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July 10. 8i.1
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THE LAST SERVICE AT 'MONCRIEFF The congregation was in a 'nostalgic
mood Sunday when the last service was held at Moncrieff United Church in Grey
township. Members of the 65 year ,Old' church will now attend services at Walton
and Atwood, after deciding to close the Ohu,rch because membership was too small.
Rev. Ed. Baker preached the last sermon. (Photo by S. MacDonald)
HELP YOURSELF — The Strawberry Supper at the United Church last week was
held out on the lawn. Those at the supper helped themselves to salads and then sat
at outdoor tables to enjoy their meal. (Photo by Langlois)
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THE BRUSSELS. 'POST, JUNE. 80i 1916
Family Life class
explained to
RC board
(By Wilma Oke)
A family life program will be
started for Grade 7‘students in
the 19• schools under the
jurisdiction of the Huron-Perth
County Roman Catholic separate
schOol 12oard in October.
An outline of the program was
presented to the board at a
meeting in Dublin Tuesday night
and was unanimously endorsed.
Anthony Chater, Stratford,
family life co-ordinator for the
board, accompanied by eight
members of the family life
committee, made the presenta-
tion at 10 p .m. They had waited
patiently, along with the press
representative in a side room at
the board...office, for the meeting
to start. The long wait was,clueto
the board meeting in committee
of the whole, in -camera, prior to
the getieral meeting.
Mr. Chater said the family life
program for the Grade 8 students
would be continued again this fall
term as it has been the last two
years.
The family life program was
first initiated in 1971 with .a
committee formed to study the
program. Following the start with
the Grade 8 students the board
found it necessary to hire a
co-ordinator last year to begin
implementing the program in
other grades.
Mr. Chater said the family life
program is .a supplement to the
religious program and in no way
replaces it.H e said only 20 to 25
per cent of the program could be
called sex education.
Meetings with teachers and.
parents will be held prior to
commencing the program, Mr.
Chater said. "Communication
with parents • is extremely
important. When they see what is
happening in the classroom they
will be definitely for it. Guidelines
will be given• to the teachers that
are to be followed," he explained.
The classes will be for 30 to 40
minutes per week, Mr. Chater
said.
He spoke of the amount of
input by parents to the program.
A library will be, started at the
board office for reference
materiel -- books, film strips
but because these materials are
expensive it will be built up
gradually.
In reply to a question from John
O'Drowsky, St. Marys, he replied
that the classes would be mixed
with both boys and girls attending
together.
When asked the future of the
program he told board member
Ronald Marcy of Stratford that
"the only way to go is down to
Kindergarten and work our way
up again."
Father H. J. Laragh of St.
James . Church, Seaforth, a
member of the committee said the
priests in the Huron-Perth
Deanery endorsed the program in
principle, and were writing the
foreward to a pamphlet to be
given to parents explaining the
program.
Mrs. Joseph DeGroot,
Seaforth, a parent on the
committee, said she herself
highly endorsed . the program.
Mrs. E. Scott, St. Marys said
children need more exposure and
that if they have a good
grounding in elementary school
they will not be so susceptible to
problems in secondary school.
Sister Mary St. Louis, principal
of St. James School, Seaforth,
said the students appreciate
being able to sit down and discuss
problems and questions on family
life with their teachers„
Other members of the
committee in attendance in
addition to th ose who spoke
were: Joe Blythe, teacher at
Precious Blood School, Exeter;
Laurie Kraftcheck, teacher at St.
Michael's School, Stratford and
Veronica Brehm, teacher at St.
Mich ael.' s.
Following the presentation the
business part of the meeting got
underway at 10:45 p.m. when the
board hired Sister Eileen Foran to
teach at . St.. Boniface School,
Zurich,
Sparkle Maintenance of
Stratford was engaged again to
continue custodial services at St.
Michael's School at the rate of
$560 a month effective March 1,
1976. to March, 1977.
The block parent programme
proposed by the Kinctte Club of
St. Marys was given approval.
The meeting adjourned at 11:45
p.m. when the board went into
committee of the whole again.