The Dallas Senior High School is
continuing its program of
providing college bound students
with the opportunity of brushing
up on their verbal and math skills
in readiness for the Scholastic
Aptitude Test (SAT).
In order to attempt to ac-
commodate all students, the
coaching courses will be offered at
the following times: Verbal
sessions - Tuesday and Thursday
evenings 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Math
sessions - Monday and Wednesday
evenings 6 to 8 p.m.
to take SAT's on April 7, should
register in the guidance office for
these sessions. Each session will
run for nine weeks and will be free
of charge to any Dallas High
School Junior. It will be necessary
for each student to purchase the
book for the course which can be
kept for later use.
The sessions will begin Monday,
Feb. 6 and the last session will be
on April 5. Each student should try-
to select and attend one Math and
one English session that fits his or
her individual time schedule.
Anyone desiring information
about the course should contact
Mrs. Patricia Russin at 675-5201
ext. 215.
College Misericordia’s Alumni
Advisory Committee ha made
Robyn Paulick, Jeff Weaver, '
Pallante, Nicole Cooper, Jennifer
Jennifer Hoover, Brad Potoeski,
public
for the
Elementary School in Lehman.
Shown here are those students who
‘Mary Agnes Kratz,
chairman
education
Wyoming Valley Unit of the
American Cancer Society, re-
cently distributed a new anti-
smoking comic book to sixth grade
students at the Lehman-Jackson
received the book. From left, first
row, Robbie Miroslow, Chris Roe,
George Lassourreilli, Darsy
Yetter, Kim Guzenski, Matt
Kukosky, P.J. Goodwin, Jackie
Keran. Second row, Ron Edwards,
Richard Harding, Denise Kabata,
Lori Lamoreaux, Tom Grey,
Becky Emelet, Ed Spencer,
Shown here at the conclusion of the
first fund campaign conducted by
Penn State-Wilkes-Barre Campus
are, from left, Dr. James H. Ryan,
campus executive officer; Jim
DeWolfe, student representative;
chairman.
Penn State Wilkes-Barre
celebrated the success of its first
annual fund campaign at the final
report meeting and reception held
recently at Hayfield House on the
Lehman campus
Canipaign Chairman Stephen
Alinikoff reported that over $31,000
was raised in the Campus’ first
fund-raising effort and that ad-
ditional gifts in the coming weeks
will take the total over the $35,000
mark. 2
Dr. James H. Ryan, campus
executive officer, pleased with the
result of the inaugural campaign,
noted that il was an impressive
achievement and a record-
breaking commonwealth campus
first effort. He called on
engineering student Jim DeWolfe,
representing the Student Affairs
Committee, who expressed:
gratitude on behalf of the Com-
mittee to all the campaign par-
licipants.
The fund campaign was spon
sored by the advisory board of the
Wilkes-Barre Campus and the
monies raised will be used for
student scholarships and campus
enrichment.
Jim Chamberlain, and John
Baranowski. Third row, Mary
Agnes Kratz, Mrs. Marilyn Smith,
nurse; Charles James, principal;
and Joseph Solomon, teacher.
handbook
available
Many of tomorrow’s job op-
portunities will require career
planning today. Since -1965, the
National Association of Trade and
Technical Schools (NATTS) has
planning Handbook to help people
discover and identify new
potential career opportunities.
This free Handbook of Trade and
Toe cchin ic al
Careers and Training lists over 98
careers. It also describes. each
career and outlines the number of
weeks of training each career
requires.
Also included is a lit of over 700
accredited trade and technical
schools and the career training
they offer. Questions and answers
about how to choose a school are
found in the Handbook.
The Handbook also ' offers
guidelines for career planning and
job placement; outlines the value
of accreditation; lists school ad-
dresses and telephone numbers;
provides a list of free career
planning publications available
from NATTS.
For your free copy of the 1983-84
Handbook, write to NATTS, 2251
Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Suite 200,
Washington, DC 20007.
Subscribe To
The Post
675-5211
final plans to phone over 7000
Misericordia graduates across the
nation to help raise funds for the
1984 “Gifts for Learning’ annual
campaign.
Benedicta Mtchett, chairman of
the alumni fund raising actiyities
and Sister Eloise » McGinty,
coordinator of the alumni
phonathon have scheduled the
solicitation for Feb. 6 through 15 at
the United Penn Bank in Wilkes-
Barre. Approximately 85 alumni
volunteers will participate in the 6-
day event.
At present, the direct-mail phase
of the alumni activities is un-
derway. $24,400 of the $86,000 goal
set by the alumni advisory com-
mittee has been pledged to date.
The $86,000 objective is part of an
overall $292,000 goal set by the
College for 1984.
Nearly 99 percent of the
College’s 913 undergraduate
students receive some form of
financial assistance.
In addition to the alumni
phonathon, a parent’s phonathon is
scheduled for Feb. 8 and 9.
Program accredited
The National League of Nursing
recently granted an eight year
accreditation to College
Misericordia’s baccalaureate
nursing program. This is the
which a school may be accredited.
The announcement was made by
Dr. Sheila Pringle, chairman of
the College's division of nursing.
"Deadline set
for Legion
essay contest
Schools have until Feb. 13 to
submit their winning essay to the
local American Legion Post in the
Pennsylvania Legion's 1984 High
School Essay Contest.
“The Influences of Communica-
tion Media on Democracy’ is the
topic of the essay for which a total
of $1,500 in Savings Bonds and
trophies will be awarded to the top
three writers. The essay must not
exceed 1,500 words.
First prize is a $1,000 Savings
Bond and a trip to the Legion State
Convention in Hershey to pick up
the trophy. Second prize is a $350
Savings Bond and a trophy and
third: prize, a $150 Savings Bond
and trophy.
~ Winning essays from the three
ie sections of the state must be sub-
ns mitted by April 16 to the Essay
A: Committee Chairman, Michael
Mezyk of Pittsburgh, for judging.
Essays will also be judged at the
i district level.
} For additional information on
the contest, school principals or
guidance counselors may contact
Legion State Adjustant Edward T.
Hoak, P.O. Box 2324, Harrisburg,
Pa., 17105, telephone (717) 763-
7801.
The High School Essay Contest is
one of a number of youth activities
the nearly quarter-million-
member State Legion sponsors.
Others include: Legion Baseball,
Keystone Boys State, Pennsyl-
vania Legion-State Police Youth
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