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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1999-04-14, Page 10Remember when... On June 30 to July 1, 2000, South Huron District High School will celebrate its 50th Anniversary. The Exeter Times Advocate would like to join In the celebrations by sharing articles or pictures which have appeared over the years. YEARS 1950- 195 I - HI HIGHLIGHTS School cage teams win titles, speakers place in regional test By Joyce Haugh On Friday, the Senior boys and Senior girls both c$ptured the tri -schools basketball cham- pionships when they defeated Mitchell Seniors in a double header sudden death at St. Marys. The girls had a decisive victory with a 27-11 score. The girls fought hard and at half time the score was 11-3 in their favour. Jean Taylor paced the winners hooping 22 points while Dot Pooley was second with 3. 'Phe boy's game was close, although a sudden sprint in the last few minutes produced a score 42-31. Schroeder was high with 16 points while Gilfillan and Cann hooped 13 and 12 respectively. Heimrich completed the scoring with a free shot. D. Aitcheson and H. Bailey were tops for Mitchell with 10 and 8 points. Win Second Place It seems examinations interferred with our column Last week and we did not -announce the winners of the inter -school public speaking contest. In the Junior girls Anne Taylor placed first with her speech on Negro Spirituals. Murray Dawson topped the Junior boys with his topic on Hydro Electric Power. Tom East -on chose Soil Conservation to become champion of the Senior boys. Dorothy Pooley spoke on aA Prophet of the Wilderness and was selected Senior girls' champion. We would like to congratulate Mrs_ J_G_ Dunlop, R.N. Creech and W. Cochrane on their excellent choice of contestants to represent our school at Listowel. They competed Monday night at Listowel and succeeded in carrying off second place in Junior girls, Junior boys and Senior boys. Choose Queen Candidates for Queen of the Ball have been nominated and Barbara Hunter and Colleen Gill will represent Grade 13. Dorothy Pooley and Betty McDougall are the candidates from Grade 12, while June Walters and Mabel Selves represent Special Commercial. Voting will take place Wednesday and the Queen will be announced at the At Home Dance on Friday night. One member of our staff has acquired a new member in his household in the person of Randy Douglas Jones. Congratulations are in order for the new "Pop". School wins first football match, tops Forest 1 1 -1 0 Exeter District High School's first football team won its first game with a close 11-10 decision over Forest Friday afternoon. It was the first time the six man team, in their new red and black uniforms, has played in an orga- nized game. Neil Taylor led the locals to victory with two touchdowns in,the exhibition tilt. Jack Fuller's convert provided the winning point. Return game will be played in Exeter on Friday. Coach Glen Mickle's charges will not play a regular schedule, but get a bye into the W.0.S.S.A. Senior B playdowns. Although Coach Mickle doesn't expect his team to go very far in their first year at the game, he is happy about the showing in their initial tryout. On the team are Gordon Cann, John Hicks, quarterbacks; Neil Taylor, Robert Wade, Don Webster, Paul Durand, halves; Jack Fuller, Don McCurdy, snaps; Charles Cowen, Don Bergie, Glen Schroeder and John Whitehouse, ends. FOR MORE INFORMATION''ABOUT THE SHDHg "ALL -YEARS REUNION" CONTACT KENDRA ARTHUR 235-4006 (I.1) OR 235-4587 (W) OR PAT RowE 236-7167 LETTERS C; THE EDi J.R Writer in favour oaf the Proposed community service aspect Dear Editor: I am writing in regards to your editorial of April 7, "Giving time is important". As a teacher at South Huron District High School I am very much in faynur of the proposed community service aspect of the new cur- riculum. I have seen first hand the beneficial effects of such volunteerism. It has 'been my pleasure to work with the students on a variety of projects, including the Christmas Shoe box campaign, Sleeping Children Around the World, the Christmas Bureau, and the World Vision 30 Hour Famine. The students have learned useful organizational skills. They have increased their sense of community by working togeth- er towards a common goal. They have felt the satisfac- tion not of working for their own reward, but of mak- ing a difference in the lives of other people. They have not only raised money, they have gained a greater appreciation of how fortunate we are to live in this great, peaceful country where food is available at the grocery store, and clean water is just a tap away. On April 9 and 10 the students of South Huron District High School participated in the 30 Hour Famine, to raise money for World Vision. While the final tally is not yet in, the students raised over $5,500 this year for the cause of famine relief and develop- ment education. This brings the total in six years to almost $16,000. I'd like to commend the 83 students who went with- out food for 30 hours for their dedication to this worthy cause. Thank you to the parents, relatives, friends and neighbours who sponsored the students. Our famine would not be possible without the sup- port upport and generosity of many local businesses. Drinks for the students were donated by Huron Park Foodtown, JEM Variety in Crediton, Holtzmann's IGA, and Shoppers Drugmart. Stedmans V&S donated "freezies." McDonald!s Restaurant donated orange drink, lots of ice and cups; and the students were kept eigertathedkwittrittovies Brdrir> t 'Moak I'`viii a espe- ciagy like to note the generosity of New Orleans Pizza, which has donated pizza every year: After 30 hours without food, the starving students devoured 17 large pizzas in under two minutes. Thank you to all the mer- chants who helped make our famine a success. This is the sixth year that I have been involved with organizing the 30 Hour Famine. Every year the response from the South Huron community - students, parents, local businesses, and sponsors - has been wonderful. The cause is just, the need is great, and the support is truly appreciated. Thank you! Sincerely, DAVE MACLEOD National Volunteer WeekApril 18-24 Dear Editor: From April 18 to 24, communities across Canada will be celebrating National Volunteer Week. This week is set aside to thank and honour our communities' unsung heroes - those people who donate time and energy to help their fellow citizens and the causes they believe in. Every day, volunteers take time from their work, leisure and home life to volunteer their talents and energies to solve problems in their communities. They are young, old and every age in between. They come from every economic group, from every race, religion and ethnic background. They share in common their citizenship and commitment to improving the quality of life for all. As. we approach a new century, we are confronted by many challenges that strain our capabilities as citizens and test our character as communities. Without our volunteer spirit, Canada would never have grown to nationhood. Without the concern of individuals for oth- ers in need, we would not have the innumerable public and private programs devoted to making a difference. And had it not been for the unselfish devotion to a cause, we would have been unable to defend, and maintain our freedom. In observation of National Volunteer Week I encour- age everyone to join with our thousands. of volunteer community groups in celebrating volunteers - our greatest natural resource. Yours truly, INKY MARK, M.P. Chief Opposition Critic, Canadian Heritage prfncioal's message I was � a class u�� week a►�� � I to a this. abou ocietal norms or expectations and how they change over time. The students were studying The Merchant of Venice and we're trying to wrestle with the tremendous amount of prejudice shown to Jews in the Middle Ages. We talked about the expectations of cultures and how slowly yet persistently they change. Cultures get changed, of course, not because of announcements from boardrooms or government min- istries, but from leadership provided by individuals. This weekly column has chronicled on several occasions the numerous changes facing education. In fact, change is really at the heart of many con- versations we have in schools today. (I've often wondered if folks talk about change in other work places as much as we seem to in education.) Michael Fullan, North America's guru on educa- tional change, writes that "Purposeful change is the new norm in teaching. It has been bouncing around within teaching for the past thirty years. It is time that we realized that teachers above all are moral change agents in society - a role that must be pursued explicitly and aggressively." If we accept Fullan's thesis and if we accept the fact that nearly every important learning experience people ever have is stressful, then I guess we know why educators have felt stressed for awhile now. When I started to work with my grade 9 English class. on Shakespeare I asked them to suspend belief, take some risks and experience the unknown - the essential parts of learning. I think I said the very , same things to staff last week when we held our first formal training session on Secondary School Reform. Becoming. skilful at dealing with new ideas is the name of the post- modern world's game. Peter Senge in his 1990 bestseller The Fifth Discipline describes those peo- ple -among us who actually master lite s bFdest ing with the unknown, of understanding that, pur- poseful change is not something to be coped with; rather, it is what enriches life, "People with a high degree of personal mastery are acutely aware of their ignorance, their incompetence, their growth areas. And they are deeply self-confident. Paradoxical? Only for those who do not see that the journey is the reward." (I like reminding myself of that as I learn to deal with my first teenage son.) In conclusion, personal purpose is really the place from which each educator must begin, com- bine that with the skillful ability to deal with change, and our schools will be full of teachers encountering change in highly purposeful and masterful ways. I really like that idea. DEB HOMIJTH PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE A Point to Ponder A couple of years ago, a group of seven men and I went by motor home to Florida to attend a series of church services in a church -that was enjoying a great revival. One day, dur- ing our time there, we stopped at a mall to do a little shopping before we contin- ued on to the church. One of the men was driving the motor home while the rest of us sat around a table in the back. As we travelled from the mall to the church, we noticed the driver was taking " the long route back towards the motel REV instead of going more directly to the DEAN church. One of the men in the back, SIM. TO observing this through the back window PONDER commented, "I know why Ken is taking this route. It's because he is afraid of getting lost if we • go the more direct but unfamiliar route." From that simple comment, ensued a half hour discussion about the similarities between this "second guessing" of the driver and people "looking out the back window" of organizations and institutions, coining to conclusions as to why something w. is or was not done by the "driver" up front. One of the men thought the driver may have seen an accident or construction and gone the long way. Someone else thought he may have suffered from "pride" and didn't want to look stupid by getting lost. After twenty minutes of discussion, we decided to do something radical - ask the driver. Most of us "back - seaters" were wrong in our speculation. It seems we didn't have a clear picture of the whole situation. Which seat are you in, and how's the view? {