The Dallas Post Dallas, PA
Thursday,April 17, 2003 07
History
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thing about the Holocaust and
this worked out well,” said
Hillary.
Their exhibit stands over five
feet tall and is covered with pic-
tures and information about the
subject. They framed the whole
thing out with Plexiglas to give
the appearance of a glass booth.
“They kept him in a glass
booth during the trial to keep
him from being assassinated,”
said Katelyn, who is also com-
peting at the state level of Sci-
ence Olympiad this month.
Kelly Williams, another Dallas
freshman, chose to do an indi-
vidual performance for her pro-
ject titled, “The Lady from
Philadelphia: A Contralto’s Right
to the Finer Arts,” alternately de-
picting Eleanor Roosevelt's sec-
retary and Marion Anderson's
high school principal.
“Eleanor Roosevelt quit the
Daughter’s of the American Rev-
olution when they wouldn't al-
low Marian Anderson, an
rican American contralto, to
erform,” said Kelly, who
changed her outfit a little to
read letters from her two char-
acters. “Eleanor Roosevelt then
invited Marian Anderson to a
performance in front of 75,000
people. She earned the right to
perform because she had the
talent,” said Kelly.
Junior Jim Welch will take his
individual exhibit titled, “The
Massachusetts 54th,” to the
state competition. “This was the
first ever African-American
group considered as a regiment
by the government,” said Jim. “I
gathered my research from local
libraries like the Osterhout and
Wilkes University’s Farley Li-
brary and found some things on
the Internet.”
Students who participate in
History Day need to do a great
deal of research on their topic
not only to prepare their presen-
tation but to also defend it be-
fore the judges. After the region-
al competition, they have to re-
ise, refine and add to their pro-
ect to prepare for state and,
hopefully, national competition.
“People don’t realize how
much time is involved in prepar-
ing for History Day,” said
Maryann Storz, Chairman of the
Cancer Awareness
Day at Mercy
Mercy Hospital, Wilkes-Barre,
will host its Sixth Annual Can-
cer Awareness Day on Tuesday,
April 29 from 12 noon to 4
p.-m., in the hospital's main lob-
by area
& The event includes free park-
ing and refreshments. Door
prizes will be awarded. There
will be face painting for chil-
dren.
AARP driving
program at Meadows
The Meadows Nursing Center,
Dallas, has joined with the
American Association of Retired
Persons (AARP) to offer a “55
Alive/Mature Driving” Course.
AARP developed the program to
help drivers 50 years of age or
older to improve their driving
skills. Participants receive a
state mandated 5 percent dis-
count on their auto insurance
for three years.
The sessions will be held Fri-
day, May 9 and Friday May 16,
from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the
center. Pre-registration and en-
rollment is required.
Course fee is $10 and partici-
ants must attend both ses-
ions. To register, call volunteer
department at 675-8600, Ext
195.
POST PHOTO/M.B. GILLIGAN
Several of the History Day winners from Dallas High School pictured in front of the Club’s trophy dis-
play case are, front row from left: Kim Reisch, Hillary Smith, Katelyn Fritzges, Andrew VanLoon and
Kelly Williams. Jim Welch is standing in the rear. Absent from photo are Jered Weinstock, Katie Kup-
stas, Peter Van Loon, and Gracjan Krawsewski.
“You have to make changes before
each competition because the judges
use Offerery criteria.”
Jim Welch
Dallas | junior
Dallas History department and
moderator for the club. “For ex-
ample, Jim's (Welch) sourcing is
incredible. The amount of pri-
mary sources that he uses is re-
ally impressive.”
A primary source is the actual
document, statement, or news-
paper article about the subject
as opposed to someone else's re-
view of those materials.
“These students are doing so
much throughout the year. They
are involved in all kinds of activ-
ities at so many levels of learn-
ing,” said Mrs. Storz, who
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should know. History Day Club
meets once a week throughout
the year during a flex period. In
addition, Mrs. Storz finds the
time to meet with each student
at their home to check out the
presentations before each level
of competition.
“You have to make changes
before each competition because
the judges use different crite-
ria,” said Welch, who went to
the national competition last
year.
Other state qualifiers from Dal-
las High School this year are:
Andrew Van Loon and Peter Van
Loon, second place for group ex-
hibit; Jered Weinstock, first
place, and Katie Kupstas, second
place, for individual media; and
Gracjan Krawsewski, third place
in individual exhibit.
The state History Day competi-
tion is on May 14-15 at Penn
State University’s main campus
and the national competition is
at the University of Maryland on
June 15-19. Scholarships and
prizes are awarded to the nation-
al winners in each category and
in a variety of special categories.
The National History Day pro-
gram has promoted educational
reform related to teaching and
learning of history in American
schools for more than 25 years.
Kindergarten
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cent of its student body receiv-
ing free or reduced lunch.
Grants for other districts would
become available in the second
and third years of the plan.
A point of concern is that the
grant money would cover pro-
gram costs such as teachers’
salaries and new materials, but
not construction costs. Because
Dallas is out of space, either new
rooms or a new building would
have to be built, leaving the dis-
trict to foot the bill.
“They (the Governor and Secre-
tary of Education) have not
looked at a construction package
yet. It might take them up to a
year to figure that out,” said Grif-
fiths.
According to Dr. Michael
Speziale, Assistant Superinten-
dent, the district would need to
add at least four classrooms at a
cost of $80,000 a piece.
However, he said, it is antici-
pated that more would probably
be needed since the addition of a
full-day program would most
likely attract new kindergarten
students.
Another component of the pro-
posed legislation that could com-
plicate planning and budget re-
quirements is the change in class
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kindergarten programs
sizes for grades K-3.
Dallas is already at room cas
pacity. With the proposed change
in maximum class size to 17;
Griffiths said Dallas could have
to increase the number of rooms
beyond what would already be
needed with the addition of full-
kindergarten.
“If we go with the governor's
proposal to reduce class size, we
could be building 15 classrooms;
not eight or nine,” Speziale said.
“That could be extremely cost-
ly. That's why construction vari
ables will have a big part to this,”
he said.
Overall, Griffiths feels the dis
trict stands to fare very well from
the proposals, if passed.
“So for us, we have kind of the
best of both worlds — time to
plan, time to look and time to
do,” he said.
If the proposals become law,
the school board would have to
vote on whether to add a full-day
program. Griffiths said that vote
would come sometime in the next
school year.
Trips
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“It was kind of a plan B,” said
Norm Swithers, Home and
School Visitor who helped to
plan the replacement trip. “We
kicked it around. It's a musical.
You know it won a lot of
awards.”
The Peer Helpers were original-
ly scheduled to see the play
“42nd Street.” Galicki said an ef-
fort is underway to re-sell the
now unusable tickets. As of eight
days ago, the broker charged
with the sales had not found any
schools that wanted them.
All hope in recouping ticket
costs isn’t lost. Swithers said the
32 tickets have been doled out to
different brokers and sent
around to different ticket sales
agencies in the city.
The Peer Helpers serve as me-
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diators between faculty and stu-
dents. There are three boys and
three girls in each grade. “Basi:
cally they are the eyes and ears
of the staff. They assist if any
kids are experiencing difficul-
ties,” said Swithers.
The trip isn’t what it was origi-
nally intended to be, but, Swith-
ers said, the students are an ap-
preciative group.
“I think they're pretty much up
for it. I mean it's going to be a
nice day.”
“They're a good group, a real
nice group to be around and
work with,” said Swithers.
Administrators at Monday's
school board meeting said alter-
native plans haven't yet been
completed to replace other trips
that have been cancelled due to
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