St. Roch’s very successful program of offering “mini-courses” once a week to all children first through eighth grades has just gotten underway, and there are some exciting new features, as well as returns of some of the most popular classes. The 1st and 2nd graders can choose among the following courses: sewing, sculpture, exercise to rhythm, needlepoint, drama, and crafts. Sounds terrific, doesn’t it?
In 3rd, 4th, 5th grades, there are: weaving, embroidery, crochet, poetry writing, neighborhood history and architecture, music, ink lettering, and pantomime and improvisation. The 6th, 7th, and 8th graders’ have chosen from this group of classes: macrame, drawing, set design, ink lettering, art history, beginning guitar, typing, chess, bridge, communications and speech, and cake decorating. The work that goes into recruiting volunteer teachers and into planning all these activities certainly deserves mention.
We notice especially the fact that several people teaching classes do not even have children at St. Roch’s. The children and parents have responded well to the miniprogram, and it’s nice to learn that the rest of the neighborhood is interested too. We will look forward to more news of these activities as they proceed.
Originally published in The Paper, October 1976.
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Original source: SD_Times1976_10.pdf, printed page(s) 3; PDF page(s) 3.
