The Huron Expositor, 1995-09-27, Page 22 -THE HURON EXPOSITOR, s•ptMubor 27, 1998
News and Views
School enrolment meets expectations
BY GREGOR CAMPBELL
Expositor Staff
Overall enrolment is up
slightly to 9,291 students,
junior kindergarten (JK) has
about 60 more youngsters
registered than projected, and
principals' predictions about
enrollments have been fairly
accurate, says the Huron Coun-
ty Board of Education's Direc-
tor of Education, Paul Carroll.
He adds that elementary
numbers are down by about
two dozen from last September,
secondary enrolment has
increased by about 45 students
for the same period, and "that
Grade 9 is just about where we
expected with the opening of
St. Anne's."
The bottom line in dollars is
the Huron board will not be
hurt by these numbers, the
education director says. "The
slight increase will serve to
offset some of the grant dollars
withdrawn in the summertime
clawback by the Ministry."
There were 5,277 pupils
enrolled in elementary school
and another 4,014 were in high
school classes overseen by
Huron board the first Friday of
classes.
The figures were what experts
expected for both the local
public and separate school
boards.Opening day enrollment
for the Huron -Perth Roman
Catholic Separate School Board
was 4,736 students, when 4,724
had been projected.
Enrollment at Seaforth
District High School remains
by far the smallest of Huron's
five secondary schools. It stood
at 388 students on Sept. 8,
compared to last year's actual
enrolment of 381 and a
projected figure of 350.
Enrollments decline the
higher the grade. The local
high school had 81 pupils
register for Grade 9, 88 for
Grade 10, 70 for Grade 11, 66
for Grade 12 and 51 for OAC
(Grade 13).
F.E. Madill Secondary School
at Wingham is the county's
largest with 1,136 students,
about 100 more than last year,
enrolled the first Friday of
classes, followed by Exeter's
South Huron District High
School with 927, Goderich
District Collegiate Institute
with 872 and Clinton's Central
Huron Secondary School at
713.
PUBLIC ELEMENTARY
Seaforth Public School had
262 students enroll Sept. 8,
making it the sixth largest of
the county's 24 elementary
schools. Last year the local
public school had 278
registered and 269 were
projected.
Although enrolment is down
by 22 students at Huron Cen-
tennial School at Brucefield, it
remains the third largest with
an enrolment of 363, trailing
only Howick at 396 and Exeter
at 390.
Twenty-two youngsters
registered for JK at Seaforth
PS this year, and 13 for senior
kindergarten compared to 9 and
26 respectively last year. Huron
Centennial has 20 in JK and 35
in senior kindergarten, com-
pared to 20 and 48 last year.
JK, for youngsters aged three
to four years -old, is becoming
more popular, with 380
registered this year compared
to 330 last; and 316 projected.
Huron public schools
introduced JK last year. The
separate school board in this
area introduced it four years
ago, in 1991, and now has 302
JK students registered in Huron
and Perth Counties.
Opening day enrollments for
other public elementary schools
in the Huron system (with last
year's actual figure in brackets)
were: Walton PS, 71 (81);
Vanastra, 111 (110); Hulleu,
223 (201); Blyth, 161 (163);
Brussels, 197 (187); Clinton,
252 (269); Colborne, 163
(162); East Wawanosh, 176
(182); Exeter, 390 (417); Grey,
209 (233); Hensall, 165 (171);
Holmesville, 214 (218);
Howick, 396 (376); McCurdy,
121 (142); Robertson, 202
(226); Stephen, 209 (202);
Tumberry, 204 (178); Usborne
196 (198); Victoria, 320 (350);
Zurich, 132 (135).
SEPARATE SCHOOLS
"Our enrolment is preuy
well what we expected; says
Gaetan Blanchette, Superinten-
dent of the Huron -Perth Roman
Catholic School Board. "There
were some shifts at St.
Aloysius in Stratford, where
enrolment was much higher
than expected. Another class
and teacher were added to the
school. There was no shifting
of staff in the other schools."
At the first day of classes at
the new high school in Clinton,
St. Anne's, 131 students were
enrolled when 120 had been
projected. St. Michael Catholic
Secondary School in Stratford
had two more than projected,
an actual opening day enrol-
ment of 748.
There were 248 elementary
students enrolled at St. James
School in Seaforth on opening
day, when 250 had been
projected. St. Columban has
181 students, when 189 were
expected, and St. Patrick's
School at Dublin was exactly
HURON CENTENNIAL SCHOOL - Heather Beattie (left) is new at the public school in
Brucefield. She teaches Grades 7 and 8 science, and has Grades 6 and 7 home room,
Cheryl Miller (right) is a new educational assistant at the school.
School reunion organizers honoured
Maureen Agar and David
Onn got a Director's Recog-
nition Award for organizing
and hosting the reunion at
Scaforth District High School
in connection with August's
Homecoming '95.
About 3,000 alumni accepted
Theft in Hay
Keys left in
thieves steal
police on a
comfields in
Fridax.
A pick-up truck stolen from
Clinton about three weeks
previous was found in a field
in Hay.
"Once again the keys were
recovered in the vehicle," states
a press release from the Exeter
detachment of the Ontario
Provincial Police.
The truck went missing Sept.
4 and was recovered near Lot
10, Conc. 2 of Hay Friday.
"The culprits walked from
the abandoned truck to a
residence at Lot 6, Conc. 2 of
Hay and found an unlocked car
with keys inside and stole this
one," the police press release
continues.
They say this stolen vehicle
was then spotted by the
owner's father later in the day
on Conc. 4 and 5 "and two
occupants were confronted and
a short chase ensued ending in
a corn field at Lot 26, Conc.
4."
"The occupants, a man and a
woman fled the car on foot,"
the OPP adds. "Police were
called and the area was
searched into the evening,
including an OPP K-9 team
from Mount Forest. High winds
and cold temperatures
hampered the search and it was
called off at 9:30 a.m."
Investigation is continuing.
vehicles helped
twice and led
chase through
Hay Township
the invitation.
The new awards "are in-
tended to offer a 'pat on the
back' to staff and friends of the
Huron Public Education Sys-
tem for exemplary activity in
support of local public
education."
David Higgins of Vanastra
Community School also won
the award for September for
helping to organize a summer
computer camp for kids and
assisting a workshop on
classroom management for
teachers.
Huron Perth District Health Council
Healthy Community Grants Program
CALL FOR
PROPOSALS
Funding has been made available to
support health promotion projects that
demonstrate:
• a high degree of collaboration
with other groups and
organizations
• an emphasis on community
development and healthy
public policy
Non-profit groups and organizations are
invited to submit proposals.
Applications (both hard copy and IBM
format) are available through the
District Health Council.
Deadline for submissions: November
10, 1995
For more information and application
forms contact:
Kelly Gillis
Huron Perth District Health Council
C/O: 386 Cambria St.,
Suite 202
Stratford, ON
N5A 1J4
(519) 272-1480
as projected at 157.
Total junior kindergarten
registration has increased by
three children this year for the
Huron -Perth board, to 302
youngsters overall from 299
last year.
JK enrolment at St. James
School in Seaforth has slipped
by three students, 46 this year
compared to 49 in 1994. It has
also decreased at St. Patrick's
School in Dublin where 54 are
enrolled in JK this year. Last
year there were 62 enrolled at
St. Columban. The two schools
switched the grades they offer
this year, with kindergarten to
Grade 3 now at Dublin and
Grades 4 through 8 at St.
Columban.
This year's opening day
enrollments for all grades com-
pared to last for other separate
schools in the local system
were: St. Patrick's, Kinkora
213 (217); Holy Name of
Mary, St. Marys, 353 (362);
Jean Sauvd, Stratford (French),
247 (244); St. Ambrose, Strat-
ford, 365 (356); St. Joseph's,
Stratford, 77 (79); St. Aloysius,
Stratford, 319 (292); St.
Joseph's, Kingsbridge, 111
(107); Our Lady of Mt. Car-
mel, RR 3 Dashwood, 221
(219); St. Joseph's, Clinton,
133 (133); Precious Blood,
Exeter 182 (180); St. Marys,
Goderich (French), 388 (384);
Sacred Heart, Wingham, 183
(191); St. Boniface, Zurich,
290 (298).
Enrolment has increased
slightly at Clinton and District
Christian School, now up to
233 pupils compared to 227
last year.
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