Herald - Lantern - Dispatch 9 April '86 49

Study On Schools Slated

TRENTON - The New Jersey Schools Boards Association has announced that 200 of its members will meet with each of the state's school boards over the coming months to identify issues likely to dominate education over the next five years. The NJSBA group, called the "Committee of 200." plans to accomplish its objective in a two-month period, meeting with boards during their regular meetings or work sessions. Each committee member will be assigned to approximately three boards in his area. Efforts will be coordinated in each county by the county school board associations. "WE HAVE to "do more than glance at the future if schools are going to move ahead into the future in-

stead of being overtaken by it." NJSBA Executive Director Octavius T. Reid Jr. said. "This committee will be a primary means of face to face communications with board members to address the future of education in New Jersey." Inf^rmation gathered by members will be compiled and reported to NJSBA's Long Range Planning Committee for incorporation in an overall action plan for the five-year period beginning with the 1987-88 school year. The Committee of 200 is chaired by NJSBA Vice President Jeremiah Regan, and Oceanport school board member. Other committee members were appointed in December by NJSBA President Margaret Mueller.

THE CAPE MAY County representatives for the committee of 200 and their local boards are Diana L. Bonner. Upper Township; John C. Daly. Cape May City; Jeanne L. Gorman. Ocean City; Janice Kellawav. West Cape May ; H. Keitn Maund. Middle Township; William L. Mitchell. Wildwood City; Bart J. Russell. Lower Township, and Carman Scarpa. Avalon. Ralph Bakely. Cape May City, is president of the Cape May County School Boards Association.' NJSBA is a statewide, non-profit organization federating the state's 611 local boards. The organization advocates on behalf of the state's public school students and school districts. It provides inservice education and technical assistance to New Jersey's 4,900 school board members. For more information, contact Paul Shelly at (609) 695-7600, extension 244. •

Library Use Urged By National Week

TRENTON - Husbandhunters can get a head start at the library, according to Margaret Kent, author of How to Marry the Man of Your Choice. She says libraries are among the best places to meet Mr. Right. Whatever your goal in life, your library can give you a head start toward reaching it. adds the New Jersey Library Association. In conjunction with observance of National Library Week April 6-12, the association also Pre-school Screening Offered COLD SPRING - Parents who suspect their preschool-age child may be handicapped can now get free help from their local school districts. Lower Township Public Schools are taking part in Child Find, a 'state-wide program to locate and provide services for,children 3 to 5 who may have physical, mental, or emotional difficulties. SCREENING, professional guidance, and an educational program ( if needed) are all available free of charge through the schools. These are possible signs of a special handicap; Child has trouble seeing people or objects. Child has trouble hearing voices or other sounds. Child is unusually quiet. Clifld throws "temper tantrums" or cannot get along with others. CHILD CANNOT pronounce words properly. Child has particular health problem. For more information, contact the Lower Township Public Schools at 884-7021 from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. or write to Superintendent of Schools, at 834 Seashore Rd., Cape May, New Jersey 08204.

stresses other reasons for frequent visits to the library: AT THE LIBRARY job seekers learn about resume writing and interviewing skills Business people consult directories and special publications. Dieters figd the latest nutritional information and consumers find what to look for and what to avoid. Research shows that children who have been read to before they begin school have a better chance at success. Library story hours and other preschool programming provide youngsters with a head ? start on school. TODAY EVEN adults who cannot read find the library essential as librarybased free literacy programs help nonreaaers acquire this crucial skill. Libraries are filled with the information and ideas you need to find a job, select a college, plan for retirement or plant a garden. Whatever your age or stage you can benefit from your library. Everyone is invited to join the estimated 15.5 million Americans who use libraries weekly. Pupils Join Readathon COLD SPRING - Pupils in two Lower Township Elementary Schools will take place in this year's Readallwn for the benefit of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, it was announced at Maud Abrams . School here. ( Principals Oliver West of ^ Abrams and Peter Holt, of Memorial School, Villas, ' said that second and third graders have registered to take part in the ReadaTTion The students will read as many books as they can over a four-week reading period and collect donations from their sponsors for each I book read. '

m mi - I U YP IV STROLLING — Two friends from North Wildwood. Annette Jackson and Albert Bauhaus. bundle up for a brisk walk on the Cape May Boardwalk. Bauhaus has been a volunteer at the Crest Haven Nursing Home for the past 12 years.

VNA Names Coordinator SWAINTON - Holy Redeemer Visjting Nurse and Home Health Agency has named/Tjbnna Marie Callaghan «pf Somers Point as its new staff development coordinator As staff development coordinator. Callaghan will be responsible for nursing orientations, continuing stafl development and for coordinating Holy Redeemer's New Jersey Slate Certified Homemaker/Home Health Aide Training Course BEFORE JOI MM. Holy Redeemer as a staff nurse a year ago. she worked for Bryn Mawr and Good Samaritan Hospitals in Pennsylvania. Callaghan received her BSN in 1981 from Pennsylvania State University, where she was a member of the Keystone Society and Army ROTC. She is an American Red Cross Cardio pulmonary Resuscitation Instructor She is pursuing her Master's degree in Nursing Educa- , tion at Villanova University.

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