Page 6-THE NEWS-February, 1988
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Hired for^l^si^SsTschool Chanukah Program Enjoyed by Young and Old
By Rita Mond
The Board of the Charlotte
Jewish Day School is pleased
to announce that they have
hired Mrs. Roz Cooper as the
kindergarten teacher for the
1988-89 school year. Many of
you are already well ac
quainted with Roz as she has
been serving as the part-time
director of Temple Beth El
V’Shalom’s religious school.
She will not be relinquishing
that position since that oc
cupies only her afternoons and
Sunday, giving her ample time
to teach the kindergarten class
which meets Monday through
Friday in the morning.
Roz is the wife of Ivan
Cooper, an environmental
engineer. They have three
children: Alana, 13; Micah, 10
and Shira, 7. Roz is originally
from Queens, NY but she and
her family recently moved
here from Boulder, Colorado
where they resided for nine
years.
Roz has an impressive
background, being well
educated in both lay and
Judaica subjects, including
Hebrew. She comes from a
strong conservative home, but
as a child attended an Or
thodox Schul in New York.
She received a B.A. in
Sociology from Colby College,
WatervilJe, Maine, and her
M.Ed from National College of
Education, Evanston, lUinois.
She received her degree in
special education-learning
disabilities. She then taught
special learning disability
children in Libertyville,
Illinois.
In Boulder she directed the
Hebrew School at Congrega
tion Bonai Shalom and also
taught a class of 5-year-olds at
the Mountainview Preschool.
She loves working with
kindergarten-age children,
finding that the first year is
crucisil in forming their proper
attitude towards learning. Roz
stated, “It is my hope that we
can create a comfortable at
mosphere for the growth and
stimulation of their minds...
having fun while doing it.”
She will be teaching both
English and Judaica to the
children. This had not been
done before in the previous
kindergarten class and is a
decided plus for the children’s
education.
When asked about her other
interests, besides teaching and
her family, Roz replied, “I
LOVE tennis!” She ^so loves
Israel and stated that she
could hardly wait until this
summer when she will be mak
ing her fourth visit there. She
will be leaving the end of July
for approximately two weeks
to attend the CAJE Con
ference in Jerusalem. She no
doubt will come back with
some new teaching skills.
Two years ago the entire
family went to Israel and
worked on a Moshav in the
Golan Heights for three weeks
and then spent an additional
two weeks visiting and touring
I srael. Because they also love
Israel, she might consider
“taking them along” this
summer.
^ Tu B’Shvat Extravaganza J
Children:
I
• Make and eat
“Fruit of the Trees Sundaes”
• Plant your own tree!
• Learn about Tu B’Shvat!
Parents:
• Meet the CJDS 1988-89
Kindergarten teacher and all CJDS
staff
• Ask all your questions
about the CJDS.
• See the CJDS for yourself.
When: Sunday, February 7, 1988
Time: 1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
RSVP: Debbie Telem, Recruitment V.P.
366-7646 or C2dl the school office at
1 366-5007, ext. 125
Debbie Telem, PTA president, presenting Chanukah gifts to the students.
Sara Seiferheld walks back to en
joy her lunch after receiving her
gift.
‘Shorty” the clown entertains at the Chanukah program.
photos/B. Straz
«
Ages and Stages” Attended by Many Parents
By Berta Straz
Our second morning semi
nar was held on January 20.
Anda W. Cochran, operator of
“Totline”, and editor of the
newsletter. Reaching, was our
key speaker. She is a well
known Day Care consultant
and trainer. She has conducted
a number of seminars for
various groups involved in the
development, education and
care of young children.
Ms. Cochran received her
undergraduate degree in Child
Development and Family Re
lations from the University of
N.C. at Greensboro and has
taken undergraduate work at
UNC-Charlotte. Prior to her
current position as Coordi
nator of Preventive Services
with the Mecklenburg County
Area Department of Mental
Health, Ms. Cochran was an
instructor in child care at Cen
tral Community College.
A group of 50 anxious
mothers and fathers attended
our morning seminar. Ms.
Cochran started the discus
sion by saying that “We
parents get so involved into
managing our children that we
tend to forget the develop
mental stage of develop
ment!” She says, “Develop
ment is a matter of fact and
life is a whole series of
developmental stages.” She
described how development
moves through various rough
periods known as the equilib
rium and the disequilibrium
periods. Development comes
from head to toe, and from the
innermost part to the outer
most part of the body. She
pointed out that everything
children do has its own se
quences. Children don’t think
like adults; they don’t have
the discrimination that we
adults have control of.
She then touched upon the
various stages of play which
include: solitary play, parallel
play, sociative play and co
operative play. She concluded
by saying that they don’t lose
these stages throughout life:
they (children) just add on to
it.
Our morning seminar con
cluded with bagels and coffee
and a question and answer
period. We were proud to pre
sent this program in conjunc
tion with Temple Israel Pre
school and the JCC Mother’s
Morning Out Program.
Say It with a CJDS Card.
W^t to make a contribu
tion in honor of or in memory
of someone?
Send a check made out to
the Charlotte Jewish Day
School and your request to
Roslyn Mevers, 11000 Trade
Winds Ln., Pineville,
28134. Phone; 542-8686.
NO
Contributions to the Donald
Tepper Scholarship Fund
gratefully accepted. Call
school at 366-5007.
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