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I Page 8-B?THE BRUNSWICK BEACC Ninth-Gro BY TERRY POPE "Are you okay?" the student asked and began inspecting the lifeless figure in front of him. As expected, the manikin did not respond so West Brunswick High School ninth-grader Ronald I^ance began giving the dummy mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. On the floor of the school's multipurpose room Monday were rows of I STUDENTS MUST pass inspeclion oa the next step In the four-part pi resuscitation Is West Brunswick nlntl --4 jj"^j k/v/vii U iv Calendc 1 I iy*,y*.in7 ? * "" t? .Students will t>c graded on a nine weeks .system and have two weeks Christmas vacation and another week off for Easter if a tentative culendar for the 1985-86 school year Is approved by tho Brunswick County Hoard of Education. Approximately 84 percent of Brunswick County's teachers recent ly voted in favor of a nine weeks grading ay .stem instead of the current six weeks system, said Col. William Faught, president of the Brunswick County eiuipter of the North Carolina Association of Kducators. "Their primary reason is there would be less paperwork Involved," Faught said. "Under this system, you would have four grading periods rather than six." Those in favor of a six weeks scale cited Uh> length between grading periods as a disadvantage to students. Some veteran teachers also "Just don't like changes," Faught said. Under a nine weeks system, teachers will lie required to give progress reports to students at the midway point in the grading period, School Superintendent Gene Yarbrough said. "It will be loss formal than a report card," Yarbrough said, "but on the high school level it will Inform students if they are performing marginally." 11...4 il- 1 1 - ' vinin ur jih^xpri irticrnwr, uic lUgh schools will 1k>U1 unuluntlon ceremonies as follows North Brunswick. June South Brunswick. June 10. and West Road Pecki Daily UPS ship Daily Grwylio Shallotte Daily package p Come by Hoi, V Your corr^ i I } - ? >N, Thursday, April 4, 1985 ders Learn I manikins, their chests heaving up and down, while students practiced their first lesson in the week-long lifesaving course. About 300 ninthgraders will take the class this week that was initiated at all three high schools by the Brunswick County Board of Education. Ninth-graders in health or physical education classes will take the pro1 - ' ' .. r* -- .,.r.: - the lifesized manikin before moving to rogram. Practicing mouth-to-mouth i-grader Jeff tang. rs* S A fC? C V IUYVSJ SJ> 3f For 19 Brunswick, June 11, the last day of classes. Board member James Clenunons questioned why seniors were ullowed to gruduatc before school actually ended, but Yurbrough explained it was standard procedure ucross the state. Other holidays for students would | ^ f "A" FOR Today about 95 percent of all children's eye problems can be corrected either in whole or in part. That's a "straight A" in anyone's book, and a record we are proud of. The most common eye problems are those affecting the ability to see clearly and sharply. Myopia (nearsightedness) causes near objects to be seen more clearly than objects at a distance. With hyperopia (farsightedness) objects are seen more clearly at a distance, dui ciase oojccis are sometimes blurred and difficult to brti\K into focus Astigmatism can cause objects to be dlstored ami will not allow all portions of an obRunne ngc S?i ments from Shallotte und and Trallwa] ickup and delivery se our office on Hwy 17 400 yi Jen Beoch Rood Hwy 130 Si or eo/( 754-6291 or 754-611 in E?!TEM rr*o6?J* h<xr?# Jfv <c?? ports ood i A .if?saving T< gram taught by trained instructors from each school and volunteers from the American Red Cross chapter in Wilmington. Last year, the board of education agreed to fund the program by purchasing the maniKins ana materials ior w,wiu after being approached with the idea from Red Cross volunteers. "We'll do this thing every year," said Nelson Best, school supervisor of special services. "It'll be a regular part of health education courses, which most students lake in the ninth-grade." Classes have already been given at North Brunswick High School and are scheduled to begin May 13 at South Brunswick High School. In addition to the ninth-grade program, eighth-graders at each school will also be taught basic first-aid in their science classes next year, Best said. "The kids learn a lot about anatomy and their own physical bodies while in the process they learn to save iives," Best auued. Students will be learning four basic lifesaving techniques from the program including rnouth-to-mouth resuscitation, one-person CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation), twoperson CPR and what to do if so meone is cnoKing, saia wuna instructor Greg Norris. "Everyone will noi pass uie class and become certified in lifesaving," Norris said, "but even those who don't will be able to give mouth-tomouth resuscitation. Really, what we're after is just trying to teach students how to save lives. It's important, especially since we're associated with a beach area." A number of high school teachers were certified to teach the classes last June by Red Cross volunteers. Another training session to get more teachers involved next yeai will be held in August, Best said. Several instructors, including NorVI IV/vr nr n / OO-DO Include l,abor Day, Sept. 2 and Thanksgiving, Nov. 28-29. Teachers would report for designated workdays August 21-23 and would have undesignated workdays from August 26-30. Teacher workdays would also be held Oct. 25. Nov. 11, Jan. 27-28, April 11, and June 12-18. ipssiu?i j IRIS MOSHOURES OPTOMETRIST EYE HELP ject to be seen in focus at one time. Unfortunately, you probably won't hear about these problems from children. If they see chalkbourds or book pages as blurs, they may assume everyone does. Since 80 percent of learning is through vision, give your child a he a ils tart with an eye examination BEFORE entering school. That will give you an "A" for effort whether you child's vision needs help or not. In the Interest of better vision from the office of: Chris Moshoures, O.D. Pine Street. Shallotte 7*4-4020 r rvice f? shipments from rvice ards north of toplight 4 rRlwis +CC't ipooohl I echniques ris and Coach Ronnie Champion, taught the lifesaving course to about ten West Brunswick juniors and seniors who volunteered to take the program on their own during summer vacation last year. Those students assisted the instructors tills week in helping the ninth-graders learn the techniques. ..jfs jMAf-o ar |aimi like s self-taugh* course," Norris said. "One student acts an instructor while one student acts as the person giving the CPR. Then they'll switch places." Students are given an introduction to the program and are instructed to follow the lifesaving manual in practicing CPR on the manikins. Once they think they have the technique mastered, they must pass an examination before moving on to the next step in the four-part program. Norris believes about 90 percent of the ninth-graders will pass the mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and one-person CPR portion of the program. Following the first 20 minutes of class Monday afternoon, two students had already passed the first step of the lifesaving program. "At first, the students were shy in getting started because of having a dummy placed in front of them for the first time," Norris said. "Once they see their friends doing it, they don't hesitate to try. They're dninv a good job of getting hands-on experience." The largest expense of the program, the manikins, have been purctiased so the program will only cost the schools an estimated $2,100 next year, Best said. We've never you're just like I usee Does this sound familiar7 For was insecure and sell-conso depressing I wanted to lose weight but no 'ong Then a Inend told me about pounds and learned the valu* conuui my woyiu !ui yvw Now I'm proud ot myseit I love be overweight again II .you're like ! used to be mayl too CALL FOR OUF Hospital Plaza '/Ztik 17th Street /jflH Wilmmgton N C yTtt 762 6516 r WF'RF ?Parking ?Pa BUILPIWO I RRfTM YOUR AUTHORIZED SAL XEROX I The new standard in e Come see our fine s Memorywriter typewnt demonstration. 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