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Catholic school board learns about DPA initiative
• Stew Slater
For a few minutes during a regu-
lar meeting on Monday, Jan. 22,
trustees and senior staff of the
Huron -Perth Catholic District
School Board (as well as unsuspect-
ing members of the media) were up
and down from their seats, circling
their desks, waving their arms and
even attempting a routine dubbed a
"wounded duck.
It was all part of a presentation
from the board's so-called DPA
(daily physical activity) team.
And, it inspired board chair Ron
Marcy to remark he was relieved he
and his colleagues weren't expected
to continue the exercise for the full
20 minutes per day now required of
each Ontario elementary school stu-
dent.
Vince Trocchi, a coordinator at the
board's Dublin headquarters, led
the presentation. But it was the
DPA team members — all of whom
are also teachers and received a
token of appreciation from the
board at the meeting — who had the
trustees out of their seats.
Trocchi outlined the chronology of
the provincial government's initia-
tive promoting 20 minutes per day
of physical activity.
From the outset, the education
ministry made it clear that each
school board's response to the initia-
tive — which included funding —
should attempt to incorporate the
activity into existing curriculum
goals, and that is should not take
place during recess.
"The true challenge is in schools
where you might only have a gym
slot three times per week, or less,"
Trocchi explained.
Phase One of the Huron -Perth
board's response saw every elemen-
tary class visited by two of the nine
DPA team members.
One led an exercise session while
another observed the classroom.
Following the session, advice was
provided about how to maintain the
20 -minutes -per -day goal and
improve on participation.
"To me, the whole point of this is
promoting a cultural change,"
Trocchi said. "You want to prove to
every teacher that it can be done in
the classroom."
The DPA team is now set to begin
Phase Two, with additional visits
based on classroom requests.
Trocchi noted a good proportion of
teachers have requested return vis-
its, and he expressed confidence
that many of the other teachers
have already taken the initiative
into their own hands and don't
require further assistance.
Man receives speeding ticket after rolling vehicle
A 28 -year-old London man
received a speeding ticket after the
car he was driving slid on ice and
rolled over into a ditch on the south
side of Hensall on Highway 4 on
Jan. 23 at approximately 3 a.m.
Huron OPP report that officers
parked in the Hensall liquor store
parking lot on Highway 4 were con-
ducting a radar check when a 1993
Honda passed by going 116 km/h in field.
an 80 km/h zone. The vehicle
The vehicle travelled through was totaled;
Hensall and before the officer could occupants in the
stop the vehicle, it had lost control
hitting the east ditch and rolling
over into the
Jeff Heuchert photos
Shannon Latour and two-year-old
daughter Faye of Seaforth (below),
work together to construct a paper
train during the Seaforth Library's
Story Time class last Friday morn-
ing. Meanwhile, Avi Hagerman of
Waterloo, looks in curiosity as
Susan Windle of the Seaforth
Library, shows her the pictures to go
along with the story she read to chil-
dren. Story Time classes run once a
week until March break.
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vehicle were wearing their seatbelts
and survived with no injuries.
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