Huron Expositor, 2013-12-18, Page 88 Huron Expositor • Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Avon Maitland School Board elects chair and vice -chair
Al Sygrove
begins term as
chair of the board
for 2013
Whitney South
Huron Expositor
At its meeting of the board
on Dec. 10, Avon Maitland
School Board trustees voted
Al Sygrove, representative of
Northwest Huron, to the
position of chair of the board
for 2013.
An educator for 30 years,
Sygrove began teaching at
Victoria Public School in
1971 when he and his wife
Louise first moved to
Goderich.
During his career, Sygrove
has received a Masters
Degree in Education as well
as a Specialist in Special
Education, and has
previously served as
principal at three elementary
schools - Blyth, Victoria and
Zurich. He is currently
serving in his second term as
a trustee.
Sygrove stated, "I would
like to give thanks to my
fellow trustees for giving me
the opportunity, and indeed
the honour, of serving as
chair of the board for the
upcoming year. Having been
involved in education for
quite some time, I have in
the past referred to the good
ole days of education, and
they were indeed good. But, I
have to admit, in the past few
years as a trustee, and more
importantly as a grandfather,
I've grown to appreciate the
even better new days of
education. Much has
changed. Education has
evolved.
He went on to explain
how, though student
achievement is still a major
focus of education, schools
have begun to show more
concern for the whole
student, recognizing the
importance of student well-
being in all aspects of their
life, not just in academics, as
well as promoting students'
rights to feel safe and
accepted.
According to Sygrove,
trustees need to incorporate
the essential skills for student
success; creativity,
communication,
collaboration, critical
thinking and problem solving
in their own work as well.
"As board, we must focus
our efforts to ensure our
students have the best
possible educational
experiences and every
opportunity to achieve in a
safe, caring and inclusive
learning environment," he
said. "We will face challenges
in the upcoming year no
doubt. But, following a
guiding theme - none of us
alone is as good as all of us
together - I feel confident we
have the people throughout
our system to meet these
challenges."
Trustee Julie Moore,
representative for Perth East
and an avid volunteer in her
community, was elected as
vice -chair.
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Trustee Julie Moore, representative for Perth East was elected vice -chair and Al Sygrove, representative of
Northwest Huron, was elected chair of the Board of Trustees Dec. 10.
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