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Helping Children Learn How You Can llelp Have you ever wondered why one child can study with Here are some ways that you can help a child with an the stereo blasting and still get A's, while another one gets identified learning style: distracted even by the rustling of a turning newspaper page? • Discuss your child's learning style with the teacher. Have you noticed that one child can take verbal directions Share ideas and strategies that work best in school and in an instant and follow them exactly, while another needs to at home. have everything written down or explained in detail? • Experiment with different types of study techniques to Differences like these in children have nothing to do with see which ones are most effective with your child. For intelligence. They have everything to do with learning styles. example, to help your child memorize multiplication Discovering and understanding your child's personal learning facts, you might try these suggestions: style can help you structure a home environment that will Quiz your child verbally (auditory learning) maximize your child's abilities. Make up worksheets (visual learning) Once, it was assumed that everyone learned the same Make up songs, rhymes, chants, or dances (kines way. But now researchers and educators are beginning to thetic/tactile learning) approach learning from the student's viewpoint. They have • Recognize that you and your child may have entirely defined learning style as the way in which an individual different learning styles. If you're going to help with student learns most efficiently, and they have shown that homework, be sensitive to his or her unique learning when lesson presentation and study skills are geared to a style. Don't let battles over homework divide your student's learning style, more learning takes place in a shorter family. time. • Help your child understand and capitalize on a given learning sty le. If a child needs to visualize ideas in llow Does Your Child Learn order to learn, help the child learn to diagram and draw pictures. If the need is to experience things in a hands Best? on way, try writing spelling words in sand-or in the air. If your child has always loved to sit still and listen to If the need is to hear spoken material, try tape-record stories, chances are he or she is an auditory learner, who can ing textbook assignments. probably understand and remember material better if it is • If a child thrives on hands-on activity and creative verbalized. The auditory learner doesn't get impatient when projects, try to build suitable learning opportunities the teacher talks for long periods of time, can remember into the family schedule. Buy puzzles, games, models, complicated verbal instructions, and enjoys listening to sto and kits that make learning meaningful for that child. ries read aloud. If your child is an auditory learner, you can • Celebrate your children's strengths. Get them in help with homework by repeating multiplication facts or volved in hobbies and outside activities that use their spelling words aloud. learning styles, talents, and abilities to the best advan The visual learner, on the other hand, needs to see tage. something written down or illustrated in order to remember it. The visual learner often makes pictures, charts, or illustrations to help organize and remember material. If your child has to touch everything in sight, take it apart, and see how it works, then chances are he or she is a kinesthetic/tactile learner, a hands-on learner who needs to personally experience things, and not just read or hear about them from others. This child will usually enjoy doing group work and sharing learning with others. Most successful learners are not restricted to a particular learning style. They use all of their senses, often compensat ing for weaknesses in some areas with strengths in others. But many children, especially those with learning difficulties, may be able to learn effectively in only one style. Non-Grading in the would have predicted. Data suggests that beliefs about intelligence are related not only to mastery-oriented or help Middle·School less behaviors, but also to achievement in adolescence. by Dr. N. E. Teig The research and my own experience show that grades themselves are not motivators for all students and they should The Price Laboratory School Middle School Study Com not be used in attempts to enforce discipline. I would sooner mittee endorsed the concept of non-grading as part of its work subscribe to the concept that every student is an individual during the 1991-92 school year. capable of learning and growing intellectually. A student I also want to be on record as supporting the concept of should not be made to feel inadequate simply because they are non-grading in the middle school. Assessment is an integral operating at a lower cognitive level than others. Remember part of the learning process. It fosters the academic and that the process of "right thinking" is often more important personal development of each student by enabling the peri than "getting the right answer." Listen to the thought pro odic assessment of progress and the diagnosis of specific cesses of children and assess each student according to their problems. Parent/pupil/advisor conferences are an essential own individual growth. part of the assessment process and are scheduled on a regular basis. Student assessment is best when we utilize a system based on each student's mastery of learning, rather than one based on comparison of classmates' achievement. Letter grades also have the characteristic of labeling the student. In order to feel successful, everyone must have experienced \ success. Many students, because they feel they have never done anything successful, do not need to be further depressed Good Sportsmanship by being labeled with a letter grade. The tendency is to see the Good sportsmanship is a value the faculty and adminis label (grade) and experience great difficulty achieving be tration of the Laboratory School seek to instill into the minds yond the label. of students as they move from the earliest grades through high According to research results reported by Henderson and school graduation. Because we consider this effort a partner Dweck, the way individual adolescents adapt to the middle ship between parents and the school, it is of utmost importance school is determined, in part, by their orientation to perceived that we join together to model good sportsmanship at school intelligence and to challenge. activities. It is commonly believed that academic achievement is Recent events at basketball games have suggested that we largely the result of students' intelligence, but studies reveal need to reaffirm our commitment to good sportsmanship. this is not the case. A student who is less bright but who has Whether our girls or boys are participating at home or away, an "adaptive motivational pattern," who is persistent and is we need your support in modeling positive spectator behavior able to maintain effective learning strategies and a positive and in casting the school in a positive light to parents, faculty attitude toward academic tasks, is likely to become a high and students of the other conference schools. achiever, whereas a bright student who has "maladaptive" The following ideals, endorsed by the Iowa High School motivational patterns, who gives up easily, who does not use Athletic Association, embody the spirit of good sportsman good learning strategies, and does not enjoy academics, may ship: well fall considerably behind. * Respect the decisions of an official and admire their Henderson and Dweck's studies show that, as adolescents willingness to publicly officiate student-athletes in the move into a more demanding academic environment, the way best interests of interscholastic sports. they think about intelligence and achievement is a powerful * Realize that a ticket is a privilege to observe the predictor of their academic achievement and adjustment. A contest, not a license to verbally assault others or be group of students were followed over the first few months of generally obnoxious. the seventh grade, their first year of middle school. The results * Compliment student-athletes in their attempts to im- showed that those who believed intelligence was fixed earned prove and learn. significantly lower grades than did students who believed they * Respect both players and fans of opposing teams. could become more intelligent. This was true regardless of * Know and understand the rules of the game. how intelligent the students believed themselves to be or how * Cheer good performances, regardless of uniform color. well they had done in the sixth grade. * Recognize and compliment the efforts to coaches, On the other hand, those who believed that intelligence officials, league and school administrators for their was malleable, and that through effort they could become interest in expanding education. more intelligent, had relatively high grades. In fact, the We have a lot to be proud of and a lot to celebrate in our students who did not think they were very smart, but who girls' and boys' athletic programs. Please work with us to see believed they could become smart, actually blossomed in the that our students have a positive environment in which to seventh grade, doing much better than their past performance participate. February 1993 Malcolm Price Laboratory School Calendar SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 3 4 5 6 6: 30pm FIS BB Apl/Park 4:00pm JH BB NH/Dike 5:00pm BSW E Waterloo NUHS Spaghetti Dinner and 2:00pm -4:00pm 8th Gr. (G-Park,B-H) (G-NH,B-H) 6:45pm -8:00PM Chamber Booster Club Mtg AAU Basketball Practice 5:00pm BSW at Charles Orchestra 9:24am -9:44 Pep City 7:00pm -8: 15pm Chamb Assembly 6:30pm BB Union Choir 6:30pm BB Dike 8:00pm -9: 15PM Jazz Band \ ) 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 5:00pm BSW Vinton 4:00pm JH BB N Tama (G- North Fest of Banda LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY BSW Districts 6:30pm FIS BB Dike/NH H,B-Traer) 12:30pm -2:30pm Elem. Perf/ Northern Fest of Bands Northern Fest of Bands (G-H,B-Dike) 6:30pm BB N Tama at Writers Worlcsoop Valentines Dance after Ba Piano Contest Traer 6:30pm -8:00PM SIGAFUS Games 2:00pm -4:00pm 8th Gr. CONCERT-AUD 6:45pm -8:00PM Chamb Oreb 6:30pm BB at Hudson AAU Basketball Practice 7:00pm -8: 15pm ClBmb Choir 6:30pm BBB @Janesville 8:00pm -9: 15PM Jazz Band (NN) 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 VALENTINE'S DAY GBB Sectionals GBB Sectionals GBB Sectionals GBB Sectionals GBB Sectionals GBB Sectionals Dorian Oreb Fest @ Luther BTR Practice Begins 6:45pm -8:00PM Chamber 7:00pm -8: l 5pm Chamb Tallcom Jazz Fest BSW State WASHINGTON'S Orchestra Choir 3:00pm PTP Carnival Set Tallcom Jazz Fest BIRTHDAY (Observed) 8:00pm -9: 15PM Jazz Band 7:30pm Concert Up PTP CARNIVAL Dorian Oreb Fest @ Luther 8:00am -12:30pm 4:00pm FIS BB Union (B Mathcounts Regional at LaPorte) Competition 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Northern Choral Arts Fest Northern Choral Arts Fest GBB Sectionals ASH WEDNESDAY 8:00am -9:45am Amer HS GBB Districts GBB Districts @UNI @UNI Math Ex IHSAA Ind Speech District INSERVICE DAY No 6:30pm BBB Dist@ GC vs Elementary School Janesville 6:45pm -8:00PM Cham Oreb (Grades 1-6) 7:00pm -8: 15pm ClBmb Choir 7:00pm BBB Dist vs 8:00pm -9: 15PM Jazz Band Allison/Bristow at G.C. 28 Dorian Band Fest @ Luther

1/23/1993 • February 1993 - ~ PLS Breakfast and Lunch Menus - MONDAY TUESDAY" WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY Feb.I Feb.2 Feb.3 Feb.4 Feb.5 Breakfast Bar Toast/Jelly English Muffin French Toast Fruit Strudel Stick ...... Spaghetti BBQ'dPork Baked Potato{fopping Hot Ham 'n Cheese Hot Dog Garlic Toast Sandwich Choice Sandwich French Fries Green Beans Tator Tots Peanut Butter Broccoli Fresh Fruit Pears Apple Sandwich Pineapple Chunks Pudding Rice Krispie Bar Applesauce Pumpkin Bar

Feb.8 Feb.9 Feb.10 Feb.11 Feb.12 Raisin Muffins Toast/Jelly English Muffin Scrambled Eggs Toast/Jelly ...... Pizza Burgers Pork Tenderloin Hot Turkey Sandwich Hamburger/Bun Chili Fresh Fruit Sandwich Mashed Potatoes/Gravy Cole Slaw Dinner Roll Peas/Carrots Baked Beans Cooked Carrots Fresh Fruit Applesauce Peaches I Pears Choe. Chip Bar Brownie

Feb.15 Feb.16 Feb.17 Feb.18 Feb.19 French Toast Fruit Strudel Stick Toast/Jelly English Muffin Raisin Toast

Pizzaroni Com Dog Toasted Cheese Chicken Pattie Taco Salad Buttered Bread Baked Beans Sandwich Sandwich Applesauce Com Fresh Fruit Chicken Noodle Soup Potato Salad Cinnamon Roll Peaches Orange Half Green Beans Cookie Pears

Feb.22 Feb.23 Feb.24 Feb.25 Feb.26 High School Only Breakfast Bar Toast/Jelly English Muffin Fruit Strudel Stick

Hot Dog Sloppy Joe Hamburger Beef 'n Bean Burrito Turkey/Noodles Lasagna French Fries Vegetable Soup Fresh Fruit Mixed Vegetables Buttered Bread Fresh Fruit Fruit Cocktail Angel Food Cake/ Pears Peas Topping Peanut Butter Bar Applesauce

' Cereal Choice offered every morning. Juice or fresh fruit every morning. All meals include milk. Lunches include Salad Bar. National Recording Artists also be sold at the Carnival until the drawing. Prizes will be awarded to the student who sells the most tickets and to the to Perform class who sells the most tickets. More infonnation will be Marie your calendars. On Thursday, February 11, 1993, provided when the tickets are distributed. national recording artists, Chad and Terri Sigafus will be Raffle prizes include: 20" RCA color TV, $100.00 perfonning at our school as part of the Beginning Reading Scheel's Gift Certificate, $50.00 Brown Bottle Gift Certifi Conference. Their stay will include an afternoon concert and cate, and a $50.00 cash prize. songwriters workshop for the elementary students, culminat Something new has been added for this year - a Silent ing in an evening perfonnance at 7:00 p.m. The evening Auction. Hundreds of items will be up for bid. Walkmans, perfonnance will be open to the public. Admission is only one restaurant gift certificates, oil changes, pizzas, donuts, fruit dollar! Children age 5 and under are free! baskets, t-shirts and more will be sold to the highest bidder. In This talented husband and wife team touches the child in addition, we want to encourage all you "crafty" parents to all of us through their award-winning, original music. Color donate one of your creations to the auction. (If you have any ful lines of verse and rhyme, sprinkled with positive messages questionspleasecallLeannAbrahamat277-4235). Thesilent for impressionable ears are certain to please parents and auction is a great way for buyers to save themselves money children alike. Come enjoy! and make money for the school at the same time. It will be a great time. Guaranteed! Marie your calendar for our February 20 Camival celebra tion. Remember that all proceeds of the carnival go to the bettennent of our school. P. T.P. Carnival Newsletter Plans are progressing for the annual Price Lab School Thank you, Carnival to be held Saturday, February 20 from 10:00 a.m. to Jodi Landau 2:00p.m. 277-7588 There will be many carnival games and activities in the Field House including: Duck Pond, Sucker Tree, Treasure Chest, Wheel of Fortune, Bean Bag Toss, Dart Throw, Soft ball Throw, Pop Gun Game, Fish Pond, Cake Walk, Jail, and Breakfast Program Update Deluxe Face Painting by Mere Hayes and her crew. This year we have begun a breakfast program in the A fun new feature this year will be a booth by La James cafeteria beginning at 7:30 and running until 8:20 a.m. The College of Hair Design. They will be braiding hair and response has been good. We are averaging approximately 24 painting nails. students each day depending on the menu. The cost is 7 5 cents Back by popular demand is the Carnival Store in which per meal with an additional 25 cents if students want a second winners of the games will receive tickets which may be serving of juice. Billing is done through the office as with the redeemed for a wide variety of prizes. These prizes may also lunch program. We encourage elementary children to come be purchased for cash. directly to the cafeteria in the morning if they arrive prior to The Bake Sale will again be held in the Field House 8:20 a.m. whether or not they take advantage of the breakfast lobby. It was a great success last year and raised a lot of program. money. Thanks to everyone who donated all those wonderful baked goods. This year all donated baked goods may be dropped off before or after school in the lobby in front of the auditorium on February 19. Becky Corbin is in charge of the Bake Sale and will send more infonnation home with the students at a later date. If you have any questions, call Becky at 268-1665. Parking for PLS Events Concessions will be sold in the Field House and will Parking for school events during the day is frequently a include Brown Bottle Pizza, hot dogs, and a variety of other problem. Ifthere is a special assembly or meeting at the school foods. Bring the whole family for lunch. during the day, we will request that Public Safety not ticket The Raffle drawing will be held at 1:00 p.m. in the Field cars in the B lot south of the school. Ifyou need to visit school House. Tickets will cost 50 cents each and will be distributed for a short period of time for any reason during the day, please to the Elementary students on Friday, February 5. Sales will park in the 30 minute spaces in the B lot south of the building. start February 7. PTP representatives will be available from Should you receive a ticket for parking in the B lot during the 7:45 to 8:30 a.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday, February school day while conducting school business, please bring it 8-12 and 15-19 in the lobby in front of the auditorium. They to the office and we will contact Public Safety. However, will collect money and tickets and provide students with should you receive a ticket from the Cedar Falls Police for additional ticket books. They will also sell tickets each parking in front of the building between the hours of7:30 a.m. morning to anyone wishing to purchase them. The tickets will and 4:00 p.m., we are unable to intervene. ., • February 1993 ~ PLS Breakfast and Lunch Menus - MONDAY TUESDAY" WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY Feb.1 Feb.2 Feb.3 Feb.4 Feb.5 Breakfast Bar Toast/Jelly English Muffin French Toast Fruit Strudel Stick ...... Spaghetti BBQ'dPork Baked Potato/Topping Hot Ham 'n Cheese Hot Dog Garlic Toast Sandwich Choice Sandwich French Fries Green Beans Tator Tots Peanut Butter Broccoli Fresh Fruit Pears Apple Sandwich Pineapple Chunks Pudding Rice Krispie Bar Applesauce Pumpkin Bar

Feb.8 Feb.9 Feb.10 Feb.11 Feb.12 Raisin Muffins Toast/Jelly English Muffin Scrambled Eggs Toast/Jelly ...... Pizza Burgers Pork Tenderloin Hot Turkey Sandwich Hamburger/Bun Chili Fresh Fruit Sandwich Mashed Potatoes/Gravy Cole Slaw Dinner Roll Peas/Carrots Baked Beans ~ nes-- Cooked___Qu-rots --·. J .resh Fruit- . ,~ ti.'~ A~plesauce Pears Choe. Chip Bar Brownie I

Feb.15 Feb.16 Feb.17 Feb.18 Feb.19 French Toast Fruit Strudel Stick Toast/Jelly English Muffin Raisin Toast ...... Pizzaroni Com Dog Toasted Cheese Chicken Pattie Taco Salad Buttered Bread Baked Beans Sandwich Sandwich Applesauce Com Fresh Fruit Chicken Noodle Soup Potato Salad Cinnamon Roll Peaches Orange Half Green Beans Cookie Pears

Feb.22 Feb.23 Feb.24 Feb.25 Feb. 26 High School Only Breakfast Bar Toast/Jelly English Muffin Fruit Strudel Stick ...... ···················· Hot Dog Sloppy Joe Hamburger Beef 'n Bean Burrito Turkey/Noodles Lasagna French Fries Vegetable Soup Fresh Fruit Mixed Vegetables Buttered Bread Fresh Fruit Fruit Cocktail Angel Food Cake/ Pears Peas • Topping Peanut Butter Bar Applesauce Cereal Choice offered every morning. Juice or fresh fruit every morning. All meals include milk. Lunches include Salad Bar. · February 1993 Malcolm Price Laboratory School Calendar SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 3 4 5 6 6:30pm FIS BB Apl/Park 4:00pm JH BB NH/Dike 5:00pm BSW E Waterloo NUHS Spaghelli Dinner and 2:00pm -4:00pm 81h Gr. (G-Parl::,B-H) (0-NH ,B-H) 6:45pm -8:00PM Chamber Booster Club Mlg MU Baskelball Practice 5:00pm BSW at Charles Orchestra 9:24am -9:44 Pep City ' 7:00pm -8:15pm Chamb Assembly 6:30pm BB Union Choir 6:30pm BB Dil::e 8:00pm -9: 15PM Jazz Band

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 5:00pm BSW Vinton 4:00pm JH BB N Tama (G- North Feat of Banda LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY BSW Districta l 6:30pm FIS BB Dil::e/NH H,B-Traer) 12:30pm -2:30pm Elem. Pcrf/ Northern Fest of Bands Northern Fest of Bands (G-H,B-Dike) 6:30pm BB N Tama al Writers Workshop Valentines Dance after BQ Piano Contest Traer 6:30pm -8:00PM SIGAFUS Games 2:00pm -4:00pm 8th Gr. CONCERT-AUD 6:4Spm -8:00PM Chamb Oreb 6:30pm BB at Hudson AAU Basketball Practice 7:00pm -8: ISpm Ct.mb Choir 6:30pm BBB @Janesville ! 8 :OOpm -9: ISPM Jazz Band (JVN)

J 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 VALENTINE'S DAY GBB Sectionals GBB Sectionals GBB Seclionals GBB Sectionals GBB Sectionals GBB Sectionals Dorian Orch Fesl @ Luther BTR Practice Begins 6:45pm -8:00PM Chamber 7:00pm -8: 15pm Chamb Tallcom Jazz Fest BSW State WASHINGTON'S Orcheslra '1 Choir 3:00pm PTP Carnival Set Tallcom Jazz Fest BIRTHDAY (Observed) 8:00pm -9:15PM Jazz Band ' 7:30pm Concert Up PTP CARNIVAL Dorian Orch Fest @ Luther 1 8:00am -12:30pm 4:00pm FIS BB Union (B Malhcounts Regional at LaPorte) 'I Competition I 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Northern Choral Arts Fest Northern Choral Arts Fesl GBB Sectionals ASH WEDNESDAY 8:00.m -9:4Sam Amer HS GBB Dislricts GBB Districts @UNI @UNI Math Ex IHSAA Ind Speech District INSERVICE DAY No 6:30pm BBB Dist@ GC vs Janesville Elementary School . 6:4Spm -8:00PM Cham Oreb (Grades I~) I 7:00pm -8:ISpm Cbamb Choir 7:00pm BBB Dist vs 8:00pm -9: ISPM Jazz Band Allison/Bristow at G.C. '•

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' Spanish Program at N. U. Procedures Regarding Rosa Maria E. de Findlay Weather Conditions Middle School and High School Spanish Teacher Delayed starts, canceled school, and/or early dismissal due to inclement weather will be reported to the following "You can buy in any language. If you want to sell, you broadcasting stations: KUNI, KWWL, KFMW, KWLO, have to speak the language of your customers," (Paul Simon) KBBG, KCFI, KOKZ and KWAY. PLS will be identified as At Price Laboratory School, seventh and eighth graders Price Laboratory School (not Cedar Falls public or parochial participate in a Spanish program for 58 minutes daily during schools). PLEASE, DO NOT CALL THE SCHOOL. The a six week period. They bring a Spanish background from the office staff will be busy helping students call for rides and the elementary grades that articulates to the Middle School Span phone line should be open for emergency calls. ish program. The main goal at this level is that students be able to speak in a simple way about themselves and their families, their daily activities and to be able to express their likes and dislikes about foods. Spanish is Fun (Amsco Publications) is used to supplement the curriculum. The Spanish program at the high school level consists of four years of consecutive studies of the language and its Booster Club cultures. The goals oflistening, speaking, reading and writing go hand in hand with the study and understanding of the Spaghetti Dinner people, culture and customs of Spanish-speaking countries. The Booster Club is sponsoring a spaghetti dinner at 5:30 The four-year program uses the texts Saludos, Amistades, on February 5th before the high school basketball games Perspectivas and Galerias de Arte y Vida (McGraw-Hill against Dike. Publishers) Mr. James Becker and Mrs. Rosa de Findlay are sharing the responsibilities of teaching Spanish at the high school level. Last year, Mr. Becker started a group of ninth graders in level I and this year he continues teaching that group in their second level. Mrs. de Findlay is currently teaching in the middle school program as well as at the beginning and Elementary Night advanced levels in the high school. Elementary Night will be February 5, 1993 against the Both Mr. Becker and Mrs. de Findlay supplement their Dike-New Hartford Wolverines. Each elementary student textbooks with a great variety of other materials such as will be admitted FREE with a paid adult admission. There will pictures, transparencies, videos, 16 mm films, cassette tapes, be additional activities during the evening. computer software and "realia" (real materials from Spanish Come support the NU Panthers against Dike-New Hart speaking countries) An occasional visit from a native speaker ford and let's pack the gym! or an experience with the flavors of native food enhance daily presentations. At all levels, the study of the people, the culture and the customs of the Spanish world are an integral part of the Spanish curriculum. Understanding different life styles and finding similarities and differences between various cultures is an important element in the program. The Spanish students YOU ARE INVITED! have opportunities to travel as a group to Latin countries. Next June, a small group of students will accompany Mrs. de Gregory Denman, poet and storyteller, will be Findlay on a trip to Mexico. in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls area in February. All The Spanish room is a center of varied reading, listening, parents as well as teachers and librarians are in and writing materials from leading sources in the art of vited to a presentation by Denman Thursday, Feb Spanish learning. These materials are not only used by our ruary 18 from 1:30-2:30p.m. at Central Intermedi students, but are also shared with university participants, ate Auditorium. For more information call 291- student teachers, students in methods classes, Iowa adminis 4845. Admission is free, child care will be pro trators and teachers who visit and consult the modem lan vided, and there will be door prizes. Learn ways to guage faculty. The Spanish room has an open door policy and share stories with your own children. welcomes those who are interested in Hispanic culture. "MI

CASA ES SU CASA. II Homecoming--Tradition or Tragedy? NU students and former students as well anticipate with the portion of Homecoming tradition which is negative and enthusiasm the Homecoming weekend and associated tradi destructive is not condoned and will not be tolerated in the tions. Alumni look forward to renewing old friendships and future. reliving a slice of the past in the familiar surroundings which We have three major areas of concern. First, stringing built so many memories. For current NU students, the football large quantities of toilet paper around the school grounds game, the homecoming court, and the student dance provide constitutes a public relations problem as it blows throughout a framework for passing the proverbial torch from one class to the surrounding neighborhoods. It is also an obvious environ another. · mental issue. In recent years, however, a less positive tradition has Second, the parents of students who are caught breaking grown up along with the good times associated with home into the school or engaging in destructive illegal activities coming. What began a few years ago with a few rolls of toilet such as arson, bear great legal liability along with the student. paper has become a potentially serious legal and social prob Third, students piling into cars and the backs of pickups lem for students, parents and PLS faculty. to caravan from one location to another during these activities This past fall, large quantities of toilet paper were strung place themselves in a potentially dangerous situation. To put around the school grounds, some of which we understand was it simply, we are concerned that a student is going to be stolen from public restrooms in businesses along University seriously hurt. Ori ve. Several windows in the school were broken, a fire was What can you as parents do? You should discuss the set outside the field house, and a number of students entered situation with your students and hold them accountable for the building prepared to continue like activities. Fortunately their behavior during Homecoming weekend. Ask them what they were intercepted and escorted out by Public Safety they are doing, where they are going and make expectations Officers. Both the Cedar Falls Fire Department and UNI very clear. Public Safety officers became involved in the situation this Finally, provide alternative activities for students. Par year. ents have organized an after-prom party to alleviate students Under normal circumstances, behavioral control by NU being out all night without organized activity. Are there students is governed by common sense. However, during parents who would be willing to help organize activities for Homecoming, common sense is often suspended as negative students during Homecoming weekend? behavior is justified in the name of "tradition". The Labora By workjng tQgether we can ensure that students will tory faculty and administration wish to make it very clear that have a safe and healthy Homecoming weekend in 1993.

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