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kind of pushes out the time
for additional programs,” Grif-
fiths said. So if the district was
going to offer it, the language
instruction would have to be
outside of regular class time.
A fall 2003 survey to gauge
parent’s interest came back
positive. In the academy’s first
year it has 108 students from
grades one to four enrolled.
The Spanish class has the
largest enrollment. On a recent
Wednesday, co-teachers Joan
Rakowsi, Joseph Nice and vol-
unteers from the high school’s
foreign language club, worked
with a large group of Spanish
students.
In this class, students are
not seated doing paper and
pencil work, but instead much
of the time they move freely
about the room singing native
songs and playing games to
identify colors and animals.
There is no shortage of volun-
teers raising their hands to an-
swer questions.
When students do some-
thing well they are often re-
warded with small toys. On
this day, sunglasses are the re-
ward of choice for many.
Fike believes Americans are
short changing themselves by
not learning more foreign lan-
guages. “Students in other
countries are learning ours,
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She thinks high school grad-
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in other languages are better
able to compete in the increas-
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“I had a lady who graduated
last year who spoke two Chi-
nese dialects — when she gets
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able to write her own ticket,”
she said.
The plan is to expand the
size of the academy, adding
more languages and more staff.
Just to keep up with the
amount of interest already gen-
erated, Fike will have to add
teachers for next year. She has
begun looking for Chinese and
sign language teachers.
“This area is such a melting
pot, there are native speakers
whose energies go unnoticed
and certainly untapped,” she
said. |
The number of weeks will
also be extended. This year the
courses began in January, next
year they will begin in Septem-
ber and run till April.
Another Dallas High School
teacher, Kathy Wega, offered
her impressions of the pro-
gram.
“When you see one room
speaking Arabic and the next
Hebrew, it makes you think,
‘That’s the way it’s supposed to
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DALLAS TWP. — The town-
ship’s road crew received ku-
dos from Orchard View Terrace
resident Gilbert Griffiths at
Tuesday’s meeting.
Griffiths, ‘also the superin-
tendent of the Dallas School
District, said he has lived in
Orchard View for the past sev-
en years and the road crew has
always done a great job in
Prudential realtor Bob Cook says small waterfront cottages
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or bringing his wife to work
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at the lake, you're going to
pay for it,” he said.
Cook, who has lived in the
borough his whole life, said he
sees its character changing.
He points to the massive
residential development
planned at the former Han-
son’s Amusement Park and
the Marina Commons town-
house project going in behind
Grotto Pizza. In his opinion,
By ERIN YOUNGMAN
Post Staff : ;
DALLAS TWP. — PennDOT
has asked for further revisions
to developer J. Naparlo’s High-
way Occupancy permit applica-
tion.
Naparlo who is looking to
develop a 48-acre property at
the intersection of State routes
415 and 118 cannot begin any
construction in the area until
the permit is granted.
things are changing for the
better. Property values have
continued to rise and his own
business is doing well.
The only dramatic down-
side he’s noticed is the in-
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“There’s a lot more conges-
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you used to be able to take a
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As the superintendent, he
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“I don’t think they get
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PennDOT sent the applica-
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