Page 12—SUSQUEHANNA TIMES The fourth annual Don- egal High School alumni football game was held Friday right, August. 22. The green alumni team defeated the white team by a score of 14 to 6. Scott Madara was coach of the white team, and Stan Gingrich and Rick Breault coached the green team. No scoring was seen in the first half of the game. The white team had one strong scoring drive under- way, but Rick Breault inter- cepted a pass to keep things scoreless. The white team got on the board first with a 70 yard run by Scott Mowrer. The extra point attempt by Tom Derr failed, and the score Donegal alumni game stood at 6 to 0, white team. Late in the third quarter Bill Gainer, green team, intercepted a white pass and ran the ball back for a green touchdown. Green quarter- back Randy Richard made the two point conversion, and the score was 8 to 6, green’s favor. Early in the fourth quarter Richards threw a 60 yard pass to Steve Tucker for the final touchdown of the game. The extra point failed, and the score remained 14 to 6, green’s favor. Rudy Ney, age 33, was the oldest alumni player returning for the game, and his wife, Harriet, was the oldest cheerleader. Donegal sports teams begin 1980 fall season With the Donegal school year still one week away, sports action in the district is already under way. The varsity soccer team, coached by Bernie Thome, had its first non-league game yesterday, August 26, with Conestoga Valley at CV. They play Garden Spot at home this Thursday, August 28, and begin league piay next Tuesday, Sept- ember 2, when they meet Mount Joy Chorus to rehearse Sept. 2 The Mount Joy Commun- ity Chorus will get into full swing for the 1980-81 season with its first fall rehearsal on Tuesday, September 2, at 7:30 pm in the Fellowship Hall of Trinity Lutheran Church, West Main Street, Mount Joy. The chorus, under the direction of Miss Dorothy E. Schock, was formed in 1971 when members of area church choirs were invited to join the group. The members of the chorus again extend a cordial invitation to anyone in Mount Joy and neighbor- ing towns, age 17 and older, to join in the fellowship of group singing. Mrs. Carole Bubacz, Mount Joy, is the pianist for the group. The chorus will present an informal evening of music at the Elizabethtown Commun- ity Park Amphitheatre, Spruce and Washington Streets, on Sunday, Septem- ber 7, at 7 pm. In the event Solanco at Solanco. The football team once again begins the season with a non-league game against Columbia this Fri- day night, August 29, 8 pm, at Columbia. The varsity football team is coached by Gayne Deshler. The hockey team begins non-league play at home Wednesday, September 3, against Manheim Township. Joyce Zangari coaches the varsity hockey team. of rains, the program will be held in the Elizabethtown Area Middle School cafe- teria at the scheduled time. To begin the Advent season, the chorus - will present a program of Christmas music at the Methodist Church Home at Cornwall on Sunday, Dec- ember 7, at 3:30 pm. The annual ‘‘Songs of Christmas’’ concert given by the chorus will be presented on Sunday, Dec- ember 14, at 3 pm at Trinity Lutheran Church, Mount Jgy. Officers of the Mount Joy Community Chorus are: John F. Way, Jr., pres- ident; Mrs. Jane Drenner, secretary; Alice Keller, treasurer; Sandy Heisey and Mrs. Dorothy Heilig, librar- ians; Verna Brandt, tele- phone squad chairperson; Loren Rahe, properties chairperson; and Mrs. Dorothy Heilig, public rela- tions. School board examines LD/EMR programs The Donegal School Board voted at last Thurs- day night’s meeting to have the administration explore all alternative possibilities for the education of children with learning disabilities in the high school and junior high, and to hire additional help if needed. The action came after a: two-hour discussion on the education for the learning disability (LD) student being combined with the educably mentally retarded (EMR) students. The board received a petition signed by 75 residents objecting to last month’s proposal to com- bine LD and EMR student resource rooms. The re- source room is used by students when they are not attending regular classes. A teacher provides the special assistance needed by the students. The petition also objected to LD students being placed directly in the high school from sixth grade. This is done because space and numbers in the junior high do not make a special class practical. There are nine LD students and 22 EMR students in the high school. Present at the monthly meeting was Dr. Richard D. Sherr, assistant executive director of Lancaster-Leba- non Intermediate Unit 13 in charge of exceptional child- ren services. Dr. Sherr discusses the operation of resource rooms for the instruction of EMR and LD students. He told the group that nine of the 22 Unit school districts currently have combined programs. Most of the schools with com- bined classes are small like Donegal. Because of a federal regulation stating that stud- ents be placed in the ‘“‘least restrictive environment,”’ Dr. Sherr told the group, schools are required to place students in as many regular classes as possible. ‘We are moving away from: segregation of groups,’’ Dr. Sherr told the board and residents attending the meeting. Parents of LD children attending the meeting questioned the decision to combine the LD and EMR groups. Many felt there was a stigma attached to EMR students that was not yet carried over to the LD student. ‘If you combine the classes, the LD students will be stigmatized too,”’ remarked one resident. “These children already have a low self-concept, and this will not be helped by combining the two classes.”’ One parent moved the board by outlining his son’s situation in the LD classes. ‘‘We’re new in the district,’ he told board members. ‘““We moved here two years ago and before that our one son was in a special ed. class going down hill.”’ The father told the board that the boy has really progressed in Beahm’s LD program. ‘“‘We are doing something right (here at Donegal); let’s keep with it.” Concerned parents at- tending the meeting said they are satisfied with the board’s decision to look for alternatives. In other action, the board designated Mr. William Earhart as assistant princi- pal of the junior high school. Earhart will replace Mr. Hubert Peters who retired at the close of the 1979-80 school term. Earhart is certificated as a secondary administrator and will con- tinue as a social studies teacher with some reduced class assignments for ad- ministrative duties as as- signed. He has completed 17 years of teaching; 16 of them in Donegal’s junior high. In other personnel mat- ters, the board hired Mr. William Chase, an Indiana, PA, resident, as a high school social studies teach- er, replacing Mr. Ilezze. Chase is a graduate of Indiana University of PA and Punxsutawney High School. Mr. Reid P. Lauderman, Lititz, has been hired to fill a high school math position vacated by Mr. Straus- baugh. He is a graduate of Millersville State College with an M.A. in theology from Olivet Nazareth Col- lege, Illinois. He graduated from Warwick High School. He spent the past year as a pastor of a church in Lehighton. Mrs. Linda F. Kinzer, Lancaster, was hired as a high school English teacher. She is a graduate of Longwood College, VA, with a Master’s ‘degree from Old Dominion University, VA. She is a graduate of Orange County High School in VA, and . has completed nine years of high school English teaching at Chesapeake, VA. She is certified in English and guidance. Mrs. Linda Hitchcock, Lancaster, has been hired as a full-time substitute for Riverview grade S. She will replace Mrs. Gingerich who is on maternity leave. She is a graduate of Millersville State College and Manheim Township High School, and has graduate credit at Mary-Hardin Baylor, TX and Millersville State Col- lege. She taught in elemen- tary schools in Edgewood, MD, and State College, PA, and high school chemistry in Copperos Cove, TX. : - Mrs. Judith Gail White Kilian was hire as a full-time substitute at Grandview grade 3 for Miss Girven who is serving as a substitute elementary guidance coun- selor during the sabbatical leave of Mr. Newcomer. She is a graduate of Kings College, NY, and Pennsbury High School. Mrs. Dotty Jane Linard was hired a a full-time sub in Riverview grade 6. This position will be substitute for Mrs. Linda Krause, former Seiler grade 2 teacher, who is on maternity leave. Mrs. Linard is a graduate of Shippensburg State College and Blain Union High school, and has taken credits at Gettysburg College Theological Semin- ary. She has substituted in the Donegal and neighbor- ing districts for the past 20 years. Miss Linda Marie Donley, Lancaster, was hired as a full-time sub for Mr. Rupp in Maytown grade 6. Mr. Rupp plans to be on sick leave for 1980-81. Miss Donely is a graduate of Millersville State College and Hershey High School, and has taken work at Harrisburg Area Commun- ity College. The board accepted the resignation of Mr. Warren P. Rupp, Maytown grade 6 teacher, to become effective on the last work day of the 1980-81 term. He plans to utilize sick leave during the 1980-81 year. He has provided a physician’s re- port dated August 11, 1980, and will continue to provide a report every 60 days. Mrs. Rehrer informed the board that she will be unable to return to work due to heath and will utilize sick leave until her retirement on September 26, 1980. Mrs. Harnish will transfer from Riverview grade 2 to August 27, 1980 Seiler grade 3 in 1980-81. The district reduced one section of Riverview grade 2, and Mrs. Koser resigned. from the Seiler grade 3 position. Mrs. Keesey will return to a high school math position following 1979-80 maternity leave. : Miss Heather Ann Salt, of the United Kingdom, will serve as international ex- change teacher for Miss Rice in Seiler grade 4. Mrs. Vera E. Cox .was granted a sabbatical leave for the second semester of the 1980-81 school term. She will be travelling to the southern and western states. Mr. William Chase will take a position as an assistant football coach, and Miss Jean Mitzel and Miss Jill Shupp will serve as hockey assistants. The board was notified that Mrs. Romaine Kline, Riverview grade 2 teacher, has been selected as one of the ten finalist for Penn- sylvania Teacher of the Year by the PA Department of Education. Mrs. Kline has completed 36%2 years of teaching, all in the Donegal district. The PDE selection team plans to visit the district of each finalist and choose the top condidate. Mr. Depoe was selected as one of the ten PA finalists for Teacher of the Year in 1978. The board turned down a request made by Mr. Keith McLaughlin, Mount Joy, to rent the junior high gym for a street hockey league. Board members felt the floor would be damaged by hockey sticks. They sug- gested he contact the Marietta Jaycees for use of their building. Maria Elena Vaca was accepted as an exchange student from Bolivia as part of the Youth Exchange. Service. She will reside with Mr. and Mrs. Brian Reiter, 256 W. Market Street, Marietta and attend Done- gal tuition free. New high school emer- gency lighting system will be installed at a cost of $4,935 plus additional charges for removing the existing equipment. Donegal teachers’ contract (cont.). [continued from front page] used, at the employee’s option, for approved work- shops and conferences. Under insurance cover- age, the board has made the following proposals. Major medical coverage maximum would be $200,000 the first two years, increasing to $250,000 in 1982-83. Hos- pital expenses will cover 90 days in a semi-private room, $1,700 maximum has been allotted for surgical needs, and $300 for diagnostic X-ray and lab requirements. Outpatient care would be provided in 1981-82 and 1982-83, at $100 the first year and $150 the second. Maximum coverage for mental and nervous dis- orders would amount to a maximum of $25,000 at $100.00 deductable. In- , hospital confinement would be covered to 80% and non- hospital confinement at S0%. $20 a visit would be allowed for treatmen:s. In another area, teachers are requesting that anything detrimental to them on their personnel files be eliminat- ed if that occurence is not repeated. The board has proposed that all evaluative material in personnel files be initialed by the employee and a copy be supplied to the employee. The next meeting of the board and teacher repre- sentatives will take place Wednesday, September 3, which is, ironically, the first day of school.
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