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Homestead
School’s two year-long projects
By PETER COMSTOCK
GLEN SPEY — The Homestead School first and second
grade students tapped sugar maples on the school’s 85-acre campus.
Nearly 200 gallons of sap was brought to the evaporator pan, where
a wood fire drove off the steam to produce four gallons of finished
syrup.
Maple syrup production is just one of numerous
activities throughout the year related to the students’ year-long
study of “Health, Safety and Nutrition.” A different theme is chosen
each year and becomes an interdisciplinary effort embracing science,
social studies, creative writing, literature and applied mathematics.
Another project related to the yearlong study has
been the cultivation of half an acre for a potato crop. Last fall
the students spread 20 tons of manure and sowed 800 pounds of seed
oat as a cover crop. In May each student will plant and tend a 50-foot
row of Kennebec potatoes. The classes will harvest the projected
three-ton 6,000-pound crop in September and donate $1,500 to the
Children’s Dental Health Project, which provides education and dental
treatment to needy children throughout Sullivan County.
Anonymous
donor
starts something great
By TRACY DENMAN
LOCH SHELDRAKE — A donation of $3 million has ensured
that Sullivan County Community College (SCCC) will construct its
first on-campus dormitories, announced college president Dr. Mamie
Howard Golladay, on April 18.
The most prosperous donation to SCCC to date, $2
million is a gift and $1 million a challenge for SCCC to meet by
raising another $1 million through the recruitment of more students
from outside the county. The total amount for the new dorms is $12
million, eight of which will be drawn out in bonds.
Golladay believes that students will do better
academically because of the building, and will learn about respecting
others and their properties. When the new buildings are finished,
SCCC will finally be able to provide the kind of dormitory atmosphere
that “many out-of-county parents have been looking for,” said Golladay.
The new dormitories will be specifically for freshmen.
Each building is a one-story complex and together they have a total
capacity of 320 students. The cost for living in one of the dorms
will range from $1,600 to $1,800. The floors will alternate from
male to female and the majority of the rooms will be standard doubles.
There will however, be some limitations. One of the biggest differences
in the new dorms will be a 24-hour security staff. SCCC will have
both resident assistants as well as a head manager living in each
building, which makes curfews for the new students a likely possibility.
Not long after Golladay made the initial announcement,
SCCC foundation chairman Robert Ernst spoke about the student recruitment
campaign, “The Start of Something Great.” Co-chairs for the committee
are Joyce Salimeno and Maurice Roche. The college will invest 45,000
dollars into the program. The committee is hoping to “Start Something
Great” with its newly recruited students this fall, and the college
hopes to have the buildings finished for September 2002.
Local
honors graduate
EAST STROUDSBURG — Forty East Stroudsburg University
(ESU) of Pennsylvania seniors will graduate summa cum laude at commencement
exercises on Saturday, May 12.
Charis R. Tagle, of Beach Lake, will graduate summa
cum laude from the management program.
Students graduating summa cum laude have a cumulative
quality point average of between 3.80 and 4.00 for all coursework
done in their undergraduate program at ESU. Graduating students
must have earned a minimum of 60 credits.
These graduates will also receive special honor
medallions that will be worn during commencement exercises. The
medallion is a replica of the University Seal, consisting of the
coat of arms of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania surrounded by the
name of the institution and its founding date. On the reverse side
of the medallion, the words summa cum laude are inscribed. The practice
of awarding these medallions was initiated in May 1987 to recognize
the students’ achievements.
Plan
for the future
LIBERTY — Liberty Central School District has formed
a Buildings and Grounds Committee to review the existing conditions
of its facilities and to plan for its future.
The district is encouraging community members,
including parents, students and business leaders who would like
to participate, to attend the next committee meeting on Thursday,
May 3, at 6:30 p.m., in the high school library.
Community members are encouraged to join one of
the several sub-committees that have been formed under the Buildings
and Ground Committee. Available sub-committees include: marketing
and public relations, government relations and demographic projections,
finance, safety and security, existing physical environment evaluation,
curriculum needs and spatial evaluation, location and transportation,
technology and maintenance.
Individuals who are unable to attend the next meeting
but are interested in becoming involved should call Linda Etess,
district clerk, at 845/292-6990.
Chicken
barbecue
LIBERTY — The Sullivan County BOCES Vocational
Industrial Club of America (VICA) will host a chicken barbecue on
Wednesday, May 16, from 4:30 to 7:00 p.m., at the Rubin Pollack
Education Center, Ferndale-Loomis Road. Take-out dinners will also
be available from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $7.50 for adults,
$6.50 for senior citizens and $4.00 for children 10 and under.
The barbecue, which will be held in the Career/Tech
Dining Room, includes half a chicken, baked potato, coleslaw, corn
on the cob, rolls, assorted desserts, coffee, tea and lemonade.
Proceeds from the barbecue will fund programs and
activities for VICA students. More than 100 Sullivan County BOCES
students are members of the local VICA organization that offers
leadership, citizenship and character development activities to
students in skill-training curriculums. The organization also sponsors
programs that help students better prepare themselves for the labor
market, and hosts local, state and national competitions, in which
students demonstrate their occupational and leadership skills.
For more information call 845/292-7900, ext. 152.
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