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PAGE 22. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1990.
East Wawanosh school news
Special memory
JulieSnow of Belgrave shows her dad Peter the Mickey Mouse
ears she got while visiting Disney World. Julie was one of 80
children who saw the famous amusement park through the
courtesy of the Sunshine Foundation of Canada. Julie’s
younger brother Matthew was presented with the Mouse ears
as a souvenir upon her return.
Belgrave girl enjoys
Disney World trip
BY BONNIE GROPP
Since 1987 the Sunshine Founda
tion of Canada has operated eight
dreamlifts for children who are
seriously or terminally ill or severe
ly physically disabled. This year
Julie Snow, daughter of Peter and
Karen of Belgrave was one of 80
children selected to fly to Disney
World in Orlando, Florida for an
exciting six hours of fun.
Julie is a bubbly, energetic girl,
a typical nine-year-old, except for
one thing. Since birth she has had
six operations, including three
major ones to correct bone and
facial defections. Julie was bom
with Crouzon, a type of
Craniosynostosis syndrome, in
which the bones of the skull fuse
rather than join together loosely.
When she was only a few months
old she underwent the first in what
has been a series of surgeries. At
just two-and-a-half an operation
was done to move her eyes closer
together. And there is more to
come. By her early teens she will
once again undergo surgery to
correct the upper jaw, which her
parents hope will be the last major
one.
Julie was nominated for the trip
by her doctor, R. G. Colcleugh of
Children’s Hospital in London and
was notified that she had been
chosen early in September. Edith
Forsythe of St. Thomas was ap
pointed as Julie’s “buddy” and
she called to introduce herself prior
to the trip. Julie plans to write her
this weekend to say thank you.
The trip started on September 27
at about 7:15 a.m. when Julie and
the rest of the Sunshine Foundation
entourage boarded a plane bound
for Florida. They arrived, Julie
said, to a perfect day, warm and no
rain, and they only had to wait in
line for one ride. Though the six
hours went quickly, Julie was able
to see plenty of things and enjoy
several of the rides. “On the Snow
White ride, the girl sitting behind
me got really frightened when the
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witch came up. I don’t know what
the witch said because I couldn’t
hear. There were too many people
screaming,” she said.
After touring the Magical King
dom and meeting the Disney
characters, accompanied by mem
bers of the United States Navy, the
group assembled at about 6 p.m. to
begin the trip home. They arrived
back in London shortly after 10 that
night.
The only down side of the trip for
Julie was that she got ill during the
bus trip back to the airport, but she
put it down to all the excitement.
Upon her return, the Grade four
East Wawanosh student presented
her seven-year-old brother Mat
thew with a set of Mickey Mouse
ears, which assauged his dis
appointment a little bit at not being
able to go.
The entire cost of the trip is
about $00,000 and is covered by the
Sunshine Foundation. The program
is offered to special children be
tween the ages of three and 19.
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editor Aaron Barnes
The grade 1 class learned
Coloured Man verses (colour
words). Also they are learning
Clifford’s good manner rules that
his owner Emily Elizabeth taught
her in the book.
The grade 1/2 class made a
mural of students in class and
made construction paper owls. Jeff
Beyersbergen likes to learn num
bers in French. Laura Meier likes
to sing songs in French. Amanda
Palmer likes saying the colours in
French. Garrett Knight reports that
Madam Rea is their French teach
er. Chad Cook also likes French.
The Grade 2 class made life size
portraits and are still making “All
About Me” books.
The grade 2-3’s are starting a
“tree-mendous” unit. They will be
working in tree centres all around
the classroom. With their collection
of leaves they are making tree
rubbings and using painted leaves
to create pictures.
In the last few days of music the
Grade 3-4 class has been listening
to rap music. They also divided
their class into groups and made
their own lyrics and rhythm for rap
song’s based on fairy tales.
The grade 4/5 class got ready for
the open house by making books
about things they are skilled at.
The class also made life size figures
for the book “Do Bananas Chew
Gum”. Nana Sakamato from
Robarts School in London came to
talk to the class about hearing
impairments.
The grade 8 class is working on
classifying living things (taxono-
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