Section B
The News-Journal
Thursday, July 25, 1985
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Play the game
These two students are learning the parts of a com
puter by playing a game with the machine. The object
is to spell the part of the computer correctly. If
students cannot guess the computer part, the little
man in the box gets squished. On the right screen, a
new man prays his student guesses the part. The left
screen shows a man about to bite the dust.
Summer programs help students
_ .+ By . Ed Miller __ _
Hoke County's summer school program for
1985 is nearing a close.
A good number of students have gained
valuable skills and knowlege through courses
which range in subjects from computers to
remedial skills. ___ _
Many have worked hard to help these students
progress in preparing for the future.
Heading the group of those who toiled to make
this year's summer program a reality is Director
Harold Livingston.
Livingston is in charge of keeping a flow going
between all the facets of the summer school pro
gram.
Included in this year's line-up of activities is a
migrant student education program, a summer
youth worker program, remediation courses for
junior high and high school students, enrichment
courses in computers and an exceptional
children's program, according to Livingston.
The remediation programs in Hoke County of
fer students who fell behind during the regular
school year a chance to redeem themselves and
catch their classmates with some concentrated ef
fort and hard work.
About 58 high school students and 35 junior
high students are taking advantage of a chance to
catch up.
Junior high students are taught remedial skills
in language arts, social studies, math and science.
Junior high students of language arts work on
improving reading and- writing ^loiter spelling and
parts of speech.
Their high school counterparts work to im
prove grammatical and reading skills and do ex
tensive work with compositions to improve their
writing.
Book reports not only aid the high school
students in learning about how other people
write, but allow them a chance to write
themselves.
Students in math sections of the remediation
program work on basically the same skills.
Whole numbers, fractions and decimals share
study from both age groups.
High school students also work with percen
tages.
Junior high children work with topics that
preamble high school work.
North Carolina history, map skills, human use
of the earth and foreign cultures at the lower level
lead into studies of governmental branches and
how they work in high school.
Teaching the junior high classes are Ester Holl
ingsworth for math and science and Ella Ransom
for English.
Mary Timmons and Christine Henry teach the
upper level courses.
Along with the courses being offered students
who want to catch up, there are courses for those
who want to get ahead.
Computer camps, also being taught at Hoke
High, were offered the entire month of June.
The second session of the camp ended on July
Hfc~The last session started on Monday, July 22.
Introduction classes as well as advanced
courses are being offered.
Susan Houston, Billy Colston and Lois Gar
rison are instructors.
For the second year at South Hoke School, a
migrant student summer program has students in
volved in making books, figuring taxes and coun
ting money.
Funded by the federal government, the pro
gram is designed to meet the special needs of the
children of migrant families.
Teachers, aids and a librarian make up the 10
member staff for this summer's program.
Barbara Lupo is directing the migrant school.
The children get to enjoy some things they may
not otherwise get a chance to learn about like at
tending day camp, working in a safe environment
with snakes and making ice cream.
The program will end August 2.
Attending Upchurch Junior High School are 17
children in exceptional children's program.
This educational experience for handicapped
students ended on July 18, but the course was
packed with interesting outings including visiting
a television station, a trip to the North Carolina
Zoo and camping.
The program was funded mainly through
money raised by a Halloween Carnival.
The students met three days a week for four
weeks.
Heading instruction for the special students
was Janice Brock.
Undivided interest
Nobody moved as Cynthia Brady read from the text of
a childrens ' book. This is the period just after outdoor
play and everyone needed a rest. Migrant students
made themselves comfortable on the floor and just
listened to the story.
Doing their share
Students in the summer work program, can be found aO over. These two
students are helping out with a clerical shortage at the Hoke County
Health Department. Standing outside the flleroom door are (Left) Bobby
Rogers, Hoke County Health Director and Harold Livingston, Director of
the summer school program In the county.
Clean it up
Working under the summer youth work program , this Hoke High School
student uses a high-pressure steam cleaner to dust off the tires of a bus.
Under the direction of Jeffery C. Moss, 84 students are currently working
at 25 work sites In the county including some sites in Raeford.