb
e began
pr am.
of 41
faIl of 1977,
tudy of reading
A 'Committee
formed of
ministrator and teacher
representing ry elemen­
tary and 7/8 Gr de Center
in our district. ter
eful considerati n of
many program, th com­
mittee recommended that
4 basal program b tudi d
by total taff d vote
en to d termin hich
program e auld pu e.
The ot result d in th
lee 'on of th Holt
Rineh t and in on Total
Langu y tern which
ncomp d not only
re ding but En' and
lling in a to tally
coordinated instructional
program.
In ten . e training
begun with all taff m m­
ben - dministrator and
teachers e. Ongoin
training and support rvice
have continued through the
bbean, no entering
dynamic period of econo­
mic reju n tion,' getti
Wt greate t momentum d
impetus for chan from
J mai r d urged J
e p trio to return
ith their experti
Speaking t Ho rd
University t forum
n red by th Political
S . nee G uate Students
inister
tt, of the inistry of
Information and Culture,
·d the Caribbean natio
can no y to th orld
that "democracy can
and that
profe . onals - to
return to their homelands
to become involved ,.
th economic develop­
mental thrust that is taking
rae
h I year follo ing
that every taff member
has a full understanding of
the proce and procedure
of the Benton Har or
rea Sch Reading!
Language Art Program.
The Benton Harbor
Are Schools offer a philos­
ophy that is built on the
premise :
- Readin and langua
ill are necessary for
successful participation in
soci ty.
- Children are individuals
and ch learn in dif-
ferent y and at different
rate .
xpectation is a ey
to motivation.
Th ne Ben ton Harbor
rea Schoo Reading/
Langu g t Program h
valid and cific goals:
1. Provides dire tion
for g tting to the goal.
2. Pr vides a curriculum
and instructional" program
thr ughout the district ith
common bjective, te t
and record keeping.
3. Offers a challen
th t allo for mastery
I ming t every el and
continuous progre
4. Is flexible in pro­
iding different instruct-
o
sy em of "fr m et
economi. Under th
former Jamaican Go rn­
ment, he id, Jamaica f­
fered" m economic
b ttering."
The mini ter to d his
Ho ard Unive ity audi nee
that Jam ica rejected
sy em, includin
"the ppr ch to
d lopmental trategy, ,
hich h e no I d the
problem of negative
gro th or dispari .
be een th rich and the
poor or th "haves and
ou_"
Responding to que ·oDS
boo t the "string "which
de loped nation attached
to loan and aid to Third
r. Bart-
"It' reality.
. no loan that .
n without tring ."
Caribbean n ti ns, he
added, ould not
large flo of capital aid
"without regard to the
de lopmental path th
Caribbean wishes to
follo ."
obody dictate poli-
'e to the Se Go rn-
ment," r. Bartlett decl -
ed. 'e main tain th
right . . . and e defend
that right vigorou y.
He emphasized, however,
that it secip" nt
structure to ensure loan
and aid money . u d
properly - and th t
ealth created from in
benefi all th
- and that current
ith -called donor
countrie predicated on
the idea that 'the Carib­
bean can pull i If up."
t exi ed in th
1960's in Jam .
mechanism for the ere tion
of ealth but not for th
distribution of ealth,"
" . ter Bartlett continued.
But there as ''voice
in the
ging
tion of
peop ,he
of the pre
ter.
The need n
inister too
10 months go he tated,
to re the nation'
eight years of neg live
growth - hich in October
1980 a a ne tive 15
percent growth ituation,
In only 10 months he
id, Seaga brought the
economy to zero' growth
and now we f r
po . tive growth," hich
expected to be hie d
by April 1982.
Throughout the Carib-
Mr. Bartlett id,
est Indian peop
derne " encour­
better di ribu­
ealth to aid the
id -
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e
a
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ea
conference, .
o on the progre .
d of their child.
1.
ter
rem di 1 re
educ tion,
librarie "
The di trict administr­
tors con tantly monitor all
c of in truction d
progre. rent
ad· d tnrough
EL S
Je Gre
th regu indistrlct tuition
rate of 19 per credit h ur.
Out-of-di rict, in-state
tutition i normally $26
per credit hour and out­
of- ate tuition is normall
33 per credit hour.
C exten ion nters
are located a South H n
Eau Claire, Fennvill,
Gall n, il and er
Valley High School .
mer, or ho ant in­
form tion re rdin their
VA education b nefit ,. c
ed by Olivi to con
him in per n at his office
located on th main p
at 2755 E.
Benton
phone
225 n a po ibl .
ional techniqu to meet
individu leamin style
and rate of learning.
5. Provide . d and
ffici nt materia that
reflect culture and value .
6. Fosters expectation
n the part of te cher
and studen .
7. Tie
Lake ichigan Colleg
offer reduced tuition rate
to eligible eterans who Ii
out of the C distriot
of Berrie County 'and Van
Buren County's Co ert
Township, ccording to Don
o .. , veteran's dvi r.
Veter ho live in . chi­
gan, but out of the 1M
district, and tho ho liv
out-of- tate are all charged
Contin eel from p
of concre e option "
Hart aid th Pre ident
i briefed every mornin
on i ue in th daily
paper , but ince the blac
paper ar not daily there
i no need to brief him on
any eekli . Isn't the du­
ty of th Pre ident to be
properly informed about
the feelings and concern
of all the American peo­
ple, and gettin that infor­
mation i hi duty? It
houldn't rna e any dif­
ference hether the ource ,
is daily, ee I , monthly
or hate er. Blac rna e
up a very large egrnent of
the Country' population,
after another, chan d by
the democratic proce th
idealogical and economi
direct' n ith hich
had been e penmen .
the 1970' .
The critical elem nt in
this change, he id, i
"chan through the ballo
box.'