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Enrichment program makes summer learning fun TONYA V. SMITH ? r .. . Chronicle Staff Writer I ? * * ?1II I Frolicking in a swimming pool or sitting under the air conditioner watching a favorite cartoon are pas times many vacationing students in the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools enjoy. But 1,000 of those students decided it would be more fun to learn how to sew, cook, speak a foreign lan guage, operate a computer or read a newspaper in the Summer School Enrichment program at Mount Tabor High School. Enjoying its 29th year, the enrichment program is one catered to appeal to students' special interests and the fine arts, said Steven B. McGinnis, summer school coordina tor at Mount Tabor. "Its purpose is to afford students the opportunity to explore indepen dently and to enjoy a variety of enrichment experiences in a setting ; somewhat different from the regular school program," said Mr. McGinnis, who is an assistant principal at Lath I am Elementary School during the reg ular school year. "It is our aim to pro ' vide a stimulating and challenging atmosphere in which the youth in our school system can learn and grow." The 24-day program began June 19 and will. end Friday, July 21" Enrollment is by invitation, which is extended to students who have excelled in their work and who have i been recommended by teachers. Tuition is $135, plus $35 if a parent wishes his or her child to ride the bus to and from school. Learning is important but a major emphasis of the special interest ind fine arts program is "making and having fun," Mr. McGinnis said. The program has been designed to capital ize on student interests, therefore, no report cards will be issued, no home- ? work required and no formal tests will Jbe administered, he explained. "It is the aim of the program to aasEssm. Photo by Mike Cunningham Rehearsing a homemade commercial in their video filmmaking class are, from left, Damlon Tld well, Jenifer Penn and Will Shuford. Afro-Americans, are inductors in the summer program. The teachers admit they are having as much fun as their, students. "I felt guilty at first, because I was having so much fun," said James E. Funches, who teaches cooking and video filming. "The class I'm working in now is doing a production called 'The Soap Opera,' which is about the traditional love triangle. The students and I got together and did a script, and they'll do a newscast at the top of the show and commercials." One commercial will feature a new weight loss program and a fat . lady whose body is made out of card-^ board and her human head will be. supplied by one of the students. ~Mr. ~ Funches' three classes, better known as television stations WFUN, WERD and WMTS (Mount Tabor School) are learning to write, act, operate the camera and construct props. Mr. Funches, a 19-year veteran in the sys tem who teaches band at South Park dp in the beginning instead of that being spelled out for us." His students arc working on por traits, abstract paintings and drawings and weavings. Learning how to thread a sewing machine needle was one of Tamara Swygert's tasks this week in her Home Helpers class. "I like it because it's entertaining and fun," said Tamara, 12. "I'm learn ing how to make things by sewing and hope to type and learn how to use ? an IBM computer." Six-year-old Janava Price made a paper bag monster in one of his class es. He said he was invited to attend Juliet Brown, who teaches a computer course. In one of the computer programs the students go back in time and walk with Harriet Tubman as she leads slaves through the underground rail road. "The students have to learn some of the actual passwords that Harriet Tubman used, and they're required to use their thinking and reasoning skills," Ms. Brown said. "Where stu dents at my home school only can spend about a half hour a week on the computers, these students get an hour everyday to learn vowel sounds, mul tiplication tables and to just have fun." MODERN CHEVROLET CORRECTION ... In the June 29 issue of the Chronicle, some of the car prices in the Modern Chevrolet ad were incorrect. The cor rect prices are: 1989 Cavalier Z-24, $10,588; 1989 Beretta GT,$ 10,988. The Chronicle regrets any inconvenience. NOW IN PROGRESS Spring and Summer Clearance Sale 16 to off *Oif wwgulmr price BIACM3UI3N*S 628 West 4th St. 722-8203 Bo Gilliam ?Odorless Chemicals ?Certified Radon Testers ?One time. Monthly or Quarterly Service ?Money Back Guarantee I 619 feolly Ave. 723-4121 Triad Pest Control Is offering FREE We also jvill service any house inside and outside, this month for I *25. 00 customized pest control services To Senior Citizens in -July - ? ? / i t- . -provide the opportunity for each stu jdent to explore and experiment in a '{relaxed atmosphere," said Mr. iMcGinnis. "Emphasis is placed upon ?active student involvement in all that ;$goes on." i J Student activity is in abundance J was children from 5 to 17 enjoy the six jjhour, fun-filled days five days a week. Kindergartners and first-graders j 3 are assigned to self-contained class | Srooms and tcachers work in teams to \ > provide enrichment in the arts, crafts, ijmusic, drama, language arts, math, ^science, social studies and physical {education. They also attend special jprograms and go on field trips, j "The kindergarten class is study ing an entire unit on Africa," Mr. >McGinnis said. "They just finished ? studying Hawaii and they turned the classroom into a luau." ? t Among the long list of special \ interest areas, students can choose to ;study sign language, Spanish or fFrench, music and rhythm, classic ?movies, jazzercise, computers, pho nography and video filming, geogra phy, band, theater art production or *pt to serve as a teacher's assistant in keir favorite course. Approximately :/40 teachers, about half of which are *.? Photos by Mike Cunningham At left, Tamara Swygert sews a tote bag; Janava Price, right, creates a paper bag monster; Juliet Brown, t>elow, a comput er teacher, said the program allows her more flexibility. High and Philo Middle schools, said he's even learning a lot - especially about the inner workings of video camcra equipment. Henry B. Moss is enjoying his first year in the enrichment program. "It's a challenge to work with kids with high artistic ability," Mr. Moss, who teaches at Rural Hall Ele mentary School, said. "This program is not so structured, we (he and his students) all decide what we want to ^v.. - ?- mi the summer enrichment program because, "I got good grades. ? In the newspaper class, Maya McMillian is learning how to read about and understand world and local issues. Maya, 8, said she especially likes her "Kids' Court" class, in which the students solve daily problems they encounter in a court atmosphere. "The stress of grades is gone in this program so the students can learn but have fun while doing it," said | C. P. Booker appointed to | County Jury Commission j Senior Resident Superior Court i Judge Judson D. DeRamus Jr. has j| appointed C.P. Booker to a two-year - term as a member of the Forsyth i County Jury Commission. The late t Fred E. Lewis Jr. had served faith j: fully on the commission as the ! J appointee of the senior resident ! ! judge, and was its chair for many ! * years before his recent death. , ;j Mr. Booker began employment * 3 in 1949 with North Carolina Mutual i Life Insurance Co. as an agent and ^"retired from its rrmnagement in 1988^ Eis_present activities include i Leadership Winston-Salem and ser vice on the boards of the Chamber of Commerce, Mechanics and Farmers Bank, Victory Mutual Credit Union and Head Start. 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