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    "ocrText": "-\nBox charg e out\n12/15/86\nL\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nMay 25, 1983\nMEMORANDUM FOR:\nOUTREACH WORKING GROUP\nON WOMEN\nFROM:\nMICHAEL K. DEAVER M\nSUBJECT:\nNEXT STEPS (follow-up to\nour meeting of May 24)\nJim Baker has suggested, and I have agreed, that it would be\nuseful if I would routinely convene and chair the group of us\nthat met yesterday as the \"Outreach Working Group on Women.\"\nConsistent with the \"all-of-the-above\" approach recommended\nby Dick Darman at the end of yesterday's meeting, please note\nthese assignments of follow-up responsibility:\nAction\nLead (in coordina-\ntion with others as\nappropriate)\nCoordinate and submit final\nFuller/Darman/Harper\nPresidential options paper on\n(due June 7)\npending women's equity issues\nClarify (and, where possible,\nDarman/Rollins\nresolve) differences in poll\n(with pollsters)\nanalyses\nDevelop plan to maximize\nAtwater/Gergen\nwomen-related benefits of\nemerging education campaign\nModify economic program\nGergen/Whittlesey\ncommunication plans, as\nappropriate, to improve\nsupport among women\nDevelop marketing plan re\nGergen/Harper\nadministration's concern for,\nand performance re, fairness\nDevelop and highlight women's\nHarper/Gergen\nequity legal cases, as appropriate\nDevelop speaking program for\nGergen/Whittlesey\nAdministration women\nAppoint more visible women\nHerrington\nI will convene a meeting to review progress in each of these\nareas next week.\nJ-MILD\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nNovember 3, 1983\nMEMORANDUM FOR\nJIM BAKER\nROBERT McFARLANE\nRICHARD DARMAN\nKEN DUBERSTEIN\nCRAIG FULLER\nDAVID GERGEN\nMIKE McMANUS\nBOB SIMS\nLARRY SPEAKES\nJACK SVAHN\nFROM:\nMIKE DEAVER nich\nSUBJECT:\nFollow-up to Grenada Public Affairs Meeting\nFor your information and convenience, I am outlining for each\nof you the agreed upon action items and action officers on the\nitems raised in the Dave Gergen memo and as discussed in our\nmeeting yesterday:\nI. MILITARY/STUDENT EVENTS\n1. Staged Withdrawals of Forces: Admiral Poindexter will\ncontinued to keep us advised of the planning for the\nwithdrawal so that we may consider appropriate plans.\n2. Students Meet with Liberating Forces: Mike McManus is\ncoordinating the event to be scheduled on Monday at\n10:30 a.m. in the Rose Garden.\n3. Students Visit the Wounded: We agreed to take no action\non this item.\n4. Student Messages to RR: Dave Gergen has the action on\nthis item.\n5. 60 Minutes Piece: We agreed to take no action on this item.\n6. The Documents: Bob Sims has the action on this item and\nwill make a proposal to the group.\n7. The Weapons Cache: We agreed to take no further action\non this item.\n8. Metcalf and the Congress: We agreed to take no action on\nthis item.\n- 2 -\nII. POLITICAL RECONSTRUCTION\n1. Scoon to U.S. Mainland: We agreed Scoon should not speak,\nparticularly outside of Grenada, until an interim government\nis formed but that we should try to get Prime Minister Seaga\nfrom Jamaica to Washington before the President departs.\nBob Sims has the action on this item.\n2. O.E.C.S. Leaders to Grenada: Admiral Poindexter and Bob\nSims have the action on this item.\n3. Restoration of the Judicial System: We all agreed that this\nis important and that Admiral Poindexter would follow-up\nin the implementation.\nWith regard to the second paragraph under this item, Ken\nDuberstein has the action.\nIII. ECONOMIC RECONSTRUCTION\n1. A Seabees Project: We discussed the possibility of this\noperation being helpful but not continuing after the with-\ndrawal of the last American soldier.\n2. Economic Assistance: Craig Fuller has the action on this\nitem.\n3. Business Initiatives: Craig Fuller has the action on this\nitem.\n4. Latin American Business Help: We discussed getting\nDavid Rockefeller involved. Admiral Poindexter has the\naction on this item.\n* * *\nOther points:\nDelegation to Europe: Ken Dam is already planning to implement\nthis proposal.\nMilitary-Press Dialogue: We agreed to take no action on this\nitem.\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nNovember 3, 1983\nMEMORANDUM FOR WHITE HOUSE AND EOP STAFF\nFROM:\nMICHAEL K. DEAVER\nnuke\nSUBJECT:\nPARTNERSHIPS IN EDUCATION.\nDuring the launching of the Partnerships in Education\nInitiative on October 13, the President announced that\nthe White House staff would lead by example by forming\na partnership with Congress Heights Elementary School\nin Washington, D.C. I want to emphasize the seriousness\nof this initiative and ask that each of you commit several\nhours a week to assist the school and student body in\nmeeting special needs beyond the resources of the school.\nCongress Heights is a predominatly black elementary\nschool with 518 students (pre-kindergarten through 6th\ngrade) and 28 teachers. It is located at 6th and Alabama\nAvenue, S.E. They have a number of programs aimed at\nimproving basic education, including pilot writing and\nreading programs involving the Washington Post and IBM.\nAs indicated in the attached material, there are a number\nof ways you can get involved in the school, including:\n- one-on-one tutoring\n- serving as guest classroom speakers\n- arranging White House or office tours\n- donating equipment and books\n- sponsoring special events\n- developing and presenting awards for academic\nachievement\n- communicating with students\nJim Coyne will be meeting again with William Dalton, their\nprincipal, to determine the school's most important needs.\nIn order that their needs can be matched with our resources,\nplease let Jim know by November 16 the areas of your interest\nand your planned participation.\nWe are anxious to make this a quality and substantive\npartnership. I am counting on your support.\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nOffice of Private Sector Initiatives\nFor Immediate Release\nOctober 13, 1983\nThe President launched the National Partnerships in Education\nProgram today in a White House ceremony, with 150 representatives\nof business, schools, government and trade associations in\nattendance. He commended the positive role the business\ncommunity has taken in improving the quality of education in\nlocal communities, and issued a challenge \"that everyone of our\ncountry's public, private, and parochial schools and community\ncolleges -- all 110,000 of them -- will have formed partnerships\nin education.\"\nIn addition to encouraging the private sector to participate in\nthis program to upgrade the quality of education, the President\ndirected the Federal Government to promote partnerships in\neducation in every way that it can. James K. Coyne, Special\nAssistant to the President for Private Sector Initiatives and his\nstaff were directed to work on this program throughout the year.\nIn describing the Partnerships in Education program, the\nPresident said, \"Across the country, groups of working men and\nwomen have been forming partnerships with schools -- partnerships\nin education. To form a partnership, volunteers from a business,\ngovernment agency, or other organization strike an agreement with\na school to develop programs that will help the school's students\nin a number of basic ways. The volunteers might tutor students,\nestablish scholarship funds, donate furniture and equipment, or\nteach classes.\"\nThis program was transmitted by closed-circuit TV, through the\ncooperation of WJLA-TV in Washington, D.C., to the students,\nteachers, and parents of Congress Heights Elementary School. In\na surprise announcement, the President informed Bill Dalton,\nPrincipal of the school, that the White House was forging a\npartnership with Congress Heights.\nBy Presidential Proclamation, the 1983-84 school year has been\nnamed \"National Year of Partnerships in Education\".\nThis program is another example of the President's continued\nsupport for the private sector initiatives program and for the\nhigh priority he has assigned to encouraging private sector\ninitiatives to solve social and economic problems throughout\nAmerica.\n# # #\nCONTACT: James K. Coyne, Special Assistant to the President\nWhite House Office of Private Sector Initiatives\n(202) 456-6676\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nOffice of the Press Secretary\nFor Immediate Release\nOctober 3, 1983\nNATIONAL YEAR OF PARTNERSHIPS IN EDUCATION 1983-1984\nBY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA\nA PROCLAMATION\nAmerica's future is dependent upon the health and\nvitality of her education system. Although thousands of\nbusinesses, industries, individuals, organizations, teachers,\nadministrators, and government at all levels have been\ninvolved in the education of our youth, there is more work to\nbe done. More people must become active in improving the\nquality of education in our Nation.\nRecently, many schools have developed private sector\npartnerships in an effort to broaden available resources and\nreach out to their communities for support. The private\nsector has much to offer the growing national movement to\nimprove our education system. Some of the most effective\nmethods include helping educators identify the learning needs\nof our society; encouraging professional exchanges between\nteachers, educators, and businesses; contributing expertise,\nfinancial resources, and equipment; and providing technical\nassistance in school administration and curriculum\ndevelopment. In order to encourage this trend, I call upon\nbusinesses, organizations, individuals, and agencies to become\ninvolved with their local schools.\nPartnerships in Education Year gives us the opportunity\nto acknowledge the efforts of the private sector and to\nencourage the creation of new partnerships in education all\nacross this Nation.\nNOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, President of the\nUnited States of America, do hereby proclaim the period from\nOctober 1, 1983, through June 30, 1984, as the National Year\nof Partnerships in Education. I invite all Americans to join\nme in my commitment to the excellence and quality of education\noffered to all Americans.\nIN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this\nthird\nday of October\n, in the year of our Lord\nnineteen hundred and eighty-three, and of the Independence of\nthe United States of America the two hundred and eighth.\nRONALD REAGAN\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nWHITE HOUSE PARTNERSHIPS IN EDUCATION PROGRAM\nWITH CONGRESS HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL\nCongress Heights Elementary School is located at 6th and\nAlabama Avenues, SE, in Washington, D.C. There are 518\nstudents in grades pre-K through 6th grade. Students in\ngrades K through 6th grade will participate in the program.\nThere are approximately 28 teachers in the school and\nparents and community members are often called upon to\nassist in the classroom.\nEach White House staff member is expected to participate\nin at least one element of the two-part core program\ndeveloped in conjunction with the school's principal,\nBill Dalton.\nBASIC COMMITMENT - Please indicate your interest:\nElement I\nThe Mentor Program - to be paired\nwith a student/classroom on an\nindividual basis\nElement II\nResource Development (to be\nassigned to a resource development\nteam\nOPTION:\nBoth Elements I & II combined\nELEMENT I: The Mentor Program - Partnerships will be developed\nby undertaking each of the following:\nTutoring\nCongress Heights needs tutors in all subject\nareas: math, science, English, social studies,\nforeign languages, current events, just to\nname a few. Tutors in the past have worked\nwith the students an hour each week, either on\nlunch hours, after school or on weekends.\nShadowing\nThis very special arrangement matches a student\nwith a person for a day The student spends\nthe entire day with the individual at work,\nlearning exactly how a business day operates,\nwhat the individual does, and the mechanics\nof the operation. This develops a good one-to-\none relationship which the student seldom receives.\n2\nPen Pals\nCorrespondents are needed to write to\nthe students to help them develop their\nwriting skills. This is expected to\nresult in a regular exchange of letters\nand information.\nCounseling\nStudents often need \"just someone to\ntalk to.\" Trips or meetings may be\narranged for students to have a chance\nto talk about a problem or an issue.\nELEMENT II: Resource Development - Partnerships are needed\nin the following areas:\nExpertise\nSpeakers are needed for all classes and\nclubs. Congress Heights has developed\na Science Club, a Red Cross Club, an\nArt and Music Club, a Math Club, and\na Library Club. The opportunities\nhere are endless - whatever your\nexpertise - Congress Heights would\nwelcome a speaker to inform and educate\nthe students.\nComputers\nIBM and Digital Equipment Corporation\nhave donated computers to the school.\nAssistants, technicans and programmers\nare invited to work with the teachers\nand students to develop new learning\ntechniques.\nAssistants\nAssistants are needed in the library\nand the school office to help develop\nthe library system and maintain the\ndaily operation of the school.\nEquipment and\nBooks, magazines, and records are\nSupplies\naccepted for the library as well as\nthe classroom. Almost any type of\nequipment or supplies will be accepted\nif functional.\nFinancial\nCongress Heights is planning to establish\na \"Send a Child to Camp\" fund. All proceeds\nwill go towards sending the students to\nCamp Round Meadow, a fully equipped camp\nrun by the National Park Service located\nnear Camp David. Students will have the\nopportunity to attend camp for one week\nin the Spring.\n3\nLandscaping and\nThe school welcomes assistance in\nBeautification\n'sprucing' up the place. The students\nhave a Garden Club and would\nappreciate direction as well as\nsupplies.\nAthletics\nIndividuals might offer their\nexpertise and time to organize and\ncoach a football game, basketball\ngame, etc. or spend time on physical\nfitness in general. Again, a one-on-\none relationship is important.\nField Trips\nSpecial events are created for the\nstudents as a motivational tool.\nCongress Heights would like to\norganize more events for the students.\nSupervisory and organizers are needed\nfor events such as: arrival ceremonies,\nWhite House tours, holiday events,\ntechnical tours of the complex,\nKennedy center programs and events,\nNASA/Air and Space Museum, the Pentagon,\nAir Traffic Control Center, and the\nWeather Bureau.\nThis is only a basic outline. Beyond these two central\nelements, we offer a wide range of additional student\nand teacher-supported activities which we urge you to\nexplore with our staff.\nThe degree of participation is as creative as you make\nit. Any special skills or interests not mentioned above\nwhich you might offer to Congress Heights?\nNAME\nOFFICE\nADDRESS\nPHONE NUMBER\nPlease indicate your preference:\nA) Grade Level (K, 1,2,3,4,5,6)\nNo Preference\nB) Particular subject area\n(English, Math, Science\nArts, Music, Athletics,\nForeign Languages)\nOther\nNo Preference\nSpecific interest, estimate of time available\nReturn to James K. Coyne, Private Sector Initiatives, Room 134,\nOEOB.\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nDecember 15, 1983\nMEMORANDUM TO WHITE HOUSE AND EOP STAFF\nFROM:\nMICHAEL K. DEAVER\nSUBJECT:\nPARTNERSHIPS IN EDUCATION.\nThe response to my November 3 memo and request for\nparticipation in the White House adoption of Congress\nHeights Elementary School has been very good. I\nappreciate the response to date, but must stress the\nseriousness of this initiative and ask each of you\nto try to commit several hours a week to assist the\nschool and student body. If you have not indicated\nyour willingness to participate, please do SO by\ncompleting the attached form.\nOffers of involvement range from one-on-one tutoring to\nclassroom speaking to donations of books and equipment.\nThe students and teachers have visited the White House\noften and have been included in many of the holiday\nprograms.\nFollowing Jim Coyne's meeting with the principal and\nstaff of Congress Heights, it was decided that Bill\nDalton, the principal would combine the many offers of\nassistance from White House staff with the school's\ncurriculum. That will be done over the holidays and\nstaff members will be contacted starting January 1\nwith full details and schedules.\nWe are anxious to make this a substantive partnership.\nPlease indicate your willingness as quickly as possible.\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nWHITE HOUSE PARTNERSHIPS IN EDUCATION PROGRAM\nWITH CONGRESS HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL\nCongress Heights Elementary School is located at 6th and\nAlabama Avenues, SE, in Washington, D.C. There are 518\nstudents in grades pre-K through 6th grade. Students in\ngrades K through 6th grade will participate in the program.\nThere are approximately 28 teachers in the school and\nparents and community members are often called upon to\nassist in the classroom.\nEach White House staff member is expected to participate\nin at least one element of the two-part core program\ndeveloped in conjunction with the school's principal,\nBill Dalton.\nBASIC COMMITMENT - Please indicate your interest:\nElement I\nThe Mentor Program - to be paired\nwith a student/classroom on an\nindividual basis\nElement II\nResource Development (to be\nassigned to a resource development\nteam\nOPTION:\nBoth Elements I & II combined\nELEMENT I: The Mentor Program - Partnerships will be developed\nby undertaking each of the following:\nTutoring\nCongress Heights needs tutors in all subject\nareas: math, science, English, social studies,\nforeign languages, current events, just to\nname a few. Tutors in the past have worked\nwith the students an hour each week, either on\nlunch hours, after school or on weekends.\nShadowing\nThis very special arrangement matches a student\nwith a person for a day The student spends\nthe entire day with the individual at work,\nlearning exactly how a business day operates,\nwhat the individual does, and the mechanics\nof the operation. This develops a good one-to-\none relationship which the student seldom receives.\n2\nPen Pals\nCorrespondents are needed to write to\nthe students to help them develop their\nwriting skills. This is expected to\nresult in a regular exchange of letters\nand information.\nCounseling\nStudents often need \"just someone to\ntalk to. Trips or meetings may be\narranged for students to have a chance\nto talk about a problem or an issue.\nELEMENT II: Resource Development - Partnerships are needed\nin the following areas:\nExpertise\nSpeakers are needed for all classes and\nclubs. Congress Heights has developed\na Science Club, a Red Cross Club, an\nArt and Music Club, a Math Club, and\na Library Club. The opportunities\nhere are endless - whatever your\nexpertise - Congress Heights would\nwelcome a speaker to inform and educate\nthe students.\nComputers\nIBM and Digital Equipment Corporation\nhave donated computers to the school.\nAssistants, technicans and programmers\nare invited to work with the teachers\nand students to develop new learning\ntechniques.\nAssistants\nAssistants are needed in the library\nand the school office to help develop\nthe library system and maintain the\ndaily operation of the school.\nEquipment and\nBooks, magazines, and records are\nSupplies\naccepted for the library as well as\nthe classroom. Almost any type of\nequipment or supplies will be accepted\nif functional.\nFinancial\nCongress Heights is planning to establish\na \"Send a Child to Camp\" fund. All proceeds\nwill go towards sending the students to\nCamp Round Meadow, a fully equipped camp\nrun by the National Park Service located\nnear Camp David. Students will have the\nopportunity to attend camp for one week\nin the Spring.\n3\nLandscaping and\nThe school welcomes assistance in\nBeautification\n'sprucing' up the place. The students\nhave a Garden Club and would\nappreciate direction as well as\nsupplies.\nAthletics\nIndividuals might offer their\nexpertise and time to organize and\ncoach a football game, basketball\ngame, etc. or spend time on physical\nfitness in general. Again, a one-on-\none relationship is important.\nField Trips\nSpecial events are created for the\nstudents as a motivational tool.\nCongress Heights would like to\norganize more events for the students.\nSupervisory and organizers are needed\nfor events such as: arrival ceremonies,\nWhite House tours, holiday events,\ntechnical tours of the complex,\nKennedy center programs and events,\nNASA/Air and Space Museum, the Pentagon,\nAir Traffic Control Center, and the\nWeather Bureau.\nThis is only a basic outline. Beyond these two central\nelements, we offer a wide range of additional student\nand teacher-supported activities which we urge you to\nexplore with our staff.\nThe degree of participation is as creative as you make\nit. Any special skills or interests not mentioned above\nwhich you might offer to Congress Heights?\nNAME\nOFFICE\nADDRESS\nPHONE NUMBER\nPlease indicate your preference:\nA) Grade Level (K, 1,2,3,4,5,6)\nNo Preference\nB) Particular subject area\n(English, Math, Science\nArts, Music, Athletics,\nForeign Languages)\nOther\nNo Preference\nSpecific interest, estimate of time available\nReturn to James K. Coyne, Private Sector Initiatives, Room 134,\nOEOB.\nf MKD memos\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nDecember 22, 1983\nMEMORANDUM FOR JAMES A. BAKER III\nED MEESE\nROBERT MCFARLANE\nRICHARD DARMAN\nCRAIG FULLER\nMIKE MCMANUS\nRICHARD WIRTHLIN\nDAVE GERGEN\nFROM:\nMICHAEL K. DEAVER\nin\nSUBJECT:\nCommunications Planning for January\nBelow you will find the proposed agenda for the Communications\nPlanning Meeting to be held December 23 at 10:30 in the Roose-\nvelt Room.\n1. Arms Verification & U.S. Soviet Relations\nTell\n2.\nBeirut Bombing -- Secretary Weinberger is due to make a\nMKD\nreport to the President on the Long Commission and pos-\nsibly on the House subcommittee report.\nStather\n3. Kissinger Commission\nTRR \"In\n4.\nCommunications Strategy for Food Assistance Task Force Report\nUniversity v)\n5.\nGrace Commission - regarding Cost Cutting\nin chief\"\nPlease notify my office if you will not be able to attend.\nno fite\nCall Mausun\nV rqual pay equal\nwork."
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