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By ANNA LACY
Daily Reporter
The of parents opting to teach their
^KiMiw,« home has increased in recent years,
said Ray Grant, director of Spring Creek
Christian School.
Grant said some of the reasons why parents
choose not to send their children to public
schools is the perceived inability of public
schools to meet the individual needs of child-
ren, the concern that children do not get values
training or learn religious beliefs and the
academic failure of the public schools.
When a child is one of 25 or 30 students
in a classroom, it is difficult for a teacher to
give each child personal attention. Constant
focused attention from a parent or tutor is
what children need in order to learn to their
maximum ability, Grant said.
The Spring Creek Christian School operates
as an umbrella school and its aim is to teach
children at home.
“There is no building called Spring Creek
Christian School. The classrooms are the
family rooms and kitchen tables of the indi-
vidual homes,” Grant said.
About 24 families in the Metroplex were
enrolled in the school last year.
Umbrella schools provide materials from
publishing companies, some of the more
expensive resource equipment, and transcripts
for the students.
It also maintains records and standards and
organizes field trips and meetings where
parents can talk about their experiences.
“It helps parents to get started. It gives
them somebody to ask questions of. Grant
said.
Parents may choose to keep in close contact
with the umbrella school, or they may do
their own evaluation once they start.
Grant said Texas law requires children from
7 to 17 years old to attend school. The laws.
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trouble in the classroom and
parents are turning to
home schooling to get the
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—Ray Grant
Director, Spring Creek
Christian School
however, are vague in stating exactly what
constitutes a school.
The state’s chief interest is seeing that
children get the education they need to func-
tion as adults, Grant said.
The Spring Creek Christian School does
not report to the state, but all the placement
and achievement tests administered through
the school are official.
Grant said that on the average the test scores
of the children taught at home are better than
those of children taught in the classrooms.
“You cannot say the scores are better in
all situations, but it is safe to say the child
will do more with the ability he has if taught
at home,” he said.
Grant said the ages at which children who
are being taught at home are filtered into
public or private schools varies.
“Parents make decisions year by year,
depending upon what they feel is the best at
that time,” Grant said.
“Other parents may not even begin home
schooling until the child is middle school age.
“Children start having trouble in the class-
room and parents are turning to home school-
ing to get the job done,” he said.
Dr. Sara Lundsteen of the education faculty
said she thinks that successful home schooling
all depends on the individual family.
One disadvantage, she said, is that the child
will not leam to negotiate and get along in
the real world.
She said that one of the most important
things children need to learn is how to be
creative problem solvers, and home schooling
could be successful if the parents can manage
Dr. Rudy Seward of the sociology faculty
said he is not in favor of home schooling,
but he would not rule it out in all situations.
Seward said, “One thing that bothers me
is the quality and quantity of the education.
That would depend on the ability of the
parents.”
He said that at home, the child gets an
emphasis on particularism; that is, the child
learns to appreciate individuals through the
intense relationships he has with family mem-
bers. A child needs to leam to treat everybody
finally to operate in this society, Seward said.
Raymond S. Moore, developmental psy-
chologist and former college president, has
said that a child who is taught at home feels
needed and wanted and is more likely to
develop a sense of self-worth and a stable
value system.
“The example set before a child of loving,
mature parents is very different from the
example he gets from his peers who teach
him obscenities, ridicule, bullying snobbish-
ness and conformity,” Moore said.
Lundsteen said research and clinical studies
suggest that the more individuals there are
around a child, the fewer meaningful contacts
he will have, and the more will be separated
from the adult models he needs.
J’aime Adams, a former school teacher who
now operates her own tutoring business, said
that children have plenty of opportunities for
interaction with other children through organ-
ized sports, music and dancing lessons, youth
clubs and church activities.
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Dorms offer dating service
An added bit of hospitality has been exten-
ded to servicemen by the college dormitory
system, which has established a unique “recre-
ation service” to provide formal introductions
for lonely servicemen and pretty co-eds.
Open to all servicemen, the service is con-
ducted by officers of the girls’ dormitories, with
one co-ed on duty in the reception office of
each dorm on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday
afternoons.
In each hall, a file is kept of co-ed volun-
teers, listing their names, hometowns, color ot
hair and eyes, height, weight, and interests.
When the serviceman comes to the dormi-
tory office, he is consulted as to his favorite
type of girl, and such a co-ed is then buzzed
down to the reception room, where a formal
introduction is made.
The choice of making a date or not is left to
the serviceman and the co-ed concerned.
—The Campus Chat, Oct. 15, 1943
Woman dies
Fund has been set up at the First State Bank in
Denton. Mrs. Shaunk said the scholarship is
for "unique people who have a special philo-
sophy of life like Stephanie did.”
—The North Texas Daily, Oct. 10, 1978
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nor of the math faculty uses a kickboard as Program. Connor swims three times a week.
After a yearlong fight for her life. Stephanie
Shaunk, Denton junior, died Tuesday from an
infection as a result of stab wounds, her mother.
Peg Shaunk, said Thursday.
While on a trip to Europe, the 18-year-old
student was stabbed in the back with a skewer.
She had been trying to protect a friend from
the angry advances of her stepfather. After three
weeks in a London hospital, Stephanie was
brought home, her mother said. She spent the
last year in various area hospitals.
The Stephanie Shaunk Memorial Scholarship
Students rally
Business sets deadline
Campus boosters of both major political
parties, the Young Deomocrats and Young
Republicans, are in the midst of campaign
activity in this election year.
North Texas Young Republicans were asked
to take charge of the reception for Vice President
and Mrs. Richard Nixon at Meacham Field in
Fort Worth Tuesday.
—The Campus Chat, Oct. 10, 1956
The College of Business Administration has
announced dates and procedures for degree appli-
cations.
Business administration assistant Sherry Ryan
said that degree application packets tnay be picked
up in the dean’s office. Ryan said students
graduating in December must have their applica-
tion packets submitted to the dean’s office by
Oct. 18.
However. Ryan suggests submitting a packet
sooner if possible. This will ensure the receipt
of a diploma at commencement in December.
Ryan said that students will be required to
submit a set of up-to-date transcripts with the
application packet. If transcripts arc sent by the
Registrar's Office, students should make sure they
arrive in the dean's office before Oct 18.
Seniors expecting to enter the graduate business
school should take the GMAT exam during their
last semester of undergraduate work. Ryan said
Center adds physicians
In efforts to shorten waiting periods
for students, the NT Health Center is
offering the services of three additional
physicians.
The physicians began work Oct. 7,
and will be available until Dec. 3. The
physicians will work from 11 a m. to
3 p.m. Monday through Friday, said
Sheila Meyer, administrator of the cen-
ter.
“The phvsicians are coming from the
Family Doctors clinic in Denton,” she
said. “They are specialized in family
practice.”
Dr. Brent Gorman is at the center
Mondays and Wednesdays; Dr. Joseph
Scott, Tuesdays and Thursdays; and Dr.
Randy Park, Fridays.
With these additions, the center will
have two physicians on duty from noon
to 1 p.m. It usually has one physician
available during the lunch hour, Meyer
said.
If the doctors are effective in cutting
down waiting periods, they may be
available again during the spring, Meyer
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