Evening star., 1950-12-21
Roods to Special Learning
Shut -Ins Are Able to Keep Pace
With Students in Glasses

school, not for days, but for weeks
months, or longer. Rheumatic
fever and epilepsy are high in thu
score.
Margie, teen-ager, was gradu.
ated from junior high school more
than a year ago, but she has no.
been in physical condition to en-.
ter senior high, nor is it necessary
for her to be hospitalized. ST
Margie eagerly looks forward tt
the visits of her teacher at home
The teacher comes twice a week
for two hours visit. Margie nov
is taking English, history ane
arithmetic.
Mrs. Pearle B. Williams, teacher
in charge of shut-in service fol-
the colored schools, explains theil
program includes elementary
junior and senior high schoo
work. Children are not enrolled
unless they can carry on the work
for some time. But many of the
students are in the program for q
long time.
Spastic Keeps Up.
For instance, there's Fred, a
spaStic, who joined the shut-ins
as a first-grader and has now
completed the eighth grade. He
has never been in a regular school
classroom, but he has learned the
same lessons, because the same
courses are followed. Progress may
be slower sometimes, for children
who are not physically able to go
to school do only what fits into
their best health interests.
Teachers concerned with the
teaching of shut-in children sub
scribe to the development of the
whole child physically, mentally,
socially and spiritually, as their
basic philosophy" says James I.
Minor, director of elementary ed
ucation in charge of special serv-
ices for the colored schools.
"We believe that the standard
of any community is measured
by the weakest as well as the
strongest citizen in the COM
Armed with this knowl-
edge and inspired with the zeal to
make the shut-ins as nearly as
possible we'll rounded citizens, we
put our shoulders to the task of
A big event for the shut-ins is
their school closing service, which
is given each yea. as a radio pro-
gram at regular graduation time
for the public schools. A shut-in
pupil gets diploma from his own
school. if he has completed the
necessary work. and he gets an
other for his shut-in work. Par
ents of these children throughout
the city who are in this special
work have their own PTAs which
finance little parties. trips and
extra-curricular activities of the
home-bound and hospitalized
pupils.
instruction Corps"
The Visiting Instruction Corps.
who assist in carrying this pro-
gram to the homes and the hos
pitals for colored shut-ins include:
Mrs. Winnie S. Batson, Mrs. Helen
c. Bonds. Mrs. Rosetta B. Green
and Mrs. Oyella P. White. ele-
schools, and Mrs. Louise
A. Boulware, Miss Phyllis E. Tay-
lor. Miss Elizabeth Tolliver and
Mrs. Pearle B. Williams, secondary
schools.
The Shut-in Handicapped Pro-
gram for the white schools serves
similar needs among white chill
dren. About one-third of the
children enrolled are in the vari-
GUS hospitals of the city. Cardiac
and orthopedic cases seem to
stand high in the total number of
causes.
Teachers serving in this pro-
gram are: Mrs. Amy B. Campbell,
teacher n-charge; Mrs. Ruth A.
Aldrich, Mrs. Sarah Ann Davies,
Mrs. Esther F. Gillespie, Mrs. Edna
E. Hilton, Miss Leah Kaplan, Mrs.
Alys c. Mccullough, Mrs. Gladys
K. Miller, Mrs. Ethel L. Neu-
stadter, Mrs. Roche M. Padgett,
Mrs. Ruth T. Sauls, Mrs. Evange-
line P. Shefey, Mrs. Irene E. Sill
vey and Mrs. Dorothy T. Watts,
art teacher.
The nert in this series 1DiH
be published nert Thursday. 1t
1Oill tell OF the special classes
a0hich the Washington public
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