School-Based 4-H Programming Series: Designing Programs Based on Time Involvement

One of the biggest factors to consider when starting a school-based program is the amount of time and level of commitment that can be provided for the 4-H program at that site. This new 5-page document discusses the degree of commitment, intensity, and Positive Youth Development (PYD) impact of the program. The most PYD-intensive program will include a model for sustainability. Sustainable programs will ultimately survive and thrive without continual supervision and daily maintenance. Written by Vanessa Spero-Swingle and published by the UF/IFAS 4-H Youth Development Program. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/4h406

In search of policy that supports educational innovation: Perspective of a place- and community-based elementary school

This paper, based upon our experiences starting a school, is part dialogue and part theory. The three authors have all played important roles in the design, creation, and ongoing support of an innovative public elementary school. The first part of the paper describes the impetus behind the creation of this “buildingless,” environmentally focused school with a mandate toward cultural change. There follows a discussion of the kinds of policy that have appeared over the lifespan of the school and includes the identification of those that hindered and those that helped. The final section uses some recent work in social innovation policy to inform a discussion with regard to our policy recommendations for those interested in supporting the kinds of local, place- and community-based educational innovations described here.

Jarvis, Judy (1942–1986)

Judy Jarvis, a choreographer, dancer, and teacher, was a significant figure within the Canadian modern dance community. Following early dance studies in Toronto, she spent two years at the Mary Wigman School in Berlin, and considered Wigman her mentor. On her return to Canada, she launched a solo career, and soon opened a Toronto studio, starting a school as well as the Judy Jarvis Dance and Theatre Company. From 1967 to 1983, she worked with numerous dancers, creating and touring across Canada and to the Edinburgh Festival. In 1974, Jarvis was the first modern-dance winner of the prestigious Jean A. Chalmers Award for Choreography. Her significant works include Bird (1967, later renamed Flight), Clouds (1972), and People…People (1974). Jarvis’s work became increasingly theatrical and difficult to categorize, contributing to the Company’s 1983 loss of funding. Jarvis disbanded her company in 1983, and spent her final years teaching dramatic arts at Madonna High School. She is remembered through the legacy of her influential teaching; through remounts, including Bird/Flight, which was performed by Denise Fujiwara in 1986, and by Gina Lori Riley Dance Enterprise in 1989 of Clouds, People…People, Three Women, and other works; and repertoire performed by the Danny Grossman Dance Company. The Judy Jarvis Foundation, established in 1988, protects Jarvis’s work.

In Memoriam: Elizabeth Mary Moys 1928 to 2002

Elizabeth Mary Moys, known to all her colleagues as Betty, was born on 26 June 1928 at Wickford, Essex. She was brought up in Kent where she spent most of her life when in the UK. She attended Chislehurst County Grammar School then went on to Queen Mary College, London, to read English and took a BA (Hons) degree in 1949. Her first job was in Crayford Branch of Kent County Library Service from 1949–50. After library school in 1950–51 (Northwestern Polytechnic School of Librarianship, where she was one of the leading spirits in starting a School of Librarian-ship Students' Association), Betty became reference librarian at the Royal Institute of International Affairs in 1951.

Outstation Schools at Yirrkala

During 1973 the outstation movement at Yirrkala was going in full force. Aboriginal people were moving from Yirrkala to start up their own communities consisting of numbers of their own clan.During that time Aboriginal people asked many questions about school. So in 1975 the outstation schools were established and were serviced by two visiting teachers from the central school.The names of the communities and the clans that established their outstations in terms of houses and school are these:Garrthalala (Djapu); Gurrumuru (Dhalwayu); Gangan (Dhalwayu); Baniyala (Madampa).Since the above places got established and had a school going the communities listed below got started and are presently operating.Dhalinybuy (Wangurri); Wandawuy (Djapu); and Bawaka (Gumatj) talking about starting a school; Biranybirany (Gumatj) talking about starting a school.