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This guide is the second in a series of guidelines designed to be a framework for positive action at the school site and in the classroom through the High Schools That Work (HSTW) program, an effort to raise the achievement of career-bound students. It focuses on site-tested ways to organize new teams and rejuvenate existing teams. It recommends a team structure designed to help accomplish the goals of the HSTW program. The case for creating teams is followed by descriptions of team models designed for HSTW sites that consist of multiple schools working together or a single schools. Team organization guidelines set forth the membership, mission, and charges for the following single-school or multischool teams: overall site team, school implementation team, curriculum focus team, staff development focus team, guidance and public information focus team, and evaluation focus team. Suggestions are offered for the critical first 3 months during which the groundwork for successful teams is laid. A checklist for tracking team progress is provided. Keys to successful teams and a successful team leader are listed. A checklist for team players lists behaviors. A summary of problems and possible solutions concludes the guide. (YLB)

1Boy Crusoe

By Allan Eric

Also published as" A Yankee Crusoe" . A 15 year old hard working and studious farm boy finds the lure of adventure on the seas as a merchant seaman more than he can resist. This is his story. " I was born in a little town in the State of Maine, near the close of the Civil War. My boyhood life did not differ materially from that of the average farmer's son in the remote country districts of New England--except, perhaps, that I read more and thought more. Hard work on the rugged soil, two terms each year in the little yellow country schoolhouse, a day's fishing now and then filled the early years of my life full to over-flowing. " What he gets is enough excitement and adventure to overflow his wildest dreams. How he experiences disaster and uses his wits and knowledge to overcome every problem makes for a great read. - Summary by Phil Chenevert