CAMPUS/AREA
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, October 27, 1993
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HDFL professor set for school's opening
20-year aspiration garners its reward with Century School
John Gamble/KANSAN
Michelle Rabbadeau, Hollywood, Fla., graduate student, does Spanish language exercises with students at EduCare VI in Dole Human Development Center. Rabbadeau, who will be the director of the new Century School, 816 Kentbury, helped establish EduCare VI in 1982.
By Tracl Carl
Kansan staff writer
Don Bushell, professor of human development and family life, has waited 20 years to open a private school he began designing in 1973.
Jan. 3, Bushell will open Lawrence's fifth private elementary school, Century School, Inc., at 816 Kentucky St. for 30 students between the ages of 3 and 7 years old. Each year the school will increase its age limit by one year until it reaches 12, the public school system's equivalent of the sixth grade.
Bushell received a grant from the National Institute of Education in 1973 to come up with a plan to redesign the public school system, and he submitted his report in 1976.
The design he submitted had fewer than 100 students in each school, one principal teacher and several part-time teachers. Century School will be patterned after his report and the on-campus kindergarten program, EduCare VI. Bushle is faculty director of EduCare VI.
EduCare VI, which will close in January, uses activities such as games and pictures to teach 5- and 6-year-olds topics such as geography and math. As a result, children are eager to learn, Bushell said.
"Because of the way the games work, they don't know that they are doing stuff you don't normally do until you're older." Bushell said.
Michelle Rabbideau, Hollywood, Fla., graduate student, established EduCare VI as an oncampus kindergarten program in Fall 1992. She will teach and be the new school's director.
Rabbideau said that like EduCare VI, Century School will focus on students learning at their pace. Teachers will work with children
individually, she said, which will help with the integration of handicapped students. The school also will stress cultural diversity, she said.
Many of the students who now attend EduCare VI also will attend Century School, Rabbideau said. About 50 students are now on the school's waiting list.
Students must apply for admittance, Rab bidean said, and the school looks for a good bal
ance of girls, boys and different cultures.
Century School will not be affiliated directly with the University, but it will probably hire many KU students, Rabbideau said.
"They don't necessarily have to have experience," she said. "They just need a desire to contribute to the school."
Along with the traditional areas of study like math and reading, the school will teach languages, sign language and social skills.
"Anything that kids can learn, we will be teaching," she said.
Bob Taylor, assistant superintendent of Lawrence public schools, said students who attend private elementary schools usually do not have trouble adjusting to public junior highs.
ON CAMPUS
OAKS—Non-Traditional Students Organization will hold a brown bag lunch from 1 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at Alcove G in the Kansas Union. For more information, call Gerry Vernon at 864-7317.
Ecumenical Christian Ministries will sponsor a luncheon at 11:30 a.m. today, followed by a lecture, "North American Free Trade Agreement: An Assessment," at noon at the ECM Center, 1204 Oread. For more information, call Thad Holcombe at 843-4933.
St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center will celebrate Mass at 12:30 p.m. today at Danforth Chapel.
St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center will sponsor a Catholic student discussion group at 1:10 p.m. today (following 12:30 Mass) at Alcove B in the Kansas Union. For more information, call the Center at 843-0357.
KU Gamers and Roleplayers will meet at 5:30 p.m. today on the third floor of the Burge Union. For more information, call 864-7316.
KU Environs will meet at 6 p.m. today at the International Room in the Kansas Union. For more information, call Amy Trainer at 841-4484.
KU Tae Kwon Do Club will meet at 6 p.m. today in 207 Robinson Center. For more information, call Jacob Wright at 749-2084 or Jason Anishanslin at 843-3099.
Literary Club will hold an organizational meeting at 6:15
p. m. today at Alcove G in the Kansas Union. For more information, call Julie Munjak at 864-2582.
KU Kempo will meet at 7 p.m. in 130 Robinson Center. For more information, call Mandana Ershadi at 842-4713.
Psi Chi will meet at 7 p.m. in 120 Snow Hall. For more information, call Jennifer Wallace at 749-1086.
AASU will sponsor a lecture at 7:30 tonight in 208 Smith Hall. For more information, call Arthur Chiu at 823-8332.
KU NORMI will hold an organizational meeting at 7:30 tonight at the Governor's Room in the Kansas Union. For more information, call Nick Segure at 864-6002.
KU Sailing Club will meet at 7:30 tonight at the International Room in the Kansas Union.
School of Education Student Organization will meet at 7:30 tonight at the English Room in the Kansas Union.
Watkins Memorial Health Center will sponsor an eating disorders support group from 7:30 to 8:30 tonight in the second floor conference room at Watkins. For more information, call Sarah Kirk at 864-4121.
FACTS (Forming Awareness of Cancer Through Students) will meet at 8 tonight in the first floor conference room at Watkins Memorial Health Center.
KU-Velo Cycling Club will sponsor a lecture at 8:30 tonight at the Frontier Room in the Burge Union. For more information, call Kalen Gruber at 843-6322.
Pharmacy students visit school
Coloring books, stickers used to teach facts about medicines
By Liz Klinger Kansan staff writer
Disguised as Katy the Kangaroo, Craig Thompson, Liberal senior, hugged 75 first graders yesterday at Kennedy Elementary School, 1605 Davis Road.
Dressed in a costume covered in soft, beige fur, Thompson was the main attraction of "Katy's Kids," a program sponsored by members of the KU Academy of Students of Pharmacy. The group is educating first graders about medication in honor of National Pharmacy Week.
"You're letting them know something that could potentially save their life." Thompson said.
Before Thompson made his appearance, his wife, Kelle Thompson, Winfield senior, and Amber Wonder, Hays senior, gave a slide presentation featuring cartoon animals taking medication and visiting a pharmacist.
Wunder, head of public relations for the academy, said that the program taught children three important things to remember about medicine: that only the child's parent or someone they knew or trusted should give them medicine, that they should not take anyone else's medication, and that medicine was not candy.
After the slide presentation, Katy appeared and gave each child a coloring booklet, a letter for parents, a sticker and a book mark. A sheet for the children to color to be displayed later in local pharmacies also was distributed.
The program, adopted from the Iowa Pharmacists Association, usually is presented to 30 children. But Wunder and Thompson did not seem to mind the larger crowd.
"I love the interaction with the kids," Thompson said. "They're just great because they respond so well."
"You get so isolated in pharmacy school that it's good to be around a different age group, even though they're only 6," Wunder said.
Wunder said the children liked learning and talking about medicine.
"I think interaction with the kids is important from the standpoint that we have to address them as patients taking medication," Wunder said.
Wunder said the experience prepared them for dealing with children in their future pharmacist positions
Katy the Kangaroo, played by Craig Thompson, Liberal senior, hands out coloring books and stickers to children at Kennedy Elementary School. Thompson is part of KU's Academy of Students of Pharmacy, which put on the program yesterday. It aims to educate children about the proper use of medication.
John Gamble / KANSAN
KU veteran to assume student life dean duties
By David Stewart Kansan staff writer
Ann Eversole, associate dean of student life and director of the Organizations and Activities Center, will become the interim dean of student life, said David Ambler, vice chancellor for student affairs.
Eversole will replace Caryl Smith, current dean of student life, in January 1994, Ambler said.
Smith announced last week that she intended to become the vice president for student support services at the University of Akron in Ohio.
Along with the Organizations and Activities Center, the dean of student life oversees the Office of Minority Affairs, the Student Assistance Center, international student services and the Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center.
Joining the University administration as assistant to the dean of women in 1973, Eversole said her 20 years of experience provided her with a valuable perspective for the position of dean of student life. She said she helped build the Organizations and Activities Center from its start as a small program in 1978 to a large office staff that helped more than 350 student organizations.
"One of the things that makes this position in student affairs exciting is that something new happens everyday," Eversole said. "The fact that the nature of my office keeps me in contact with student leaders and other students will serve me well as interim dean."
Beyond continuing the development of the proposed multicultural center, Eversole said she did not want to set any specific goals yet for her new position.
"I want to carry on the good programs that are already in existence," Eversole said. "Maybe we could do some interesting things."
Eversole said she would announce an acting director for the Organizations and Activities Center once she decided what duties her temporary replacement would have.
Eversole's colleague Danny Kaiser said the department of student life would benefit from having Eversole as its dean because of her role as faculty advisor in many student organizations. Kaiser is assistant dean of student life.
"One of Dr. Eversole's strengths is that she's a strong generalist in student affairs work," Kaiser said. "She's had a great deal of experience working with students and not just through the Organizations and Activities Center."
Eversole has served as head of the University Events Committee since 1978 and faculty adviser for the Rock Chalk Revue since 1990.
The University Events Committee communicates University policy for campus organizations. The Rock Chalk Revue is a student variety show that donates its proceeds to the United Way.
Shanda Vangas, Derby senior and student senator, served with Eversole this summer on the University Events Committee. Vangas said Eversole had a talent for explaining University policy.
"She tried to give people advice from what students have done wrong," Vangas said.
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