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The Sunday Register SHREWSBURY, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26. 1 976 HERES TO HEALTH 3 OUTDOOR WORLD 11 NAMES AND FACES 11 I a TAKES THE SOUTH Dennis Jackson, principal of Middletown High School South, is delighted with his new domain. Principal last year when High School South was contained in the facilities of High School North pending completion of construction, Mr. Jackson now never tires of showing off his new baby." PHYSICAL SCIENCES Physics, chemistry and biology are taught on the open space plan In this lavishly equipped laboratory In Middletown High School South. AIRY COMMONS Students In Middletown High School South eat lunch in style in their two-story commons, which form the principal core of the new school.

The area can also be used for informal meetings of extra-curricular groups, like these students and parents planning a fashion show. iddletowu South: A new sense of freedom Danielle Heaney, only one of the four who is new to the school system this year, came from Flushing, this summer Its a big change from Flushing Im still meeting people and getting myself together, but its just great so far, she says The lobby, painted concrete block walls and pastel painted doors around a large center pier of red brick, features show cases displaying student arts and crafts There is nothing institutional about it, it has the welcoming look of the lobby of a better class hotel Dennis Jackson, pnncipal of the phantom High School South which existed last year within High School North, is obviously delighted that his new domam is here the flesh He smiles as he sits behind his desk his bnght new office His guests, as he prepares to show what township taxpayers have received for their nearly $10 million, are three semor girls who guided visitors during last weeks open houses at the school, another semor who is president of the Student Council, and two members of the blue and silver Eagles, the new football team I just love it, says Susan Stoffel, one of the senior girls Its so great, agrees Margaret Stempler, another. The third, Lisa Lenartowicz, choose their own activities from a variety of physical education programs offered Academic studies English, social studies and foreign languages are taught in open space classrooms in the four houses Located in the two-story section of the building around the commons, East House and West House include two floors each, with the equivalent of six conventional classrooms in space on each level Classes are taught in informal groups within the open spaces, with partitions available to form closed areas if desirable Assistant principals maintain offices on the two ground floors of the houses, guidance counselors are stationed in second floor offices The northwest portion of the complex is the home of the sciences, physical, theoretical and domestic, and the industrial arts On the ground floor are laboratories for cooking and sewing, studios for mechanical drawing and graphic arts and shops for woodworking and metal crafts On the second floor are truly vast science laboratories designed on the open space concept for physics, chemistry and biology Connected to the science area by an intervening classroom is an open plan mathematics workroom The sciences are based on mathematics," comments Mr Jackson, opening the connecting door In the student commons, an airy dining space two stones in height in the central part of the school, a group of extracurricular activists meets with a committee of parents Sitting at a luncheon table on form fitting chairs of blue, red, black and white fiber glass, the after-school group plans a fashion show scheduled for Oct IS At the northeast end of the building, beyond the commons, is the school library and media center. Piles of books are being sorted on the soft carpet; the steel stacks are still nearly empty "Were just getting the library put together," Mr Jackson explains When it's finished, we're thinking about opening it to the public There's no library for people on this side of town," he says Come full circle, the principal leads the way back to the lobby A few students, stragglers from the chattering crowds who left at the end of school hours, lounge on vinyl cushioned benches as they await their transportation Mr Jackson smiles, and a silent thought drifts through Born 40 years too soon By BOB BRAMLEY MIDDLETOWN The eagle is flying high as Middletown High School South begins its first school year The eagle, an all-Amencan balding type with piercing eyes and a hefty wingspan, is the emblem chosen for the townships second high school by a student committee; it symbolizes the separate school loyalty distinctly apart from that accorded the lion of Middletown North that has already blossomed among the 1,430 students the new facility A group of four girls picked at random from students awaiting their buses in the school lobby reflects the enthusiasm and the sense of freedom relished by high schoolers off double sessions for the first time in 12 years The girls, all 16 and all juniors, are unanimous in their approval of their new alma mater Says Carolyn Shaffery, I like getting out earlier, and its a better method of education The open classrooms are super much better compared to the old classrooms in High School North, adds Carol Roesch Theres more school spirit now separate from High School North, said Kelley Rogers iuiuw5 uie eagle is iiying nign The students are a lot closer here There are not so many, and its easier to get to know more of them. The spirit is great.

There's no reputation from last year to live up to, so were more at ease; we don't have to prove anything, she says Steven Policastro, captain of the Eagles, predicts an excellent football team. Splitting the schools has been beneficial, a lot of good men didnt even get a chance to play last year, he says. Bryan Barlow, Student Council president, reports students adjusting very well "There are really no problems at all, he says Mr Jackson leads the way through the new 460-seat auditorium and the stagecraft and dressing rooms behind it to the arts and crafts center in the east comer of the building Here are facilities for fine arts, handcrafts, dramatics and instrumental and choral music On the other side of this wing are the schools three gymnasiums, two large ones and a smaller auxiliary facility These are all coed. Theyre used by both boys and girls varsity teams, and the boys and girls take physical education classes together now, the principal explained. He added that students can cal education program may choose from at least eight activities.

From left, all 16, are Danielle Heaney, Carolyn Shaffery, Carol Rcesch and Kelley Rogers. i in fr? Lr RANDOM GROUP Four juniors picked at random in the lobby of Middletown's High School South agree their new facility Is "lust great!" ONE OF THREE Boys and girls share this largest of three gymnasiums In Middletown's High School South. Students in the schools coed physi 'Slim Gourmet doesnt believe in diets being wined ana ained at every stop is an occupational hazard "I try to eat a lot of seafood," she said before amending the remark to "Actually I try not to eat a lot of anything There are times, though, when she says she will order fattening things so she can learn what's in them and figure out a way to make them less caloric Through her column she strives to have readers 1 change their way of cooking, not necessarily their way of eating "By decalorizing standard recipes to eliminate the unneeded calories," she ex plains, its possible to tnm away hundreds of calories a day without going on a diet and without foregoing desserts and other fa-vonte foods Weight loss is slow, but sure and practically painless Mrs Gibbons says she weighed over 200 when she was 12 and she stayed fat for the next 20 years "During that time," she com ments, "I tried all the prefabricated diets What's wrong with them is that they put the emphasis on the temporary They're like short stones with beginnings, middles and By MARYBETH ALLEN LINCROFT This may come as a shock, but The Slim Gourmet doesn believe in diets The problem with them according to Barbara Gibbons, who wntes the syndicated column by that name is that "most diets are tailored to fit everybody which means they dont fit anybody Theyre like the one size fits all clothing that doesn't really fit anybody Mrs Gibbons, who bills herself as "an exheavy weight, is author of The Slim Gourmet Cookbook, which features nearly 1 000 recipes on its 400 pages She was on hand Friday to autograph copies for those who stopped by to chat with her at the Monmouth Museums Made In Monmouth exhibit Her appearance was arranged by The Daily Reg ister, which had a booth at the exhibit and features "The Slim Gourmet column on its lifestyle pages To promote the cookbook, Mrs Gibbons is currently on tour and she notes that ends bo after a certain period of time you go back to eating the way you did when you were 250 pounds or whatever "Also," she says, "diets involve the very people who are least likely to stay on reduced calorie programs They re overweight be cause they consume about 3 000 calories a day and they re expected to cut down to 1 200 If they would settle for about 2 000 or whatever is right for their height and activity level they would eventually reach the nght weight She stnves to maintain her 125 pound level by limiting herself to 1 600 to 1 H00 calories a day I small boned and sedentary, she says 1 like to think 1 work hard because I work a lot of hours but physically, I don work at all I try to eat foods high protein and bulk 1 avoid anything with fat or oil and any thing that like a piece of plain white bread Plain foods lead to overweight because they re boring She says she enjoys things that are "ex otic and different And, during a luncheon hosted by The Register in honor of her isit here, she proved that her curiosity about food us ahve and well After those attending had polished off seafood platters, they were asked if they would care for dessert, which they assumed must be verboten in Mrs Gibbon book She surprised them, though, by asking that they not abstain on her account Matter of fact, when the delicacies arrived she sampled both the lemon meringue and peach pie explaining that to do totally without would put her the undesirable position of being "a martyr When Mrs Gibbons set out to cut the ca lones from her cooking she had to refresh her mind about the ments of proteins carbohydrates vitamins minerals etc "The problem she says is that when you're exposed to that knowledge school, it doesn mean anything to you It isn immediately useful Although she says she falls short of being a health food fanatic, she believes that the health food trend has helped us backtrack from the bad time when Amencans were eating just for the hell of it VttNr staff plwto COOK SIGNS BOOKS Barbara Gibbons, left, autographs a copy of The Slim Gourmet Cookbook" for Veronica Dinen of Fair Haven during ah appearance at the Monmouth Museum, Lincroft..