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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 2004-09-02, Page 7Thinking about quitting? THE CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY'S TOLL FREE SMOKERS' HELPLINE 1-877-513-5333 A GLOWING CONCERN ismomis Keep candles out of the reach of children and pets. Remember to snuff out your candles if you are 0,)mikv,,, leaving the room or going to bed. 4- BLYTH FARMERS' MARKET EVERY SATURDAY UNTIL SEPTEMBER 11 1:00 - 4:30 pm Corner of Dinsley & Queen Streets • Just-picked fresh vegetables and fruit • Straight from the oven - pies, bread, rolls, etc. • Honey •Maple syrup • Crafts and more M.• IMINI =MN mg It's Bach to School September 7 Welcome to your Avon Maitland District public elementary and secondary schools where our Mission is: To unloch the potential within all of our learners School Year Calendar 2004 - 2005 Clip & Save Id a U School Holidays Thanksgiving - October 11, 2004 Christmas Breab December 20, 2004 - December 31, 2004 Marsh Breab March 14 - 18, 2005 Good Friday - March 25, 2005 Raster Monday - March 28, 2005 Victoria Day - May 23, 2005 Elementary & Secondary P.A. Days September 24, 2004 December 3, 2004 February 4, 2005 June 30, 2005 Early Dismissal Monday, September 13, 2004 Monday, October 4, 2004 Monday, November 1, 2004 Monday, February 28, 2005 Monday April 11, 2005 Students ore dbmissed one hour oo, ly as teachers participate IP curriculum training. Kindergarten Children are eligible to attend school if they are 4 years of age by December 31. Parents wishing to register their chIld(ren) in junior or senior kindergarten should contact their local school for information. Elementary Report Cards Term I - Monday, November 29, 2004 Term 11 - Tuesday, March 22, 2005 Term 111 -- Monday, June 27, 2005 Secondary Report Cards & Semesters Semester 1 Sep 7, 2004 - Feb 4, 2005 Semester 2 Feb 7, 2005 - lune 22, 2005 Pinsk Term Interim Report Mailed October 14, 2004 Semester 1 - First Report Card November 22, 2004 Semester 1 - Second Report Card February 14, 2005 Second Term Interim Report Mailed March 21, 2005 Semester 2o- First Report Card April 27, 2005 Semester 2 Second Report Card - June 30, 2005 Secondary Exams Semester 1 January 28 - February 3, 2005 Semester 2 June 23 - 29, 2005 Last Day of Classes lune 29, 2005 Elementary Schools June 22, 2005 Secondary Schools 'For more information please contact us at: Geoff wdeame Tel: 1-800-592-5437 Director of Education e-mail: info@fc.amdsb.ca web: www.yourschools.ca Meg Westley Chair THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2004. PAGE 7. School-by-school results from standardized tests will soon be more available Significant milestone Jim and Leona Armstrong of Brussels, with the help of friends and family, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Aug. 28. Guests arrived at their family farm outside of Brussels and were later invited back to the Brussels, Morris and Grey Community Centre for dinner. (Elyse DeBruyn photo) Armstrongs mark golden anniversary Jim and Leona Armstrong celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with friends and family at their Brussels home on Aug. 28. Following the open house at their family farm, friends and family gathered at the Brussels, Morris and Grey Community Centre for dinner. Leona Margaret Johnston was born at RR 2 to Harvey and Leila Johnston. William James Armstrong was born in Brussels to Jim and Ada. The wedding took place at Duff's United Church in Walton on Aug. 28, 1954 under the ministry of Rev. M. Thomas. Wedding attendants included the bride's sisters Helen MacLean, Doris McKinley and Joan Campbell. The best man was Gordon Ferguson. The couple took off to Manitoulin Island, Ottawa and Cornwall for their honeymoon before returning to their Brussels home. Before retiring in 1996, Jim was a dedicated farmer and a teacher while Leona was a loving housewife and community worker. They had four children, Robert, Bruce, Brian and Leanne. The Armstrongs are very involved in the community as they belonged to the Brussels Lions Club, Huronlea Auxiliary, Women's Institute, Horticultural Society as well as square dancing and church. Jim has had his private pilot licence for 53 years and Leona was involved in municipal politics for 23 years. She made histofy by being the first woman warden of Huron County in 1986. Special guests who attended the anniversary celebration included relatives, classmates and friends from Michigan, Lancaster, St. Catharines, Brockville, Peterborough, Toronto and Truro, NS. By Stew Slater Special to The Citizen School-by-school results from provincially-standardized tests will now be made more readily available by the Huron-Perth Catholic District School Board. Meanwhile, the system's principals are being asked to implement more stringent guidelines outlining each • school's potential response to emergencies. These were among the most significant changes approved by 'trustees on Monday, Aug. 30, following administrative staff's full- scale review of the board's policy manual. According to director of education Larry Langan, the review was undertaken to ensure no outdated or unworkable policies remain in force; that different policies don't overlap or contradict each other; and that the language in the policies is clear and unambiguous. Most of the 17 recommended changes, which were approved unanimously by the board, were minor. Examples include altering the phrase "Statement of Direction" to "Guiding Principles" to reflect a change made when the board revamped it Strategic Plan last year, and allowing for the use of new forms for the screening for criminal records among potential employees and volunteers. Langan, however, drew particular attention to Policy 3B:3, which has been used for several years to justify the board's somewhat unique practice of withholding school-by- school data about performance in standardized tests administered by the Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO). "I can understand why the board has been reluctant to release school- by-school results. There was obviously a • concern that the information would be used in the wrong way, or a way that might have negative effects," Langan said. The problem is, according to Langan's report to trustees, "school data is public information and cannot be withheld." The director described the board's past practice as "a kind of a game" played with representatives of the media, some of whom would request school-by-school information. He noted most interested media outlets eventually found the pertinent information on the board's website, but ministry guidelines state the school-by-school results must be- released under the same timetable as board-wide results, and that procedure will now be implemented by the Huron-Perth system. In the area of emergency procedures, Langan told trustees the board's policies have been "completely revamped . . . We've raised the bar for the principals in terms of what has to happen in this area." The new policy addresses perceived threats which may not have been thought of seriously in the past - including bomb threats, v ves DOUG GOUGH, R.I.B. (ONT.) 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