12 The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, October 4, 1995 Teacher (continued from page 1) Mrs. Larkins. She played hop- scotch with us at recess.” Sheena'’s stuffed pillow, which she keeps on her bed, is deco- rated with the Moon and stars. “Mrs. Larkins was fun,” she said. “At Halloween she gave us real pumpkins to decorate and take home.” Jack's face lit up as he remem- bered seeing real rocks from the ~ Moon, a national treasure which Mrs. Larkins arranged to visit his class, complete with special secu- rity clearances and procedures. “It was neat,” he said. “I never thought I would ever get to see something from the Moon in my life.” He also fondly recalled a proj- ect in which his class made cook- ies to sell for a penny apiece and donated the proceeds to a family who owned a giraffe whom they had read about. Students selling differentkinds of cookies and debating which kind was the best sat behind desks lining the first-grade hallway. The chocolate chip cookies were the best, Jack said. First grade teacher Susan Yogodzinski, who taught in the room next to Lolly’s for 10 years, called her “my best friend, my inspiration.” “She never stopped working, even during the summer. Loily was always looking for something new to try in class. She was very open to change if it would help the students,” Sue said. When the district changed its reading textbook, Lolly worked hard with Sue to coordinate the changes in their teaching meth- ods. They set up their classrooms with several different learning centers for the different subjects, “Lolly always wanted to teach elementary school,” Sue said. “She was very open to change and really supported hands-on learning experiences. She wanted her stu- dents to love learning and books as much as she did. She called her students ‘her babies.” She never forgot about them, even when she was so sick at the end.” Making school and reading interesting were never far from her mind. “Who else would introduce her class to Dr. Seuss and celebrate his birthday, or bring in a bread machine so the class could make bread while reading about it in Lolly Larkins, showing off signed photos sent to her class from President Clinton. ‘The Little Red Hen?" When the class read ‘No Dragons on My Quilt,’ Lolly brought in quilters to teach them how to make a quilt,” Sue said smiling. When school started this year, Lolly, who was on sabbatical, wrote Sue a letter. “You give 300 percent to your profession,” she 4 periods (continued from page 1) teacher, agreed that Wycallis has the authority to reassign teach- ‘ers. “I haven't seen the intensified scheduling plan yet, so I can't comment more on it,” Wagner said. “The high school teachers are all anxious to see it. We plan to vote on it again after careful profes- sional consideration.” Board member Clarence Mi- chael said he won't support the change. “Will the teachers have fewer discipline problems with the longer classes?” he asked. Wycal- lis replied most discipline prob- lems don’t happen in class, only while the students are changing classes. Because the school will have only four classes, there will be fewer opportunities for disci- pline problems to occur, he added. “What about the students who don't want to become involved in class?” Michael continued. “What about the students who are act- . ing out their problems in class?” Assistant 'superintendent Dr. Gil Griffiths answered that most of these students aren't well pre- pared for class and are trying to simply coast through the system, which they won't be able to do EB a S “It really trashed my literature classes.” Rebecca Ferguson Sullivan County teacher with the new schedule. Maureen Banks also doubts the new scheduling will be as successful as its proponents have promised. “How will we accommodate the students who want business, music and art classes — will there be enough time for them to take these courses?” she asked. “I agree with Mr. Michael - the students will still lose 15 hours per subject each year, and more in the sci- ence courses.” Other board members wouldn't say how they plan to vote on the schedule change at the October 9 meeting. These concerns are echoed by teachers in the Sullivan County School District who have used intensified scheduling for the past two years. “When you have the same stu- dents for a longer period of time, you still have the same discipline problems,” said Dan Doughton, president of Sullivan County's teachers’ association. “You need an alternative method todeal with discipline problems. They aren't insurmountable, but the district must anticipate them and have their solutions already in place.” Two years ago Sullivan County switched to a two-period day, which the teachers and adminis- trators found difficult to work with, ‘Doughton said. Last year Sulli- van County switched to a day with three 90-minute classes, which many teachers have found successful. High school English teacher Rebecca Ferguson isn't one of them. “Switching to the longer classes actually decreases the number of hours the students have to pre- pare for classes,” she said. “I must coverayear's material in a semes- ter. It really trashed my literature classes. Instead of teaching seven full-length novels, many short stories and several plays, I can now do less than half of that. You can assign only so many hours of homework a night.” The language arts and social studies teachers have found them- selves in the same situation, she added. SAT Scores can be improved. 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Their children grew up together. “Lolly was so much fun,” Joan said. “She loved everyone, espe- cially children, and would do anything for her children. One of my earliest memories of Lolly is going with my children to her house, where she put a big sheet on the floor and set up a popcorn popper without the lid on. It was marvelous!” Who or what a person is didn't matter to Lolly, Joan said. “She saw good - and God - in every- October 7th & 8th Health Protessionals From Mercy Health System, one.” Kindergarten teacher Gail Long was impressed by how highly Lolly valued family and a child's self- esteem. When her son, Troy, was in Lolly’s class, he brought a teddy bear home for the weekend to share in all the family's activities - raking leaves, going to visit rela- tives, watching television. 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