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Twenty
vehicles
end up in
ditch
because
of snow
Close to 20 motorists
ended up in the ditch
over the past week,
reports the Huron
•OPP.
Police are reminding
motorists to watch for
icy and snow -packed
sections of roadways
after the recent
snowfall.
"Do not use your
`cruise control' when
roadways are such
that you could
encounter slippery
spots and remember
the risk of fatal and
lingering injuries to
unbuckled occupants is
perfectly clear," says
Const. Jeff Walraven.
No injuries were
reported by drivers
whose vehicles have
skidded off the road.
Minor hockey playoffs
in full swing... Seaforth's
juveniles, atoms and girls'
bantams and peewees are
among local teams in this
year's play-offs... pg. 12
Susan Hundertmark photo
Bonhomme de Neige gives Kindergarten student Kaden Klaveer a little help with the
broomball relay as Grade 2 student Kaitlin Gerretsen races along beside them during St.
James School's winter carnival fun Monday afternoon. For more photos, see page 24.
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SPS
honoured
for gains
in literacy
Susan Hundertmark
After spending the last four years
focussed on improving literacy skills at
Seaforth Public School, the school has,
received an honourable distinction for a
Garfield Weston award for excellence in
education.
• SPS was nominated in the category of
improvement in academics, an award
which recognizes fast and consistent
improvement over the past five years.
"It's a great thing for us," says
principal Kim Black. "It's nice to be
honoured for improvement."
Since Garfield Weston is associated
with the Fraser Institute, an
independent research and educational
organization which ranks schools across
Canada every year, Black says the
award is based on SPS's improvements
in provincial EQAO testing.
"But, we work for day-to-day
achievement, not just May
achievement," says Black, adding that
the school is aiming to improve literacy
skills more to benefit students than to
improve once -a -year test scores.
However, SPS has seen marked
improvements in EQAO scores, rising by
close to 30 per cent over the past four
years in Grade 3 reading, writing and
math skills.
While Grade 3 results in 2001/02
showed 28 per cent meeting provincial
standards in reading, 34 per cent
reaching provincial standards in writing
and 13 per cent meeting provincial
standards in math, 2005-06 showed 62
per cent meeting provincial standards in
reading, 56 meeting provincial
standards in reading and 69 per cent
meeting provincial standards in math.
"Literacy has been our main focus
during the past four years and we're
seeing results. We worked hard," says
Black.
See RESEARCH, Page 2