East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1959-09-10

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been added to the system re-
Gently, Miss Anna Mae Miller
a graduate of the University
of Arkansas with 6 years of
teaching experience there, will
be added to the staff at Cham
bers School to handle the in
flux of deaf children, many of
whom come from surrounding
school systems. Mrs. Jean
Bayer, 1858 Eddington rd., has
been assigned to teach kinder
garten half time at Prospect
School. She was at Rozelle last
year.
Mrs. Vivian Reichard, 1864
Wager ave-, Lakewood, will
teach history and English. at
Shaw. She received her B.S.
from Ashland College and is
presently working on her mast
ers at Western Reserve Uni
versity.
School superintendent, DIR.
Harold Nichols, announced
that the Organization will
be in full swing without the
troubles that other systems
are experiencing" He credits
East Cleveland's good for
tune to the fact that it is an
older community without the
expansion problem that many
surrounding areas have"
Because it has less younger
families East Cleveland
doesn't suffer from an over
flow of youngsters in the
schools" DR.. Nichols stated.
East Cleveland hasn't had the
problem of obtaining qualified
teachers that other systems
have had. DR.. Nichols credits
the fine reputation of the East
Cleveland schools as making it
an attractive place to work
for school teachers.
p He cites as one example, the
time last March when he was
in downtown Cleveland and
that he would soon
be living in East Cleveland
without mentioning his job. His
new acquaintance told him how
lucky he was because, East
Cleveland has wonderful
schools"
Changes in this years class
IS include a revision of the
physics program at Shaw. A
approach will be tax
IN and physical science will be
;aught in accordance with the
atest findings of the national
Physical Science Study Com
nijtee in conjunction with NJ
!. T. and Case. More labora-
,ory work will be introduced in
he classroom. Richard Baker,
physics teacher at Shaw, is at
special classes at Case
n which the latest trends in
thinking are being
discussed.
Another first, is the teach
ng of hOmemaking in the 9Th
grade at Kirk. In addition to
and sewing, the art of
,udgeting, getting the proper
insurance and eliminating
,ealth problems will be discus
ID as well as learning the
social implications of develop
ng skills in hOmemaking.
Beginning this semester
will be taught at the
ninth grade level. Second Sc
hester French may be taught
n the SA class at Kirk.
The PTA sponsored French
:lasses at Prospect school will
De taught at 500 a. m. this
rear instead of 1880 p. m. as
hey were last year. French
,orn Mrs. NJ. W. Bliss teaches
hese classes. She was educated
It the Sorbonne in France and
las taught in Cleveland and
Shaker Heights. If these ex-
,erimental classes prove sue
.essful, the school board may
adopt French classes for all the
Elementary schools in the sys-
em.
The parochial schools in East
Cleveland have been less for
st. Philomena's and
christ t h e King elementary
schools have large classes. The
'irst' 800, while in the latter it is
20. BY adding one more tea
her, eliminating kindergarten,
md opening another classroom
christ -he King was able to re-
luce classes from so to AZ pu-
ills per teacher. The figures