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Wednesday, August 25, 1976, page 13 (of 38)

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Youth focus

Palmer High School graduate Helene Hollub confers with Dade's environmental resources management director Enos Lawson about the quality of a water sample, as John Caskie of the Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Authority looks on. Helene was an intern in the county's Youth Focus on Government program, which offers students a chance to work with government and earn social studies credits.

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Students still attracted to school clubs

High school clubs are still as vital a part of a student's life as they were 10 years ago, according to Jackie Eads, Activities Director at Coral Park High School. "We have over 30 special interest clubs in Coral Park alone, not to mention our 11 honor societies and eight service clubs," Miss Eads said. "Our goal with clubs is to meet everyone's needs in some way. If we need a club, we form it: if we don't need a club, we drop it. Clubs are not competing with the curriculum, but supplementing it," Miss Eads commented. Clubs at Coral Park are representative of most of the clubs in any high school in the South Dade area. Over 50 per cent of the students at Coral Park are involved in some kind of club, athletics, band or intramurals. Most of the clubs meet after school, but if a school is on a double shift, the club meets at night. Service clubs, usually sponsored by an outside organization like the Kiwanis or Rotary Club, contribute to their community as well as to the school. Last year the Key Club at Coral Park sold Christmas trees and gave $1,000 to a needy family. "Those who study hard are usually the ones who get into service clubs," Miss Eads said. "The service clubs are not exclusive, but a student does have to fill out an application to get in. There are also certain hours a student has to fulfill for his service in the club." As opposed to 10 years ago, more students work after school now, and that "takes away some of the kids. They're missing some benefits as a result," Miss Eads added. One special service club was formed at Coral Park to help in the Palmetto Extended Care Center, a senior citizens home. Students in the club spend several hours a week at the home helping with arts and crafts, bingo and just talking with the older folks. Honor societies at Coral Park comprise about 10 to 15 per cent of the student body. Students are chosen for these clubs by faculty members on the basis of their grade point (3.4 overall) and their character, leadership and service. Most of the honor societies, like National Honor Society, Math Honor Society, French Honor Society, etc., run a tutoring service. Another observation that Miss Eads made was that clubs "are not as competitive with each other as they once were. There's plenty for them to do. There's a different sophistication in the clubs from five or 10 years ago." Interest clubs at Coral Park may meet just to enjoy their interest, as in the French Club meeting to sample French food. Or, they may meet to provide something useful to the community, as in the Coral Park art club painting a mural at Variety Children's Hospital last year. "A lot of students come into the school a little unsure," Miss Eads concluded, "and we try to convince them that they need the club and the club needs them."

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