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Micheal Warner '75

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The School Helper

SUPERINTENDENT1 S COLUMN
By J. H. Whitworth
The years end was one of tragedy for the larger school family. We lost former students, employees and close members of families . Some of our students were accidently involved in tragic accidents that shocked and saddened. Many of us stated asking when it would all stop. We were all reminded of the brevity and fragility life itself.
Even as we were saddened by our losses we were also reminded that life does continue. We are first striken by accept its enevitiablity and return to the affairs of our daily routines. Hopefully, we reflect on these events, and regard less of our spiritual persuasion, sift from them lessons which if applied can make us fuller richer persons.
As we begin a year in which many things are new may we rededicate our selves to the goal of personal excellence in all that we do.-You, your school, your family, and your world will be better for it.

The Georgia School for the Deaf
Gallaudet College is an equal opportu nity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of sex in any of the educational programs or activities which it operates.
The school receives some federal funding.

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Vol. 79

January, 1977

No. 2

PRINCIPAL'S COLUMN-LOWER
~CHOOL
Emmalee Highnote A Total Communication workshop was held on Wednesday, December 15, with Mr. Carl Kirchner serving as consuHant. Mr. Kirchner held a similar workshop at G.S.D. last years, and we were happy to welcome him back to Georgia. Th ~ Total Communication approach in classroom setting was demonstrateti. During the morning session, "Mr. Carl", as the children called him, worked with a class of primary children, and the afternoon session was spent in working with a higher intermediate class. The children responded well, and the workshop was most helpful. We were fortunate to have Mr. Kirchner back at G.S.D. We are happy to welcome Miss Lynne Crothers, language teacher, to the Intermediate Department. Miss Crothers is a well qualified, experienced teacher, holding teaching certificates in the areas of deaf education and learning certificates in the areas of deaf education and learning disabilities. Her hobbies are photography, ceramics and camping. she originally lived in Wisconsin, but has lived in Kentucky for 14 years. Miss Crothers now has an apartment on Park Street in Cave Spring. Welcome to GSD, Lynne! We urge parents to keep children in school. It is very hard for a deaf child to make up school work that he/ she has missed. If you take your child home f0r the week-end, please have him back in school at 8:15 on Monday morning. If your child must be absent because of illness or other unavoidable reasons, please send a written excuse with your child when he / she returns to school. If lt is an excused absence, teachers will do all that is possible to help him j her to make up the work. Like all public schools, we must retain records of absences and the reason .for them. Please help us. Parents, if you move, please let us know. We have many letters that are returned to the school because of wrong addresses. Please notify us of any change in your address, so that you can hear from your child every week. Your child wants to hear from you, too, so please keep writing. We are looking forward to this new year with great expectations. We are making steady progress toward our goals for the school and feel that this will be a great year for G.S.D. We wish all staff, students, and parents a Happy New Year!
Miss Lynne Crothers

Audiologist's Corner
Jerry Ramsey Although we are still in the midst of the 1967-77 school year, we are b<lginning the new year of 1977. Perhaps it is appropriate at this time to reflect on the status of the audiology program at our school, what we have accomplished and what we hope to accomplish during the remainder of the school year. Late in October, the long awaited audiometric equipment finally was installed in the sound suite, which is located in the Administration Building. We now have a co1npletely equipped facility and can perform any audiometric test procedure necessary for our student. We hope to have by the end of this school year a valid audiogram on every child in our school. Slightly over 100 children have been tested so far; we obviously have many more to test! This summer, we hope to make an audiogram for every child in school to be distributed to the teaching staff in the fall It is important for each teacher to know how the children in his or her room hear. Hearing aid evaluations for students wanting or needing their own hearing aids is a high priority of the audiology program. We began with a list of approximately 75 students desiring these evaluations. Almost 25 of these have been evaluated. We hope to eventually determine the usefulness of a personal hearing aid for each child at GSD. Auditory trainers, hearing aids, and auditory input in general, are an important part of Total Communication. Ideally, every classroom at GSD should be equipped with effective amplification inn the form of auditory trainers, for thos student needing or wanting such equip ment. Presently, only the Middle School has adequate auditory trainers ' for the student there. Within the monthof Janu -ary 1977, we hope to complete the installation of this needed amplification equipment in the peparatory and Primary classrooms. High School studento; presently have to depend on personal hearing aids for amplification. It is hoped that this situation will change, but for the present, we urge any high school student who is interested in obtain~ a hearing aid to come see the audiologist. To summarize, the Audiology program has come a long way since April; but there remains much to do and with everyone's help it can be done. Happy New Year!
Primary Halloween
Mrs. Perry, Mrs. Waits, Mrs. Cordle, Mr. Weatherly and Mrs. Rodgers painted faces on all the children's faces.There were doll faces, tlger faces, cat faces, and clown faces.
On Thursday, October 28, the children rode downtown on the buses for a parade and Trick-or-Treat. They went to bank, Peggy's Beauty Shop, Lambert's Furniture, Casey's Grocery, Mrs. House's Cloth.Shop, Flower Bonnet, Cline's Pharmacy, Gingham Shop, Family House Cafe, Builder's Supply, Mr. B's, Baker's Variety Store, Lindsey's Hardware Store, Georgia Power Company, Margie Nicholson's Service Station, and Earl Russell's
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Christmas Program

The Preparatory Department Christmas program was one of the highlights of the year for this Department. The program was dedicated to Miss Katharine Casey, who has been serving the deaf of Georgia for over 35 years ; 14 of these years have been spent at GSD as supervising Teacher and friend in the Prep Department.

Miss Casey introduced the program to the audience, with Miss Carolyn Mitchell serving as interpreter.

The program began with the Nativity Scene (narrator, Micheal Grace; reader, Wilann Powers). Mary was played by Anita Allen. Joseph was[)layerl by O: land Rozier. Angels were Adonia Smith and Tonya Heflin. Shepherds were Wayne Allen, Torie Childress, and Richard Roberts. Chris Culberson was the innkeeper. The wise men were Ricky Barn well, Chip Stennett, and Marlow Clowers. Mrs. Kathleen Cantrell and Mrs. Ruby Hale directed the Nativity Scene.

Choir members Gilberto Sanchez, Rod-

ney Parker, Charles Eaves, Lisa Burnley,

~Wisehauvnedr'a

William Brooks ,

Allen Parker, Jr., Enca Tatum, and

Ray Gilbert wore white robes with red

bows. They sang beautifully, using their

hands and speech. Mrs. Diane Kinder

and Mrs. Eva Stewart directed the choir.

Rhythm Band members were Mickey Shirey with the Rattles, Anderson Sands, David Moore and Chance Smith played the bells. Chris Creed wielded the sticks. Charvis Tisdol had the sandblocks, Chris Johnson manned the cymbals, Judy Scott kept time with the tambourine, Suzette Scott played the triangle , and Jerry Knott managed the tone block. They were led by Mrs. Rachel Tery, Mrs. Ruth Tallent, Mrs. Eva Stew art . and Miss Carolyn Mitchell . sang Chnstmas carols, accompanied by Mrs . Shirley Childers on the piano.

In another scene, Amy Terry was Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer, and Tony Smith was Frosty, the Snowman. Duane Becker and Gerry Turner were helping to make Frosty.

Little Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus, Lamar Mcln~ire and Kristine. Cantrell, were appropnately dressed m red and white outfits.

A big surprise was Santa's Workshop. Santa Claus and Mrs. Santa Claus were portrayed by . Connor Dillard and Joy Gibson. Marty Smith was the wooden soldier and Terri Thompson was the ballerina. The wooden soldier and the ballerina acted like wind-up toys. Mr. and Mrs. Claus had a big silver key to wind them up . They performed excellently.

Mrs. Barbara Allred was responsible

for the props, and Mr. Arthur Griffin

operated the spotlight. Guests for the pro-

gram were Miss Nathaleen Ritch, Mrs.

Polly Casey , Miss Gladys Latham , Miss

Sarah Wade, Miss Pam Mock, Mr . and

Mrs. J.H. Whitworth, Mr. and Mrs. A.

D. Highnote, Mrs . Alpha Mae Whitehurst

and Miss Roma Latham.

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After the program an exciting party was enjoyed in the Prep dining room with refreshments being served of nuts, candy, popcorn balls, doughnuts, strawberry drinks, and bags of fruit.

Preparatory

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Activities m Art

The children in the Preparatory De-

partment have had much fun this school

year in Art under the direction of Mrs.

.Jarbara Allred.

Most of their work has been seasonal

where fairly specific results were ex:

pected. Methods included cut-outs of var-

ious kinds, painting with water colors,

using crayons and fingerpainting. These

activities allowed for greater apprecia-

tion of their expressions as copies of

their work were dispayed along the

corridors, class rooms and bulletin

boards. The chilren discovered so many

differences in each of their products iiS

copies were on display . This they en-

joyed and appreciated. It was also

amusing in many instances, especially

uuring Halloween.

During the. pre-Christmas school days ,

team work m art allowed the children

to express and develop feelings of respon-

sibility of carrying out <lirections. They

saw the end results of their work in the

decorations throughout the building and

props for the Christmas program.

The general projects were interesting

to the children in that their actidties

were with

really expressions very little directions.

oTfhitshewmasseldvoens~

through "Junk Art." Many kinds of mate-

rials were used. The only requiremesnts

were labeling the boxes and trays and

putting their "junk" in the correct places.

Such beautiful trees were created during

this time.

Winter and Spring of '77 will be just

as interesting. Come and see!

Carolyn Mitchell

Our Weekly

TriP to town

The first school day of the week,

Monday, sparks an enthusiasm which

continues to mount during the week

because "We will go to town Friday.':

The children quickly learn to write this

sentence and almost as quickly learn

to write- - "Chris will buy gum Friday

Adonia will buy a Coke.''

The co.mplete paragraph about going

to town IS left on the blackboard until

Monday morning (at which time the

children come into the classroom and

change the verb tense).



On Friday, the children write:

We will go to town today.

We will walk.

Marlow will buy gum.

Adonia will buy a Coke.

Anita will buy a Coke

Orlando will buy gum.

Tony will buy aCoke.

Chip will buy ice cream.

Chris will buy a Coke.

Richard will buy candy.

The child who wrote the paragraph on

Friday is responsible for changing all the

verb tenses and making other necessary

corrections on Monday morning. F.xam-

ple : We went to town Friday. We walked.

Anita bought a Coke, etc.

Our weeky trips to town also give us

an opportunity to practice our language.

finger spelling and singing by using, 'I

see

" This becomes a game

and in building the children's vocabulary

as they vie among themselves to see

who can name and sign the sentence

for what they can identify.

Wilann Powers, teacher

Preparatory I

Each Friday morning we walk to the library. We enjoy looking at books and finding words we recognize. Sometimes we check out books we especially like, and bring them back to the classroom. Then we return them the following Friday. Many times Mrs. Jones or Miss Gibson has a special treat for us. They tell us a story or show us a filmstrip. Another thing we like about going to the library, we enjoy seeing and communicat ing with the high school boys and girls.
Mrs. Tallent's Class Preparatory II

We made Christmas ornaments out of dough. We mixed together one cup of salt, one cup of water and two cups of flour. We rolled out the dough with a rolling pin. We cut out the dough with cookie cutters. We made bell, deer and tree shapes. We baked the dough in a hot oven. We decorated the dough ornaments with red, green, and silver glitter. We put them on our Christmas tree .
Mrs. Diane Kinder Pre-school teacher

In the Preparatory Department we

enjoy weekly rhythm classes where we

learn .to feel the v.ibration of the piano,

clap, Jump, run, skip, form a circle, walk

t~ the right or left, and form a str"aight

lme. We work on accent and phr<lsing,

speech, speech reading, singing, march-

ing and dancing.

Rhythm stimulates teamwork and

helps us find ways to express our ideas

attitudes and feelings. It brings us joy

from learning by doing.

. The. big event in rhythm is to partic-

Ipate m the rhythm band for the Christ-

m!JS program.. We. especially enjoy doing

th1s, because It gives us an opportunity

to perform for our families and many

dear friends.



Mrs. Terry's Class

PRIMARY HALLOWEN (Continued from page 2) Caf.e. They received cookies, candy, gum, fruit, popcorn, etc.
After the trip back to shool, the children' costumes were judged. Rodney Bell and Debbie Stephens won on the front hall. Monic Hudson and Tim Hester won on the back hall.
Alton Holman took pictures of the "aradt" an d costume judging. The children had cokes, cupcakes, peanuts and Halloween candy for refreshments. They bobbed for apples and played games. They had lots of fun.
Miss Hewett, Chairman

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. Primary Dept.

Total Communication
Workshop
Mr. Carl Kirchne, Director of the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, Gallaudet College, Washington,D. C. , conducted a Total Communication Workshop in December at GSD. One Fifth year class was selected from Primary for a part of the workshop, which was held in the auditorium of the Intermediate Department.
David Berry, Rodney Ford, Denise Murphy, Faron Myers, Robert Turner, and Marica Cousin took part in the workshop in a demonstration for the Preparatory and Primary Teachers.
The topic was "Fruit"-feeling, tasting, peeling, cutting, squeezing, whipping, and measuring. They made a fruit salad using a banana, an orange, an apple, a lemon, blueberries, and a sour cream dressing.
The sour cream dressing was made first. Each child had something special to do in making the salad. Vocabulary worked on throughout the demonstration was: name of each fruit, sour cream, pud -ding mix, peeled, sliced, grated, whipped s ueezed, tasted, ate and measured. The verbs were used in sentences as the activity progressed. The r.hidren mixed the fruit and dressing, then ate the salad. Some of the teachers tasted the salad, too. It was very good. Th~ chidren were surprised.
From the chidren's reactions, they ~borough enjoyed the activity of making and eating the salad. They also enjoyed working with Mr. Car. They earned many interesting thing from him.
Ms . Hewett's cass
On October 27 and 28, the :Nlidc..lle School Art Department had a real fun experience for all the boys and girls in the Primary Department and all the boys and girls in Groups I and II from Middle School. In preparation for the Halloween party on Thursday, October 28, the boys' and girls' faces were painted with different kinds of clown faces, cat faces, ghost and goblin faces, dracula faces, and an assortment of other funny and scary faces.
The highlight of the afternoon was when "The Halloween Witch" paid us a surprise visit. Can you guess who it was?
Ms. Bonnie Murphy, Ms. Darice Lewis, and Mr. Jimmy Greenway of Cedartown, and Mr. Mike Tucci from our High School Department volunteered their time and talents to make this project a real sucess.
Jan Perry Art Teacher

Combined Class

Activities

December was an exciting and busy

month for the classes of Mrs . Davis , Mrs .

Combee and Mrs. Beaird. Their Plans

included many Christmas activities. May

we share some of the "fun things " with

you?

,

We practice four Christmas songs, with

voice and signs: "0 Little Town of Beth-

clhem," "Joy to the World ," " ,Tingle

Bells," and "Here comes Santa Cl aus. "

The songs were llsed in the Christmas

program.

We saw two filmstrips about Melvin

Mouse's Christmas. Melvin Browder. in

Mrs . Davis' class, pretended he was a

mouse having fun! We saw home Christ-

mas movies made by Mrs. Beaird's fam-

ily when her children were small.

We especially enjoyed recipes from our

Weekly Reader newspaper. We made

these thing: Peanut Butter Cookies and

Munch -a-Bunch Punch.

Mrs. Casey gave us a recipe for ined-

ible play dough. We cut out cookies to

decorate our Christmas trees.

Mrs. Combee's and Mrs. Beaird's clas-

ses went to the woods. They cut two pine

Christmas trees for their school roows.

Mrs. Davis' son cut a cedar tree for her

classroom. Everyone made paper chains,

popped corn and strung it with Mrs .

Combee's pretty red cranberries.

The boys and girls in Mrs. Davts' room

drew names and went shopping. Mrs.

Beaird and Mrs. Combee bought presents

for their students.

We went to. the Preparatory Depart-

ment Christmas program . We laughed

when little Mr. Santa Claus went to sleep.

We had a good time at our program and

party. On Friday, December 17, we went

home for two weeks .

Mrs. Davis's class

r.: rs. Combee's class

Mrs. Beaird's class

January Reflections
Early January somehow seems to be a time when we pause and take a hard look at where we stand , progress we have made, and projected anticipations for the remainder of the year.
We can see growth in many ways among the children in our Department. All of it cannot be measured by some instrment, but it is clearly growth: phys ically, emotionally , academically , an:i &ocially; growth that shows up very cleffinitely in inter-personal relationships. Perhaps much of this comes from the associations the children have with various members of the staff-teachers , teacher aides librarian, physical education teachers, art and rhythm teachers, house parents, maintenance workers, dining room workers , and others who band together to help each individual child to become the best person he or she can become within a very wholesome atmosphere.
Attitudes and actions of people who so hard to make school life interesting for our children pay off in big dividend!'. Some of it is not immediately obscrvabie , but it does come . We are fortun:~te to have a staff that shows so much concern for the Primary children. The children reflect this in their attitudes and happiness which, in turn, tells us that the morale of our staff is as it should be. For this we are indeed grateful.
We are very proud of our two Brownie troops, lead by very capable people who have a keen interest in scouting. Ms . Vireginer Bryant and Mrs. Sharon Wright are the leaders, assisted by .Mrs . Montgomery . For the first time, we have a Cub Scout troop. It is led by Mr. and Mrs. Carl Schroeder from the Home Life Department. The boys very proud to be Cub Scouts, and like their uniforms.
A fine magician thrilled the children in September with a fine performance.
Ms. Ruby Hewett coordinated the Halloween activities with Mrs. Beaird and Mrs. Davis. The Art Department helped to supply funny faces and costumes . There was a down town parade, and the children stopped by most of the business establishments. It was heartwarming to see the preparation that the merchants had made to receive our children, and to help them make the most of the occasion. After the children returned to school, they were served Halloween refreshments from a table decorated in the Halloween motif set up by teacher aides during the parade. Everyone was very surprised when the Principal visited the classrooms dressed as a witch with her face made up by the art department!
A Rhythm Workshop was conducted in November, and one of the Primary Department classes participated. The children spent a week home for Thanksgiving, with the staff having two days of in-service training, learning to improve their skills.
December and Christmas preparations upon us almost before we knew it. A highligth of December was a Total Communication Workshop for the Lower School conducted by Mr. Carl Kirchner of Washington, D.C. Ms. Hewett's class participated in the workshop.
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Sharing at
Christmas Time
Miss Clark's homeroom class spread a little of the Christmas spirit when they delivered fruit baskets to some alumni, former employees, and friends of the Georgia School for the Deaf who are now in nursing homes . Those receiving the baskets were Miss Grace Forbes, Mrs. Hallie Skelton, Mrs. Hazel Hollingsworth , Miss Gladys Demp!lcy, Mrs. Maude Welch, and Mr. Robert Giles . The class voted not to exchan.ge gifts among themselves , so that they could give something without receiving a gift in return. Each student contributed, and helped buy and make the baskets. They truly showed the love and meaning of Christmas. All of the students enjoyed the experience and learned a good lesson in life.

Christmas Party
The boys and girls in Intermediate Department came to school on December 16 dressed for a party. They looked very pretty in their nice clothes.
Everyone went to the dining room, where a beautiful refreshment table was waiting. Refreshments of cheese and crackers, mixed nuts, petits' fours decorated with holly and berries, candy canes, and green punch were served.
The boys and girls were very polite and remembered to say, "Thank you, [enjoyed the party."

A Christmas Program

Mr. Johnson's class and Mrs. Steele's

class presented a joint Christmas pro-

gram on December 16. Timothy Barnes

lead in the opening prayer. Calvin Hugh-

es was Master of Ceremonies, and wel-

comed the Intermediate Department to

the program. The following individuals

recited poems in sign language:

Timothy Barnes

"The First

Christmas"

Lannie Williams

"I'm Happy"

Susan McDonald .......... "God Sent

Jesus"

Ricky Thompson ... . "A Bit of Love"

Michelle Sims .... "It's Christmas-

time"

Skit entitled, "A Birthday Party",help-

ed the students to understand that Chris-

mas is really the birthday of Jesus.

Margaret Paul~ played the part of the

d~_ughter. The following students played

the roles vf friends coming to the birth

the roles of friends coming to the birth-

day party for Jesus : Mary Dorsey, Tim-

cthy Barr.es, Thomas Garnett, Willie

Lannie Williams, Robbie Smith, Kathy

Terry, and Ricky Thompson. Each qui-

Intermediate Dept.

est brought a gift to Baby Jesus, such as love , understanding, cooperation, good attitude, obedience, and friendliness. Some of the students recited a poem, "C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S", in sign language.
The program ended wlth a song, "We Wish You Merry Christmas", led by the two classes.
Gallaudet Day
Program
A Gallaudet Day program sponsored by the Georgia Chapter of the Gallaudet College Alumni .Association was presented to the High' school and Intermediate Group IV students on December 10, the anniversary of the birth date of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet. The purpose of the program was to acquaint People with how Thomas Gallaudet became interested in education a young deaf girl in early 1810.
The story might go like this: One day as Mr. Gallaudet sat on the porch and watched some children at play, he noticed that one girl was not playing with the others. He asked one of the boys about her. The reply was that she was "deaf and dumb." Gallaudet asked the girl to come to him, and he tried to invent a game that would help her to learn something. He showed her his hat and printed "H AT" on the ground. Suddenly, the girl understood what it meant, and then she wanted to know her name. H~ gave her a name, "ALICE." She tried to remember her name. Gallaudet was so delighted to know that deaf children could learn! that deaf children could learn! This was the turning point in the life of Thomas Hopkins Gallandet, who had originally planned to be a minister. He became a friend, teacher, and benefactor to the deaf in America. Gallaudet College carries his name. It is hoped that the Gallaudet Day program will become an annual event each December 10 in honor of Thoma!! Hopkins Gallaudet, who dedicated his life to helping deaf American cliildren get a formal education.
John Groth, Instructor Intermediate Departmet

One Day a few months ago, Mrs. Thomas's homeroom, Robert Meeks, Ricky Ingram, Pam Poole, Bonnie L Gordon, Nicki Ivey, Le Ann Blalock, Lisa Thomp..:ins, and Rosemary Horton, was in the 'ibrary looking at their favorite mal!":>zine, Ebony Jr! The boys and girls decided they wanted to write to Ebony Jrl Each boy and girl wrote a letter, and Mr. Osborne made pictures of the boys and girls to mail with their letters. The next day the letters and pictures were put in the mail.
Several weeks later, all the boys and girls received membership card!> for the Ebony Jr. Reading Club. On the same day, we received a letter from J:bony Jr. telling us that they had selected two of the pictures and letters to be printed in an upcoming issue of their magazine. We have all been eager to see who was selected.
Well, we just received the January issue of Ebony Jr. and are very pleased and excited to see Lisa Thompkins and Le Ann Blalock in this month's Ebony Jr! We wish that all of the pic ~ures and letters could have been printe , but we understand that many thousan of boys and girls from all over the world write to Ebony Jr. every month, and they cannot print all the letters and pictures they receive. The Intermediate Department
Le Ann Bllock's Letter Dear Ebony Jrl
I love your magazine. It is so funny. My favorite part of your book is the pictures of the boys and girls.
LeAnn Blalock, age 11 Rome, Georgia
Lis Thompkins's Letter Dcnr Ebony Jrl
My name is Lisa Thompkins. I am eleven years old, I go to school for the Deaf in Cave Spring, Georgia. I enjoy your magazine very much. I liked the story about Thomas Bethune.
Lisa Thompkins Cave Spring, Georgia

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Primary Department
~~The Runaway

Presents"

The Primary Department presented a Christmmas program entitled, "The Runaway Presents." The characters were;

MRS. HURRY-UP .. . . Julia Harris

THE PRESENTS Monic Hudson, Carolyn Bullard, Jackie Bankston

THE PIZZA LADY

Lisa Young

THE TICKET SELLER

Alisa Stewart

DELIVERY LADY

Bernice Henderson

OLD PAL

Denise Murphy

BEST FRIEND Connie Harrelson

Before the play, there was a short dramatization of the birth of J csu.;. The characters were :

MARY

Shelia Drown

JOSEPH

Charles Paul

WISE MEN

Bart Brannon,

Boris Vinson and Michael Smith

SHEPHERDS

Adrian Moore

Andy Mason and Roger Stround

THE ANGEL . . Deanna Kimbral

After the play, Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus and their helpers entered. Mr. and Mrs. Santa shook hands with all of the children, and the helpers gave each child a piece of candy. Mr. Santa was Ronald Kitchens; Mrs. Santa was Susie Waters ; and the Helpers were Charlene Flemister Evelyn Stow, Jan Ingram , and Debbie Stephens.
The group sang several songs about Christmas .
The Committee wishes to thank everyone who helped make the Chirstmas program a success.
The Chrismas Committee Regina Bryant Barbara Dempsey Dondra Casey

:::>cenes from Christmas Program December 16, 1976.
Santa'3 Helpers: Charlene Flemister, Jan Ingram, Evelyn Stow and Debbie Stephens,
Christmas Presents: Monic Hudson, Carolyn Bullard, and Jackie Bankston Old Pal - Denise Murphy, Best Friend Connie Harrelson and Mrs. Hurry-up Julia Harris
Pizza Lad:y -Lisa Young (R), Movie LadyAlisa Steward (C), and Delivery Lady B:!rnice Henderson (L)

JANUARY REFLECTIONS (Continued from page 4)
Shopping trips to Rome, Cedartown, and Cave Spring were experienced by the children, and several classes made Christmas tree decorations by stnuging popcorn and cranberries, and making cookie ornaments.
Teachers and children worked very hard preparing a Christmas program that was prese~;~ted on December 17. Miss Bryant, Mrs. Dempsey, and Mrs. Casey worked very hard and several classes practiced diligently to help make the program the sucess it was.
Some children could not get back to school after the holidays because of bad weather; ice was a new experience for many of them to see.
Everyone appears to be revitalized at this point, and read to work toward completing goals during the remainder of the school year.
We wish for all of the staff and parents a prosperous 1977!
Vera Y. Owens Supervising Teacher, TRICK OR TREAT
Tim Hester- a costume winner
Some of the Halloween Looks Charlene Flemister, Evelyn Stow, Tim Hester, LaDonna Saler, Jan Ingram,
Regina Bryant's Class

The students in Mrs. Harris' class and Mrs. Johnson's class went Christmas shopping the second week in December. They enjoyed buying gifts for their families . They ate their lunches in the school van because of the rain. They thank the people in the kitchen for the very good lunch.
Recipes were used from The Weekly Reader andthe group enjoyed making play-dough, peanut butter cookies, and munch-a-lunch punch. It was fun.
The classes dramatized the Christmas Story, and saw many meaningful filmstrips about Christmas . They sang Christmas songs in Total Communication, and went to the Preparatory and Primary programs.
Sometime in January, the children will go on a trip. They will have a Valentine Party in February.

Santa Claus: Ronald Kitchens, Mrs. Santa Claus and Susie Waters
SHEPHERDS: Adrain Moore, Roger Stroud, and Andy Mason WISEMEN: Bart Brannon, and Mike Smith MARY - Sheila Browu, JOSEPH - Boris Vinson and ANGEL - Deanna Kimbral

Julia Harris, Angela Huckaby, Roger Stroud, Andy Mason
Barabara Dempsey's Class Jan Ingram

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HOME LIFE DEFARTMENT
PREPARATORY DORMITORIES
The month of December was a happy time in the Preparatory Department. The boys and girls enjoyed many activities.
We went to see two basketball games and had Cokes and popcorn. On December 3, we went to McDonald's in Rome and ate supper. We had hamburgers, French fries, and Cokes. We also went to Riverbend Mall to see Santa Claus. The boys and girls went shopping. Each one bought a toy. Later we went by the Dari-King and bought an ice cream for each boy and girl.
On December 6, we went to Mt. Springs Methodist Church and presented "The Christmas Story." The rhythm band played many Christmas songs and each boy and girl did well. The people at the church gave everyone refreshments and a gift to all the boys and girls.
On December 7, we decorated for Christmas. Our dorm was pretty with .1 lighted tree.
We went to see the high school Drama Club's play. Jerry Knott of the Prep enjoyed it very much.
The annual Christmas party given by Department was in the play, and we the Shriners was held on Sunday, December 12. This is always a big event at Prep. the downs did tricks and made us laugh. Santa came and gave gifts of Christmas stocking candies, fruit, and nuts . We played games and all childnm received a gift. Mr. Ziegler and Miss Casey attended.
On December 16, Prep children enjoyed being in their own Christmas program. They performed so well, and we were so proud of them.
The happiest and best time was when we started packing to go homefor Christmas. It was a joy to see all the happy children geting ready to home.
We had a new boy to join us this month . His name is Terry Moore and he .lives in Eastman. Also, we are happy to have a new girl, Cynthia Renee Heath, who comes from Mayfield.
We had beautiful wooden play house furniture donated to us. We are very grateful for this.
Thanks to everyone who helped to make this Christmas such a happy one for us at Prep.
Carrie House Bertha Johnson Louise Crawford Bea Chambers
HOME LIFE DEPARTMENT,
Gordon Campus Dormitory Improvements
The students were very sur!)rised to return from the holidays to find new window shades in their dorms. We, the houseparent staff, and the students are very proud of the shades, which will provide much needed privacy in the dorms . We thank Mr. Ziegler, Director of Home Life, for the extra effort he made to insure more privacy for the students.
Juanita Barrett Houseparent Supervisor

Dormitory Activities
The Primary girls have many interesting out-of-school activities.
Mrs. Janie Steele is teaching them to crochet. They have been doing some art and craft work and hope to have an Art Festival in the spring.
Every Wednesday Mrs. Osborne takes the girls to Talmadge gym for swimming. When the weather permits, the girls will enjoy going on walks and playing outside.
Plans are being made to start a Drama Club for the girls.
Mrs. Louise Csborne House parent
Christmas parties
The month of December was very exciting for the students, decorating the bulletin boards and preparing for Christmas parties. In the middle of all the excitement, Santa Claus appeared in the little girls' dorm. They hugged him so tight, his belt poped off! Finally, they all settled down and talked with Santa.
But the biggest surprise was for Santa. When he visited the Primary boys, they were so excited about his comintt that they pulled up his pants legs to try and identify his shoes.
The parties were . a grj:!at success. We extend our thanks to Mr. Tumlin, the dining room staff, and especially, to Mr. Ziegler and his staff.
Juanita Barnett Houseparent supervisor
HOME LIFE DEPARTMENT
FANNIN CAMPUS
December was a very busy but happy month. Everyone returned from Thanksgiving holidays at home anticipating the Christmas activity.
All of the dorms enjoyed Christmas parties. "A" Dorm boys and Second Floor Sanders Hall girls had a party in the dining room. The refreshments were delicious and the decorations were beautiful.
"B" Dorm boys and First f'loor Sanders Hall girls enjoyed a party held in the Student Activity Building. The supervisors worked hard to make this a pretty and enjoyable event.
"C" Dorm boys and Old Girls dorm girls joined together and had a beautiful party in the girls dorm . The decorations were very pretty and the party was very nice .
The houseparent supervisoi."S drew names for gift-giving, and on December 21 held a covered dish supper in the Student Activity Building. There was much good food. The building was beautifully decorated by Rogers Bamett, who coordinated the party. He was assisted by Juanita Barnett. Everyone had a delightful evening.
We extend a big "thank you" to Mr. Tumlin and the dining room group that made our parties a big success. They prepared the food, decoated the dining room, and did many things that made the parties successes.
We hope that each and everyone a Merry Christmas and will ha 1e a happy 1977.
Shirley McAfee Houseparent Supervisor Dormitory Refurbishin~

Sanders Hall is being repainted and much of the furniture has been renovated. Everything looks very nice.
The boys dormitory complex is getting chairs reupholstered by the Vocational Department. We are trying to keep them nice.
We are very proud of the magazines we are receiving_in the dorms this year. NEWSWEEK, EBONY, SPORTS ILLUSTRATED and SEVENTEE~ are some that we are getting.
We want to thank each one who has a part in heping our children.
Shirley McAfee Houseparent Supervisor
Christmas Shopping
Just about the time everyone finishes eating the last of the Thanksgiving turkey, many people get caught up in a very exciting, tiring, and time-consuming activity knows as Christmas shopping. For .many, this activity continues until the last minute left on December 24.
On December 14, Mrs. Angel, Miss Haynes, Miss Gaines, Mrs. Thomas and Mrs. SLively ,with some 30 children, packed into two cars and one van and headed towards Rome to look and shop. Some of the children had drawn names and were anxious to choose a gift for a friend. Some were shopping for mother's or father's gifts.
The first stop was at K-Mart. Even though it was only 10:00 a.m., the store was almost full. Everyone looked and bought and bought, then moved on to McDonalds, tired and hungry. Sitting down 'for awhile was almost as enjoyable as the hamburgers, French .l'ries, Cokes, etc.
Mter this rest; the group continued on to Riverbend Mall; decorated in the Hoiday's best, Immediately, many of the children spied Santa Claus sitting in )lis big chair. They were eager to go up and tell him what they wanted for Christmas. Santa even signed "HI" to .them!
The shoppers went into a few stores in the Mall and looked some more. It was a very long day, and there were some very tired fee t. After all the gifts had been bought the weary but happy shoppers headed back to GSD. It was worth everyone's efforts just to express love and friendship for others. After all, that is what Christmas is all about.
Mrs. Zelle Lively Teacher
The students in Mrs. Kemp's class, Mike Tillery, Monic Hudson, Ronald Kitchens, Lisa Young, Bernice Henderson, Tina Myers, and Susie Waters participated in a rhythm workshop conducted by Mrs. Gladys Latham Mize. Mrs. Latham wrote the rhythm curriculum for GSD, and consented to work with Mrs. Kemp and her children. Some tea-chers from the Atlanta Area School for the Deaf came and videotaped the program. The program was presented for a second time for teachers and students in the Primary and Intermediate Departments.
Mrs. Kemp and Mrs. Mize were very proud of the students. Mrs. Kemp gave them a party on November 16, and Mrs. Mize brought a decicious cake she had baked on November 18. Everyone enjoyed it very much.

The School Helper
The GSD Drama Club presented its first annual Christmas play on December 8 and 9 in the Stewart Auditorium. "A Modern Christmas Carol", directed by David Conti, was enacted in sign language with readers for the general public.
Picture caption: Mr. Scrooge (Ken Hendrix) was afraid of the Ghost of Mr. Jacob .Marley (Gerry Turner ).
Rhythm Workshop at G.S.D.
The Rhythm Department conducted a workshop for some teachers from the Atlanta Area School for the Deaf. The workshop was held in the Intermediate Department Auditorium on November 16. Mrs. Gladys Latham Mize, retired rhythm teacher, was the guest consultant. Mrs. Mize gave the teachers many helpful points and demonstrations for a rhythm program.
Mrs. Kemp's :Primary class presented a demonstration on speech, accent, tempo identification, and activity songs. The Intermediate Department presented a skit, "Man's First Walk on the Moon", a historical pantomine that was written and directed by Mrs. Mize in 1969. Miss Gaines discussed the important points in starting a rhythm band. The rhythm band, directed by MissGaines and acband, directed by Miss Gaines and accompanied by Mrs. Rodgers on the piano. presented several seasonal and patriotic selections.
The High School Department presented a solo, "Lend Me Your Hands", and a spiritual rhythmic drill with sticks. All of these activities demonstrated the various ideas in Mrs. Mize's rhythm curriculum. The workshop videotaped by the Atlanta Area School. At the end of the workshop, the visiting staff expressed appreciation for a very informative day, with plans for sharing ideas in the future.
The Rhythm Department expresses its appreciation to all at the Georgia School for the Deaf who helped to make this rhythm workshop a success.
Alice Rodgers Rhythm Teacher

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1976 Football
Many good things happened this football season. Most important, the feeder program was completed. Boys will no longer play Varsity ball without having played before. We have a complete program, with teams at every age group.
Twenty-seven boys played in the 6-78-9-10 year old group. They were coached by Kenneth Kelly, an employee with our maintenance department. Marty Smith was the student coach. The boys were: David Moore, Chis Creed, Anderson Sand, Ray Gilreath, Charvis Tisdol, Erica Tatum, Charles Johnsonn, Jerry Knott, Orlando Rozier, Micheal Grace, Wayne Allen, Larry Stennett, Richard Roberts, Calvin Carridine, Tim Hester, Bernard Scott, Daryl Harper, Randy Wooten, Phil Royston, Andy Senior, Rod Marshall, Darren Stokes, Melvin Browder, Rodney Bell, Jasper Slaton, Kent Firsdon.
The 11-12 year old group had 47 players. Their coach was Frank Osborne, a teacher's side . Student coaches were Ricky McBee and Calvin Jester. these boys were J . Griffin, S. Bullock, Robbie Smith, T. Garnett, Willie Smith, Willie Brown, J .Turpin, F. Stone, C. Hughes, V. Vicks, M. Hardwick, E. Robles, Tommy Green, .T. Singleton, L. Hutchinson, W. Marshall, E. Bush, J. Winston W. Murphy, F. Myers, V. Roberts, B. Franklin, L. Williams, D. Neal, A. Anderson, L. Roberts, E. Carswell, R. Brown, R. Rutherford, B. Brannon, A. Mason, C. Myles, J. Ralston, R. Echols, M. McKenzie, M. Smit.h, D. Putnam, B. Callahan, Adrian Moore, B. Simmons, J. Ford, R. Kitchens, R. Turner, M. Williams and C. Paul.
Thirty boys participated on the Junior Varsity. Even thoughh they only won one game in their first year of existence, the experience they received will benefit our Varsity team in the future. Next fall some of these boys will move up to the Varsity, a move that will assist our Varsity team in getting on the winning track. We should take our hats off to these fine young men, plus their coaches, Charles Kelly (houseparent), Thurman Waits, head coach, and Bobby Davis, high school teacher, for their dedication and hard work. Keep up t~e good work, we are of you, boys! Playmg on the JV . were: Calvin Holman, John Rogers, Mark McCall, Gary Kerns, Ricky Kerns, Mark Mitchell, Charles Shirey, B. B. Chubbs Eduardo Joiner, Tony Kennedy, Johnny Love, Brad Lovering, David Packer, Billy Howard, Robert Holman, Jeff McCarthy Jimmy Jennings, Tony Stringfield, Marty
Harris, Mike King, Paul Strickland, Steve
Webb, Melton Ricks, William Rice, Eddie
George King, Mich.ael Williams, and
Mike Chambers.
The varsity team was winless with a
0-9 record.
Many players showed continuous im-
provement, and gained more experience.
The team lost seniors: Larry Hutchin-
son, David Gentry, David Kelly, Tracy
Singleton, Raymond Crider, and Rodney
Bradford.

Next year looks better, because the varsity players remaining have more experience and some players will move up from the junior varsity.
Players are now involved in an offseason weight program to build strength and endurance. The will have spring practice and a spring game.
Thurman Waits Varsity Coach
Science Department
The Georgia School for the Deaf has been chosen as a Search Center for the JETS National Engineering Apttude Test. The test will be given on February 26, 1977 in the Griffin Building Science Lab..
Testing will begin at 9:00 a.m. At the present time, there are ten students from the Georgia School for the Deaf who are scheduled to participate in this testing program.
The program is endorsed by the National Society of Professional Engineers, The American Socity for Engineering Education, The Engineers Joint Council, Engineers Council for Professional Development and The Society of Women Engineers.
Any student who is interested in takign this test should contact Mr. Erskine A. Wooten at 777-3586. Georgia School For The Deaf.