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$4E Our Towns Northwest, Rochester, N.Y., November 6-7, 1991 SCHOOLS iiiiu imw ents as Reading Partners" until Nov. 22; Board of Education meeting at 7 p.m. at Florence Brasser, 1000 Coldwater Road. SCHOOL NOTES What's happening in local schools: 'J JnliHl lliftt 4ti tiff BROCKPORT GREECE The Board of Education meets on the first and third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. in the Golden Room in the basement of the high school.

if. A. 4 Nov. 8 Half-day at Barnard, Kirk Road, Lakeshore, Longridge, Paddy Hill, West Ridge schools. SATURDAY Winter Community Education begins.

TUESDAY Board of Education meeting at 7:30 p.m. in the board room, 1139 Maiden Lane. through Friday; First quarter marking period ends at the middle school; High School band pops concert at 7:30 p.m. in the audito- rium at the high school; Buffalo-area colleges in the library during third and fifth periods. CHURCHVILLE-CH1LI Nov.

6 Pre-driver license course from 6 to 8 p.m. in Room 319 at the high school; New Staff Dinner at 6:30 p.m. in the cafeteria at the high school. Nov. 7 Booster Club meeting at 7:30 p.m.

in the cafeteria at the senior high school. FRIDAY School Pictures at Chestnut Ridge Elementary. TUESDAY Board of Education meeting at 7:30 p.m. in the administration building, 139 Fairbanks Road. GREECE T-iri V' pM -tit.

iff A 1 "ill 7 'i HILTON Greece Athena High School's Parent Teacher Student Association is sponsoring a learning seminar Nov. 7 at 7 p.m. in the school's media center. Ginny Witt, Athena English teacher, will identify various learning styles, discuss the influence of these styles in the classroom and will also provide tips on studying strategies. I NOV.

6 Half-day Consultation Day. I NOV. 7 Village Elementary Volunteer Teacher Parent Teacher Organization meeting at 3:30 p.m. at the school; High school music concert at 7 p.m. at the school.

I TUESDAY Report cards for grade one through five; Board of Education meeting at 7 p.m. at West Avenue School, 225 West Ave. SCHOOL CALENDAR GATES-CHILI NOV. 6 Middle school grades seven and eight Parents' Coffee Hour at 9 a.m. at the school; Parent Teacher Association meeting at 7 p.m.

at the high school. Nov. 7 Middle school grade five Parents' Coffee Hour at 9 a.m. at the school; Vocal Concert at 7:30 p.m. at the high school; Roller-skating Party from 3:15 to 5:15 p.m.

at Disney for grades four and five. TUESDAY Disney begins "Par SPENCERP0RT Upcoming events and meetings at local schools: ALL DISTRICTS MONDAY No School Veteran's Day Nov. 6 Effective Schools Visitors. FRIDAY End of first 10 weeks. TUESDAY Board of Education meeting at 7:30 p.m.

at the administration building, 71 Lyell Ave. BROCKPORT Jim Laragy Our Towns Patricia MacLachlan, author of 'Sara, Plain and talks with students at Gates Chili Middle School. She encouraged them to write about their experiences as she has done. Writer's life an open book I NOV. 6 Middle school student council Thanksgiving Food Drive 227-4513 Go? 227-4513 0 GREASE, OIL, FILTER upto5qts.10W-30or iuw-40 sunoco oil.

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MacLachlan said she wasn't surprised when Sara, Plain and Tall was made into a movie, because she knew Glenn Close had recorded the book. MacLachlan said the pair worked together after Close was chosen for the starring role. MacLachlan did the screenplay for the television movie which aired earlier this year. Although the Massachusetts resident has written some adult material, she prefers to write for children. "It has a certain directness and honest she said.

"I would never stop writing for kids." With 12 books already published, MacLachlan said she has new ones in the works. Her newest book is Journey. For the Gates sixth-graders, MacLachlan's visit provided a chance to meet an author many said they have read. Students said they found parts of her talk inspirational. "It was a very interesting and descriptive talk," said Micheal Mesolella, 11.

"I like her speech, especially how she came up with the title Momma One, Momma Two," said Alenia Mallory, 11. The author was in town to speak at the Rochester Area Reading Council's annual authors dinner. Marie Ginther, assistant principal, arranged MacLachlan's visit to Gates Chili Middle School. "I just think it was so nice she related her stories to the kids. Who knows, we may have a future author in the room." By Diana Carter Our Towns GATES Read some of Patricia MacLachlan 's books and without even knowing it, you're taking a I peek into her family's life and history.

The author, who spoke to sixth-graders at Gates Chili Middle School Oct. 24, said she borrowed from her family history, names and experiences to write the children's book Sara, Plain and Tall. "My mother's uncle wrote away for a wife," said the former English teacher. MacLachlan said the whole book grew out of that one incident in her family's past. She told the students how her experiences as a child and adult have shaped some of her books and their characters.

MacLachlan said the dogs in Sara; Plain and all were named for her dead aunt and uncle, Lottie and Nick. "When it came down to it, I changed life and made it come out like I wanted," she said. MacLachlan said she gave one of her dogs, Hilly, eternal life by resurrecting her as the old housekeep-er in Sara, Plain and Tall. She told the students that their experiences could become part of any book that they might write. Ma-i cLachlan said as an only child, she used to make up imaginary friends and relatives.

One of her friends: a one-armed paper hanger. "He used to encourage me to draw on the walls," she said, laughing. He became a character in Seven Kisses in a Row. MacLachlan credited her father with helping her to use her imagination, as well. "When I was a girl, we used to act out Peter Rabbit," she said.

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