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East Wawanosh Public School students prepare to move
on to high school. The graduation ceremony was held at
the Belgrave Women's Institute Hall on June 24. Third row,
from left are: Erin Forrest, Chanda Casemore, Brad
Ramsey, Chris Piluke, Dave McBurney, Todd Walker,
Heather Keller and Tracy Robinson.Second row: Dwayne
Martin, Vaughn Vincent, Dean Walker, Victor Buchanan,
Kendra Harper, Rolf Frischknecht, Adam Garniss, Jo Ann
Mason, and Melissa Atkinson. Front: Jennifer Black, Becky
VanCamp, Kendra Leishman, Melissa Snowden, Kristie
Procter, Michele Harris, Amanda Young, Michele
Freiburger, Erin Cook, Carla Cook.
PAGE 16. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 1993.
East Wawanosh Public School-
Valedictorian recalls early years at EWPS
By Becky Van Camp
Welcome to the grade eight
graduation awards ceremony.
Thank you all for coming. The
graduates you see before you are
not the small unschooled students
who left for kindergarten nine years
ago.
We have improved and matured:
our opinions and ideas on life have
broadened. But what were we
really like. Mrs. Hessels would say
we were a sweet and quiet class —
well, more or less. She was our first
school teacher and her smile was a
radiant welcome to the classroom.
Thank goodness for it too, because
for some people like myself this
school routine was a bit scary.
A couple of weeks ago we heard
a tape we made then. We all
covered our faces when we heard
our names but as soon as a small
boy started talking about farming
procedures we knew it had to be
Vaughn. And someone came on
singing her favourite song, none
other than Kendra Hopper. Most of
us, like Heather and Tracy were
just proud to announce they had
kittens and a rabbit.
If you asked the class about their
best memory from kindergarten
most would say the house centre in
the corner of the classroom. What
could be more exciting than
dressing up and playing house with
all your friends? There was a stove
and pots and pans, but I notice now
they have eggs in an egg carton,
and McDonald's clothes. These
things always come after we have
left.
As our kindergarten year ended
we prepared for kindergarten
graduation. The theme was Peter
Rabbit. After the play we all got
diplomas and a special hand shake
from Mrs. Brydges, our future
grade one teacher.
Mrs. Brydges was teaching grade
one when we came and she is still
teaching it today. She taught us two
of the most important skills a
student needs to succeed — reading
and writing. I am sure she went
home after a day with us and pulled
out a few hairs in despair, but she
succeeded.
We went on some interesting
field trips in grade one like the
Brussels apple orchard we picked
our own apples, and the Goderich
Zehrs for a tour where we met Mrs.
Brydges's husband, then on to
McDonald's where we watched our
favourite food being made.
Soon grade one was over and the
summer months were upon us.
Even sooner it was time to go
back to school, but this time, Mrs.
Wilson was very new to East
Wawanosh and so was Victor
Buchanan, a city boy from
Brampton. But back to Mrs.
Wilson, who taught grade two for
one year, then taught kindergarten.
Were we really that bad, Mrs.
Wilson? Mrs. Wilson was a good,
kind teacher who taught in a variety
of ways.
What I, and the kids on bus four
will remember most about grade
two is the bus accident we were in.
The story began at my stop while
the bus was backing into my
laneway. A small green car came
over the hill and tried to stop. The
driver slammed on the brakes but
the car couldn't stop on the icy road
and slid into the bus. No one was
seriously injured, but we were all
shaken up.
Grade three started much the
same way until I walked in the door
and saw our teacher. No he wasn't
an alien, but a man? Mr. Fisher was
a very interesting person and so
was his class. Every week he had a
draw for neat stuff he would buy.
He gave us Friday afternoons to
work on "Personal Projects" and
Mr. Fisher also told very interesting
stories.
The new newcomers to the class,
Melissa Snowden and Kristi
Procter, went as quickly as they
came but not very far — just -down
the hall with some others to Mr.
Kerr's cla-ss because of an
overcrowded grade three class.
The next fall all of us were
together in grade four except for
four boys who stayed with Mr.
Fisher (Dean Walker and David
McBurney and two others) that
year. Yet another new face joined
the class, Jo Ann Mason. Our new
teacher was another man, Mr. Kerr
who was very strict but he gave
you a lot of confidence in yourself.
If Mr. Kerr thought you could do it,
you could do it. We had Mr. Kerr
for grade five but some of our class
went in with Ms Thorpe.
In that class was another new
comer, Rolf Fischknecht. Although
he could not speak English, Chris
and Brad didn't mind giving him a
few special words.
But back in grade four/five we
did all kinds of things. Mr. Kerr
was always reading us a new book
by his favourite authors. We
studied sandwiches and took a trip
to Zehrs Bakery to see how bread
was baked. As grade five ended a
certain sense of seniority entered
our minds, and it has grown since.
It will probably be squished quite
quickly next year though.
Grade six came quickly, bring-
ing with it Leanne Himmelman. I
heard from other students how
much fun our new teacher Ms
Thorpe was and as soon as we
stepped in her classroom we could
feel it. Ms Thorpe was bubbly but
also very knowledgeable. We were
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