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E NEWSLETTER <br />h'ONO iNUfPFNDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO <br />ORONC) SCHOOL BOARD <br />David McKown. Chairman 4'’d <br />Don Andersttn. Vii.e Chainnan 4"'‘>-i!<lU <br />Jmi Hranklin. Trea.surcr 4’d-Zl30 <br />Lucic Tav lor. Clerk 4-,^-1 1 Sd <br />John Maresh. Diretti’r 4‘'S-3i9‘^ <br />Peg Swanson. Dim.for 4'’3.(VtO'< <br />NOVF MLU H ISSUE NO 3 <br />a lu I ni (rn (h'Ji t \ <br />American Education Week <br />November 12 -18 <br />November 12 is the start of American Education Week. <br />It is one of the times during the year when we arc asked to <br />focus on the necessity and benefits of education in a <br />democratic society. <br />It is difficult for any of us to imagine a sooety abM.'nt ot <br />schools. Our way of life, our culture, is integrallv united to <br />education and to schools. To be sure, we pnze education <br />because of the requirement of an i iformed citizenry m a <br />democratic society. But we also value schools as the <br />organizing principle for our learning and many growthful <br />experiences. <br />It is commonplace to remember our growing up m <br />terms of grade levels, favorite teachers or classmates and <br />other school experiences. It is also usual to identify a cit>', <br />town or suburb with its school system, <br />I once visited a retirement town without a school It <br />was beautifully landscaped, wonderfully ne.. nd <br />somehow it seemec less than complete. I wonder how a <br />town without a school or school affiliation views the <br />future? How does yesterday get balanced with tomorrow <br />in such a place? <br />Schools are not only purposeful institutions. They arc <br />symbols of education and learning. They are reminders of <br />our own past or present. They are hope for the future. <br />Because there are schools all about us we tend to take <br />them for granted. Yet we shudder at the picture of a <br />"black-board jungle" school. Somehow problem plagued <br />schools are a sacrilege, a contradiction to the promised <br />learning and the opportunities for the future. And, <br />sinailarly, we rejoice over the well being and successes of <br />other schools. <br />Yes, we Americans are school people. We value <br />education, but we love our schools. <br />Thomas B. Mich, Ph.D. <br />Superintendent <br />This vear s theme tor .American Education Week is <br />"Educating Evervone Takes Everyone". This seems <br />particularly appropriate to the members of the Orono <br />Education .Association because our nation s public schools <br />attempt to serve the needs of all citizens. Programs such as <br />early childhood development and adult education have <br />great!V expanded the traditional role of the schools. <br />.Vluch has been written about the problems in public <br />education. As teachers we recognize the need for change: <br />the need to meet the demands of a rapidly changing world. <br />However, we also recognize that excellence m education is <br /><>nlv achieved through the cooperative effort of our entire <br />community: students, teachers, administrators, school <br />board members, parents, persons without school age <br />children, business leaders, civic groups and elected <br />offiaals at the local, state and national levels. <br />The Orono Education Association would like to take <br />this opportunity' to thank ail members of the Orono School <br />District for their enthusiastic support of the schools. We <br />would also like to invite you to become an active <br />participant in the future. Volunteer to help in one of the <br />schools, take a class through Community Education, <br />attend an athletic event, concert, play, or PTA meebng. <br />Help make the educational process in our distnet a tiisk <br />shared by everyone. <br />ANNUAL REPORT <br />The Annual Report that you recently <br />received is a report on the activities, goals <br />and personnel for the the 1989-90 school <br />year. As such it is not intended to reflect <br />the present school year.