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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1997-01-01, Page 16Page 16 — Luelumw Sentinel, Wednesday, January I, 1997 • The Madill Mirror Help for stressed 'students ' by Cara Marks Exams are coming and that means a lot of pros - sure • which results in stress. If you find yourself under stress, the Huron County Health Unit has set up some guidelines to help you cope: Talk to someone they, trust Make time for fun. - Take one step at a time Use deep breathing or • other relaxation exercises. • Know their own limits/feel comfortable saying "no" 13e positive , - Get enough sleep and eat . healthy food, „ Exams start on Jan. 17 and end on the 23rd. Keep these guidelines in mind. Good luck on the exams! Holidays,. .• by Dennis Adams Some people wonder how 'students spend their time off at winterbreak. I thought I would tell you 1, just a few things we doto entertain:. ourselves. 1 • asked otir EBS4G class some of the most asked questions: ' t • .1. 1 What are your plans for •;the holidays? 2 Are you going anywhere r ,• special?., . 3 Are. you, planning on. . ;spending sotne time doing •: • school work? • • t '• Jessica Fraser plans on going to Niagara Falls to visit her mom. On •. Christmas day. Jessica and her mom plairon serving • food to the. homeless.. • They will also be .travel- • -. • ling to the :States for •. aWhile, 'Jessica says she wiIl IJ not be doing any qr. homework during her 1. break. Arlene Mckeon will be • doing -a lot of visiting with 1- • family and friends in • • Niagara Falls, Hamilton . and Cambridge. Arlene' •says ,she Will be doing lit- tle if anyschool work on the break. - Charlene Burgess plans on visiting with her family and boyfriend (Kevin • Wright), She also plans to • watch hockey .games and . party with her friends. She and her family will be • going to visit their family in Guelph, Charlene hopes • to spend some time on • school work. • . Michelle,Harris (Fish) . will be travelling to , Kitchener, hopefully open- ing lots of presents and r working. She says down .with homework and party ' on New Year's Eve. ' Holly Finch wants to spend lots of time with her family and' friends. She will be travelling to London to visit her family. do. • / • •;She is planning on spend:- ing some- of her time on doing projects for school. . „ . Natasha Cassidy will be. partaking in the Christmas cheer at her grandma's house. She is going to dedicate sometime to school work. "Have Fun, Season's Greetings." ' • Erin Cook is going to spend most of her time at home. with her family except for when she goes to visit her friends. She is going to do a lot of home- work. Gerry Johnson is going to make his winter break a non-stop social event. • Chris Martin will be spending his time catching up on work and sleep. He is going to deVote time to work on his truck. Chris Douglas is going to go to family Christmas at his grandparents'. place, spend time visiting with friends, playing hockey and doing homework. David Gugg plans on • going to Toronto and . Kitchener to shop and meet people. Mrs.McDonald•our • faithful teacher plans on relaxing with her family, marking school work. She has been considering tak- the children_ to Talisman Mountain Resort for the day. She willbe making up a really hard' EBS4G .exam. ", From all of us in Mrs: McDonald's EBS4G class have a safe and happy tot- iday Semi -formal by Alysha Metcalfe • Do colorful lights, a decorated Christmas tree, and an animated fireplace sound like the place tobe9 Approximately 75 F.E. Madill students seemed to ' think so! There Were. tables and chairs set up in the hall, along with a fire- place and Christmas Tree to accompany it, creating •the image of a cafe. ... On Dec. 13, at 8 p.m., ,.gym 228 was filled with students there for the first semi -formal in years. Students came semi- dressed up for the 'occa- sion. The music was pro— • vided by Speck Jennings, and his music. group whom travelled from Hamilton. They played a great variety of music. Punch, 'pop, chips, crackers, Cheese, vegeta- bles and other delicious treats Were provided and sold by the Peer Mentor Group. The. $100 made were. donated to the Peer Mentors to help with their activities. . • - All in all, 1know the • students had a fabulous tinief A special thanks to everyone who made that night possible! . . , • Thanks by Arlene McKeon Our time on the school page has come to an end. The Semester iS almost over and it is time for our • last Submission to. the paper. Tile time ,and effort we put in was well worth • it, I know now, because the knowledge I have obtained is great. The school page group, that consists of Dennis Adams, rata Marks, Alysha Metcalfe, Jessica Fraser, Kendra Hopper, and me, Arlene McKeon, would like to thank Pat • Livingston for letting us write these' articles about our school. She let us learn a lot about writing newspaper articles and let you, the readers, able to know about what is ,going on at F.E. Madill. This is very much appreciated. It is not very often that someone will let an ama- teur do a professional job. I think we all proved our- selves worthy of the job. , I would -also like to thank you, the readers, for. taking the time to read what we had to say. I hope we let you know what you wanted to know about F.E. Madill. Babies atMadill by Jessica Fraser Some students may recall seeing 'babies and toddlers in care of other . students in the halls on Dec. 6, at F.E Madill and probably were wondering what was going on. Yes, you still have to graduate _ from grade eight to get to highschool. Mrs. Machan's 3A Parenting class had a "play day," Each student brought a child to the school for the afternoon • where there were games, crafts and toys. the pur- pose was to give parents an afternoon to -them-, stives; they could leave - their child with the stu- dents or stay. There 'was a 'born' set up for them with tea, sandwiches, and cook- ies. The students were grouped into committees. Each committee was in charge of the different activities set up for the .children. A lot of hard work was put forth but it was worth the effort and next semester's class will probably try it as well. Holly Finch, one of Mrs. Machan's students said, "It was quite an exciting and educational experience." The students ended the afternoon by serving the kids lunch and playing a few more games. The • Class was then asked to. write a two page essay involving the development • of the children including intellectual, physical, emotional, and social skills. . • So if you're ever visit- ing F.E Madill and you notice about 16 little peo- ple running around, it is probably justthe parenting class working hard.