Collegian (Hurst, Tex.), Vol. [3], No. [4], Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 26, 1990 Page: 4 of 11
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4 Collegian / News
Wednesday, September 26, 1990
Teacher receives award from state association
By Troy Topping
Reporter
Because of her special accomplishments as a music teacher and her
willingness to give her time in public service, a NE Campus music instructor
has received Teacher of the Year honors from the Texas Music Teachers
Association (TMTA).
June Leondar, instructor/coordinator of music on NE Campus, was
honored at the annual convention of TMTA, an organization designed to
promote excellence in music performance and theory.
“Receiving the award came at the end of many years of my choosing to
share my time and my abilities with others in the profession,” Leondar said.
“The rewards have been obvious in terms of our music students’
participation and advancement of excellence as well as increased music
teacher participation in continuing education. To be recognized by colleagues
for having promoted and supported these programs was heartwarming. I am
very grateful,” she said.
Leondar’s service to the TMTA has included serving the past eight years
on the organization’s board and conducting a 10-piano ensemble at the
annual convention in San Antonio since 1956.
She served two-year terms as treasurer, president-elect and president of
the TMTA and TMTEF. Currently she serves as the immediate past
president. During the past eight years, she helped establish a state office in
Dallas and a position for the administrative secretary for the organization.
Having come toNE Campusin 1969, Leondar coordinates the preparatory
piano program for students not yet college age. She has a master’s degree in
music education from Texas Tech. She was nominated for the award by
TMTA chapters in Fort Worth, Dallas, Austin and two in Houston.
TICKLING THE IVORIES -- June Leondar NE coordinator and instructor of music, displays
received the Teacher of the Year award from the plaque that was presented to her at TMTA's
the Texas Music Teachers Association. Leondar, annual convention. photo by Steve Gariepy
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Junior high adopted by NE Club
The Diversity in Action
(DIA) Club on NE Campus offici-
ally adopted Hutcheson Junior
High in Arlington for its Adopt-a-
School Program for the coming
year at a recent meeting.
First put into effect last fall,
the program seeks to identify a
school with a high dropout potential
and then work with students in that
school to keep them from dropping
out.
“Alarmingly, a student who
drops out is more likely to do so
during junior high than in high
school,” said Suzanne Fields, NE
director of counseling.
Minorities, which comprise 40
percent of Hutcheson’s student
body, are at increased risk, Fields
said. Nationwide, 50 percent of all
blacks and 70 to 80 percent of all
Hispanics do not graduate from
high school.
Twice a month, members of
DIA, formerly known as the
Cultural Awareness Club, make
trips to Hutcheson to establish
friendships and to provide role
models for students.
Club members discuss the
transition from junior high to high
school and from high school to
college, emphasize the importance
of staying in school and discuss
other problems students may be
having with parents or friends.
“We give guidance to the
students on how they can become
better students early in their
careers,” Amos McCluney, DIA
adviser and instructor of psychology
and counselor on NE Campus, said.
While businesses also have
mentor programs at Hutcheson, the
Club is unique in that it is the only
young people’s group^and has the
advantage of closer identification
with students.
As another part of this
program, DIA identifies three
needy minority families in the
school—one black, one Hispanic,
and one Asian—to deliver meals
and clothes to during holidays.
Fields believes Hutcheson
students and families are not the
only ones who benefit from this
program.
“You find that it helps the
students academically because
they feel good about what they are
doing for the kids,” she said.
MEXICAN PERSPECTIVE -- Dr. Joesfina Vazquez visited NE
Campus last week and spoke on the Mexican/US War as part of
the celebration of Hispanic Month. photo by Sean Newman
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Collegian (Hurst, Tex.), Vol. [3], No. [4], Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 26, 1990, newspaper, September 26, 1990; Hurst, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1183217/m1/4/?q=%22Education+-+Schools+-+Students%22: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Tarrant County College NE, Heritage Room.