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THURSDAY. JANUARY 17, 1991
CLASSIFIED AND REAL ESTATE
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Service To School, Peers An Elective At Waccamaw School
BY SUSAN USHER
Crystal Malpass files papers and maintains charts
for a classroom teacher. John Long assists the
cafeteria manager.
The two arc among 17 seventh and eighth grade stu
dents enrolled in a peer tutor/helper program at
Waccamaw School that allows them to lend a helping
hand to faculty, staff or fellow students and earn a grade
credit at the same time.
The small K-8 school a?. Ash offers the program as
an elective, along with chorus, intramural sports and oc
cupational education. For 50 minutes each day they
help in some area of the school, earning a grade based
on how well they perform.
"It's working out real well," says Hilda Inman, a
teacher's assistant for grades four through six and the
coordinator who places students. "They're a great
thing," she said. "1 don't know how tcachcrs get along
without them."
By handling clerical chores or offering one-on-one
help to younger students, the classroom helper frees up
the teacher to do more teaching.
And, she said, the experience is also good for the
students who are involved in the program. They're
learning the value of community service and learning to
assume responsibilities. "We have good students," said
Mrs. Inman. "They work with the teachers and dc a'iy
thing they're asked."
One student works in the office, picking up atten
dance records and cafeteria reports each morning and
running errands. Another helps a school custodian.
Most students work in the afternoon, helping out in
kindergarten through third grade classes.
Crystal Malpass, an eighth grade student, is one of
the few students whose schedules allow a morning as
signment She helps out in Carla Fox's third grade
class. She was in the program last year, liked it and
signed up again.
Crystal files papers in student folders, helps put up
and take down bulletin boards, tracks on a wall chart
the number of books read by each student and checks
some student papers, but no tests. Crystal occasionally
substitutes for a regular classroom volunteer.
"She's a big help in the morning for me," said Miss
Fox. "She's vital."
While usually eager to do anything Miss Fox asks,
Crystal has one exception. She tried reading aloud to
students once and decided she'd rather not do it again.
But some other classroom helpers enjoy reading
aloud to the younger students in their assigned class
room.
Janet Smith, a seventh grader, works with Carta
Bass's first grade class. In addition to checking and fil
ing papers, she sometimes takes names and maintains
order in the classroom. She also sits in to help a student
reading group and sometimes reads aloud to students.
"I like it a lot. 1 like working with children. I want
to be a pediatrician,'" she said. The children she works
with treat Janet "pretty good" and like the idea of her
being there ? even if they don't always like what she
does, she said.
For April Mintz and Rebecca Little, the program of
fers a glimpse of what they hope will be their future ca
reer ? classroom teaching. April said she's interested in
teaching kindergarten, while Rebecca said she'd like to
leach sixth grade.
The two seventh grade students work different peri
ods with Hilda George, the career exploration teacher.
April works with a video production class for seventh
and eighth graders, while Rebecca assists in an occupa
tional education class. Both keep busy; when Ms.
George runs out of other work for them to do, she puts
them to work practicing keyboarding skills.
"For the teacher it helps because she would have to
be doing the work I do," said April.
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THE PEER PROGRAM ATTRACTS MAINLY GIRIS, including (from left) April Mintz, Janet Smith
and Rebecca Little.
STAFF PHOTOS BY SUSAN USHER
CRYSTAL MALPASS (foreground) files student papers in the appropriate folders as her supervising
teacher, Car la Fox, tackles other paperwork.
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