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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1997-04-09, Page 22PAGE 22. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1997 Madill Mirror Students start selecting courses By Sara Chapman COURSE SELECTION This is the time of the year when students choose courses for the next academic year. Students from Grades 10 to OAC have a large number of courses from which to select. In the past, when poor selections were made, students were usually able to change courses. Once timetables have been made, it is often very difficult and sometimes not possible. It is extremely important that students think carefully about the course choices that they are making. A discussion between parents and their children about course selection can be very useful. Where more information is required a visit to the guidance office can be helpful. BROOMBALL By Sonia Jones Thursday, March 6, the students and teachers butted head-to-head for the annual broom ball game at Plenty happening at Hullett school By Tiff Reinhart, Melissa Snell, Matt Anderson and Beki Brandon SCIENCE FAIR On Thursday, April 3 the Grade 7 and 8s participated in Hullett's Science Fair. There were some excellent projects and displays shown in the gym. The top three projects were Mandy Dunbar on Global Warming, Robert Goodall's on Sound Barriers and Will Lobb's on the effect of artificial vitamins C and E on plant growth. The Huron County competition is April 10 in Goderich at the Knights of Columbus Hall. GRADE 6 Grade 6s have made a good start for their third term. They are busy with many activities. In Language, Arts and Science they are continuing with their detective mystery unit. All are reading The Lost Treasure of Casa Loma by Eric Wilson. Emily Wilkinson and Lindsay Hay actually visited Casa Loma in Toronto during the March Break and Easter. Will they solve the mystery before the rest of the class? Students started working with CHSS Chatter Student plays at Jays game By Heather Laurie Approximately 15 Central Huron Secondary School students travelled to Tarpon Springs, Fla. during March Break. For 10 days a total of 70 students from around Huron County spent their holidays down south with the Seaforth and District All Girls Marching Band. Excursions to Busch Gardens, the Tarpon Springs Sponge Docks and a Tampa Bay Lightening game were highlights of their trip. Two performances were made by the band at the Lowry Park zoo and at a Toronto Blue Jays spring training game in Dunedin. At the latter, they were also featured in the playing of Canada's national anthem, and Kristin Breen, a member of the band, performed a the Wingham Arena. Yet again the teachers defeated the students by a score of 4-0. "I enjoy doing fun things with the students other than just school work," said Mr. Walker, just one of the annual winning teachers. Mr. Walker began the scoring on the first shift. The other goal scorers throughout the game were Mrs. N. Stafford, Mrs. S. McDonald, Mrs. M. Lisle. When asked who had won in the last few years, Mr. Walker's only reply was, "Brains over Brawn." In the years before, other sports, such as basketball and volleyball were used as fundraisers, as the students and teachers play to see who the real winner is! RUGBY By Julie Sanders Thanks to last year's success, Dave Wright and Andy Jones have started rugby practice for the second year in a row. Over 100 students showed up for mystery powders trying to identify them by discovering their properties. Maybe by the time they're finished, Sherlock Holmes will ask for their advice. The class is also working on the computers creating one page for each student in the class. We will have pictures, sounds and text telling all about them. The pages will be on the school network so that others in the school can read and leant. LIBRARY The Library Resource Centre has been moved to the Resource Room where we share quarters with the ESL students and the French office. Needless to say, we feel like sardines but we are trying to continue to have book exchanges and to operate the computer bank for research and word processing. The renovations for our Library are well underway and the new space will be wonderful when it is finished. Some of our volunteers put in many hours of overtime packing and moving books and equipment. Will they return when we move back? JK/SK solo of the "Star Spangled Banner." From Wednesday, March 26 to Thursday, March 27 approximately 60 students fasted for world hunger. These students participated in the 30-hour famine which was held at CHSS. Juice was available free of charge to participating students. Other than fruit juices and water, the students were forbidden the intake of any food or drink for 30 hours. On Thursday night activities such as badminton, basketball and the internet were planned to keep the starving students busy. To conclude their fast, a pizza party was held courtesy of Godfathers and New Orleans Pizza in Clinton. Proceeds from pledges will go to World Vision. the first rugby practice on March 25. This is a few more than last year, despite the cold rainy weather. Mr. Wright believes that last year's success has caused the sport to be so popular. Anyone can join this sport (which is a lot like football only without the equipment), so long as you enjoy contact sports, and don't mind the mud. A $50 user fee is to be paid up front. However, for those in financial difficulty, a compromise can be made. Size doesn't matter, for either the girls or the boys teams, just as long as you aren't afraid of being bumped into by someone who's larger than you. Practices are held every Tuesday and Wednesday in any weather from 3:30 to 5 p.m. These practices are used to improve teamwork and moves called "mauls" and "rucks" which mostly involve handling the ball without losing it to your opponents. The teams have their first game The kindergarteners are enjoying the new pets, three goldfish. This month the class is learning about the interesting creatures that live in the sea. They are also practising for their parts in a spring concert. GRADE 3 The Grade 3s are busy working on their province-wide assessment package called "Let's Go Exploring". They have completed a couple of days of the 10-day package, but absences have slowed down the testing. GRADE 2 Brussels PS news Kdgns paint eggs By Sara Little and Shannon White It has been busy this past week at BPS. The kindergartens made Easter baskets and painted eggs to go in them. They have also had an .Easter egg hunt. The Grade 3s have had a hard week working on their standardized tests. We have a big event coming up called the talent show. Courtney Sallows and Nicole Mastnak are organizing it. They will be having it on April 30. All Grade 4 to 8 students are invited to participate. We held a Family Science night at Brussels Public School on April 7 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The Grades 6, 7 and 8 demonstrated some of the new skills and experiments they have learned. The parents of the students found the evening an interesting, learning experience. The Grade 7/8 class had a visitor on Tuesday, April 1. Mr. Charlie Help protect the environment Reduce, reuse and recycle held here at F. E. Madill against St. Michael's of Stratford on Thursday, April 10 and continue to have approximately one game a week until OFFSA in the first week in June. Mr. Wright's goals include getting the girls to OFFSA and the boys to WOSSA, besides having fun, earning a bit of success and playing safe. Mr. Wright believes that this year will be as successful as last year or maybe even better. The reason is last year the teams didn't have the experience that they do now, even if they played like "Brave Soldiers"! GENERATION WEEK By Ryan Elliott Madill takes on the last 50 years in "Generation Week". This week at F. E. Madill, students are experiencing a new decade every day starting with the 50s through to the 90s. Special activities include: on Monday, an assembly; Tuesday, Birthdays, birthdays, birthdays! Grade 2 had five birthdays to celebrate in March and that was tricky with all the holidays in the middle. Happy eighth birthday to Sean, Joel, Anthony, Eric and Derek. What an exciting time! Students have been busy with some Easter activities. They each brought excellent collections of little things which would fit inside a little plastic egg. Bridget, Josh and Derek all had 53 objects inside their eggs! -Students are starting into "Spring Things" and can hardly wait for the snow to go away for good. Kalbfleisch, who is the instructor of the Seaforth District High School Girls band was wondering if there were any girls interested in joining the band. Mrs. Whyte attended a workshop on mining yesterday. Maybe she is going to mine for gold under the school. Mrs. Whyte and Ms MacDonald attended a workshop for healthy active living environment in Clinton last week. This year we are going to carry on with our skipping program. The leaders of the demonstration team are Amber Park Shaw and Samantha Thomas. Amber thinks that the kids enjoy it and are very interested. Samantha said that it is fun and neat and she enjoys helping out. Grade 5, 6 and 7 students are involved in the demonstration team. Lesley Pepper and Richelie Jorritsma will be organizing the Jump Rope for Heart Day in May. We hope that you had a happy Easter. pop floats in the cafeteria; and Thursday, a "lip-synch" during the day in the gym and a dance from 8 p.m. - 11 p.m. All week students will experience the Book of Records during lunch in the hall where students try to break old school records, like how many people can fit in the phone booth in the main hall. All students are encouraged to take part in the fun and enjoy the dance. SPRING By Lisa Kwan Since spring has sprung, F. E. Madill has sprung out the annual sports that have been waiting for a whole semester to "come out and play". This semester, the sports that are available at F. E. Madill are badminton, track and field, rugby and soccer. All of these sports have a large amount of s'”dents participating in them. Maaili had several successes last year in these sports. In track and field, Madill won Huron-Perth champs, in rugby, the girls went to all-Ontario and placed fifth, and in soccer the girls won Huron. Mrs. Shaw, a gym teacher, coach of Nordic skiing and track and field, thinks that students are more active in the spfing/summer because "the sun is out, therefore the students feel more energetic". Usually, when we see the sun out and the warm weather creeping up, we feel "brighter" and "energized", anticipating all the outdoor activities we can do. The effects of participating and being active in sports can make you feel healthy, help you to manage your time schedule, meet/make new friends, and most importantly, have fun. 7", 12” & 15" Pepperoni & Cheese 7", 12" & 15" Pepperoni, Cheese, Mushrooms, Red & Green Peppers Call ahead and we will cook it for you or Cook it yourself & save $1.00 and add your own toppings Available NOW 7 a.m. - 9:45 p.m. at Blyth General Store 523-9785