HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2013-04-04, Page 16PAGE 16. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 2013.Board to offer unique experiences
Chime ensemble coming
Board not looking at
closures in coming year
Eye on the bronze
Matthew Cottrill, second from left, with his Fanshawe Falcons curling team, went to the
Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association National Championships in Edmonton late last
month and came home with a bronze medal. The Fanshawe College ladies team came home
with the gold. (Photo submitted)
The crack of dawn
Reverend Tom Murray led a special ‘sunrise’ church service
at Knox United Church in Belgrave on Sunday to celebrate
Easter. (Denny Scott photo)
Rev. Tom Murray and his wife
Brenda are on vacation from April 3
to April 17. If you need pastoral
care, please contact either
Dungannon Union’s pastor Brian
Hymers 519-291-3023 or Blyth
United Church’s Rev. Gary Clark
519-523-4383.
While Rev. Tom is on vacation, we
welcome Melissa Snyders to
conduct the services at Knox United
Church.
On Sunday, April 14 and 21 the
Children’s Chime Ensemble will be
held. Chime In Choir practice is
April 7 at 9:45 a.m. and 12:05 p.m.
Chime in Choir will play in church
on April 7. Everyone is welcome.
Gifted students within the Huron
Perth Catholic District School Board
(HPCDSB) will soon enjoy some
unique opportunities.
JoAnn MacGregor, superintendent
of education, told the board of
trustees that about 20 students from
Grades 4 to 8 will take part in a
variety of workshops over the next
few months.
These activities are part of the
Infinite Horizons Gift Program.
MacGregor said students are
identified as gifted in either Grade 4
or Grade 7, when all students
complete the Canadian Cognitive
Abilities Test - written each fall.
“Occasionally some of our
students in those grades are
recognized as being gifted. Being
gifted is considered an
exceptionality by the Ministry of
Education,” she said.
MacGregor said the gifted
students are given in IEP (individual
education plan). “The gifted IEP
talks about going deeper with
learning and enriching student
learning and the Infinite Horizons
Program is one of the things the
board provides that the students
might not have right from their
school site,” said MacGregor.
The gifted program is run by a
committee of teachers, principals
and other board staff. “With a little
bit of a budget we put together a
schedule of events each spring for
these students. It gives our gifted
students an opportunity to enjoy
some unique opportunities to do
together,” she said adding, “We find
this is very powerful, especially at
the Grade 7 and 8 level. When those
students move on to St. Anne’s or St.
Michael’s they have already met
other like-minded students.”
She said the program also honours
students who are gifted learners,
gives them a chance to be with more
like-minded learners and participate
in things that help them go broader
and deeper in their own learning.
MacGregor said, “For example
our Grade 7 and 8 students will be
participating in a Chocolatier
Workshop. Students will learn the
science and environmental
connections behind making
chocolate and they will get to test
their own creations.”
These students will also get to
make a clay creation, visit the
University of Western Ontario and
spend a day at Falls Reserve in
Benmiller. The younger group will
participate in a short film workshop,
learn about electricity, DNA
extraction, spend a day at Camp
Kintail and enjoy a day at the
Stratford Festival Theatre.
“While they are fun events, there
is a lot of opportunity for learning.
These students have a thirst for
learning and these events provide an
opportunity students otherwise
wouldn’t receive,” said MacGregor,
adding. “They are going to be doing
some amazing things over the next
couple of months.”
MacGregor added that the Infinite
Horizons Program dovetails nicely
with the school board’s movement
forward concerning leadership
opportunities for students.
Continued from page 14
the secondary buildings, we have
mitigated having buildings that
would be predominately empty,”
said Ash, adding, “We are making
efficient use of our building capacity
by moving the senior elementary
students to the secondary buildings
and compensated for the decline in
enrolment at the secondary level.”
“We are not looking at closing any
schools in the near future,” said Ash,
adding, “We still have to do an
annual accommodation report, to
come forward in May, and we do not
anticipate recommending any
accommodation reviews for the
coming year and we will continue to
re-evaluate on an annual basis.”
School by school data was not
available at the time of the
presentation.
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