Scouting, Volume 71, Number 4, September 1983 Page: 54
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M-SCHOOL SCOUTING
BY SUZANNE
WILSON
BLADOW
Photographs by
David Falconer
Scouting
successfully
carries its
program to
where kids
spend a third
of their day—
in school.
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(Above) Chong Karpstein
learns how to cope with
home emergencies noted
in BSA booklet. (Right,
top) Sue Miller leads
class discussion about the
Scout Law. (Right) Flag
courtesy is among many
citizenship skills students
master.
A Scout is
worthy,
Loyal, Helpful,
pRlfWOLY,
Courteous, Kino,
Osfoiant,
Chkrful, Thrifty
Sravf,Clcau,
ReveReiJr
team.
| goc Nguyen is the square knot-tying
champion of his sixth grade classroom.
When the class divides up for a knot-ty-
ing relay, they all want Ngoc on their
Igoc thinks this is "pretty neat" because
today, for the first time ever, someone showed him
how to tie this knot—and he was the fastest at it.
The someone who taught him is Linda Brown,
an In-School Scouting leader. Of the Southeast
Asian children in her ISS classes in the Portland
(Oregon) Public Schools, she says. "This is
something they can see and do; there's no com-
munications gap. We're able to reach them
through knots and other hands-on activities."
Ngoc is just one child
whose special needs are
being met through In-
School Scouting. The
children in Columbia
Pacific Council's pro-
gram. whether they are
white, black. Hispanic.
Southeast Asian, or
American Indian, have
one thing in common:
they attend inner-city
schools where traditional
Scouting has had trouble
gaining a foothold
because of lack of par-
ental volunteerism.
Transient populations.
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single parent families, familes with two working
parents, lack of resources—the causes may be
many.
These children share in Scouting once a week
for 40 minutes, when two ISS leaders visit their
classrooms. In 83 classrooms in 12 schools, every-
one in grades three through six can be a part of it.
That's about 2.100 kids who might not otherwise
have a chance to experience Scouting.
Nationally, ISS has evolved at the Scout council
level, with programs tailor-made for each setting.
Reaching students from elementary through high
school levels, it takes place in more than 2.400
schools in nearly 200 Scout councils.
In Columbia Pacific
Council, it takes a col-
laboration to produce
ISS. because the pro-
gram is coeducational, so
the Columbia River Girl
Scout Council and the
Portland Area Council of
Camp Fire are working
with the Boy Scouts
of America. The term
"scouting" is collectively
applied to all three
agencies in the ISS pro-
gram.
Lane School, where
Ngoc attends, is a "free-
breakfast. free-lunch"
September 1983 Scouting
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