HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1995-05-03, Page 25Spring in their step
The Grade 6 class at Hullett Central Public School did some high stepping in preparation for
the spring concert which was held on April 27. Taking part in the line-dancing demonstration
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THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1995. PAGE 25.
Christian School hosts special day for seniors
In a little less than three weeks
the Clinton and District Christian
School (CDCS) will reach what has
come to be one of the highlights of
the school year. The teachers and
the students hope to be overrun by
grandparents and senior friends.
Recently the students at CDCS
personally invited any seniors that
they wished to, to visit the school.
On Friday, May 19, is Grand-
parents/Seniors Day at CDCS. At
10 a.m. about 200 visitors will
arrive at the school. They will visit
classes where they will thoroughly
disrupt classes by chatting with
their grandchildren, with each other
and with the teachers.
At noon they will go to the gym
where they will be treated to a
delicious lunch of hot soup, buns
and dessert. The Grade 8 students
will serve lunch which will be
prepared by the school's very active
Parent Teacher Association.
Lunch will be followed by a
program which will be introduced
by a song sung to the grandparents
by all the students. This will be
followed by several items selected
from the recent Fine Arts Festival
or specially prepared by the classes
for the grandparents.
In past year several door prizes
have been presented to the
grandparents as well. The school
hopes to carry on this tradition
The Huron-Perth County Roman
Catholic School Board has brought
down its budget estimates for 1995,
resulting in a two per cent increase
over 1994.
With a total expenditure budget
of $30,435,673, the money will be
split, $19,162,323 going to the ele-
mentary sector and $11,273,350 to
again this year. By 2 p.m. most of
the seniors are ready to leave.
Friday, April 21 was pay up day
for the teachers and for principal
Mr. Clarence Bos. In March they
challenged the students to raise
$800 for Christian textbooks
through the Canadian Christian
Education Foundation. The
students rose to the challenge and
raised slightly over $800.
As a result, on Friday afternoon
at 2:15 p.m. the teachers submitted
themselves for a mock trial. The
kangaroo court was presided over
by Mr. Oppertshauser, the Grade 8
teacher, who organized the
campaign. Charges were read
against the teachers and the
principal.
In time several wet faced
teachers were seen to be digging
for Smarties in plates full of flour.
Others rooted using only their faces
for jelly worms in bowls of
chocolate pudding. Two teachers
shaved balloons covered with
shaving cream. While the balloons
never did break, both teachers
ended up liberally covered with
shaving cream.
The principal was the recipient of
three cream pies directly applied to
his face by representatives of each
of the three divisions of the school.
Bos said, "It was all done in good
fun, but next year, for the sake of
the teachers, we may wish to think
the secondary panel.
The utilization of the space at the
new St. Anne's Catholic Secondary
School was agreed upon at the
April 12 meeting.
Grade 9 will be offered in the
first year, with one grade being
added each subsequent year until
the completion of Grade 12/OAC.
up a less messy incentive."
According to Bos, the Fine Arts
Festival held on April 7 was a great
success. Many of the CDCS
students placed in the top three of
their categories. Lee Siertsema of
Grade 4 represented the school and
Huron County well at the evening
program by saying his speech on
cows. The school choir under the
direction of Mrs. Diane Bruinsma
performed two selections in the
evening as well.
Students are presently busy with
preparations for track and field.
Track and field day is being
planned for Thursday, May 18 with
the rain date being May 24.
The students will participate in
many track and field events
throughout the day although the
primary students will be involved
in separate activities. A lunch of
sloppy joes will be provided for the
students, teachers, and all of the
volunteers by the PTA. This day is
designed as a preparation for the
Woodstock district track and field
meet to be held on June 16.
As in other years, several class
trips are being planned. The Grades
5 and 6 plan to go to the Metro
Toronto Zoo on May 26 and the
Grades 7 and 8 classes will visit
Niagara Falls and the St. Catharines
area on June 9. They hope to see a
lock on the Welland Canal at work,
to visit the wax museum, the falls,
the Imax Theatre and they hope to
take a ride on the Maid of the Mist.
Friday, April 28, was a
professional development day for
the teachers of CDCS as well as tOr
those in the separate and the public
school systems. The teachers from
CDCS met with about 120 teachers
from Christian Schools of the
Chatham and Woodstock Districts
of the Ontario Alliance of Christian
Schools, at the Christian elemen-
tary school in Sarnia.
They were addressed in the
keynote address by Pastor Ken
Ritsema from Windsor who
encouraged the teachers to continue
to focus on character development
in students, but to do so by
focusing first of all pn character
development in themselves.
"The best way to teach," he said,
"is to be a good Christian model."
Teachers dispersed to a variety of
workshops throughout the day.
Separate school board
approves 2% increase
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