The White Falcon - 21.05.1993, Blaðsíða 1

Vol. 52 No. 20 May 21,1993 Ser\ inutile Iceland Defense Force Community
•he White Falcon
Icelandic words of the week:
I want to go to Hafharfjordur
Eg setla ad fara Ul Haftiarfjordur
(Ee-yeg ite-la ath fa-ra til Haf-nar
fee-or-dur)
STAR program
The 1993 American Red Cross Sta-
tion Teens Accept Responsibility
(STAR) program begins shortly after
the end of the current school year. The
program is designed to supplement
summer activities for base teenagers
while involving them in community
service.
All NATO Base youth 12 through 18
years of age can participate in the pro-
gram. Organizations interested in spon-
soring STAR volunteers this summer,
should contact the American Red Cross
at ext. 6210.
Automated teller
;The Community Bank at NAS
sflavfk now has an operational Auto-
matic Teller Machine (ATM). It is
located in building 782, the Military Air
Terminal, and it dispenses both U. S.
dollars and Icelandic kronur.
The Community Bank will now be
accessible seven days a week, 24 hours
a day. The ATM is connected to CIR-
RUS, AFFN, Mastercard, Visa, Plus,
Discover, Exchange and Diners ’s Club.
Community Bank account holders can
use their ATM cards to access their
dollar accounts at any financial institu-
tion in the world that is linked to any of
the above networks.
Club authorization
All private clubs and organizations
need to contact AN Swindle at NAS
Legal, at ext. 7900, to submit the names
of current points of contact and offi-
cers. Those organizations failing to
it this information by June 4,
►■'3, will be taken off the Merchant’s
Tank Account Authorization List.
Parental report cards provide
valuable feedback
Story by J03 (SW) Andreas Walter
Report cards. To some of us these two
words brought shivers to the spine, and a
healthy dose of nail-biting anxiety. Some-
times a dog just happened to be hungry...
Well, during the past few weeks, parents of
students attending A.T. Mahan schools at
Naval Air Station, Keflavfk have received a
34-question survey in the mail. The survey is
entitled, ‘Report Card from Department of
Defense Dependent Schools (DoDDs) Par-
ents’, and “seeks to determine the attitudes of
parents toward a broad range of issues that
affect the school system,” said John Stremple,
DoDDs director.
This is the third time in the school’s history
that parents have had the opportunity to grade
their children’s schooling. “The surveys are
mailed to the parents of each student. After
this, the answers are tabulated for each school
and region,” said Margaret Deatherage, A.T.
Mahan High School principal. “The School
Advisory Committee reviews these comments
and disseminates the new ideas and problems
to the school staff,” she added.
Local concerns included a lack of extra-
curricular activities for students at the ele-
mentary school. “To ease the problem, the
budget for such activities was increased by
nearly $5,000,” according to Jan D. Long,
A.T. Mahan Elementary school principal.
See SURVEY on page 8
Getting out
and about
Iceland’s
countryside
A vehicle belonging to a mem-
ber of the Rocky Road Four-
Wheelers Club stops for a free
car wash at one of Iceland’s
spectacular waterfalls, during
a recent outing to Skdkafoss
and Thorsmork valley. The
Rocky Roaders are planning
another excursion to Skaftafell
for the upcoming Memorial
Day weekend. Anyone wishing
to go on the trip or to join the
Rocky Roaders Club should
call Mark Bancroft at ext. 6242
orDonArnoldi at ext. 4841for
more information. (Photo by
PHI (AC) Mark Kettenhofen)