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Vol. II, No. 3 Nov. - Dec. 1966 Publication of ESEA Oakland Unified School District Oakland, Cal iforni~. Parent Participation Is Valued In Oakland's Preschool Program

Parents are important people and valued participants in Oak Mrs. Creswell showed Mrs. land's Preschool Program. Brown just what she could do Financed under California a friend from the school. As to help at the center, They· Assembly Bill 1331, the pro thE! children arrived she @VEl played one of the children's gram attempts . to involve o.s1, r ':" them a cheery ~'Good Morning" games Mrs. C res we 11 had ents as , well as- the children. and helped them get ready for brought along and discussed To do this arid 'to provide the day . They, t.oo, could help other activities of the children. the links between the preschools convey to Mama that she was a She also made arrangements and the community, the program school friend. t.o return at a time Tommy has two attendance aides and' a About 9:15, tearful and with would be home so that he could school- community worker. drawn, Mrs. B,rown's young son, play with Mother and the "visit- These two women are called Tommy, pushed the door open ing friend." · · · attendance aides because they and blurted out, "My Mama ' Meanwhile, Mrs. Marian take their clues for visiting by. NEW SHIPMENT of library books for Havenscourt junior high can't come, She sent me Striplin, attendance aide and homes from the attendance re myself.'' Mrs. Creswell helped "visiting friend" at Lazear and school receives inspection from Vi~.principal Dorothy M. Hindmarsh, · cords in the classrooms, When Principal, Norman Shapiro,. and Vice-principal, Verdese Carter. Tommy get settled in the class Lockwood, is busy recruiting a child is absent for long per room and soon had him involved new students for the centers iods of time with no word from in a P!zzle. the home, attendance aides visit ...,___ .,,,W,_}@q ·=·/:=»~ .,.JI ~ Introducing_Havenscourt the home. "We like to think of these women as 'visiting friends' be cause they visit the homes of Jr. Hi.'s New Head Staff preschool families hoping to communicate t.o the parents The . principal and two vice-principals at Havenscourt junior our sincerest concerns and de high school had a lot in common with tfiefr incoming seventh sire for their involvement in graders this fall: the school was brand-new to them, the program," says Mrs. Regina Principal Norman Shapiro, · Coffey, teacher on special as Vice-Principal Verdes e R, Carter, also, believes that signment for preschool-school Carter, and Vice - Principal students have to have opportu- ccmmunity activities. Dorothy M. Hindmarsh came to nities to be successful in cer- "We not only want the eligible· Havenscourt this fall, anxious tain areas, "Improve children's preschool child in these cen to serve and find friends in the reading performance and their ters, we also want the partici student body and community,of overall behavior improves, pation of the parents. Just help Oakland's largest junior high When failures are reversed, ing a child • with a puzzle or school. they learn they can be success- playing games with the class, Shapiro came to Havenscourt ful and stop rebelling in other and observing the teacher pro from Mcchesney junior high ways." vide a parent with ways of con school, where he had served Another of Carter's beliefs tinuing at home the learning as principal for one year. With is that students are the best experiences begun in the class him came his friend and team- public relations people a school room." mate, Verdese Carter, who had can have, "Establish good rap- Mrs. Artie Creswell, atten served as vice-principal under port with youngsters and they'll dance aide assigned to Cole, Shapiro at Mcchesney. Mis s pass it on to the parents," Lafayette and Durant Preschool Hindmarsh had previous 1 y Carter would like to see a centers, arrives at the center served as vice-principal for buddy system established be- about 8:25 each morning. She two years at Claremont junior tween 9th and 7th graders, was especially early this Tues high school. sometime in the futu re. He day morning because she wanted Shapiro says he finds Havens- says that it need not neces- to be on hand to greet Mrs, court quite a challenge. "There sarily be limited to the best Brown, a parent whom she had are so many worthwhile pro- students. He feels thatinvolving visited during· the previous jects waiting to be tackled. Our the 9th graders with 7th graders week. Mrs, Brown had had dif-· P.T.A. is coming to life once who need help will help the 9th ficulty getting a babysitter so more. Our School Community graders to feel more like they ,she could visit the pre-school ,~~ Advisory Committet! is being are really contributing to the center, and Mrs. Creswell had organized. And we want to get school. arranged with another parent our students involved in some In transferring to Havens- an "exchange ·of babysitting." PRESCHOOLER ANNETTE DONAWAY, 4, demonstrates a newly. of the planning of the school . court from Claremont junior While waiting to greet Mrs. learned skill for her mother, Mrs. Eliz_abeth Donaway (c,:enter) activities." high, Miss Hindmarsh found . Brown, Mrs. Creswell greeted whiie Mrs, Edna James, school-community worker, observes, Getting to know the community she had progressed to a school other parents who brought . ' i ·-~-~ ' and its leaders is another of with an enrollment twice as their children to school. In . Mrs. Creswell checked with just.opening. Theperson_al ~ch Shapiro's aims • "This past large. _ . later contacts in the home these the teacher to discover any of inviting parents to come and summer," he says, "Mr.Carter (Continued page 4) parents would recognize her as other attendance problems: pa- register their children in the and I went out ringing doorbells rent participation or children's program had proved extremely and introducing ourselves to attendance. She found there successful. In some c1rcum- the merchants in the area. We were several calls 'to make. stances children are enrolled met some very fine people that As she prepared t.o leave the at home by the attendance aide way. Everyday we meet a few Co nfere ncia De Educacion Alta center she thought, "There's and plans are made for fu~re more community residents Aproximadamente 30 estudian juventud Mexico-Americana en something mpre to Mrs. visits at the preschool site • through our work.'' tes Mexico-Americanos ode de la universidad, la conferencia . Brown's non-participation than Mrs. Edna James- sch o o 1 Asked for his philosophy scendencia espafiola de las es dara la bienvenida a estudiantes babysitting." There had been a community worker' involves about his school work, Shapiro cuelas p(ibllcas de Oakland par de los condados de Santa Clara, series of excuses prior to this: herself with the PareJt Leaders replies that he firmly believes ticipadn en una conferencia Alameda, Contra Costa, Napa, T~9thache, headache, and other Group, composed of one parent "Given proper motivation our en "direccicSn y educacil'in" al Solano y Sacramento. Se es nunor excuses. representative from each pre- students can learn, We want ta en la universidad de Cali pera que asistan aproximada At Mrs, Brown's house, Mrs. school class. They help plan to bring about a healthy attitude fornia, Berkeley, el s:1bado 3, mente 350 estudiantes. Creswell heard the same ex- , parent projects and pass on toward schools ... give them de diciembre, de las 9:00 a,m. Seg(in el Dr, Octavio Ro cuse of a headache. Then Mrs. ideas and information of benefit many opportunities for suc a las 3:30 p,m. Arreglos pa mano, consejero de la facul asked, "Why do they need me to the other preschool parents. cesses, Too many have experi ra los estudiantes para que tad a Quinto Sol y Profesor over there? I don't know what This group met on November enced failure in the past.'' asistan a la conferencia se Asistente en Residencia, el pro to do.'' 10th to help evaluate a film Verdese Carter has been with estrui haciendo por medio de pl'isito principal de la conferen Mrs. Creswell recognized in for use in the Adult Education Oakland Public Schools since la oficin!L de Relaciones Huma- cia serf el de distribuir in Mrs. Brown a feeling of inade- Classes. the mid-1950's as a teacher nas, formacil'in de educacil'in alta quacy that mai.,y of the parents The· Preschool Adult Educa- and administrator. Back in1952 Presentado por la organi para los estudiantes Mexico seemed to share. Mrs. Brown, lion Classes are designed to Carter played defensive end and zacil'in de la juventud Mexico Americanos que est~n interesa. ~ike. o~er par_ents! was reflect- help the parents better under- offensive tackle with . the Los Americana del condado de San dos en continuar su educacion mg this feelmg m ways that stand the" educational needs of .A.ngeles Rams, One look at him ta Clara y fomentado por Quin en la universidad. seemed only t.o show a. lack t . ) would confirm that. to Sol, la organizaci6n de la · (Continua pagino 2) of interest. \Continued page 4 .

/ Page 2 NEW DIRECTIONS Nov.-Dec. 1966 Lowell Begins First Literary Magazine· For Junior High, Choos·es Name, Staff Because Mi_chael Avery, suggested bf students and tea Sharing in the daily work of eighth grader at Lowell Junior chers, English classes involved evaluating student c re at iv e high school, wrote poetry as a · in the study of mythology ad writing is a 20 member Edi hobby and because his English vanced such names as Olympus, torial Board , drawn from sev teacher, Mrs, Mariana Ellis, Apollo, The Golden Fleece and enth, eighth, and ninth graders. though.tfully made a booklet of Centaur. Others suggested Vor-· Staff members who direct the his poems, he will Ii ve on in tex, Carousel, Whisper, In evaluations are Frederick the . minds of his classmates. spiration, and Awakening. Im Walton, poetry editor; Natalie Michael died last summer, but pressions won out in some Williams, his assistant; Clara the editorial board of Lowell's classes. A few amateur psy Green, fiction editor; Karen new magazine is choosing the chologists hoped Id might be Crawford, assistant; non-fic · best of Michael's poems: to chosen, and others studying ton editor, Yvette Nichols and appear in the publication. The Spanish thought Pinanta might Koquise Adkins, her assistant. board has already decided to suggest the treasures within a Debra Kimble will assist the include the following selection: student magazine. Mode (Mod) art editor. Louis Bolden will won a place on the ballot but handle the job of exchange edi~ I WANT TO KNOW Mil..LS COLLEGE TUTOR Christine Holm, a senior from Salem, got few student votes. tor, and he plans to mail the Perhaps because the jaguar Jaguar to 30 schools across Oregon, seems to have established very good rapport with Locky.rood By Michael Avery school fifth grader Sheila Brackens. is the school mascot, Jaguar the nation and to receive their Soulpress and Jaguar Gazette magazines in exchange. Gregory I want to know why we were the leading contenders Bowden will design the tickets must die. · and Jaguar Soulpress won by and will assist with the business Lockwood And Havenscourt Benefit I want to kn.ow why peo a substantial majority. of subscription collections .and ple cry. Now. according to Editor-in- · the distribution of the maga I want to know why hye chief, Roger Kimble, 9th g!3,d zines. Mrs. B. Jo Kinnick,ESEA nas laugh, er, it will be up to Art Editor Team Teacher, advises the From Mills College Volunteer Tutors I want to know why Lillian Watts to design an at publication which will be out · hunters use traps, tractive cover. in early spring. Lockwood school and Havenscourt junior high s.chool have been I want to know why bees profiting from a program of volunteer tutors, by the girls of Mills need hives, College. This program began this fall, but already those children I want to know why r eceiving their help are responding favorably. scavengers strive, Through the Volunteer Pro- · Children chosen tq work with I want to know why peo gram of Oakland Public Schools, The tutors are recommended by ple are born, 23 of these young womendonate teachers and counselors as be- I want to knowhowbulls one to four hours a week tutoring in need of individual help. grow horns. ing children on an individual At Havenscourt school psycho- I want to · know how or small group basis during logist, Mrs, Margaret H. Fones flowers grow, school hours. Working directly reviews incoming 7th graders I want to kno w why with the schools on assignments from feeder schools and re- streams must flow. is BettyBeale,programcoordi- ceives the recommendations of I want to know why we natorandaMillsCollegesenior, their former teachers before need reasons, Because ·of a vital interest selecting students for tutoring, I want to know why we in helping young people, these Tutors may work with a child have seasons. students carve these hours of in many differentsubjectareas. I want to know many volunteer service from their Perhaps a child needs to learn things which seem odd- busy college studies and com- how to use a library in his But no one will know- mute to these two East Qakland studies, or perhaps new math no one but God. schools, both schools receiving is giving him trouble. Tutors aid for compensatory education often work under the direction Poems, short stories, essays under the ESEA (Elementary of English teachers and reading and art by Lowell students will Secondary Education Act) assistants, completing a team be featured in the magazine (the program. approach to learning. first literary magazine for a THE STAFF OF LOWELL'S literary magazine, first for an Oakland junior high in Oakland) which junior high school, gather to consider submitted entries, Left to students have been working on right: Louis Bolden, 9jh grade; Yvette Nicholas, 7th grade; Mrs. B. Jo Kinnick, advisor; Roger Kimble, 9th grade; Frederick Walton, Porpuesta De Roosevelt for nearly tvlo months but named only last week. For the title 9th grade and Lillian Watts, 9th grade. Un programa que demues- · del ingles y a doce maestros contest, dozens of names were tra mucha imaginaci6n dirigi de lectura y de lenguas adi do a la mejora del aprendi . cionales, ·varios de los cuales zaje de los alumnos de,la Roose deben hablar esp~ol con faci Conferencia - Cont. Roosevelt Junior High Would velt junior high, especialmente lidad y deben comprender la cul "Fer falta de consejeros al de los alumnos que hablan tura a fondo; reducir el numero y ayuda personal, el porcentaje espaiiol, y a los alumnos de de alumnos en las clases a de los estudiantes Mexico-Ame Benefit ·From New Proposal la raza negra que tienen di aproximadamente veinte; el es ricanos en las universidades ficultad con el idioma ingle§, tablecimiento de perfodos en · locales es insignificante", dice - An imaginative new proposal reading and language teachers, ha sido sometido al Departa las clases de tal manera que el Dr. Romano. "Esta con ·aimed at improvinglearningfor many of whom will speak Span mento de Educaci6n de Esta. pueden ser de una, dos otres dicion es verdaderament tris- students at Roosevelt Junior ish fluently and have a thorough ; do junto con una petici6n de horas cada una; el empleo de te porque no existe falta de High School, primarily those knowledge of the culture; re fondos del estado para sufra dos consejeros adicionales; el capacidad entre los estudiantes Spanish-speaking and Negro ducing class size to ap gar los gastos. empleo de padres como ayudan Mexico-Americanos. Lo que youngsters with language diffi proximately 20 for these young Bajo el Proeyecto de Ley tes; y participaci6n directa de sr falta es un sistema efecti- culties, has recently been sub sters; establishing flexible del Senado, numerol21 cier representantes de la comunidad vo de comuriicaci6n y ayuda pa- mitted to the State Department class periods of one, two, and tas "junior high schools" del en actividades de la cudcula ra estos estudiantes, muchos of Education with a request for three hours; hiring two ad e stado han sido animados a de la escuela, de los cuales verdaderamente state funds. ditional counselors; employing explorar maneras de mejorar El proyecto tambien inclui quieren ir a ia uni versidad Under California Senate Bill parent aides; and direct partici la enseiianza de la lectura y ri la particii;>aci6n de la Uni y formalmente continuar sus 28, certain junior high schools pation - of comm,unitv repre de matemitica para los alum versidad de California median estudios." in the state are encouraged to sentatives in the activities and nos que no estin aprendiendo te servicios tle tutores a los Durante la conferencia, los explore ways of improving curriculum of the school, tan bien como deber!an, j6venes que tienen la potencia estudiantes participadn endis reading and math instruction for The project also calls for Las escuelas de Oakland lidad para asistir a la univer cursiones y escucharin discur students who do not learn as participation by the University estarin compitiendo, mediante sidad pero que no se han de sos pronunciados por Mexico well as they could. of California through tutorial esta propuesta, por fondos pa . sempeiiado como deber!an. Americanos prominentes. Oakland Public Schools will help to youngsters . who have r a sufragar un programa para be competing with this proposal the potential for college but la mejora de la destreza, en for funds to support a program who have not achieved as well la lectura y en la lengua, que of improving basic reading and as they should. · se erlge sobre el cimiento de language i'ikills that is built. las necesidades de los alumnos, upon the foundation of the stu un programa experimental que dent's needs, an experimental no se limita a los requisitos program that is not restricted del curso segun el c6digo de by the course requirements of educaci6n, y que debe ser tam the Education Code, and one that bien , un programa transferib may be transportable to other Published with federal funds le a otras e_scuelas si tiEine e schools if it is successful at authorized under the Ele xito en Roosevelt, Roosevelt. mentary Secondary Educa Aunque el p:rograma afec Al though the program would tion Act (ESEA) by the Oak tarfa a toda la escuela en ge affect the entire school it would land Unified School Oistrict, neral, prestarfa sin emhrago place great emphasis upon im 1025 Second Ave., Oakland, un enfasis especial a la mejo proving the English and Spanish Calif. 94606. ra del ingles y d~l espaiiol languaga skills. of Mexican and ·de los mexicanos e hispanos Spanish-speaking youngsters, Dr. Stuart S, Phillips, Supt., parlanbas, y tambien dar!a a as well as providing assistance . Dr. Thomas A. MacCalla, sistencia a los nii!os de la ra to Negro youngsters whose ESEA Director; Andrew J, ' za negra en sus dificultades language development is limited Viscovich, ESEA Coordina dialecticas de la lengua, by dialect differences. tor; Margaret M. Harry, Rasgos sobresalientes del MAGICIAN-NATURALIST Ormond McGill unraveled a few Features of the. program in Editor. programa: el empleo de un "mysteries of the · sea- for these Cole school children, during clude: hiring a language e specialista en la enseiianza a recent ESSA Cultural Enrichment program. specialist and· 12 additional Nov. - Dec. 1966 NEW DIRECTIONS · Page 3 Cal. S.W.O.P. Members Grant Continuation Off~rs New Hope, Tutor Pupils At Schools Smaller Oas~es, And Friendliness A lot is heard these days and me, and has become one of Grant Continuation High School with its 180 students is an ex Preston is a cheerful man who about college students emerg the high spots of my days," citing and very different sort of school, It's a school where warmth takes an interest in the indi.; ing from their "Ivory Towers" In addition to service during and cheerfulness prevail. It's a school . where "no homework" vid.ual problems of each of to stage sit-ins and protest the school day, Kalmanoff re is the policy. It's a school cessary to work part-time. or his students. If regulations can rallies. But this same spirit ports thats. W.o. P. participants where parent enthusiasm is ex- need only a few credits to be stretched to help a student of interest on the part of col also teach after-school classes tremely obvious. At a recent complete their high school adjust more readily, Dr, Pres lege students in the community in Negro American History and . Open House over 100 parents work. These students, for a ton will stretch them. If a stu and world around them has led English Literature to interested were present. variety of reasons, often find dent is in need of a part-time to a program of volunteer tutor students. Members of s.w.o.P. · it difficult to adjust the regular job, Dr. Preston will pull what ing of great value to five schools .are active also in volunteer G~ant and Dev.:ey a_re O~- school program to their needs strings he can to help that stu in the ESEA program (Elemen work on weekends; often taking lands two continuation high and interests. dent get a job. tary Secondary Education Act), West Oakland children on trips schools. They are schools Students come to Grant from Marjorie Burnell, new to among them Mcclymonds high to places of interest around where school drop-outs are high schools all over Oakland. Grant this fall and already school. the Bay Area. often _salvaged. Man~ of_ these They are welcomed by Prip- elected senior class president, Mcclymonds has approxi potential drop-outs fmd 1t ne- cipal Michael Preston. Dr. is generous with her praise of mately 22 active tutors repre-. · Grant. "The classes are small senting almost every level of er, and the teachers always students at the University of have time to help you when you California, in Berkeley. These Zoo7'Mobile Brings Animals To School don't understand _ something. students are m e m be rs o f There's not so rriuch- rush and S.W.O.P. (Students' West Oak Parents of elementary school children in Oakland may wonder how truthful a child is when pressure. I can take my time ~...,.-1 land Project), a project spon he . comes home raving about the 220-pound tortoise or the baby mountain lion he saw .at school. in learning, and when I do I sored by Stiles Hall Y.M.C,A, It's true, all right! These stories stem from the visits of the Zoo-Mobile from Oakland's Know find I really remember it. I in Berkeley. land Park Baby Animal Zoo, to schools throughout Gakland. Recently Clawson School received enjoy my classes and, there Student Coordinator for the such a visit. The children were introduced to the animals by Educational Director ~rs. Suzy fore, I do a lot better. My project, Alan Kalmanoff, a Ruhe, who also told of the characteristics of the animals, The cast included the 220-pound lortoise, grades stay up." third-year law student at Boalt Dolly, who eats a crate of lettuce a day; a baby mountain lion; a pygmy goat; a pygmy horse, Marjorie also attributes her Hall, says that S,W.O.P. is Blackie, a veteran of the circus; and George, the chimpanzee, son of an astronaut.. This is another part-time job to the efforts of providing 225 tutors to Clawson of the learning experiences which is part of the cultural enrichment program ofESEA (Elementary Dr. Preston and the faculty at and Prescott elementary Secondary Education Act). · Grant. She works three hours schools, Lowe 11 and Hoover a day as the assistant to the jllM6t high schools, and McCly secretary at Hoover junior high monds. The tutoring program school under the Neighborhood is coordinated through Oakland Youth Corps Program. · Public School's Volunteer Pro Nursing is Marjorie's ulti gram, 0 ff i c e of Hu man mate goal, but she would like to Relations. first learn to be a good secre Tutors come into classes only tary and use these skills to when requested by the teachers, work her waythroughSanFran Response has been enthusiastic cisco State. To further this am by students and teachers. b1tion she attends classes in McClymonds English teacher I.B.M. machines .and KeyPunch Mrs. Frances F. Whitney re at Oakland Technical's Eve.ning ports, "I am using a tutor for School. two periods a week to aim at Senior Ronnie Williams is the building of confidence in another student who is very hap one shy, lonely boy who came py to be at Grant. Ronnie had from Mexico when he was eight. experienced a series of fail ,Natuarally, h~ lacks confidence ures at other high schools. in his English and never volun Now he expects to graduate in teers in class, yet he does as CHILDREN CLUSTER close to touch Huntley (twin of June of 1967, and would like to signments fa i th f u 11 y, though Brinkley), held by Mrs, Ann Corneille, Board of Educa continue his education by study with little real understanding, tion member, Left to right: Akwapwe Varela, kinder; ing drafting at Laney College. After five sessions the tutor garten; _Denise Martinelli, 1st grade; Arron Douglas; In addition to his studies Ron reports that the boy seems kindergarten; Mario · Smith, kindergarten; and Wanda nie works three hours a day enthusiastic, open, willing to Gentry, kindergarten, in a job Dr. Preston helped talk, and . ambitious, He seems him get at the post office at happy at the thought that some . l. Oakland's Army Base. one is interested in him alone KINDERGARTENERS Mario Smith and Ronnie's mother, Mrs. Bill and has become mo re re Arron Douglas try to help George, the (Hattie) Williams is one of the sponsive. Chimp, .walk, but he prefers to ride, most ardent backers Grant Mrs. Naomi W. McLane, an could hope to have. other English teacher at McCly "Grant is like a private monds, works with two young school," said Mrs. Williams. women and a man from Cal. "Teachers are never too busy She says · that in two classes to speak to the students or to the . tutors · help by taking one encourage them. Students get or two students at a time to lots of individual help. At his read and discuss the class work last high school Ronnie cut privately. Mrs. McLane re school, and I believe that was ports, "One of the young women to get back at what he felt has shown such art eagerness was lack of individual attention. and such ability, that I allowed This school has given Ronnie her to present a series of a new insight on school. Grant poems to the whole group. This is what all high schools should led to some wonderful discus be like." sions of the place of students Dr. Preston explains the "no in the world, and from there, homework policy" in this way, into the problems of Negro "If a student' can be counted · young people. The class relates upon to do homework, he easily to both h_er (the tutor) wouldn't be here at Grant. If we gave ·homework, most of these kids wouldn't do it, We CLAWSON'S PRINCIPAL, James Calbert, holds the pygmy TOTO AND DENISE Martinelli are now would have to grade them dowri Latin-American goat, Toto, so that Denise Martinelli and Henry Leong, such good friends that Toto decides to for homework not completed, 1st graders, can make frtends, take a bite of her dress to remember and it would come to repre her by. sent just one more area of Students Me et failure for these students. Many of them have to work hard at Approximately 30 students of ties of Santa Clara, Alameda, dents in the local. colleges is jobs outside of school just to Mexican-American or Spanish Contra Costa, Napa,Solano,and very insignificant," says Dr. stay in school. We concentrate descent from the public high Sacramento. Approximately 350 Romano. "This condition is MAIL BAG on completing all the work in schools of Oakland will be students are expected to at truly sad because there exists the · classroom with lots of in ·participants in a conference · tend. no lack of capability among the NEW DffiECTIONS would dividual attention. Some of these on leadership and higher edu According to Dr. Octavio Ro Mexican-American students. welcome hearing from reade.rs, students ask for extra work. cation at the University of Cali mano, faculty advisor to Quinto What is lacking is an effective Your opinions, comments and Then we give it. But not other- fornia, Berkeley, Saturday, De Sol and Assistant Professor in system -of communication and suggestions are invited. We will wise." .. cember 3, from .9:00 a,m. to Residence, the main purpose of help for these students, many make an effort to print as many A visitor .to .Grant Continu 3:30 p.m. · the Conference is to distribute of whom truly want to go to as possible; however, we re ation may v~i:y -well agree with Presented by the Mexican information on higher education college and formally continue serve the right to print your Mrs. Williams, It does have the American Youth Organization to Mexican-American students with their studies." · . letter or edit it to fit the space air of a fiiemlly,imall private of Santa Clara Countyandspon interested in continuing their -available in each edition. Ad school. But iri every classroom sored by Quinto Sol, the Mexi~ education at colleges and uni- During the conference, the dress your letters to NEW Dr. Preston's staff work hatd can-American student organi versities. · students will participate in DIRECTIONS, Oakland .Public at the ' goal ---;of · making it a zation at -. the University, the "Due to lack of counseling workshops and -hear addresses Schools, Room 115, 1025 Se place wher_e:students who have conference will welcome high and personal help, the percent by prominent Mexican-Aqier cond Avenue, Oakland, Califor-. eiperiencea _too many failures school students from the coun- age of Mexican-American stu- ican spokesmen. nia 94606. can find a _t:11~ success. · -:

H~ 'w.L_ , . · Page 4 NEW DIRECTIONS Nov.-Dec. 1966 _ 5 O~kland Seniors Named Finalists For Achi·evement Scholarships

Five Oakland seniors have been named finalists in the 1966-67 Deon Broome and Lu Paulette National Achievement Skholarship Program for Outstanding Negro Young, ofMcClymonds, Mildred Students. These include: Juanita Patterson, Sharron Y, Bagby, Cox and WilbertGex,ofQakland ,Everett D. Howard, andCharlettaL.HinesofCastlemont; and Johnnie Technical, .and Louisa Lewis of ;&!,muel Harrison of Oakland Technical. Fremont. Oakland's finalists are among 1,000 finalists selected nation wide from 3,000 nominees. Two hundred fifty of the 1,000 finalists are eligible to win $1 000 to $6,000 in educational aid for four-year scholarships. All - finalists and a group of runner-up students were com mended to the attention of all U.S. college and universities that the candidates expressed interest in attending. Scholarships are guaranteed for four years , as long as the student maintains rtormal progress toward a bachelor's degree in an accredited college or university, Last year five Oakland stu dents were among the 1,029 -finalists nominated throughout the nation for scholarships --

BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBER Barney E. Hilburn,congratulates HAVENSCOURT JUNIOR HIGH's reading assistant Merle-Benneche scholarship finalists: (Left to right) Everett D. Howard, Charletta demonstrates the use of a Listening Post to visitor Mrs. Saka L. Hines, Juanita Patterson, and Sharron Y. Bagby (all from Sasaki and her son, Lawrence. Students are, left to right, Carolyn Human Relations Castlemont High), and Johnnie Samuel Harrison , (Oakland Tech.). Carter and· La Verne Henderson, 7th graders. American Education Week Workshop Held The staffs of the seven ele mentary schools serving as re Draws Parents To Schools ceiving schools in Qakland's Havenscourt Vocal Erisemble "Integration Model" met at During American Education Week, November 7 - 10, _ parents Redwood Heights schoQl No of children in schools . can see first hand how their children are vember 16 and 17 from 2:30 being helped in language development. to 5:00 for an Intergroup Re ~ings At "Spotlight On .Youth" At Hoover junior high school lations Workshop~ a group of students from Mrs. each equipped with one of the Conducted by the Office of Havenscourt Junior -filgh music teacner at Havenscourt, Jane Nakaue's class presented following teaching machines; Human Relations of Oakland school's hinth grade vocal en include Albert Banks, Clarice a skit showing the efforts of controlled reader, tachisto Public Schools, the Workshop semble recently presented a Brooks, Diane Brown, LaVolia the ninth grade English and s cop_e, rateometer, language brought the staffs of these sev variety of songs at a program Butcher Debra Chaves, reading teachers to improve master, flash·- X, tape recorder en schools ·· together with ffie of public recognition of talented Veronica Mayweather, Anthony vocabulary skills thFough teach and listening post. With the challenge . to · face the weak East Bay youngsters. • Murphy t Gloria Nibblett, and ing Latin and Greek roots,pre assistance of student demon nesses which -desegregation Sharing the bill with the vocal Adrian :Stewart. fixes and suffixes. The skitwas strators (Michael Davis, often brings to the surface, and ensemble and othert student written and directed by Booker Carloss, Jarrett plan necessary changes to ob musicians was program speaker Soprano Cynthia Hill, ninth Catherine Levy, a ninth grade Henderson, Marietta Gillespie, tain better intergroup relations. Dr. Staten Webster, director of grader at west campus Berk~ley student. Otis Quinney, Monte - Brown, The faculties of these seven secondary education at the Uni high school, sang a solo ac At Havenscourt junior high Earl McLeod, and Maceo schools (Kaiser, Maxwell Park, versity of California, Berkeley, c om pan i e d by Mrs. Lora school, parents were welcomed Williams), and Mrs. Virginia Redwood Heights, H9ward, Se who spoke on the major revolu Toombs Scott. Piano solos were by Mrs. -Alvie Bible, teacher Morgan, a teacher aide, pa quoia, Burckhalter, and Mar tions occuring in the world presented by Candace Walker, assistant for language develop rents were able to see informal shall) had shown the most con today, He emphasized the effect fifth-grader at Santa Fe ele ment, into the new reading lab demonstrations and even ex cern in the area of grouping, of the human revolution, the mentary school. Oakland, an_d oratories where students and periment with some of the ma particularly as applied to the social revolution, and the eco by Anna Marie Goodman, sev teachers demonstrated the new chines themselves. ~ students they had received nomic revolution on today's enth-grader at Rooseveit Jr• . teaching equipment. Reading As parents listened to a re through the "Integration Mo young people •. high school, in Richmond. teachers Merle Benneche, Mrs. cording with the head sets or del." Much time during the The occasion was the annual Mrs. Joan D. BrownandMrs. Julia B r u in, Miss B e r n i c e read a story projected by the Workshop was given to looking Spotlight On Youth Program Ellen Posey were co-chairmen Spearman, Stanley K. Won, and controlled reader,orsawwords at grouping practi'ces in the presented by the Alpha Nu of the event, which was followed William Wong, were happy to flashed from the tachistoscope, classroom that may influence ·omega graduate chapter of by a reception in the church, answer individual questions Mrs. Henrietta Green, teacher the kind of grouping that takes Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority at from parents. Instructional me Started at Howard University assistant for language develop place on the playground and the. Bebee Memorial CME Tem in Washington, D.c., in 1908, dia specialist,Allan Fleischman ment, reports comments were in the cafeteria. ple in Oakland, demonstrated the library mate the Negro sorority has an heard such as "My, I wish Keynote speaker on No Members of the Havenscourt undergraduate chapter, Rho rials. Coffee and punch were tllat I were back in school!'' vember 16 was Dr. JohnRobin vocal ensembfo, under the di served to the guests. Chapter, chartered at U. c., "Learning seems so much son, Professor of Education at recttma of Mrs. Joan D. Brown, Berkeley, Calif., in 1921. Six booths were set up on the easier now." "I didn't realize San Francisco State College, auditorium stage a,t Hoover, that learning was .so much fun!" and nationally 'known consul tant · in intergroup education, human relations, and curric ulum development for elemen New Staff - Cont. Parent - Cont. tary scqoolchildren. At pres As with her colleagues, Miss these children. Once each month en~1 Dr. Robinson is working Hindmarsh finds that her day parents come to each of the wim the United States Office to-day contacts with the stu centers to "talk it over" with of Education as one of their dents have enabled her to learn ··other parents, teachers and with advisors in setting up the Civ- · faces and names fairly rapidly. resource people they may re il Rlghts Institutes on Deseg She also serves as advisor to quest. Occasionally films are regation. · · the student council, the hall brought into the classes. They Small group discussion meet~ patrol, and the door patrol. may discuss such topics as ings were held on both days Miss Hindmarsh finds that a .discipline, food, health,_and with the following personnel · pleasant sidelight to her work what is preschool? They may serving as leaders: Joe Coto, is renewing old acquaintances, learn how to use new materials Miss Mary Frances Everhart, She .has learned that many of or audio - visual aids·. O the r Mrs. Pat Johnson, Mrs. Ar the parents of Ha.venscourt meetings may take the form of delia Spann, Blas Lopez, Mrs. youngsters are former students Pot Luck Dinners. Yetive Bradley, James White, she had .during her many years Mrs. Regina Coffey views Miss Laurie Donegan, Reu of teaching at McClymonds high the Preschool Adult Classes as ben Burton, Mrs. Alice .Chew, school. "This makes me feel "a laboratory oflearning wh.ere Mrs. Lorraine Corden, Mrs. like a g r and mo th e r toward parents and teachers share Christine Simmons, JackNaka some of my students," she said. ideas as equal partners in the shima, and Mrs. Mae Stevens •. Miss Hindmarsh Shapiro and learning experience." An average of 125 persons Carter have quickly come to attended each day's session. feel at home at Havenscourt These included teachers, ad and express appreciation at the hope that more members of the ministrators, noon super.. HAVENSCOURT'S VOCAL Ensemble assemble with Dr. Staten kind reception by SU!_dents and community will come in to meet visors, attendance personnel, Webster. Left to right: Debra Chavez, Veronica Mayweather, Diane faculty. Individually -and ; to them and . share their pride office staff, and supportive ser Brown, Gloria Nibblett, LaVolia Butcher, Clarice Brooks, Anthony gether, however, they voi~e the in Havenscourt. vices personnel. Murphy, Adrian Stewart, Albert Banks and Dr. Webster.

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