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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1998-05-13, Page 6Stuck with a spare tire around the middle? Leave the car at home and walk. Sharing a Healthier Future pannaPacrion Avon DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD Maitland Learning for a Lifetime SUMMER SCHOOL SCHEDULE 1998 SECONDARY IMPROVEMENT COURSES July 6 - July 28 English and Mathematics - Grades 9 through 12 Classes run daily from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon CONTINUING EDUCATION for Adult Students is available all summer FEES: All courses are free. LOCATION: All courses, except Continuing Education, are offered at Central Huron Secondary School in Clinton. Bus transportation is provided from Exeter,tGoderich, Wingham and Seaforth. Continuing Education courses will be held in Vanastra, Exeter, Wingham and Goderich. For further information contact your local school or Rob Parr Principal, Summer School 482-3471 PAUL CARROLL ABBY ARMSTRONG Director of Education Chair POOLS & SPORTS PHONE: (519) 527-0104 234 MAIN ST. 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Call 1-888-781-2222 Or consult the Internet at www.rural.gc.ca 1+1 Government Gouvernement of Canada du Canada PAGE 6. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1998. Letters to the editor Writer says get back to basics THE EDITOR, I hope many teachers and parents read the article "School reforms in the air" by Raymond Canon in the April 15 issue of The Citizen. He speaks of education debate in many places and states the latest changes in 'the British system are "streaming, tests, mental arithmetic, phonics, spelling, grammar, competition, rewards, and sanctions." Does that sound remarkably like the system we older people had and which was thrown out as inadequate? Canon describes it as "throwing out the baby with the bath water." Talking to a principal with the responsibility of hiring staff, he told me how frustrated he was with resumes having spelling mistakes. "How can they expect a job to teach?" he said. A member of the Ontario Parent Council wrote in a recent article, "Some older teachers are absolutely great, while some under 40 had never had even basic grammar training". My question is, have we raised a generation who can program a computer, yet don't know how to write a proper thank you note? I'm told computers can now not only correct spelling but also grammar mistakes. Sometimes there are English words with two very different meanings — will pressing a computer key get it right? In a recent newspaper, a member GDCI plans reunion for 2000 THE EDITOR, Goderich District Collegiate Institute will celebrate an All Years Reunion over the July 1 weekend in the year 2000. We would like to hear from anyone who attended, or was a staff member at GDCI, so we can tell them all about our celebrations. We'd like to know your name, (including maiden name where applicable), address, postal code and attendance years. Please write us at: GDCI, Alumni 2000,260 South St., Goderich, ON N7A 3M5. Fax us at 519-524-1710 (Attention: Reunion 2000). Or if you want to e-mail us, check our web site at www.avonmaitland.on.ca/GDCl/, and click on "Alumni". Doug Bundy Reunion 2000 Comm. Support hockey Continued from page 4 disappointing. Clearly, Blyth Minor Hockey faces a crisis of sorts if parents do not volunteer. All present executive members have volunteered to assist with the orientation of a new executive for the 1998-1999 season. We ask for your help to continue hockey success in Blyth. We need your ideas and some of your time. After all, it is your children who play hockey. To ensure children will be playing this fall in Blyth, PLEASE attend the May meeting on Wednesday, May 20 at 8 p.m. in the arena auditorium. The future of Blyth Minor Hockey is in your hands. We count on your support. Blyth Minor Hockey Executive. of the College of Teachers quotes, "The college is still trying to confirm how many teachers are in classes on "letters of permission" — a temporary licence used to teach in areas of shortages." Is there a problem here? Surely boards consider proper credentials when hiring teachers. Canon also wrote, "International results for math and science saw Canada in the middle of the pack." Teachers assure us it was not a true result, considering it included students from our multicultural society who often have language problems and obtain lower marks. Regardless Switzerland and Japan who ranked high in math both spent more time in basic math, taught students to do sums in their head (mental arithmetic) and THE EDITOR, This is a letter of commendation for the Broadway Revue, presented at F. E. Madill Secondary School this past week. The teenagers displayed their commitment, enthusiasm, and talents to provide first class entertainment for the community. Thanks also to the directors and all others who contributed in any way. The only disappointing part of the performance I attended was the lack of attendance by members of the community. The students deserve a big applause for their attitude as well as for their talent. Their hearts and souls were clearly in the performance even if gallery seats and many, many others were empty. Did you attend any one of the evenings, or did you let opportunity pass you by? It was an opportunity THE EDITOR, Nurses week is from May 11 - 17. The Management team of Community Nursing Services would like to take this time to say congratulations to all our visiting and shift nurses in Huron and Perth Counties. Our visiting nurses are on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week. With all the changes in our health care systems, nurses are caring for clients with more complex conditions in the home setting. The local Community Care generally calculators were forbidden. I do not believe going back to strictly traditional methods is the answer. With technology racing ahead, our students have to be trained for future jobs. I believe it is called progressive teaching. Certainly both systems have merit, and with proper balance should have a place in a curriculum that's in tune with today's world. If a student was training in music, they would first learn to read notes, count time and spend endless hours on scales and chords — the basics — to obtain perfection. Likewise keep the basics foremost in education. Children deserve it. R. Jardin. to enjoy an evening of entertainment of extraordinary quality. It was an opportunity to encourage and support our youth, the future leaders of our community. It was an opportunity to see, locally, highlights from musicals that many of us would not be able to attend in the larger centres. We all have opportunities every day as we go through life. Some, we let slip through our fingers, and then find it is too late. I challenge you to make the most of every day; to be aware of the present and what is going on around you, and to give of yourself in whatever way you can. Again, congratulations and a big thank you to all who made the evenings of the performances at our local high school a success! Mabel Wheeler (A youth supporter). Access Centre contracts our agency to have nurses visit clients in their own home. Our nurses are highly skilled and do dressing changes, IV therapy, palliative care, ostomy management and teaching (just to name a few of the services provided.) These nurses are a valuable asset to our local communities. Hats off to you Girls, you know who you are and you are very much appreciated. Sincerely, Linda Knight, Cathy Walker and Karen Smith. Congratulations to Madill actors Employers commend CNS staff Power Puck? with ECT 2029Tm allow pools to operate with less chlorine. A 5.6 kg of Power Pucks will last as long as a 7 kg of ordinary chlorine pucks. 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