By RO S GEL
M ch g.n Cit z n
HP NEWS BRIEFS
colony
'Grant or
HP staff officials resign
HI ALA P RK - Highl nd Park' . tant � uperinten-
d nt of Educt non 1 u lity Dr. Carolyn Cart rand Ellen
Akhu t, who handl 1 1 ucation in the Ferri School,
r ign d th ir posi ion.
.. At th chool bo rd me tingNov mber 15, Board Secretary
Dorot hy Eddy pro ted th fac h t the action was taken in
h middle of he year.
"I'm orry it h d to hAP n in D mber," he id.
"I thought you had an int r t in the children and the school,
nd ou I av th m lik thi ."
The bo rd voted to ac pt th ir r ignation, with the ex p­
tion of Eddy and M mie Coop r, who voted against it.
School officials encourage
parents to meet teachers
Th Highl nd Ps rk hools hold parent conferences three
tim a y ar to encourage parents to interested and involved
in th ir children' ucation .
. t t h onf rene paren can meet with teachers to gain
inform t ion about the progr of their childr n in school and
di cu it with the teacher.
District officials st te that when paren take an "active
part" in a child' education, the children experience greater
nt is eloome to caU th hool for
teache , even when there is 'no con- .
r nee. -
chool officials no e that 89� of parents attended at least
on conferenc last ye r for a tudent at the 8th gra e level or
low 1', omp - d with 60/, the previous year.
How v r, only 63% of parents attended a -eonf renee on
b hal of high hool students - a huge reduction from the 80�
lev I th pr viou y r.
HP drop out rate
over twice state rate
HIG HLAND PARK - The Highland Park School district drop­
out rate for the school year 1993-94 was 14.3�� - over twice
the rate for Michigan as a whole, which was 6%, district officials
stated.
"Dropout rate" is defined as the percentage ofstudenta who
leave school before graduation with no intention of continuing
their education.
School district officials are concerned, because students who
do not c mplete high school "have few opportunities in a
changing global economy that demands educated, trained,
highly skill d workers."
The Highland Park dropout rate during the last chool year
was a d cre e from h 1992-3 rate, which was 14.9Q;.
It was though an increase from the 13.5 pereentdropout rate
in 1991-92, but a huge decrease from the dropout rate of
1990-91, which was 16.6�.
The state dropout rate went up over a percentage point to
6%- from the 4.8% rate the previous year.
Council tables moving
city hall, police station
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Highland Park Lions tluD President Charle Kelly (right), along witn Lion Ameenah Omar (left)
Present to Luclu Murray accepting for Troy Tidwell, a Well Care Marketing Account Executive, a
certificate of appreciation for speaking at the Lion 'Luncheon Oct. 12, 1994, along with the ticket
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Student Bank at Munger Middle'
By NATHANIEL SCOTT
�lchISl.'.! Citizen
HlGHLAND PARK - In Uri
a of high technology, many
chools u e computers to each
studen pout every d y life.
And whil many teach rs and
. schools look for innovative ways
to enhance the teachin pro ss,
Elaine Ponce, branch manager
of Highland Park's Omni Bank
may have come up with a novel
approach to teach seventh,
eighth and ninth graders about
banking.
On Wednesday, Nov mber
16, Highland Park's Omni Bank
and Munger Middle School et
up a student banking syst m,
that for all inten and purposes
is a mini bank that will be run
by students, Pone said.' 1
The mini bank will hav a
branch manager, assistant
manager, customer servi rep­
resentative and two tellers,
Ponce add d. "The kids have to
open accounts nd take re­
ports."
The student will only h ve to
open savings accounts because
minors cannot open checking ac­
counts, Ponce said.
T MINI BANK will be
open on Tu day from 9:30a.m.
until 10: Oa.m. Even th ugh the
mini 'bar wilt be run W·· u-­
d nts either Pon or are to as­
sist the tudents. "1 t's a good
learning experience," Ponce
said. "We never hear about the
po itive things the kids are do­
ing."
At the dedication ceremony
Wednesday, Ponce said a repre­
sentative from the mayor's and
the su rintendent's offi were
presen .
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