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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1987-12-09, Page 13Page 16 T1mesAdvocate. Decernber9,1987 Variety of news from Stephen Central Industrial Arts - Every Tues- day the grade eights and Thursday the grade sevens $o to McCurdy School for Industrial Arts. In this class- boys and girls learn how to make things: such as bowls, puzzles, wooden cheese trays, signs and many more things. There are many materials to use: wood, plastic, paint, glue, nails, screws and bolts. There is handy machinery to use; bandsaw, router, drill, lathe, plastic heater, sander, buffer and jigsaw. The classroom we work in is very safety wise. Safety Features We have safety glasses for the machinery. When we see that a person is in' trouble we go to a red switch, then when we push it, all the power goes off in the room. There is a fan to keep the air clean. There are also more features that add to the room. There is a separate room for the painting area. Another room has various books and papers to use. This is our library. This new pro- gram is enjoyed by all and gives good knowledge to use in the fu- ture. - JenniFcr Weigand. Fund -Raising - Attention all cheese)overs and gift shoppers. Just in time for Christmas, the Student Council at Stephen Central held their annual two week long cheese and gift shop campaign. The pro- ceeds go toward the Student Coun- cil. Each student has the opportuni- ty to sell cheese and/or gift shop. The Tavistock Cheese Co. provides. the cheese, while the Quality Ser- vice Programs provide a nice selec- tion of not too highly priced gifts for Christmas. The students are rewarded for all of their hard work during the cam- paign, with their choice of prizes according to the amount of money he/she raised. For every 12 items a student sells, their name is entered in a draw to win a ghettoblaster. If the student doesn't win that, their name is entered in a draw to win a trip to Disney World (all expenses paid, etc.) or a home entertainment centre. Sound nice? It would be if you won that's for sure! The stu- dents look forward to revisiting their customers later on this week or next with their purchases. - Sarah Patterson. Family Studies - Grade 7 and 8 are taking a new subject this year called Family Studies. This subject is basically about cookingand sew- ing. Every Tues. or Thurs. students board the bus to be transported to McCurdy School for this subject. The family studies teacher is Mrs. Wisc. Every week we either cook or sew (what ever has been assigned to us. While we are cooking we have to remember kitchen rules like, set the oven correctly, put in the right ingredients, etc. When we arc fin- ished we get to eat what we have made, providing it turned out O.K. In sewing we have made a pencil case. We have to be careful not to get our fingers too close to the needle on the machine. We have learned alot about both the kitchen and sewing. Most students think it's the best subject going - Jodi Desjar- dine. , Book Fair - Our school held its book fair from Tuesday, December 1 to Friday, December 4 of last week. There was every kind of book on the shelf from picture and alpha- bet books to mystery and romance. School librarian, Miss Rath, com- mented between sales and questions that sales were going well. The money raised from the book fair will go to buying of books, book racks, etc. for the library. The li- brary would like to thank all who bought books at the book fair. - Molly McClure Volleyball houseleague - Students of grades 6, 7 and 8 have been involved in volleyball house - league for the past couple of weeks. Seven enthusiastic teams played four exciting games each. Team 2 won the championship. Mrs. Att- hill and Ms. Thomson ran and refer- eed the games. They did an excel- lent job. Ms. Thomson is pleased with the participation. She also said that there was no hassle with the re- ferees. - David Morlock. Let's Go Stephen - H i Sports Fans, ready for some action? Well here's the scoop. On Friday, December 4, Stephen Central will be participating in a Volcyball Tournament,oincd by five other schools, Zurich, Hcnsall, McCurdy, Exeter and Usborne. The boys team will play at McCurdy and the girls at Exeter Public School. Our teams have practiced very hard and are looking pretty good. Our coaches are Mrs. Talbot and Mr. Brand. They've put in a lot of cxtra time to ensure that the teams learn the skills needed to win. Sd come out and support your school, (even if it isn't Stephen) because I'm sure you're team has worked hard. Good Luck, and may the best team win! - Karen McKay. Essay contest - Grade 7 and 8 students recently/ entered an essay contest. The essay was to be written on Provincial Parks, Preserving the Heritage. Five essays were chosen to go to the Wingham District Of- fice to be judged. The essays are marked this way 60 percent on con- tent and accuracy of information, 30 perccnt on Originality and 10 per- cent on Mechanical accuracy. The essay was to contain 800-1000 words. The five essays chosen to go were those belonging to Sarah Pat- terson, Karen McKay, Chantelle. Crabe, Jennifer Robertson and Shane Pfaff. - Stacey Rader. -Sneaky Snacks - Again this year our school is providing sneaky snacks. These puchases include Gra- nola Bars, Sesame Snaps, and cheese and crackers. These nutri- tious snacks provide Vitamin C, and many other essential nutrients, vitamins and minerals. The school Exeter Villa news Hello from the residents of the Villa. The countdown has begun for Christmas. Everyone seems so busy shopping and baking. It seems im- possible that only a little more than two weeks remain. Our ladies have been busy baking Christmas Cakes. We are trying very hard to have all of our orders filled by December 15. If you or- dered, please be patient, yourcake will arrive by Christmas. Thanks to the Lioness ladies who escorted residents to the Exeter San- ta Claus Parade. Everyone enjoyed seeing the floats and, of course, the Sororities Alpha Tau Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi met with their three sister chap- ters on December 1 at the Masonic Hall for their annual Christmas par- ty. Christmas carols were sung fol- lowed by a microwave cooking demonstration by Charlotte Em- pringham, owner of the Empire Cooking School. Everyone sampled l jolly fellow himself. We were sorry that Rev. Larry Stojkovic was unable to conduct our worship service last week. We hope he is feeling better and look forward to seeing him at a later date. Birthday wishes this week go to Harry White. The residents and staff would like to invite all families and friends of the Villa to a Christmas Open House on Sunday December 20. Please come and enjoy our Christ- mas fellowship. A word for the wise at this Christmas season: I have been. buy- ing things on the lay -awake plan. get demo all the dishes that were made. Refreshments were served. The draw for the Christmas Cen- trepiece sponsored by AlphazTau was held and the winner was Jean Gray of Parkhill. The evening finished with the opening of gifts from the secret pals. is selling the sneaky snacks to raise money for the school in order to provide the students with the differ- ent awards and activities planned for the end of the year! The Student Council would like to thank any of the students who buy the sneaky snacks provided in their small fund raising campaign. - Jennifer Picker- ing. -1 Royal Winter Fair - Th e Grade 8 students went to Toronto to the Royal Winter Fair on Thursday, November 19. The bus left the school at 7 a.m. and we arrived at the Fair at 10. After investigating the horse display, the chi' -kens, pig- eons and rabbits we entered foodland to have a refreshing bite to eat after a tiring morning. Aftcr lunch we Tiger Times watched the dog show and then we went to investigate the advertising. section.' At 3:00 we joined the rest of our friends and wandered around until we left the fair at 3:30. , At 5;30 we stopped for supper at Mcdonalds. We arrived back at the school at7:15 after a very tiring but interesting trip. Natasha Allen, Kristy Dobson. Country Flowers on parade Dtnne I''I.NE: F( -K \ ITI /RI; &- FI,OOR I,1.(: 4(67 MAIN ST. EXETER, ONT. 235-0173