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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1995-06-14, Page 66 -THE HURON EXPOSITOR, June 14, 1905 Education School yearbook uses no pages There will be no flipping through the pages when students at Seaforth Public School look back at their year- book for this year. That's because it has gone high-tech. This year's first yearbook will be on video, a multi -media pot-pourri. A committee of senior students, in grades 7 and 8, has been filming events since last September - sports, field trips, dances, all manner of hap- penings including bloopers. A student crew is going to the Learning Resource Centre at Clinton later this week to do editing and add some glitz to the production by adding some still photographs, sound and graphics. Graduations at SPS haven't happened yet and remain to be shot, an important aspect of any yearbook, video or other- wise, so delivery won't be until September but orders will be taken this month. Julie Holmes, a French teacher at the school and co- ordinator of the yearbook com- mittee, says she got the idea when visiting the resource centre one day and watching another Huron County school VIDEO YEARBOOK CREW - Senior students at Seaforth Public School have been shooting video all year, which they plan to edit and package as a high-tech "yearbook" to sell to staff and classmates. The video will run for about an hour and cost $10. Members of the yearbook committee are, sitting (left to right): Nicole Crawford, Jillian Houston. Standing: Sandra McNichol, Michelle Stephen, Alicia Dalton, Julie Holmes, Greg Nixon. Absent: Kendra Jewitt, Jennifer Lubbers. put together its video yearbook. The committee is hoping for 100 per cent sales - that every student and staff member puts in an order on upcoming preview day. The about $10. video yearbook will be an hour long and cost Huron students link with England A videoconference link will be established between two student groups at 1:30 p.m. on June 15 thanks to the combined efforts of a business -education partnership in England, and a school board in rural Ontario, Canada. Children from grade 6 at Brookside Public School in Huron County and Royal Alexandra & Albert Secondary School, Reigate, Surrey in England will share a 50 minute video -conference. The students will learn what it's like to have a queen in your country, what it's like to live at your school, and how their school days and studies differ. They will also sing their national anthems to each other, and will be treated to a fashion show by Canadian students dressed for the usual Southwestern Ontario winter! The exercise in transatlantic communication began last February when Brookside Teacher -Librarian Sheila Clarke joined an English edu- cation network on internet. She was hoping to find a partner school for a videoconference exchange, as part of an upcom- ing European studies unit. Her request was spotted by Paul Hooper, Management Consul- tant, Information Technology Specialist, of Lambard Bank- ing, Redhill, Surrey, who offered the videoconference facilities of his company as a site for a nearby school. SDHS only school to see declining results Grade 9 students in this , county have once again bet- tered the provincial average in reading and writing according to unofficial statistics an- nounced at the Huron County Board of Education's June 5 meeting. Individual results improved at almost all county secondary schools, except Seaforth District High School, where fewer first-year students read at or above expected provincial levels compared to last year's results, 89 per cent against 93 per cent in 1993-94. The local high school trailed county results in both categories. In writing SDHS still rose, from 92 to 96 per cent. t The Superintendent of Program with the local board, Gino Giannandrea, released the unofficial figures to trustees at their regular meeting earlier this month. Province -wide official results aren't expected until fall. He said 97 per cent of Grade 9 students in Huron were reading at or above expected levels, three per cent more than last year in the county. In writing, the figures also improved by the same per- centage, to 98 per cent from 95 per cent county -wide. According to the unofficial results released by Gian- nandrea, South Huron District High School in Exeter showed the greatest increase in reading efficiency, rising to 99 per cent from 92. W ingham's F. E. Madill also rose to 99 per cent, from 94. Goderich DCI rose to 97 from 96 per cent, and Clin- ton CHSS was at 96 per cent, up from 93. In writing, Clinton remained steady at 99 per cent and Win- gham was up two percentage points to 99. Goderich jumped to 98 per cent from 89, and Exeter remained level at 97 per cent. Young leaders sought Young people from Huron County will have a chance to interact, confront pressing rural and economic issues and have fun during a weekend leader- ship retreat. The Pride of Huron Youth Leadership Camp takes place Sept. 8-10 on the shores of Lake Huron at Camp Kintail, RR 3 Godcrich. The Pride of Huron is a project of the Huron County Junior Farmers with funding from the Huron County Feder- ation of Agriculture and other groups. The Youth Chairperson of the event is Susan McLachlan, of RR 3 Kippcn. Thc 17 -year-old student of Seaforth District High School has been active in curling, broomball and baseball and in 4-H. "I think this is going to be really good for young people in Huron from different areas to get to know each other," said Susan. Thc leadership camp= will feature personal development workshops, rural and economic issues and recreational events. The fee for each participant is $35. To apply to be part of The Pride of Iluron leadership camp, write to P.O. Box 779, Seaforth, ON NOK IWO. The Huron County Junior Farmers arc looking for people to volunteer time or money to the youth leadership camp. YOUTH CHAIRPERSON - Susan McLachlan, of RR 3 Kippen, has been chosen as Youth Chairperson of The Pride of Huron Youth Leadership Camp. They are also asking rural organizations, clubs and teams to submit names of young people who would benefit from the weekend retreat. Thc event is being billed as 'a weekend you will never forget.' Young people arc the future of Huron County, says Hank Nyman, Provincial Director of the Junior Farmers' Association of Ontario. "I believe every yqung per- son in Huron has leadership potential," he said. "It just takes seizing the opportunities to bring this potential crit." Teacher David Pays (an Olym- pic swimmer) maintains as active computer club at his school, and offered to share the project. The partners believe that learning about other countries will seem far more "real" if students can actually see and talk with other students like themselves. The opportunity to meet with students from another country will also lift the countries out of geography texts and research disks into contemporary places where real people carry on real lives, concurrent with their own. Videoconferencing is fre- quently used in business for interviews and discussions, and is also emerging as an educa- tional tool for distance educa- tion, where two or more classes can be linked to one teacher. The technology enables both a visual image of the partici- pants, and on-line discussion in real time. Both participants in this "transatlantic trip" are pioneers in the field. 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