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Vol. 90 No. 16
INSIDE
Special
Report
► Read all about it: Sewickley Valley is not immune to the literacy crisis.
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Lifestyles
► Loc a I organ transplant: Historic musical instrument from Sewickley is born again in Moon Township church.
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Arts
►	Annie meet’s Oliver? Sewickley Academy drama students will try to carry it off this weekend.
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Sports
►	Things are looking gr-r-r-reat for the SA Panthers as they begin baseball season.
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Serving Aleppo, Bell Acres, Edgeworth, Glenfield, Haysville, Leet, Leetsdale, Osborne, Sewickley, Sewickley Heights, Sewickley Hills
Wednesday, April 14, 1993
Teacher Lynn Sapp looks over exotic treasures with P.J. Wigton and A.J. Keipei at ethnic fest. See page A9.
In Two Sections 50 Cents
SPRING FEVER: Forget about April look over spring things outside Sewickley Hardware, showers. Warmer weather brought everyone to the village Children, in descending order, are Jennifer, Maralee and last week. Here, Sherry Kumer and family from Fair Oaks Dylan.	photo by Davidson Chan
▼ QUAKER VALLEY
Nowhere to run: Students on‘hot* seat
Homework Hotline system lets patents reach out and touch assignments
ly PAUL A. PARRUCCI
Staff writer
The key phrase for Quaker Valley School District this year has been this: "Let's bring the community and family into the classroom.”
Living up to that phrase, teachers at QV Junior High School have introduced a program that might make the task less difficult.
Homework Hotline, a telephone message service designed by Voice-Tel, is a phone-bank system parents can use to find out what went on in class that day.
“Homework Hotline is an information system that allows parents, on a daily basis, access to every teacher’s homework assignments and classrOoni projects,” explained Paul Gallagher, QVJH principal.
The teacher-driven project, as described
by Gallagher, will be given a 60-day trial period to determine if, in the future, it will enhance students' education.
Len Caric, vice president of sales and marketing at Voice-Tel of Pittsburgh, said, “If parents know what is going on in the classroom, they can discuss it at home with students and enhance their education.”
The trial period runs to the end of the school year, and at that point, the school board and Voice-Tel will determine if the project should be used throughout the school system.
The system uses a “greeting-only” mailbox, where teachers can leave messages for parents. However, parents cannot leave messages for teachers.
“Some teachers will change messages every day. Others may change it once a week—it can be tailored to the needs of the
teacher,” Caric added.
For example, Caric noted, “A gym teacher may change the message once a week, and a Spanish teacher may leave a message in English for parents and a message in Spanish to be translated by students for extra credit.”
The service is provided without charge to the school district during the trial period.
There is another advantage to the system: Students who miss school will not have to rely on a friend to bring home the correct assignment.
Flyers were sent home with students listing teachers’ voice-mail numbers.
“This is a technology of the '90s, which allows the parents to be more involved in their children’s education,” Gallagher concluded.
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