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Tuesday, January 25, 1994
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During recess, Andrew Grover, 5, plays on a slide. Students in the Century School work at their own pace and are not classified into grades
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School emphasizes different approach
Nontraditional classes stress independence
By Roberta Johnson
Kansan staff writer
"She cut the carrot on my nose!" shouted Alison Lee, 5, as a piece of carrot landed on her face.
"We're helping cook lettuce, tomatoes and bread," she explained.
In another room, children excitedly were putting together a puzzle of the United States and announcing the states' names and capitals.
"They can look at the maps, and they know where they're going on vacation," said Pam Paden, Lawrence graduate student and instructor at Lawrence's newest school.
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Learning to prepare spaghetti and salad and putting together puzzles are some of the nontraditional ways that the children of the Century School learn about life and academics. The children also learn reading and math skills.
"The kids move in and out of instruction and play," said Don Bushell, professor of human development and family life, who helped initiate the school. "A lot of games are instructional. Most of the kids enjoy reading and think math's a game."
Children between the ages of 3 and 8 attend the school daily from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. There are no grade levels, but at the age of 11 the teachers will help the children make the transition to junior high, he said.
The Century School, temporarily based at Second Street and Mount Hope Court, opened Jan. 3. Bushell said the school would move to its permanent location on Kentucky Street near the Lawrence Public Library in a few weeks.
Bushell said the school was designed as an extension of the campus-based EduCare day care program, which emphasizes individualized learning.
"The ways best suited to them may not necessarily be what is best suited to a child some other age," he said. "We're unusually overstaffed so that we can maintain this individualized attention."
The school, which now has 24 students enrolled, eventually would like to have 100 students. Bushell said.
The high teacher-student ratio allows some children who might otherwise be in special programs for the handicapped to be in a classroom that does not focus on what is wrong with the child.
Whitney Van dyke, 5, had been in a special education program. She has cerebral palsy.
needs," said her mother, Lisa Van dyke, who also works at the school. "It helps her a lot that she doesn't get pulled out of a regular classroom."
"All her needs are met here without giving attention that she has special
a s important to get the kids into stuff that's normal every day," she said.
that skills other than textbook academics were taught.
Van dyke said she liked that the children learned at their own pace and
Right photo
Don Bushell, professor of human development and family life, watches his Century School students play. The school opened Jan. 3.
Left photo
Eilad Yarom, 8, shows off a book he is reading while Eirick Shields, 5, looks on. The boys are students at the Century School, a new private school opened by Don Bushell, professor of human development and family life.
The bell rings...
The Century School is a private school for children ages 3 to 11.
The Century School is a private school for children ages 3 to 11.
It is not affiliated with any religion.
Classes are from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. five days a week.
School is open year round.
Tuition is $375 each month.
For more information, call 832-0101.
Source: Don Bushell
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