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Consensus: Black Parents Are Not Part Of The Educational Partnership^! By Audrey C. Lodato Peat Staff Writer 1 Black parents are not a part of the educational partnership that take place between the school and the home. That is the (Bin convic tion of recently appointed School Board member Arthur Griffin. He is not alone In that belief Both board member Sarah Stevenson and Spaugh Middle School principal Bob Davis agree with Griffin’s conten tion that black parents need to become more involved in the edu cation of their children Remarks Griffin, "Teachers are doing as much as they possibly can do in a short time. For those children who need more, they’re hot getting it.” He continues, "Historically, edu cation has been a priority for the black community as a way to get out of poverty. Today’s parents were educated in segregated Their teachers knew what students * would be racii* artsosft oft MrMa of mentors. IMkWMVH 1MB. "Today, parents Mi fed the teacher wiO be a iTSftmi MW., but that’s ntt me cess.” Qrtmn says teachers now JMI dtttt mrve the time to give that special attention The solution, be believes, is for parents to be "educational part In Lucille Cato’s Class Learning Has Become “Just As Much Fun” As It Is Haiti Work For Students Learning has become just as much fun as it is hard work for students in Lucille Cato’s class at Barring.^ Elementary School. the sixth graders participated in a Book Museum. Emphasizing the theme, “Nation of Readers,’’ the students first had to read the books before they could assume the cha racter. For instance, Ena King portrayed Cinderella from the book of the same name. Her task was to tell the story from Cinderella’s point of view. She presented the facts in script form before the class. The idea was Ms. Cato’s, a language arts teacher who has been named “Teacher of the Year” twice at Barringer. “When the characters talk about ' their books I believe this makes it more meaningful to the students,” Ms. Cato commented. TTie charac terizations also increased interest in reading and gave each student a balanced participation in class activity. Mentally, students were stimu Job framing Proposed For Vietnam Veterans Special To The Poet New York City’s proposed Viet nam veterans job training and placement center will not reach many of the neediest black and Hispanic veterans unless it has a strong "grassroots outreach ele ment to seek out the vets on the streets.” nils warning, sounded by the leaders of the Black Veterans For Social Justice (BVSJ), was echoed during recent interviews with se veral other veterans of the War in Vietnam. ™ normal programs only reach vets with a certain consciousness level,” declared Job Mashiriki, president of the BVSJ, during an interview in the organization’s storefront office at 111# Fulton St., Brooklyn. “Many black and Hispan ic veterans have given up a long time ago because of too many dis appointments.” And Anival Barrett, a specialist in veterans’ benefits at BVSJ said, “Many of the ‘reachable’ vets have already been reached. Per the others, you are going to have ft go into the streets, into the man’s yen and Into JhgjgftgeiA^t. them in order to service them.” The jobs training and placement center, as well as a monument to veterans of the war in Vietnam In lower Manhattan, are scheduled to be paid for by a ft million fund raising effort headed by the Viet nam Veterans Memorial Commis sion (WMC), established by Mayor Koch in the fall of l#ft. ^uwp murria uaA, uie cigarette j manufacturer, recently pieced a $250,000 "matching grant" toward the fund raising effort to encourage contributions from gb rertdmta 'Th^SSy mm'**** account tor oeooHMwam m flw Freedom National Bank roeadtfy ft has put more than 10,000 displays in stores and newsstands advising that contributions for the memorial and the Jobs center be sent to New York Vietnam Memorial, c-o Philip Morris, 120 Park Ave., New York, NY. 10017. Frank E. Resntk, president and chief executive officer of Philip WHERE ARE THE 9ALZJI Read The Post Ads To P nd Out I 1 -. Morris USA, said recently that a study by the WMC had revealed that black and Hispanic veterans, and former servicemen who had seen heavy combat in Vietnam, were among the most significantly affected by unemployment and un deremployment in New York City . The report said that unemploy ment among black Vietnam vete rans was Yt percent compared to 16 percent among Hispanics and six percent among whites. rounded seven years ago, the Black Veterans for Social Justice provides a variety of services for black and Hispanic veterans in the New York area. These services have included assistance with employ ment, housing, draft, and military counseling, veteran benefits, coun seling on claims related to agent orange and also assistance to ve terans in prison. While most of the BVSJ cliesnts are Vietnam-era ve terans, some others served In the American military during the First World War. __~_- . - . lated to learn; physically, they appeared dressed as a certain cha racter. They also posed as figures in a wax museum for effect and were highlighted during the School Li brary’s Media Day. Grace L. Wyche and Teresa Alford are the media specialists. Students, their characters, and books included; Ena King, Cinde rella from “Cinderella”; Diane Archer, Sara Crewe from “A Little Princess”; Sarah Johnson, Meg March from “The Little Women”; Rusty Conrad, Tom Saw yer from “Tom Sawyer.” Aneesh Singla, Tara in “The High King”; Ty Crawford as Buccaneer from “The Golden Blood of Buc caneers”; Lara Brooks as Rapun zel from “Rapunzel"; and Chad Pelfrey, Black Beard, “Prates and Privateers." Susan Schneck, Akki, “Dragon’s Blood” ; Stafanie Rehn, Jo March in “Little Women”; Jason Lonta, Captain Nemo, “20,000 Leagues Un der The Sea”; Steven Ramsey as Tom Beni}; Reginald Westbrook a • Turbo and Brett Wei born as Ozone from the book “Breakdancing”; Mike Miranda, Huckleberry Finn, "Huckleberry Finn'’,* VoneltO Mickeris, Angie Rogers, “Hello... Wrong Number”; Matthew Everett, Johnny Bench, “The Greatest In Baseball”; and Kristi Strupinsky as Dorothy in "The Wixaftl of Or.” rvi l_ __ _* » . . ■ • • . _ vsuid aiuucma uicjuueu Lawanaa Harris as Harriet Tubman in “Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad"; Tommy Brame as Scrooge in “Christmas Carol”) Brian Stebbins, Pinochio from “Pinochio”; John Sharp, Tom' Sawyer from “Tom Sawyer; Dwayne Glover as Huckleberry Finn from “Huckleberry Finn”; and Jim Hawkins, Chuck Briggs, “Trea sure island.” 6IW TBIIMILI A SPRINGBREAK *60 for 6 MOO. OIII IM MM } la Mm PR w* Ofl 0®y Of HM, !• ''The Super Spa" H 5350827 womans WOIIID M | 3900 «. INP1W+DINCI llVP. Sarah Stevenson ."Not enough involvement" i*r*’’ who help their children at home. Whit* parents, ha notes, are WM WMjr to have Hash cards at b«M, ter tempi*, and help with cwnssaiecttanaa their chikkenaat Olmf, Oteis agree* with Griffin’s assessment "Black parents are more trusting of the schools,” he declares. “If they believe in the 6 principal and the teachers, they leave it to flMtt. ^9Byimes^thlnfc they’re too ButtMft are additional reasons far Uadi patent antavotament. Stevenson cites busing to distant schools coupled with lack of trans portation as another major cause. Davis adds the. economic factor, Bob Davis .Open-door policy noting that aotne black parents work two or three jobs and "it’s all they can <Sd to keep food on the table, shoes on the feet, and clothes on the back.” Other factors include parents’ own negative experiences in school, "poor attitude” on the part of an occasional teacher, and parental indifference. Whatever the reasons, Griffin wants to see something done about the problem. Although the black community may place a high value on education, education has not been a “number one priority in a prac tical way," he emphasizes. uesptte the implementation of the “Education Is A Family Affair’’ project, which the School System feds has been very effective in increasing overall parent involve ment, Griffin maintains that "in the area of black children and Mack parents involvement, not enough has been done to let the parents know the importance of their children’s edu cational experience." Besides increasing awareness, Griffin wants to see a plan of action. “We need to identify the programs currently going on that might help, such as the Minority Achievement Program," he declares. "We need to get the people involved through the normal cultural institutions, es pecially the churches." Churches and other institutions, be says, can raise the levd of the community's awareness about education, and can provide information about how to get more involved. u we uon t intervene, ne warns, “we’U be in real trouble.” Griffin points to the fact that only 1.3 percent of black students are in ttl schools' academically gifted prcB gram, compared to 16 percent M white students “Even children fronl two-parent professional black fB milies can't get over the hump to g9 into the program,” he adds. | Davis agrees. He refers to thfl frustration of black students whd find themselves "in an island ofl whiteness” in some schools. “Theyl feel isolated and alone,” be ex-1 plains. "There aren't many in the] Gifted and Talented program, and l] know we have some smart black 1 children out there.” At Spaugh, Davis has an orienta- I tion for new parents before school I starts. Then, throughout the year, he I emphasizes an "open-door policy." I Despite his encouragement to pa l rents to get involved, "they seem I content to leave it in my hands.” 9 oicveuMju uas lung ueen actively attempting to increase parent par ticipation, especially through organ izations like the Black Women’s Caucus. Although still a long way from the ideal, she has seen an ■ improvement in parent attendance at school functions. From her ex- * perience, she attests, “For the most part, if parents are asked and encouraged, they will go.” s? i PTARREN g«d B5555 1 "knit SHmrl MEN’S ELASTIC WAIST SHORTS Sava *1. Features elastic waist with drawstrlnfl, 2 aide pockets'and snap flap back pockets. S.M.UXL. -- _-j Roq. To 2.21 1.6 or 4 ounco ArrTd, 7 oz. 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