July Birthdays 01 Elsie A. Bond 02 Elizabeth S. Venturi 03 Florence Hestad Howard W. Johnson Margaret Wittrock 06 Roy E. Dakin 08 Olaf E. Stenersen 09 Kenneth P. Stromsland 10 Norris C. Harstad Marilyn C. Lien Sverre Overland 12 Eleanor A. Brown Peter A. Olberg 14 Peggy K. Engebretson 15 Lois A. Suter 16 Carol F. Bentsen Irene O. Geerdts Richard Nellis Melvin O. Ness 18 Marcella E. Butcher
02 David J. Jeglum Einar Tenold 04 Wendell J. Brenner 05 Ronald K. Jonassen 06 Eva Sorensen 08 Norma Berke Peter H. Bohn Barbara J. Terrell 12 Ruth Ecklund Theodore Ness 13 Gerd M. Juell 14 Walt Winney 18 Marilynn J. Jeglum 19 Paul Anderson 21 Lester Amack 22 Bernice Birney Carol Ann Carlsen 24 Karen Brown Roy O. Roe 25 Ione J. Rice 31 Margaret Benson
We meet the 4th Friday of each month (usually starts at 7:30 PM) .
St. Mark Lutheran Church Center
205 S. Wille Street
Mt. Prospect, Illinois.
Kids Corner
Things about school
SCHOOL PATROL Norwegian school children from about 12 years of age often take part in what is called "school patrol". Their job is to make sure that motorists stop at pedestrian crossings for children on their way to school. These patrols are trained in their duties by the police. They wear easily-recognizable uniforms and use special flags to indicate when it is safe to cross the road.
SCHOOL LUNCH Packed lunch is a very Norwegian custom. When they leave home in the morning for school or for work, most children and their parents take with them a homemade lunchpack or "matpakke" ("mat" is "food" in Norwegian and "pakke" is a "package" or "parcel"). This is usually open-faced sandwiches with cheese, ham or other cooked meats that they eat during the lunch break.
AT SCHOOL Children in Norway start school in the year they reach the age of 6. Primary schooling
lasts for 7 years and secondary schooling for 3. They have to go to school at least 10 years, but it is normal to continue for 3 more years in the upper secondary school. Education in the state school system is free. Only a small number of Norwegian children attend private schools. For the first few years, the school day lasts about 4 hours, but increases gradually to 6 or 7 hours as the children advance in the school system. For younger children whose parents are both out working, there are after- school arrangements to keep the children safely occupied until their parents have finished work. Did you know that school uniforms are completely unknown to Norwegian children and that grades are not given until the pupils begin secondary school? English is taught from as early as the second grade in the primary school, French or German (or both) being added later in the secondary school. It is not unusual for children to speak 3 languages when they graduate from upper secondary (high school). Most children walk or cycle to school, but special transport arrangements are made for those who live a long way from the nearest school.
