Historical April 1980 report or notice. Original dates, prices and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
This spring, the
Hamilton Community School celebrates its second anniversary. The leadership given to the Community School over the past two years by its Advisory Board, coordinator and principal has determined its success.
At the April meeting of the Advisory Board, elections will be held for the Executive Committee, currently composed of
George Brown, president: Mary Washington, vice-president: Neil Marsh, secretary and; Cal Stuart, treasurer. All area residents are encouraged to join the Advisory Board as they reaffirm their commitment to Community Education.
Hamilton Community School strives to meet the challenge of the 80’s through the involvement of local citizens in the affairs of the school. The Community School increases coordination and cooperation between the school and the community. A diversified educational program, states coordinator Michael Herrmann, is the key to counter-acting the threat of increased isolation between the public schools and the surrounding community.
George Brown, Advisory Board president, attributes the success, stability and growth of
Hamilton Community School to the efforts of the Advisory Board —area residents and representatives from local agencies and institutions in the Skinker DeBaliviere area.
Educational programs consisting of courses and workshops, recreational activities and special services are available through The Community School to area residents. The programs at Hamilton have grown term by term. Approximately 10,000 residents live in the Skinker DeBaliviere area. Currently, the Community School is servicing over 550 youth and adults in its winter term, as compared to 130 serviced in its first term of operation.
The benefits resulting from a welldesigned and carefully implemented Community Education program are potentially great. A U.S. Senate subcommittee investigating juvenile delinquency recommended Community Schools as one of its nine major strategies for reducing school violence and vandalism.
Hamilton Community School has met this challenge, as statistics from the Seventh District’s Team One indicate.
In an attempt to provide more comprehensive programs for both children and adults, two brochures will be produced for the spring term. A separate brochure on youth and children’s courses and activities will be available for distribution in mid-April.
Hamilton Community School will begin its spring term right after Easter.
A Family Membership Plan and babysitting service (small charge) are incentives we hope will encourage attendance and participation.
Adults
Accounting; ABE; Ballet; Basketball; Afro-American Dance; Private Music Lessons; Sewing; Shorthand; Slimnastics; Typing; French; Pottery; Stained Glass; First Aid; CPR; Sign Language for the Deaf; Consumer Math; Batik and Tie Dye; Tennis; Nutritional Cooking; Handcrafts; Speech; Upholstery; Small Business; Creative Writing; Karate; Spanish; Tailoring; Cake Decorating; Office Skills; Gardening; Small Engine Repair; Solar Energy.
Children
Tumbling; Adventure Education; Modeling; T-Shirt Printing; Corkball; Basketball; Homework Helper; Choir; Book Club; Drums and Things; Baseball; Field Hockey; Soccer; Arts and Crafts; Handcrafts; Volleyball.
Original photograph caption
The pay-off, knowledge and self-satisfaction. The Paper, April 1980, page 6. Photographer not credited.
Originally published in The Paper, April 1980.
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Original source: SD_Times1980_04.pdf, printed page(s) 6; PDF page(s) 6.
