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Times -Advocate, October 9, 1985
A BOTTLE DRIVE — Brad Thomson, Paul Charrette and Mark Lynn were among the many Exeter
minor ball players on o bottle drive, Saturday. T -A photo
Values, influences,peerS
focus of school program
Values: The social principles, goals
or standards held or accepted by an
individual, class, society, etc.
Influences: the power of persons or
things to affect others.
Peers: a person or thing of the
same rank, value, quality, ability, etc.
These are the definitions, according
to Webster's New World Dictionary
second college edition, of values, in-
fluences and peers, or VIP a new pro-
gram being introduced into Huron
and Perth schools at the Grade 6
level.
The Huron County board of educa-
tion has gone full -steam ahead and in-
troduced VIP as a pilot program at
three schools and will spend the cur-
rent school year introducing °the °pro—
gram to all Grade 6 teachers. The aim
is to have all schools using the pro-
gram starting next September.
The Huron -Perth Roman Catholic
separate school board has two schools
piloting the program, Mt. Carmel in
Mt. Carmel and St. Aloysuis in Strat-
ford. The program will be evaluated
in May to see if it should be used in
all the Catholic schools.
"However, there is some overlap
with our religious and family life pro-
gram," says superintendent of educa-
tion John McCauley.
He said the Catholic schools may in-
corporate the VIP program into the
religious and family life program.
David Bonner, morals and values
consultant with the Perth County
board of education said VIP may be
put in as a pilot project. He was on
both the ministry of education's
writing team and development com-
mittee which together prepared the
VIP program.
However, the consultant said a
similar program Operation Prepare,
has been put in Perth County schools.
VIP was developed jointly by the
ministry of education and the solicitor
general's department at the provin-
cial level. Both classroom teachers
and police officers are involved in
presenting this program to the
students.
In Huron County, Dave Kemp, vice-
principal of Huron Centennial public
school in Brucefield and John Mar-
shall, Huron County community ser-
vices officer at the Goderich detach-
ment of the oPP form one team.
"The children are enjoying the pro-
gram. They find it really exciting,"
--=says--Kempx. _ -
The VIP program is divided into 12
areas including belittling others, peer
pressure, decision making and
authority and authority figures.
Several topics directly involve the
police. They are dangers of drugs,
vandalism and destructive behaviour,
shoplifting is stealing and youth and
the law.
Exeter police chief Larry Hardy
and Exeter public school teacher San-
dra North, along with police Sgt.
Kevin Short have been operating in
the Grade 6 class for a couple of
weeks.
Chief Hardy said that before VIP,
his department would be in 'the
schools, but with no regular format to
follow. He praises the program, par-
ticularly because it gives the police a
high profile in the schools.
"It lets the children know who the
police are. We do more than write
tickets and arrest people," said Chief
Hard
AT USBORNE OPEN HOUSE — Principal Al Taylor assists Mary Gar-
diner in checking out her daughter Jenny's work at Usborne Central
School's Open House, Wednesday. T -A photo
JWe're glad you asked!
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WHY IS THE NURSE SO IMPORTANT?
The nurse may well be the person who gives the last comforting ser-
vices to the dying patient. She can be a source of great comfort to
his family as well.
-.The last days in a terminally ill patient's life present the nurse with
one of the greatest, most difficult challenges in her nursing career,
according to Nurses Claire Hoffman, Gladys Lipman, and Ello Thomp-
son in their book, "Simplified Nursing"
.
The nurse knows and recognizes the needs of the potient. She learns
to anticipate his requirements for comfort (i.e., a change of postion,
etc.). She is olso alert to sense o patient's wish to talk to the clergyman
or particular family members.
Nurses ore schooled in dealing with the emotionol stresses the pa-
tient (and family) is facing. Very often she takes special study classes
in the care of the very ill for the sake of the patient and her own well-
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Ms. North says the programis one
of the better ideas to come from the
provincial education ministry.
The third pilot project is at Victoria
public school in Goderich. There,
teacher Dave Brereton and Jay
Poulter from the Goderich police
force will be conducting the VIP
classes.
Classes in all three schools will be
held once or twice a week for about
an hour. The teachers hope to end the
sessions with. a field trip. Also, a
graduation ceremony will mark the
end of the three-month VIP program.
Kemp has sent a notice home to the
parents of his Grade 6 students. The
letter not only introduces the pro-
gram,'but also invites the parents in-
to the classroom when VIPs`being
held.
Superintendent of program with the
Huron board, Arnold Mathers, said all
Grade 6 teachers will be introduced
to VIP on October 28, a professional
development day. In May, a half day
orientation session will be held for
these same teachers.
Kemp says he hopes the students
come out of the program -with more
positive relationships with each other,
authority figures and themselves.
As for the police role, OPP officer
Marshall said he hopes the students
will be more aware of what could hap-
pen to them if they break the law.
Precious Blood principal
brings some new ideas
Precious Blood Separate School
students welcomed a new principal to
their school this year. Margaret
Medve started her principalship at
the school and is presenting some new
ventures to help make school as in-
teresting as possible for the students.
Mrs. Medve received her BA at
Laurentian University and her prin-
cipal's papers at North Bay. She is
also a specialist in Religious and
Fainily Life.
Her last placement was at North
Shore in North Bay. She travailed
throughout a large area and taught
student teachers before she became
a consultant for six years.
This is her first actual principalship
although she was principal of a con-
tinuing education program while she
was in North Bay.
She is very comfortable with the
surroundings in Exeter, because, she
says, it reminds her of her hometown
of Massey. Exeter has many
similarities to Massey and Medve is
very excited about being here.
She has many interesting ideas for
changes within the school. She has
Margaret Medve_
started a parent volunteer club to
stress the involvment of the parents.
in the school.
Since the school does not have a
full-time librarian, Mrs. Medve would
like to have the parent volunteers run-
ning the library in the mornings on
regular school days.
There will be •a workshop on Oc-
tober 21 to give the parents some
training at running the library. The
parents are also being encouraged to
coach and to help with the school
teams.
The grade seven and eights are
writing articles for the TA about hap-
penings at the school.
Medve also wants the school to be
involved in the servjce clubs within
Exeter and is currently involved in
the Block Parent program.
She also stresses the community's
use of the school's facilities. There are
already two weekly fitness club
meetings at the school and she adver-
tises that any group who would want
to make use of the school's facilities
are welcome to do so.
The first open house that was held
at the school this year was a great
success with a very large turnout.
Medve feels that communications
between the school and the parents is
very important.
Medve is currently living in London
but she is trying to be involved and to
make her face known to the residents
of Exeter.
Trio attend convention
Three teachers from the Middlesex
County Women Teachers' Assocation
attended workshops Friday evening
and Saturday, September 20 and 21 in
Toronto.
Sharron Barnes, Judy Sieffert, and
Jean Smith participated in the
workshops, sponsored by the Federa-
tion of Women Teachers of Ontario,
which involved learning more about
and improving communications in the
areas of public relations, political ac-
tion, and the president's role in coor-
dinating these.
The sessions were directed towards
expanding teachers' awareness of
specific issues, and positive ways of
communicating their concerns
among their own membership and the
general public. Of particular interest
was the upcoming municipal election
in November, and the need to be in-
formed and to make responsible deci-
sions by all concerned citizens.
The three participants felt they had
gained some interesting and wor-
thwhile perspectiives in these par-
ticular areas, and are looking forward
to expressing them in effective ways.
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