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Invocation: Given by Roy Harriger News before 7:00: The
Dow Jones, NAS & S&P were all down.
Millions were left without power in N. Carolina due to an ice storm and
18 are dead; Bush claims evidence that Iraq has weapons; State Department warned
that terrorists may strike Turkey; a Kansas City pharmacist was sentanced to 30
years for diluting chemotherapy drugs which affected 4,200 patients; TV pioneer
Roone Arledge died at age 71; the Cavs beat the Bulls (is that why Don Rossman
is absent?? Celebrating??), Thome is gone to Philly L.
Sergeant @ Arms: Dollars
were collected for working on Habitat for Humanity; next week’s Christmas
party at the County Home (bring your singing voices – FA LA LA LA LA); Tom
Lehrer being present; a wonderful Thanksgiving; leaving early; appreciation for
our work at the County Home; visiting with our students; Mark Sutherland, John
Kanieski, Sonny Kanieski and Ralph Waite for doing student interviews; the
Frosty movie; the students and visitors; Cavaliers’ win; Jim Thome; for the
handsome “dates” at the table; Linda’s bowling team winning; general
purposes; Bill Wagner’s 78th birthday; Steve Sevougian’s
birthday; Roy Harriger’s birthday; Roger Brintnall’s birthday; being back at
Rustic Hills; Hall Cary (new member); Ben attending a class reunion; having to
miss the County Home Christmas Party; OSU victory over Michigan (GO BUCKS!!);
moving to Medina…finally; being welcomed to the Club; and the Medina teachers
attending. Visitors and Guests: Tom Lehrer
– Assistant Superintendent of Medina City Schools
Linda Horwath – Spanish Teacher and Head of the Language Dept at Medina
High School
Jenny Young – Spanish Teacher at Medina High School
Karen Schmidt – Social Studies Teacher and Coordinator for Exchange
Students at MHS, Students: Jochen Horn from Germany and
Vincent Phillipart from Belgium Prospective Member: Chris Hoyt,
Product Manager, has been proposed for membership by Don Rossman.
Damon Bryan been proposed for membership by Mark Farnham. New Member: A new member
was inducted in the club this evening. Hall
Cary was sponsored by John Jeandrevin. Hall’s
address is 3552 Hunting Run in Medina. Work
phone is 330-334-1525 and home is 330-725-6869.
E-mail address is hcary@zoominternet.net Potluck
Dinner
-The District 6630 Potluck Dinner & Evening for the 25 exchange students in
the District will be held on December 27 @ 6:00 p.m. at “Once Upon a
Sundae”. The students will spend
the day in Columbus and then end in Medina.
There is a sign up sheet at meetings.
Please indicate if you plan to attend, if you will bring food and if you
can host any students for the night. Announcement:
The board voted to increase club dues by $0.47 per week.
Out of the current $29 quarterly dues, $27 goes to the district and we
are left with $2 for supplies, postage, etc.
The club has absorbed the last 2 district increases.
Upcoming
programs:
December 12 – County Home Christmas Party @ 6:00 p.m.
December 19 – Club Christmas Party at Rustic Hills
December 26 – NO MEETING
December 27 – Potluck Dinner for Exchange Students
January 2 – NO MEETING Program: Tonight’s program was
introduced by Tom Lehrer. He
explained that this is the first year that Medina High School has participated
in the Fullbright Teacher Exchange. Sharon
Weins approached the board and asked if Medina could participate.
In this program, we exchange one of our teachers for a teacher from
another country. There are 215 students from 35 countries working at all levels.
Each teacher teaches the same grade as they would in their home country.
Elia Jimenez is from Mexico and has been teaching Spanish at Medina High
School this year. Elia told us this
was her first time in The United States of America and her first time seeing
leaves change color and snow falling. Elia
has taught English in Mexico City for the last 25 years and has loved the
English language since secondary school. Elia
was both nervous and excited to participate in ther Fullbright program.
75 teachers applied and 21 teachers from Mexico were accepted.
Elia hopesd to share with her American students the rich Mexican culture and
teach them more about the Mexican people. She
is learning a lot from both her collegues and her students.
Her main purpose is to help establish links between countries and keep
close contact with the American culture…she admits it is not the same as seen
on television. In Mexico, only elementary and secondary school are required.
The students must earn their place for further education.
All school is free; even through graduate school.
The students know they are responsible for learning in order to continue
with their education. The classes in Mexico are much larger with 40-60 students.
Classes are held in two shifts; 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 9 p.m.
There are 6 semesters and students must pass all of their subjects.
If they fail more than 3 subjects, the students are required to leave the
school for one year and seek help though other resources.
After a year they then must take special exams to be readmitted.
Mexican teachers are hired for “hours” not days. For example, Elia teaches 14 hours per week, due to her high
many years of service, and uses the remainder of her time for planning and
program review. Teachers in Mexico
only teach unlike in America where teachers have other duties such as lunch,
study hall, etc. (there is no lunch
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