This handbook describes the duties of the supervisor of a food service site in the Summer Food Service Program for Children. The responsibilities of the program sponsor are listed. These include handling bills and paperwork, training supervisors, and providing recordkeeping forms to the site supervisor. The responsibilities of the site supervisor…

Findings of the testing project carried out in the course of the 1959 Summer Russian Language Learning Program at Harvard University (Massachusetts) are presented. A number of students were selected for training at the Russian School at Middlebury College (Vermont) and the Summer Workshop in Russian at Indiana University. After a 6-week summer…

The SMART (Summer Migrants Access Resources through Technology) project provides Texas migrant students with supplemental instruction using a multi-media, nontraditional approach. Migrant students who remain in Texas during the summer are taught in their homes or other sites via televised instruction with additional instructional support from…

This report describes how 22 Louisiana public school counselors were selected to attend a 5-day summer program to acquaint counselors with several computer programs relevant to counseling. It also describes the follow-up mail survey regarding the counselors' motivation for attending, evaluation of the program and accommodations, and opinions on…

Youth Opportunities Unlimited is a summer residential program for Arkansas high school students at risk of dropping out of school. During 1989-91, 517 14- and 15-year-old students completed the program, which consisted of two academic classes, a job skills class, and paid employment during 60 days residence on a university campus. Additional…

The first witness in this hearing was the Assistant Secretary for Food and Consumer Services, Department of Agriculture, who presented the Reagan Administration's 1984 budget proposals for cuts in child nutrition programs. The proposals included changes in the school lunch program, a freeze on the funding level of the WIC program, elimination of…

The Vanderbilt Summer Research Program in diabetes, which was designed to interest medical students in research careers and diabetes care, was evaluated. The program provides stipends to 20 sophomore and junior medical students for 12 weeks of preceptor-supervised laboratory research work, clinical experience, and classroom instruction. The…

A 1983 directory of secondary summer migrant programs, intended for homebase local information agencies, contains information on programs in 15 states. Listings by states give the name, address, and telephone number of the person in charge of the state's migrant education programs, then provide information on individual programs, including…

Describes a five-day summer camp which provided 12 children, ages 9-14, with a complete flying experience. The training consisted of ground school and one hour actual flying time, including the basics of aircraft control and a flight prepared and executed by the students. (MLH)

The Extended School Program consists of 3 phases: 1) a remedial reading and mathematics program in school; 2) an excursion program in the metropolitan area; and 3) a summer camp program to overcome the "summer lag". (Author)

The appreciable impact of the National Science Foundation on the education of scientists in the United States since the agency's founding was discussed. One of the major new challenges considered was the need for scientists and engineers to learn more about our society's economics, politics, and values. (Editor/RK)

At North Dakota State School of Science, a summer program called CDI (Career Development Institute) is giving hundreds of rural high school students a hands-on opportunity to preview careers in the world of work. (Author/MW)

Announces the creation of the World Federation of Colleges--an international organization for the study of community colleges, and describes the functions and goals of the Annual International Institute on the Community College, which is approaching its sixth session in June 1975. Names of International Advisory Committee members are listed. (DC)

Olomana School, operated by the Hawaiian Department of Education, serves youths who have been placed in the Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility (HYCF), the Hawaii State Hospital (HSH), and the Detention Home (DH). During the 1988 summer semester, Olomana School implemented the Extended School Year Program; the school day was expanded to six periods…

A study examined the cost effectiveness of a summer school for failed first grade students and the long-term effects of first grade reading failure on reading achievement. Subjects, 361 students who were enrolled in the Cincinnati Public Schools' first grade in 1981, were given the California Achievement Test. Students who failed were denied…