On May 26, 9:11�pm, Steve Bonine wrote:
wrote:
1) Presentations at the middle-school and even elementary-
school level - including the parents.
Getting the teachers involved would be ideal. Teachers are an
incredibly important influence on their students.

Agreed! But that requires a teacher who is a ham.

No, it doesn't. �It only requires a teacher who is open to allowin
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someone to help him/her, and a person willing to help.

In theory, yes, the teacher doesn't have to be a ham.

But in practice, I think a teacher who was that interested in having
ham radio in the school would *be* a ham, if for no other reason than
it makes the whole thing easier.

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A lot depends, too, on what level of involvement ham radio is to be in
the school. For example, in increasing order of involvement:

1) Books, magazines and other info on ham radio could be provided to
the school libraries.

2) Local amateurs could give a presentation/demonstration at an
assembly, student activity day, etc. This would simply say "Here's
what ham radio is, what hams do, what it takes to become one.." etc.

3) Ham radio could be introduced as an extra-curricular activity, same
as computer clubs, robotics clubs, etc. (The local high school has a
computer club that focuses on rehabbing older computers for use by
students who can't afford their own, and a robotics club that designs
and builds machines for competition).

4) Ham radio could be part of the curriculum, integrated into the
math, technology, communications and geography parts.

IMHO the bell-the-cat question at all levels is: Who's going to do the
work, and pay the costs?

73 de Jim, N2EY