The Lowell Sun from Lowell, Massachusetts • Page 9532

Setvctiitfj tha winners for tho $100 scholarship? awarded by members of St. William's Sodalily in Tcwksbury are left to right, Mrs. Carol Kobelski, Mark Kohelsfci and Rev. Patrick Hollywood. THE SUN By ANN SHAW Area high school graduates appear to be a most fortunate lot this year judging from all the scholarships that have been awarded this morilh by the scarfs of area women's clubs and organizations.

Most recent n( the scholarships Awarded were lliosc by St. William's Sodality of Tcwksbury, to 12 graduating parishioners. Tiie names of thf! Luckv winners were drawn at random by Rev. Patrick Hollywood at an informal coffee hour. The winners each received S100 toward next year's tuition at the school of their choice.

Names drawn included Ihose of Kathryn Are go, 6L iNorlhgate Road; Andrea Cltiff, llaO Main James Ferraioli, 11 Oliver Mark Gallagher, 3 Edith. Drive: Anne. Hurton, 1 Marie Maureen Mahoney, 122 Whipple Road; Jean Norcera, 15 Rolling Meadow Road; Robert PurwII, 5 1 Tanglpwood William Sheedy, 562 Chandler Nora Sheehan, 8.1 Lee Gail Shields, Euclid Road; and Anne Squires, 12 Westland Drive, all of Tcwksbury. St. William's is also one of the few women's groups ill the area with a summer agenda for example take their "Handicraft Workshop" which will he held at the home of Mrs.

F.ileen Griffin of 1 Karen Jane on Tuesday mornings from 10 a.m. 'til noon. The dales for the workshops have been scheduled for tomorrow ninrning, June July IB, 23, and 30. Aug. 13.

20, and 27. The so called "meihixl to their madness," is to prepare for the annual Christmas Fail sponsored by the sodality. All women of the parish are welcome to attend the workshops along with their children. AISO IN THE NWS are two members of Dracut's public school department. Kirst, we hear that Mrs.

Beth H. Vail, school speech pathology department chairman was recently honored with the distinguished service award from the Massachusetts Speech and Hearing Association (MSHA) which is given annually for "outstanding service to I he profession." Mrs. Vait has bepn state chairman of tiic MSHA Regional Clinical Workshops for the nasi two years. Mrs. Jane Kedriie, second grade teacher at the Green mont School in Dracut, had the bright idea the other day to use actual money and open a candy store for her' pupils in the classroom.

The idea stemmed from a math unit she was teaching. The children made the candy store from a refrigerator carton and parents made cookies and donated candy. The youngsters were responsible for making the popcorn. The candy store was so successful that the other classes were allowed to visit the store and purchase goodies. The proceeds, which amounled to almost SfiO, were donated to the Jimmy Fund, with the exception of a small amount of money used to make a trip 1o a popular hamburg stand.

Mrs. Keddie feels lhat the candy store was a valuable experience for the children. While speaking of children what child doesn't like a pony ride? And one is in store for Ihcm on Saturday, June 20 from 1 to 4 p.m., at the Mill Pond reservoir in Burlington. The ridrs are being sponsored hy Ihe Burlington Jimior Women's Club for the benefit of the American Cancer Society. Ponies are being made available through local residents and Ihe women will be assisted by the town's 1 H'crs.

Balloons will be given to the children courtesy of a popular national hamburg establishment. We don't know if area dentisls will approve of our next lid bit or news bul in any case it's sure to burst some bubbles. It's been called 'The Big Bubble Bonanza" and it will be another day sponsored by the Burlington Women's Club for the small fry ages five to 10 on July 4 a I 10 a.m. in conjunction with the town's activities at Ihe Town Common. The object of Ihe 'bonanza' is for Ihe children to blow the biggest bubble they can nilh bazooka bubble gum.

Prizes will lie awarded tn the winners in the various age groups, A grand prize will be awarded (or the biggest bubble of 1hem all! According to statistics, church aisles will be a popular place this year as more than 2,275,000 rouples arc expected lo step forward, 'tis predicted. For 1,724,000, it will be the first marriage. Even a modern bride wants a formal wedding, complete lo veil, so So per cent of this year's first marriages will be formal. Tests for children with special needs LOWEU, It was last November at a lingual conference qh testing at Plymouth, that Mrs. Thomas O'Donnell, supervising head learner of IjowcII's Bilingual Program met Ena NuttalJ, a Puerto Rican with a Doctorate in school psychology wlio is affiliated with Boston College as a research associated.

Since March, Dr. Nuttall has been testing the Spanish speaking students with special needs in the Bilingual Program of the Lowell School Department. The testing being conducted includes the comply with Chapter 766 Legislation which stales lhat all children from ages three through 21 who, have special needs must be tested and evaluated by September of this year in order to determine an appropriate educational plan Dr. Nuttall is working with a core evaluation team forjned to determine the Fall placement of at least eight or the Bilingual students tested so far at the Tenth Street School. Serving on the Team for the Tenth Street School with Dr.

Nirilall are Kristin Mitchell, Spanish speaking Tille I social worker; Mrs. Jennninc school nurse; Gerald Dillon, director of special education; Haltie Moreland, learning disabilities leacher; Mrs. Mary Ann Kulesa, Bilingual teacher; Mrs. Ann O'Donnell, in charge of the Tenth Street School. The testing being conducted includesthe Spanish translation and adaptation; Wcchsler Intelligence Scale Tor Children (WISC), Spanish adaptation and translation, Bender Gestalt Visual Motor Tcsl, family drawings using Puerto ESP seminar Wednesday lXWBl.L "Everybody has some form of Ihe sixth sense," said Ben Adkins, a member of the Inner Peace Movement, "1 teach people to develop their ESP." Adkins is here in Ihe New England area fo give seminars concerning perception.

A local saminar will be offered on Wednesday, June 19, al the Townhouse Motor Inn beginning at 8 p.m. Tne session will last three hours. In discussing the different forms of the sixth sense, Adkins said there are four lypes. The first is called feeling and is illustrated in people who arc sensitive to vibrations of others. Another is called intuition.

"Women are not the only ones with this ability," he said. The last two are called vision and prophesy, according to Adkins. People with vision have the ability (o develop photographic memories, while Ihose with the gift of prophesy can read into the future. According to Adkins. everyone has all of these gifts and can be.

taught 'to develop then to son aegree. Mrs. Uhifi ft. fer i womm, Sho 1 RCA phot in Prb rV hat an unuiual job i chief of secuiily af tli cefon. N.J.

Here she i By JOHN rINKEllMAN Copley News Service PRINCETON, N.J. Mrs. Barbara Borke is a woman and there surely is nothing unusual about thai. Mrs. Borkc also is a chief of police and there is something just a bit unusual about that, She is chief of plant security at the RCA space center here and she directs 27 male guards and three women security communicators and administrators.

She is 40, is bringing up two children. She is attractive bul there is jusl a trace of what some might call "law and order" in her countenance. "Sure, I mean business," she said in an in Icrvicw, but it's no big deal. There's no big lo do about me, as a woman, being in this job. "It has nothing 1o do wilh women's lib and we don't have any major problems; Ihe men are easy to get along wilh." Mrs, Borke is well known by her mrde superiors and subordinates throughout the New Jersey RCA complex ns an official who tends strictly fo business but is skillful in avoiding any semblance of friction because of her sex in such a normally position.

OK DOES A GOOD JOB and was picked because her superiors knew she would do a good jab," Nicholas Pensicro, public affairs dircclor for RCA Government and Commercial Systems, said. "RCA has another woman, loo, in Ihis type of job Mrs. Elizabeth Sams Smilh al the plant in Van Nuys. Calif." Mrs. Borte.

however, was one of the nation's first women to rise to such a position, Itiean Norns and Inter American Reading series. Dr, cited the student's lacfc verbal stimulation as her main problem when lesting the youngsters. However, this problem is being solved through the efforts of the teachers at Ihe Tenth Street School. "IT'S NOT THAT these studeaK don't have the potential for learning," she sakl, "it's primarily that they have lo learn another culture as well as another language. It's such a change for Ihem more so than other students because they don't adjusl as easily due to the fact that Ihey have special needs." The widely known psychologist said Ihe testing takes aoout an hour to an hour and a half, depending on the personal tempo of.

Ihe child. Certified and licensed as a school psychologist in Massachusetts, Dr. Nuttall pointed out thai Hie testing will let the teacher know where Ihe student, needs help She most. It will be a continuous program with constant re evaluation. The testing has to be compiled and the results completed within a month, according to Chapter 766.

''It lakes," added Dr. Nuttall, "a good five hours of professional work by members of the core evaluation team to complete all aspects of the tests. This docs not include Ihe team meetings and meeting the needs of the sludents. In the Bilingual class, the children will be grouped according to age with no more lhan a three year ago span. According lo Mrs.

O'Donnell, Lowell is most fortunate to have Dr. Nuttall. The city is even ahead of Boston in securing Ihe services oi a Spanish speaking psychologist, she said. FTOm her observations of (he program. Dr.

Nuttall commented that the teachers arc very interested in understanding the students and following her suggestions. "What we arc striving to do most of all," Dr. Nuftall said, "is to prevent school drop outs. My impression of Lowell is that the cily has a slrong commitment to helping children. Tne teachers have done a lot with the results of these tests." The bilingual class, according lo Dr.

Nutlall, would be greatly aided with the help of a generic special education teacher with a bilingual background. This type of teacher would be able lo help with Ihe day to day education programming. In order for the program lo funclion properly there should be a 15 to 1 student leaching ratio. Wilh a 20 to 1 ratio you definitely need a leaching aid. DR.

iNUITALIj SPENDS the entire day at ihe school when she visits she has already visited about eight days and about 15 students have been tested so far. There is a priority list of approximately 25 students lo be tested in all. They are all Spanish speaking yotingsfers. Kristin Mitchell, the Spanish speaking Title Chief of ihe 'Fuss9 giving orders to ibo presides ovi morning muster. neof the 27 i as they Among nation first women to head industrial police isle guards lor and her achievement caps a career in business and marriage lhat has moved her around America and Europe considerably.

She is a native of Long Island City, N.Y., graduated from high school there, attended Arizona Stale College, then joined Ihe Women's Air Force in 1951. She wenl to Europe with Ihe WAF and stayed on in the Air Force as a civilian in 1954. She married an Air Force sergeant in Kurope, relumed to Ihe United Slates, worked in a New York hospital for a time, (hen went back to Germany with her husband. Her two children were horn in Germany, bul she came home lo stay in 1962 (her husband was assigned 1o Vietnam in '65), worked for General Electric for a time, then joined RCA in 1367. "I WAS WORKING from p.m.

fo 1 a.m. as an assembler," she said, "but after IB months I wanted to get into Ihe administrative field. I slarted in security as a clerk, then gradually worked up to my present position; and I love it." But, as a woman "top Iviz," how about problems? "None, really," she said "Some pilferage, perhaps once in a great while. Oh yes, once I had a gal traffic officer, and noticed there seemed lo be more lhan Ihe normal number of traffic jams. You want to know Ihe reason? It was because she was very attractive and the drivers paused too long lo look her over.

"Otherwise, the guards arc a joy lo me. It is a continuing education. I have a good boss and even though all of us arc in police work, there never arc any tough words," Spctihiiiy Spanish if Hie stutfents with special needs the Tenth Street School is Dr. Ena Nulf all. school psychologist.

The I social worker, is assigned lo the bHuigual program three days a week, It is her job as "a member of the core evaluation team fo make visits to the homes of the students being tested and assess the family situation. This is done by speaking with the mother of the child and getting factual information and generally evaluating the strengths, resources, weaknesses and needs within Ihe family. She also sees that the mother understands llial llic child is being lest ed. A special form is sent lo the house for the mother to fill out before the social worker visits the house. The parent has to give permission for ihe child to be tested.

Mrs. O'Donnell also has another idea for promoting Ihe advancement of Spanish speaking students. She said that under Title 7, she has submitted an application and applied for funds for a "Pre School Learning Center" geared to Spanish speaking three, four and five J'ear olds. The application was for 530,000 for a three year program. Mrs.

O'Donnell said the application received her BA degree from the University of now under consideration in Washington, IXC. Dr. Ena Nuttall is married and Ihe mother "LOSE" POUNDS AND INCHES "THIS WEEK" i EvervooriY Ihinfcs more of von when toii think Rnmich of yourself to ta' care of and hut Prids in yourself. everything goes oeir.br wntii you Know you look Good Jim ieei ureal. of Ihe hardest steos lo hrSe: testing it be wilh Chapte HI.

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