Southern Connecticut State University - Laurel Yearbook (New Haven, CT)

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t RUTH SWANN Stenogmpner, Clerk Graduate, Stone College JANE E. HECKLES Dietitian NELLIE MONTGOMERY Axsistant Dietitian -xii 16 E23- OHN O. NORDIN Engineer

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Jtssut I. Scwxrom S root An up-and-doing satellite of the college on Howe Street, Scranton School now .ranks as the most frequently visited student-teacher workshop. Made doubly useful by its earshot proximity, it has given unique' service as an experimental laboratory thrice weekly to senior Curriculum Mate1'ials students. Through these excursions, the seniors, once lurking only on the fringes of the classrooms, have invaded the kindergarten and upper grades to study the dozens of habits and child learning situations peculiar to this school. i Harboring six hundred and sixty-five youngsters- a mixture eighty per cent Italian and Jewish, Scranton has been constantly challengedi with a foreign language problem. And true to modern school ideals, these Scranton children from varied types of homes have appreciatively received all the things ithe world can offer them. I Always alive to the tradition of friendly co-operation, the strong Parent-Teachers group has this fyear gathered in a satisfying harvest, Meeting six times a year at alternating afternoon and evening imeetings they have based their discussions primarily on 'cprovisions for child recreation . In mild ldiscussion and pitched battle they have considered the club in child life, the Jewish Community Center, sand individual musical training. An unusual experience was the growing understanding of Scranton iparents for the present-day curricula, including reading readiness groups, social and emotional pupil Idevelopment inf integrated class activity, and the twenty-pupil atypical classroom. Through these ichannels Scranton School has become a closely-knit unit operating for the social and cultural needs .of its children. u l C I riff 1 8 Ess-