Page 6 THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1977
More offered
By MARIANITA PADDOCK
A large yellow “K” marks the
entrance to the school cafeteria. In
side, chairs, boxs and tables have
been pushed aside to make room for
the adult tap dancing class. The in
structor starts the music and one by
one, the students come into class.
Some students are wearing shorts or
long pants and others are wearing
tights. Tap exercises are first. Then,
from the basic shuffle step to more
difficult steps, the class proceeds
with a tap routine.
Adults learning the Cotton Eyed
Joe or earning their high school di
plomas are all part of the Com
munity Education Program.
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THE PROGRAM offers recre
ational, vocational and adult basic
education courses to residents of
College Station and surrounding
communities.
Community Education is part of
the A&M Consolidated Indepen
dent School District. It uses the
school district’s facilities, including
two elementary schools (A&M Con
solidated and South Knoll), A&M
Consolidated High School and Mid
dle School and the Special Services
Building.
The facilities include two
cafeterias and three gymnasiums. In
addition, churches, civic organiza
tions, agencies and local businesses
participate.
The program offers over 100
classes, including cake decoration,
lip reading, genealogy, slimnastics,
yoga, typing, sewing, Spanish,
welding, belly dancing, sign lan
guage and tap dancing.
A GOLDEN PASS allows citizens
aged 65 years and older to partici
pate in the Community Education
programs free of charge excluding
the special programs. The Texas
Education Agency and tuition
provide funds for salaries of Com
munity Education instructors and
personnel.
There are around 60 to 75 instruc
tors ranging from Texas A&M Uni
versity professors to housewives and
teachers from the A&M Consolida
ted Independent School District.
Charles Greenawalt, director of
Community Education, said anyone
skilled in a particular field may
apply as an instructor.
Those attending Community
Education courses receive a certifi
cate of achievement, and a par
ticipating business or organization
receives a certificate of apprecia
tion.
Besides these classes, there are
special classes offered: beginning
judo, piano for children, a
motorcycle rider course, ballroom
dancing, public speaking, parents of
pre-schoolers survival course, fun
damentals of real estate for the
layman, parent effectiveness train
ing and stained glass making.
Most classes run for eight weeks,
with some running for as long as 12
weeks or a year.
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The students attend one or two
classes a week depending on the
type of class.
Tuition is 50 cents per class hour,
which doesn’t include materials
needed for the course.
GREENAWALT said the pro
gram has been extremely successful
and grown rapidly in the past two
years. Three thousand people were
enrolled this fall.
Community Education is not new
to College Station - it’s five years
old. However, the curriculum was
small the first two years.
“They had a half-time director
that couldn’t devote full time to it,”
Greenawalt explained. “There were
some people who wanted more
classes, more buildings opened and
it was impossible for him to do it
because he was half-time Commu
nity Education and half-time direc
tor of transportation.”
So when Greenawalt became
Community Education director in
1975, he added 100 classes per ses
sion to the curriculum.
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learn to shuffle with style as they dance tit
Cotton-Eyed Joe.
The program receives input from
the Neighborhood Advisory Council
which suggests types of activities
Community Education should offer.
In addition, the council assists in
communication between the school
and the community by providing a
block plan for the community.
This plan provides a block leader
for each city block in College Sta
tion. The leader relates school news
to the community and in return the
community gives feedback to the
school board.
But Community Education has its
problems. Greenawalt said there
are not enough facilities and some
times there are conflicts in schedul
ing. He added that next September
there will be two new multi-purpose
buildings at the elementary schools.
These buildings will provide class
rooms as well as recreational
facilities. And in another two years,
a new fifth and sixth grade building
will be available.
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Greenawalt said the students take
Community Education courses be-
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Everyone who leases an apt. through A&M Apt. Place
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grees and a few other things«
all in his office, so she decisd
take as many Community Edual
classes as she can and get these
tificates so she’ll have certificate
the walls in her home with hens
on them, he said.
Community Educationalsoi 4, reen ‘
holiday classes, including neei r e ' :as '
point, gift wrapping and Cb en | s to
mas stocking making. Unln
nately, the holiday classes wen
as successful as the fall classes,!
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of Community Education,!
percent of the current courses
tion for fall and holiday classes
be at the same time.
be offered again in the spring.! oats an
a Needs Assessment Survey in ’ ern0VI,
ducted, he said, additional on an y
will be included.
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cover community needs
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