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Home, Farm & Commercial Wiring BRIAN BUFFINGA Electrical and Controls • Residential V • Agricultural • Commercial • HVAC Controls • Pole Line Services (519) 233-3340 VARNA THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1995. PAGE 21. Tor the Love of Learning' outlines changes After more than a year of study, listening to 1,400 submissions in 27 centres and 3,600 other presen- tations, the Royal Commission of Learning has issued its findings for a blueprint to change Ontario schools. The 550-page report, titled For the Love of Learning, covers four primary areas for change which it describes as the "educational engines". The suggested alteration which may prove to be the most contro- versial is the recommendation to The initial weeks of the post- Christmas holidays are anything but dull for the students at Clinton and District Christian School (CDCS). Grade 7 and 8 students plan to go to see 1 Never Saw Another Butterfly, a play being put on by the London and District Christian Secondary School. This show, said to be suitable for students at Grade 6, 7, and 8 level, is about the children who passed through the Jewish ghetto at Terezin in the Second World War. Only about 100 of the 15,000 children ever returned from Terezin. This touching dramatic produc- tion is being put on in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Holland. The matinee begins at 12 noon on Feb. 8. The student fund will carry the cost. In order to prepare for this event, students will have an opportunity to listen to a panel of their grand- parents who will speak to them on Thursday, Feb. 2. These grand- parents will recall their experiences during the occupation of the Netherlands, and their subsequent liberation by Canadians, some 50 years ago. Parents and friends have been invited to experience this offer school readiness programs for all three-year-olds whose parents choose to enroll them. The report says this initiative will allow the children to gain not only competence and coping skills, but also to develop positive learning attitudes. The program would permit chil- dren to have the same opportunities and ensure that learning problems could be identified and addressed. The qualifications for teachers would be altered under the com- mission's report. Preparation would be extended from one year to two panel as well. The Grade 7 and 8 classes have begun making plans for a campaign to raise funds for Christian textbooks. This campaign is being done for the Canadian Christian Education Foundation (CCEF) which funds the production of Christian textbooks. Students hope to raise $800 by means of a read-a- thon. In the afternoon of Feb. 10, the Grades 7 and 8 classes are scheduled to have a Careers Day. Two parent volunteers have organized numerous professionals and representatives of several other vocations to do workshops at CDCS. The theme of the day will be "Stay in school if you wish to achieve your goals". Grade 8 students organized a clash day on Friday, Jan. 20. The students and their teacher, Mr. Oppertshauser, braved the stares of their peers throughout the day. They even took the time to visit each class in order to entertain them for a few minutes. With the Fine Arts Festival coming on April 7, parents are being encouraged to begin looking for suitable pieces for solos, duets, trios and poems for student Continued on page 22 and professional development would be mandatory to continually update knowledge and skills. The establishment of an Ontario College of Teachers would create an independent body to determine professional standards, certify teachers and accredit teacher edu- cation programs. The commission strongly sup- ported more community alliances, saying teachers need the backing of parents; community organizations, businesses and unions, social agen- cies, religious, cultural and athletic groups to share non-academic tasks. It was recommended that each school develop a school-com- munity council. The fourth "engine" dealt with information technology which is rapidly becoming a powerful new tool which can reshape the tradi- tional nature of teaching and learn- mg. Government and business must cooperate to provide schools with the network links and appropriate technology resources, the commis- sion says. A:nong the many other recom- mendations by the commission, some on the list are: a centrally developed curriculum with 10 per cent local option; two kinds of courses for Grades 10 to 12 along with common courses, Ontario Academic courses and Ontario Applied Courses; phasing out Grade 13 with cost savings going to early childhood education; pro- vince-wide uniform assessment of literacy and numeracy at the end of Grade 3 and a literacy guarantee after Grade 11; equitable per pupil funding to be determined centrally, a voting secondary school student on every board and a systematic input from students concerning their schools. "Our bottom line is that we want the vast majority of Ontario stu- dents to complete high school as literate, knowledgeable, creative and committed young men and women," says Commission Co- chair Gerry Caplan. The recom- mendations are to "ensure the students know how to solve prob- lems, think logically and critically, can communicate articulately and most importantly have learned how to learn." "There is no question that, even taking into account the economic situation, we have the capacity to forge a truly excellent, high quality education system," says Commis- sion Co-chair Monique Begin. A recommendation will be pre- sented to the government to appoint an implementation committee to oversee the recommendations. Christian school students see play New jerseys The Brussels Legion is the team sponsor of the local PeeWee team. This season they purchased new sweaters, which have been donated to Brussels Minor Hockey. They have also sponsored the team in two tournaments. Back row, from left, are: Legion reps Rob Burkholder and Kathy Burkholder, Sam Zahnd, Ryan Smith, Trevor Wilson, Tyler Bragg, Kevin Mutter, Jason Boivin, Darrell Dalton, Jason Armstrong, trainer John Steffler and Coach Murray Kellington. Front row: Chad Fischer, Joel Kellington, Matthew Cameron, Mike Cooper, Stephen Oldfield, Matthew McLellan, Shawn Engel, Darrell Metzloff. Absent was Carla Hunt.