Rowland High School - Saga Yearbook (Rowland Heights, CA)

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[Jerry Ferber Clorhing Changes in rhe srudenr body and in rhe inreresrs of srudenrs, girls in porriculor, hove olrered rhe offerings of rhe Home Economics Deporrmenr, Because rhe rradirionol dosses of sew ing and cooking hove shown marked decreases In enrollmenr, orher dosses hove been inrroduced One of rhese dosses is rhe Child Core Aide Class sponsored by P,OP ond raughr by Donno Molbon. The purpose of rhe doss, she srored, is ro give high school srudenrs rhe opporrunlry ro work direcrly wirh young children In a pre-school serring The srudenrs In rhe doss learn ro work wIrh rhe children In o voriery of oreos They learn how ro plon srlmulormg ocrivines for rhe children In free ploy, ourdoor ploy, sdenclng, pre reading ond pre-morh, srorles, ond music. They olso leorn some nurrirlon and hove ro plon snod-ss rhor ore borh good and nurririous In order ro deal effecrively wirh rhe children, rhe srudenrs musr leorn ro deal wirh rhem on rheir level The preschool Is currenrly In Irs rhird year on rhe Rowland compus. Tweniy six children ore enrolled now, ond rhere is o wolrlng llsr. The school runs from Ocrober Through May, ond porenrs musr poy $15 o monrh for rheir child This money goes ro poy for rhe supplies and rhe snocks for rhe children Mrs. Molbon soid rhor Ir is always inreresring ro worch rhe relorionshlps berween rhe srudenrs ond rhe children develop The children ofren coll rhe srudenrs reocher and begin ro mimic rheir ocrions. The girls generally begin ro bring purses filled wirh ond ro rolk ond ocr like rhe older girls Ofren rimes, Mrs Molbon WORKING WITH CHILDREN children srorr ro chew gum ro mimic rhe highschoolers Hopefully, rhough, rhey leorn some posirive rroirs also The preschool ends each year wirh a picnic or o pork on rhe lasr day of school. Afrer rhor rhe rricydes, rhe polnr brushes, and rhe orher equipmenr ond books used by children ore pur owoy ro awolr rhe rerurn of rhe children rhe following year Mrs Molbon sees rhe doss os a posirive learning experience for everyone involved — reocher, srudenr, and child — and o good oddirlon ro rhe curriculum available rhrough fXOP Pom Ford Home Ec Choirperson On Yr Own 6 Food Donna Molbon Child Developmenr 124 Home Economics

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SIP Commitfee RvOleigh Philps John Korns Mrs. Turner, parent Par Chrisrionsen Jim Forlnokes Dob Gardner Mrs Dyworer, parent Dill Whinnery Kothy Connoughton Gary SoKolos Computer Coordinator Chemistry Sue Sleveke IIS Life G Anatomy Clyde Dovies Algebra b IPS Student Members Kelly Gollogher Anno Clark Annette Castro Jun Cho Through SIP, the School Improvement Program funded by the state, four stu- dents of Rowland directly effect pur- chases and spending that ore done to improve the curriculum instruction of the school These students — Annette Castro, Jun Cho, Anno Clark, and Kellie Gallagh- er — sir on the council that is responsible for the monitoring and making of major decisions concerning rhe monies granted the school under the SIP program The rest of rhe council is mode up of Coordinator, Jim Fotinokes, teachers. Mr. Whinnery, Mrs Christiansen, Mr Korns, Mr Philp, and Mr Gardner, and four parents v ho serve on a rotating basis Rowland IS currently in its first yeor of full funding for the progrom, which has FOUR STUDENTS EFFECT SCHOOL SPENDING the porentiol of tunning for three years. Lost yeor rhe school hod a porriolly funded planning year or the end of which a proposol was sent to the state. Acceptance of the proposol insured Rowland of rhe funds necessory to purchase variety of materials and services to improve Rowland ' s curriculum A wide orroy of improvements ot Rowland have been funded by SIP, and many more irems ore tentatively planned for the future. Defore any plans were mode, however, to spend money, exrensive surveys were conducted and pnoriries placed on oreos according to need Up to now the fund has mode possible teacher wortehops ond staff developement programs, while purchases for the clossrooms include compurers, video tape recorders, TV ' s, and video cameras for the use In all oreos of the school SIP also funded rhe purchase and upgroding of bool-s used by the students in a voriery of classes and has funded rhe Ansafone Hotline for student events The plonning ond implementations proved to be a fulltimejob for Jim Fonnakes when he assumed leadership of the program He currently teoches only one doss and administers SIP responsibiliries rhe balance of his rime. Mr Fotinokes felt many times that the job was almost too much for one person to handle, but now he states The progrom is going well Teachers, students, ond parents ore working excellently together. The improvements that hove been made possible ot Row- lond because of the work worthwhile I om looking forward to the continuing improvements of the school, through SIP ,3

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Diane Grosenboch Inferior Design Caroline Wasko Special Ed Chairperson Al Lozono Special Ed Speaol Educorion 125