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"LIFE GOES ON" at SS. Peter and Paul: actor Bill Smitrovich (left photo), who plays Drew Thatcher on the ABC television series Life Goes On, led a delegation of guests to SS. Peter and Paul School, Fall River, to teach students about elder issues during Older Americans Month. . A cooperative effort with Bristol Elder Services brought to the school alumni Bill Connelly, '54, and Jim Levesque, '78, as well as companion dog Jeff. The trio are part of a program that educates children about grandparents and other older persons. Also visiting the school was Betsey MacDonald (center), author and illus-
Coyle-Cassidy Coyle-Cassidy High School, Taunton, freshman Kate Tenney received a third place award in a regional science fair at Bristol Community College, Fall River. She also earned a Boston Compu-, ter Society award. For her project on "Disinfectants: Power or Price," Miss Tenney tested different household disinfectants and concluded that the more expensive cleaners were not necessarily the most effective. Other students from the Taunton high school participating in the science fair were Jeff Tenney, Jennifer Parent and Cheryl Dill. Freshman Alissa Burgess was honored during National Volunteer Week, April 25 to May 2, by the United Way of Greater New Bedford for her work at the Greater New Bedford Center for the Handicapped, which provides recrea-
tional activities for disabled children and young adults. Miss Burgess and her sister Amy help clients at the center participate in talent shows, sports events and projects during the summer. At the annual Coyle-Cassidy Honors Night. II new members were inducted into the National Honor Society and service awards were presented to Kerry Parker. Crystal Pierce. Jessica Moniz and Kevin Kourtz. Headmaster's Service Awards went to Neil Morrison. Julie Poyant. Ryan Powers. Jennifer Nunes. Robert Holland. David lima. Margaret Barton and Joy Cabral. The Outstanding Dedication and Service Award for Coyle-Cassidy parents went to Phil and Kathy Greene of Taunton. Assisting at the awards assembly were academic principal Dr. Donna A, Boyle and National Honor So-
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trator of "Scarecrowel" and "Helping Grandma." She read to students from the latter story about a grandmother who has Alzheimer's Disease. During the program, Smitrovich visited classrooms, signing autographs, shaking hands and revealing details about his TV show, a favorite of many SS. Peter and Paul students. Connelly, meanwhile, was reunited with former teacher Sister Mary Maurice, RS M (right photo), who brought along his fifth grade class photo to show current students that he "hasn't changed much."
ciety moderator Marie Angeley. Donna Fournier and Cheryl Nastri were Honors Night coordinators.
Taunton Catholic Middle School TCMS eighth-grader Melissa. Lothrop received an honorable mention certificate in an essay contest sponsored by Current Events Magazine. The national social studies magazine is widely used in U.S. schools. TCMS social studies teacher Brenda Canon encouraged her students to compete in the contest, which had students address questions regarding their heritage and how traditions from their ancestors were carried to the United States and are still observed today. Mrs. Canon commented 'that many of her students wrote about their strong religious backgrounds,
as did Miss Lothrop in her essay on her family's Irish traditions. 72 sixth-grade students, under direction of math teacher Louise Baptista, participated in the St. Jude's Research Hospital Math-aThon. Mrs. Baptista's students undertake the project annually. This year they raised $2,161.57 for the research center, more than double last year's contributi.on. To participate, students solve math problems provided by St. Jude's Math-a:Thon. The problems are then corrected by students' parents and the number of correct problems reported to sponsors, who pledge specified amounts per problem. On May21 the Homeand School Association presented the 3-D Show, a program which incorporates science, history and art in a multimedia slide show viewed with 3-P glasses.
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Student goes to court over SAT score WASHINGTON (CNS) - A Brian Dalton. who is in the top Catholic school student has gone . third of his class at Holy Cross to court to force the Princeton, High School in Flushing. N.Y .. N.J., company that administers sued the Educational Testing Servthe Scholastic Aptitude Test to ice May 12 after it refused to approve the score he says he earned release to colleges his 1.030 score on the test last November. on the November SAT because it was 410 points higher than the 620 he scored the previous May. The testing service's computers routinely flag scores which show a jump of 350 points or higher. said Tom Ewing. spokesman for the Princeton company. It offered Dalton a retest, but he refused to take it. Top score on the SAT. which measures math and verbal aptitude. is 1,600. Dalton, a competitive swimmer. risks losing an athletic scholarship to New York's St. John's University as a result of the Educational Testing Service· disqualifying the higher score. Under National Collegiate Athletic Association standards. the higher score qualifies him to playa major college sport. The lower score does not.
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Dalton said he improved his score by using tips learned in a class offered by the Princeton Review of New Jersey, an expensive' coaching program which teaches how to take the SAT.
The Princeton Review. which charged $695 for its course, is paying half of Dalton's legal expenses in the case, which could attest to the effectiveness of coaching schools. The testing service sent Dalton's May and November tests to two handwriting analysts, 'both of whom contend the signature on the Novembe'r test differed from the handwriting on the May test, said Ewing in a May 14 telephone interview. . Dalton denied cheating and hired his own handwriting analyst who contends the writing on the November answer sheet is ,Dalton's. Meanwhile. the youth's father. Peter Dalton, a New York City police detective, set up a lineu'p and asked Dalton to pick out the proctor who administered his SAT. Young Dalton chose the right proctor, who recognized the youth as the one who took the test in her room. Dalton asked for his test paper to be analyzed for fingerprints and offered to take a lie detector test. but the testing service refused to consider either, said John Katzman. founder of the Princeton Review. The battle then moved to the Queens County courtroom of Judge William D. Friedman. Joel Rubin. executive director of the Princeton Review. said Dalton's high score was "anticipated"
because he got a combined score of 980 for the math and verbal questions in a practice SAT test at the end of a six-week intensive review course. The course, which covers vocabulary and math exercises, also offers test-taking tips. said Rubin. For example. it pointed out that since "the test is constructed in order 'of increasing difficulty," as the tests goes on, "whatever seems like the easy obvious answer" is apt to be a wrong, answer. Thus, student,S are advised to eliminate such answers from their multiple choices. Dalton could not improve his higher score by taking the test for a third time. Under Educational Testing Service policies, if he scored higher than 1.030, he would be credited with 1.030.lfhescores lower than 1.030 - 900, for example - he would get 900.
Teachers cited WASHINGTON (CNS) - Six of the nation's 1992 Presidential Scholars named Catholic school teachers as the educators who had the most impact on their accomplishments. The youths were among 141 students nationwide recognized for achievement in academics or the arts. The Catholic school students are from Louisiana, New York, Ohio, Puerto Rico, Texas and Wisconsin.
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