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WHY SETTLE FOR ANYTHING LESS?! VERY TRULY YOURS, lLLEN '/ASS OF ‘45 AGGIES HELPING AGGIES! ALL STUDENTS ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO AN OPEN HOUSE/RECEPTION HONORING Dr. John J. Koldus Vice President for Student Services In grateful appreciation for his dedicated service to Texas A&M University Tuesday, May 4, 1993 From 3 until 4:30 o'clock in the afternoon 10th floor Rudder Tower Texas A&M University (The formal University retirement ceremonies will be in August.) <7^ Page 8 The Battalion Monday, May 3,' Aggies Continued from Page 1 Harris, who went 2-4 at the plate, ended the game by grab bing UT center fielder Mark Prather's slow bouncer and fir ing to Gonzalez at second to force out UT catcher Joel Williamson. "They're the Texas Longhorns - they always seem to come out on top. Now we're on top, and I'm really excited about that," Harris said, smiling. A&M coach Mark Johnson said Harris' blast helped to re lieve the pressure off of Granger on the mound, but Johnson gave credit to Kieschnick's pitching performance. "You've got to give Brooks credit - he's a bulldog-type pitcher, and he keeps coming at you and makes you hit his stuff. He doesn't play cute," Johnson said. "Robert Harris really dinged that ball. He jumped all over it and really sparked us." A&M's field work was out standing compared to the Long horns, who suffered the four er rors in addition to a miscue that led to A&M third baseman Lee Fedora being charged a hit off of a pop to shallow right field that landed between three Longhorns looking at each other after they all called for the ball. Fedora made the 'Horns pay in the fourth, diving to his left to spear a sharp grounder by UT shortstop Tim Harkrider to start off a double play. In the sixth, right fielder Stephen Claybrook caught a run ning over-the-shoulder fly on the warning track to retire UT's Prather before Granger blew past Steve Heinrich and Ki- eschnick to end the eighth. Against Kieschnick, Granger logged the strikeout on three straight strikes - the last one looking. "It's a lot easier to play when you have a defense like I did to day - (A&M) made some plays they don't normally make," Granger said. "I'm sure Brooks Kieschnick was a little upset - it's tough, but I'm glad I'm on the winning end of it. A&M seniors Gonzalez and center fielder Brian Thomas were honored in a pregame ceremony before their last game regular season game on Olsen Field. Thomas said his regular sea son finale at Olsen couldn't have ended better for him in front of the 5,978 attendees inside the park and an estimated 2,000 peo ple watching from Olsen's adja cent railroad track past right field. "I've played a lot of games here in four years, starting pretty much all of them since I've been here, so it's nice to play my last game out here with as big of a crowd as we had," Thomas said. "The chemistry here is unreal. We've bonded together like no other team I've been associated with." -Jeff Granger A&M pitcher top 10 pick in the amateur draft, shared the credit with his team mates, whom he called the best he had ever had. "You always remember the last thing you've done, (and) in my college career the most vivid thing I'll remember is this cham pionship team - it's the last ring I'll get, most likely," Granger said. Vol. 9. Si B) Granger, who should also leave the team this season as a "The chemistry here is unreal We've bonded together like no other team I've been associated with." BISD Continued from Page 1 quences if the students commit any of the transgressions. Evans said the parents also are given the discipline plan and must sign a contract to become involved in the student's educa tion. This plan includes getting the students to school and help ing with their homework. Focus On Behavior Bill Fisher, a teacher at the SOS, said academics in the school's setting often take a back seat to changing the student's be havior. "A lesson that rivets them to the subject is not always good," Fisher said. "They are not learn ing to alter their behavior." He said the classes perform more assignments that require students to get along and work through problems together. "They don't focus more on grades, but more on behavior and temperament," said John, a 15- year-old student from Jane Long Middle School who currently at tends the SOS. "They would rather see you get out of this school." Fisher said teachers have to practice more psychology rather than focusing on the content of the classes. "If I can get them to work to gether without coming to blows, then that's a successful lesson," he said. "What becomes impor tant is changing the behavior, not the academics." Fisher teaches social studies, English and a class called "Ca reers." "We teach four core courses; English which includes reading, social studies or history, science and math," Evans said. "We also teach P.E. and a class called 'Ca reers.'" "Careers" She said "Careers" is a prob lem-solving class and a life skills class. "Careers' teaches skills for getting-along with other people and skills for living which is what the kids need," Fisher said. They need to work on life skills and not following the path that got them here." Evans said the class teaches about 60 skills. These skills in clude how to respond to teasing, how to listen, how to deal with their own anger and someone else's anger, how to deal with frustration and how to give and accept a compliment. Other skills involve giving and following directions, starting a conversation, apologizing and learning refusal skills which is a form of reversed peer pressure. "These are typical skills we take for granted," Fisher said. "If they don't have these skills, they can't learn. It's the most impor tant class we teach." Role-playing is a major part of the "Careers" class. "It was fun," said Kristin, a 15- year-old former student of the SOS. "It taught you how to take care of your problems. You learn how to react or handle a problem when you come back here. 'Ca reers' helped to solve my prob lems here." Kristin recently returned to the seventh grade at Jane Long Mid dle School. Six Level System The SOS operates on a six-level or tier system. Students enter at level one and must work through steps on each level before advanc ing to the next level. They are given five days to work through a level. Each level consists of student goals and requirements. The stu dent must receive 90 percent of the total possible points for one week or 80 percent of the total possible points for two weeks be fore they are allowed to move to the next level. Students are grad ed by the teachers on a daily re port form for level compliance. On the second level, students gain privileges if they successful ly complete the goals and require ments. "I'd compare it to a prison," John said. "If you misbehave, you get treated bad. If you be have, you get rewarded." Privileges include participa tion in the ROPES program and in the Texas A&M Equestrian program. Evans takes eight students each week to the Dick Freeman Arena where an instructor teach es the students to groom and communicate with a horse and in the process how to control it. Evans said this experience trans fers over to communicating with their peers. "This gives them self-esteem," she said. Students also lose privileges when they attend the SOS. Once they are at the school, they cannot attend any functions at their reg ular school. They can't drink so das on the campus. They are not allowed to talk in the classroom. If the students behave, they are rewarded at the end of the peri od. This is so they can see the cause-and-effect relationship of their behavior. "If I can get (the stu dents) to work togeth er without coming to blows, then that's a successful lesson." -Bill Fisher SOS teacher Returning To School If a student works through all six levels, they are allowed to go back to their school. Evans said very few students work through the program in six weeks. "We don't want to send them back before they're ready," Evans said. At level five, the student may be mainstreamed for one class. Evans said the student will be sent back for half a day at first. If they do well the first week, then they will be sent back full-time. During this time, the student is in a transitions program in which they remain in contact with the counselor at the SOS. The SOS shares information they've learned about the student with the school in order to insure the successful transition from the SOS to the school. John who will have been at the SOS for almost a whole semester had reached level four. "I walked off school grounds, and they sent me back to level one," John said. "It was a daring trick." Kristin has been at the SOS twice this year. She had to work through all six levels both times. "I'm going to stay here (at Jane Long)," Kristin said. "I can't go back there because I already had two chances." Counseling and Mirroring While at the SOS, students have access to group counseling and individual counseling with Evans. "I go to counseling when I need it or whenever she (Evans) wants to talk with me or when she sees something going on," John said. "At the other school, the counselors are always busy or won't talk to you. Here, they (teachers) have to let you go." Teachers and counselors try to change behavior and attitudes by mirroring the student's behavior. " A lot of the kids have an in ner rage. We have to constantly mirror their behavior so they can see how it affected others," Evans said. "Then we use conflict reso lution." Respect Another important aspect of teaching is trying to instill the concept of respect in the students. "Respect is the key word," Fisher said. "We tell them, 'I re spect you. Now I expect the same from you." Evans said, "Our babies aren't treated with respect. They don't trust adults." Since some of the students were involved in gang-related ac tivity, teachers try to address the problems that led to the student's involvement in the gangs. "Many of them join gangs be cause of low self-esteem and no respect," Fisher said. "When you enlarge their concept of who they can be, they don't need the gang.'' Teachers and counselors fight a constant battle to improve the student's self-image, she said. Decisions and Consequences Evans said they do not use the word "bad" when talking to the students. "They ask us if they are bad kids," Evans said. "They are not bad kids. They just make bad choices." Fisher agreed and said, "The students are no different from other students. They are all unique. I haven't come across a student I didn't enjoy in class. "They are all great people/' he said. "They just riave problems making decisions. They don't al ways make decisions in light of their goals and the conse quences." Although the goal is to change behaviors and get the students back into their regular schools, not all students are eager to leave the SOS. " I don't care to go back," John said. "I'll be at Lamar next year. I'll decide if I like it. If not. I'll find my way back over here or wherever Mrs. Evans is." Other students are more than ready to return to their schools. "I couldn't take it over there anymore," Kristin said. "I had my friends here (at Jane Long)." Fisher said, "The toughest part of teaching is that I see them as good kids. I just don't know why they make decisions that lead them to the consequences that it does. We have to constantly rein force that they have options. They need to think; they have other ways to react to situations." Sant; nizes 7 campus day in t 11 a.m. The . to incre the proj campus. doct Sc se THE H0U‘ the Brain ly were i plicit ma Bible stu children sh were s atrist saic Dr. Br support t released Feb. 28 agents, st fying th( abused. "Presi Reno are (Child Pn ing well, porting e gations," complex s Based < the 21 of ages 4 to 1 were hit w minor off drink; girl: I'n Texas in Ter By STE The names of the minors have been changed in this article. 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