0G JEN, UTAH, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 14, 1960 aa ‘CLASSES COMBINED FOR TEST ~ Wahlauist Ju nior High School Pursues Novel Teachir g Plan(0 @ ed with it FARR WEST—Wahlquist Junior | , « adnint method of helping School High is in its second year ‘feel it is one to alleviate the Mr. Wyatt said. — o “Dr. Matthew Noal, director of re- | search and study in Utah for the | teacher shortage. of a unique teaching team project They are also convinced that it Ford. Foundation, is directly in the new teacher-team ex- — where two or more subjects are is a better teaching method and charge of He is being assisted by the coun- periment. combined during a‘single class pe-| will spread to all parts of proven, Mr. Wyatt. its worth has been when try es e riod. Sponsored by the Ford‘ Foundation, the system used at the Weber County junior high school is the 4s ‘only one of its kind in ‘lan Purpose of the project being carried on there is to integrate American History and Language Arts into one class subject. Teachers who are Ne 8) working as a team are Vernon Mordaunt, Mrs. Mercy Leddingham and. V. E. Grif? . ‘fin. | | About 250 students in the eighth ‘grades are being used in the new | method. They are divided into two “groups and given 90 minute instruc: ce tions each day. — “The first 45 or 50 minutes the group meets together and is taught by the teacher who is assigned to of the two subjects. The last ‘one “half of the period the students are) ‘broken down into three groups, each ‘group having its teacher and are given detailed work on the subject carried on as a group that day. _. The entire new teaching approach| is to teach one subject while teach- | ‘ing another. As an example while studying American History the students can also learn grammar and| spelling, Sidney L. Wyatt, principal of Wahlquist Junior High said. — BETTER PROGRESS _ — Mr. Wyatt said that tests run on the students show they. are making better progress in the teaching team ‘sessions than others do in conven-) tional class sessions. _ 4 . The Ford’ Foundation has tributed $3,000 toward the con- experi- ment being conducted at the local school. Two workshops were attended by the local teachers, one the summer of 1958 to pre- duringthe program and a second last, ‘pare ‘summer to evaluate the work. | | Mr. Wyatt said that educators all in Utah are watching the ex- ‘periment. He said that those ac- ‘Wahlquist School | To Host Parents The Wahlquist Junior High School will host parents of about 700 students at a back-to-school-night to-| morrow at 6 p.m. -A school lunch will be served until. 7 p.m. An assembly will be held from 7:15 until 7:45 with PTA Presi- dent Mrs. Don A. Buswell presiding. A school music group, the Melodettes;’ will offer a music pro- gram. Parents will attend. student classes from 8 to9 p.m. ooae .