Copyright 1987 WPSD All rights reversed. Gabric and Vesna Pintar, teachers from Zagreb, Yugoslavia, joined WPSD instructors Sondra Williams, Miriam Telleck, and Betty Braun for the training program. Forty teachers presently on the WPSD staff had received instruction in the Verbotonal Method since 1971. A platform tennis court was erected during the summer of 1976 on the site where the Summer House used to be. The court was used by the students as part of their physical education and extracurricular programs. The platform tennis court was taken down in the summer of 1986 to make room for a Wells Fargo fitness court. Next to the fitness court is a shelter which is being used for cover during rain. The enrollment for the 1976-1977 school year was 497 students, of whom 96 were day students. A budget of $3,527,000 was realized for that school year. New staff for the 1976-1977 school year included Robert Aker, Cecelia Amorose, Bernice Baker, Mary Bagley, Mark Camillo, Mary Beth Christobek, Roberta Cooke, Bruce Dickson, Charles Earhart, Barry Fell, Rebecca Foster, Ellen Freeman, Mimi Gouzoulis, Pat Hartnett, Christine Kieda, Virginia Lusebrink, Laura McClure, Jane McDowell, Sandra Nair, Gladys Nolan, Rebecca Starr, Kathy Seuss, Barbara Ventura, Adele Viola, Karen Vormack, Jacqueline Walter, Sherry Waryanka, Dorothy Watkins, Jane Ann Williams, Caryl Wolff, and Carolyn Zachery. Dorothy Schwartzman returned to WPSD to work as a language tutor in the Special Studies. New appointments included Chris Noschese as the Assistant Dean of Boys and Loree Rager and Miriam Telleck as Dormitory Directors. A pilot program for 6 trainable mentally retarded deaf children began in September, 1976. It incorporated an “extended day� teacher in the dormitory who worked with the children during the after-school hours, providing them with language and basic Ihing skill experiences carrying out behavior modification policies used in the classroom. The team consisted of Eleanor Magyar, classroom teacher, Barry Fell, extended day teacher, and Dorothy Schwartzman, language tutor. The extended day program met with considerable success immediately and has been a part of the dormitory program ever since. The school improved its vocational evaluation program by purchasing a set of Valpar Component Worksample Series, a group of work activities involving tasks, materials, and tools which are
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