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McMillan, Daniel C.; Vigil, Herminia J. – 1992
The health and learning potential of Colorado's children are enhanced by the nutritional benefits of several programs. The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) is the oldest and largest. Unfortunately, 1980-81 budget cuts, price increases, and other factors caused a decrease in participation of over 40,000 children a day from the 1980 figure of…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Costs, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
Download full textFischer, Barbara H. – 1990
This manual is designed to support the summer reading programs of Virginia libraries on the theme, "Explore Your Library. . . For the Fun of It," which offers opportunities for youngsters of all ages to be drawn into the library's domain of discovery, mystery, and adventure. The manual provides resources for programs, activities, crafts,…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Adolescents, Childrens Libraries, Elementary Secondary Education
Scofield, Richard T., Ed. – School-Age NOTES, 1992
This document compiles the first 12 volumes of "School-Age Notes" (a total of 78 issues). Originally published six times a year, the journal changed to monthly with volume 12. The following list of topics covered in volume 12 provide good examples of the journal's typical coverage: (1) indicators of the quality of child care staff; (2)…
Descriptors: Child Development, Conflict Resolution, Curriculum, Educational Administration
White, Dorothy J., Ed. – 1993
This manual for the 1993 Louisiana Summer Reading Program has ideas for libraries to get the summer program started. The theme is trains, and all of the ideas have something to do with this theme. The following topics are covered: (1) evaluation; (2) promotion, publicity, and programs; (3) calendar; (4) decorating the library; (5) storytime…
Descriptors: Childrens Libraries, Elementary Education, Library Associations, Library Role
Allen, Elizabeth Annette – 1993
A plan for teaching American culture in a summer intensive course in English as a Second Language, at the intermediate level and focusing on speaking and listening skills, is detailed. The approach used to design the cultural unit integrates two models for culture education and the experiential learning cycle. The report begins with an explanation…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Course Content, Cultural Education, Educational Strategies
Sumner, Mary Ann, Comp. – 1993
This annotated bibliography comprises an alphabetical listing of 72 books about digging available in special formats. The bibliography is divided into three sections: (1) "Dig-In" contains books about holes and caves; (2) "Dig-In--In the Garden and Down on the Farm" contains books about gardening and farming; and (3)…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Agriculture, Annotated Bibliographies, Archaeology
Langdon, Julia; Picard, Nancy – 1983
SWAT (Study with a Teacher) provided a 2 week summer program for 26 handicapped high school students who were mainstreamed into the regular vocational education program. Teams of participants were divided into career clusters with a vocational instructor and special education teacher. Staff was trained to use SWAT revised lesson plans and…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, High Schools, Individualized Instruction, Job Placement
Remick, Dennis; Pulu, Tupou L. – 1981
The booklet presents a description and illustrates, with photographs, the Eskimo lifestyle and the kinds of activities that occur at a summer fish camp on the Yukon River. Eleven suggested activities are listed for the teacher to present when using the booklet. Activities include studying the map of Alaska; tracing the life cycle of the fish;…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Cultural Activities, Cultural Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Saville, Anthony; Master, Nancy – 1989
A survey was conducted to study selected operational characteristics of summer programs at the 107 land grant colleges and universities in the United States and also at 15 selected private institutions. Respondents (N=82) indicated that their summer programs included all or part of their traditional academic load plus some special options. The…
Descriptors: Administration, Educational Finance, Faculty Workload, Higher Education
Steinmiller, Robert; And Others – 1989
This paper offers an overview of the Academic Enrichment for Gifted in Summer (AEGIS) programs, an in-depth view of one AEGIS program, and a description of the creation and production of a historic play. In 1984, Arkansas sponsored its first 5 summer AEGIS programs, involving 275 students. In 1988, programs served 1,300 students. Day-programs…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Cooperative Learning, Day Camp Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Hallman, Clemens L.; Campbell, Anne E. – 1989
The development and results of a program designed to meet the inservice educational needs of teachers of foreign languages in the elementary schools (FLES) and to coordinate with a previously developed preservice program are described. The 2-week summer institute for inservice teachers was designed to correspond in content and emphasis with the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, FLES, Higher Education
Brookes, Carolyn – 1990
An early childhood resource teacher implemented a practicum intervention designed to improve the school attendance of at-risk kindergartners and first and second graders in a low-income, inner-city area in central Florida. The intervention involved the transformation of self-contained, graded classrooms into primary units comprised of multi-age…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Curriculum Development, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Elementary School Students
Bolden, John H. – 1986
The purpose of "Operation Challenge" developed at the Center of Excellence, North Florida Junior College, is identifying potential college students and motivating them to complete high school and enroll in post-secondary education. During its first year of operation several components were implemented: (1) the identification and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Attendance, Demonstration Programs, Formative Evaluation
Wells, Donald H.; And Others – 1987
An eight-week summer program was conducted to prevent 80 high-risk adolescents from dropping out of high school. The 32 females and 48 males selected for the project were all residents of rural areas of northern Louisiana who had been identified by their public school guidance counselors as being at high risk of dropping out. The program model…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Counseling Services, Dropout Prevention, Economically Disadvantaged
Henderson, Ronald W.; Brown, Nancy Lynn – 1987
The California Mathematics Project was established in 1982 by the California State Legislature as one of several statewide responses to a widespread perception among educators and the public at large that the mathematical competence of American children has deteriorated. This report describes an attempt to evaluate the first year's work of one…
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education, Institutes (Training Programs), Mathematics Education
