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Page 6 The Pendulum Thursday, March 12,1981 EDGE program’s college CO - eds will graduate on March 21 by Kate Jewett It’s Saturday. Time for all :lementary and secondary school students to take a break— sleep late, watch cartoons, hang around with their buddies, right? Right for most students but wrong for those who have the “edge” in talent. They get to go to college on Satur days. New in Continuing Educa- ion is Elon’s Developmental Gifted Education Program, more commonly known as EDGE. Directed by George Lentz, EDGE was born in November 1979. Dr. Paul Williams, Dr. Jo Williams, Dr. Anne Ponder, Lentz, and the principal of Alex ander Wilson School did some brainstorming in seve ral meetings and came up with the progam. “We want ed to do something for the gifted and talented students without duplicating what other schools do,” says Lentz. EDGE is geared to a younger age group (five to 13-year-olds) than most schools for talented stu dents. It is also the first program of its type for this age range to be held during the school year. In order to be accepted into the EDGE program, students must fulfill certain criteria. The brochure says that beside having an IQ of 120, “recomendations from school personnel are very important, with specific reference to the demon strated or potential ability or interest in the content area of the program(s) for which the student is making appli cation.” So far EDGE has at tracted about 110 children having these credentials. The fall program went well and spring semester seems to be just as successful. Looking in on any of the classes held in Alamance Building, an observer is sure to notice lots of activity and enthu siasm. Jane Wellford’s Creative Movement class was the most physically active. Con stantly in motion, the kids played games involving all types of movement— Simon Says, Moon Walk, and Jack and the Candlestick were just a few. Across the hall, the scene was a little more sedate as members of Clifford Fos ter’s Intermediate Chess class concentrated on their next move. In Creative Short Story the kids were sitting patient ly in their desks, feet barely touching the fioor, listening intently to Dr. Eleanor Mof- fit. Then one or two of them shared the stories they had written. Students can choose up to three classes for the 9 to 12 time period. Just what kind of courses do these young sters select from? This spring, astronomy, chess, French, Art History Appre ciation, Creative Movement, law. Theories of Football and Basketball, Creative Short Story, and an in-class room tour of Russia are being taught. Proposed classes for next year include sculpture, real estate basics, film watching for fun, typing and history of aviation. Out of the fall and spring semesters, com puters has been the most popular class, followed by astronomy, archaeology and foreign language. An EDGE program is also planned for summer. It will follow about the same guide lines as the fall and spring sessions except the students will be older (grades 5 to 10) and live on campus for a ‘9 to 5’ a review by Becky Kimbrell Putting Jane Fonda, Lily Tomhn and Dolly Parton in a tough comedy about the horrors that women office workers face seemed almost too good to be true. “9 to 5” proves enter taining and is sometimes funny. Early in the movie, we meet the women who work at a big corporation known as Consolidated. Tomlin plays a practical clerical worker who can’t make it to the top because she’s a woman. Parton makes her debut as a sexy secretary who everyone thinks is having an affair with the boss; and Fonda is the naive newcomer who jumps in the business world by her recent divorce. Then there’s their boss Mr. Hart (Dabney Coleman) whose tyraimy makes us want revenge. His villainy makes the movie much more cont. on p. 8 George Lentz talks with a young student and his parents. week. The mornings will be devoted to one major area of study and afternoons will be spent in fine arts and physical education. Evening activities round out a full day. Are the professors enjoy ing teaching younger stu dents? According to Lentz, yes. “The kids are enthusia stic, curious, bright. What more could they ask for?” Both professors and parents have been super supportive. The parents are especially encouraging with their “keep up the good work” attitude. It is the kids who really make the program, though, And on March 21, the spring semester students will graduate. Besides being a big occasion for them, it will signify a successful first year for the whole EDGE Pro gram, for a new form of education— fun, adventu rous and academic. cn IF^TOU WANT is hell, ™E^P brimstone, BURNTHISADl •tandin, God you want, join u. in wor.hip thi. Sunday For fwtkcr lafoiaathm ctfl Hud, 5*4-T7»». CMUHCH OF THE HOLY COMFORTER 310 E. DitIi S«rac« Scnrka it S:30 awl 10:30
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