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New teachers, new ideas
New teachers bring fresh ideas to South Huron District High School
By Chantall Van Raay
TA Reporter
EXETER - It's back to school,
and for many teacher's it's like
entering grade nine again.
For new teacher's, that is.
While new teacher's must
adapt to the workings of their.
new - school; they also bring
change with them, because with
new staff on board, change is in-
evitable, -as each- teacher brings
something fresh and innovative
into the realm of education.
South Huron District High
School is not inept to new teach-
ers and the changes that follow.
This year the school has hired
on five new instructors in -
eluding Mike Soldan, , Janis
Dougal, ,Phillip Conley, Peggy
Schade and Dale Greenwood.
Mike Soldan is the new eng-
,lish and Canadian studies -teach-
er. Soldan said his previous.
.skills helped him integrate, well
into his new position. Working
-at the Blue Water Correctional
Center in- Goderich forthe past
nine -years meant that he had to
learn how to become a coun-
cillor to kids who committed
some of the most violent crimes.
He explained the _students he
teaches at South Huron are _not
much different from the stu-
dents he taught at Blue Water
Correctional Centre.
atfq
Mike Soldan tutors
1 grade 11 student
Pat Foster.
"I accept students for who
they are, and I try not to judge
people cin their "past ex-.
—periences hes ! aids adding h
has been able to develop a'nen-
judgmental approach to his stu-
dents by/accepting them for who
they are. He said he .dogs not Ia-
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bet them on their past offences,
no matter how criminal they
may have been.
Soldan said dealing with vi
olence for so long has given him
skills - he could not: have,- ob-
tained anywhere else.
"I'm very tolerant," he said.
"Blue: Water isa good. place for
teachers because it teaches them.
counselling and, management.
At Blue Water we were coun-
sellors to -.the students, .maybe
even more than we were in-
structors."
Janis Dougall
and that is you need to make a
difference in kids lives. You
need to help kids enjoy learning,
and make high school enjoyable
for them. You need to motivate
them, and -make "school chal-
lenging, because high school is
one of the mostimportant times
for them. ..
"Everyone is faced with the
same challenges, no matter who
it is." he explained. "The chal-
lenge is making the -kids really
believe in 'themselves, because
they have a lot -working against
them." .
Peggy Schade] '
•
, For Peggy - Schade. the ..new
-Janis,Dpugall teaches special crhe,mistry teacher,- classes are
education, and said she also "fun". - -
'-"You' can- play: You, go to.a-
lab and it's a lot of fun. It in-
vbfves. doing and learning,- be-
cause it's hands-on."
Schade believes learning
should be about -applying' what
you learn at school with what
you do outside pf school: -
"I want my students to under
stand that• chemistry. is every-
where. It' really isn't alt new
knowledge to them, it's just ap-
plying what they already know,'
sothey can go .home and they
can understand it."
Teaching the students how to-.
connect chemistry with every- .
day life is important to Schade.
"Today we're making slime,"
she said, adding that the chem=
hopes to also have/an influence
on her students.
"I hope to . get my studeals
more involved in regular activ-
ities, and have other students
from other classrooms come in
and get to know,them." , . t
For Dougall, one of the great-
est satisfactions is building a -
rapport with her students.
"I find it rewarding when I see
Amy student~ achieve something,
but especially when they come
up to me and give me a hug 'in .
the .morning."
Phillip Conley
Another new teacher at the
school is Phillip Conley who
-was a principal at The Christian
Academy of Western in London
for the past 18 years. He -said he
left the Academy because he be-
lieved it was time for a change.
"About seven years ago I took
a course in special education.
and I've always been interested
in it," he explained, adding that
was the reason he decided to ap-
ply for a job in this field.
But Conley is not new to spe-
cial education. In fact, he helped
set up a special education course
at the Christian Academy. He
said the philosophy he created at
the Academy is the same as the
.)ne he introduced to South Hu-
ron.
J"My philosophy is the same,
icals used in slime are what they
are studying, but putting it into
more understandable terms
makes it more fun for the stu-
dents.
"They can even use it for hal-
loween if. they want," Schade
laughed.
Another new . face : at the
school is: math teacher Dale
Greenwood.- Greenwood admits
he teaches his subject thorough-
ly.
"I like to think I know my
subject -area thoroughly and that
I know how' to communicate _it
clearly. I enjoy knowing that I
feel I can teach my students
well."
Still, being a new teacher can
sometimes be stressful, 'Green-
wood said. -
-A= lot of time is spent with
preparation, . and since it's my
first time through. I'm still fig--
uring out what I should• and
shouldn't do along the way." 1
Although_clasc is_ -sometimes
-stressful for Greenwood. it sure-
'ly isn't always that way. he said.
• "Once you've .developed a
certain rapport with your class;
you find that it can be very re-
warding," -
Greenwood not only has an in-
terest in mathematics: He hopes
t� integrate some of his other in-
"
n -
into the system as the
year progresses. He --is an en-
thusiastic chess player, he is fa-
miliar with computer operating
systems and he is - an amateur
musician. • -/
Dale Greenwood
Greenwood said the fist few
weeks of school have been go
-'ing very well for him. Thisi,
seems to be the general /feeling
• of all the new teachers.at the
school. But Greenwood said he ,
sees the first few weeks as the
honeymoon stager
"The first two weeks are like -a
honeymoon period, where eve- '
ryone is -on their best behavior.
- But after that I think you have to •
prepare yourself for what the
neR'-stage will bring, when the
honeymoon's over."
New gym working out in Lucan
LUCAN - Lucanites can now save wear and tear
un their carswhen they want to go to the gym.
Tracy Morris has transformed the former site of
her Technique Hair and Body business at 243 Main
St. into Bl;ttcr Your Life Gym and moved the beau-
ty salon to the top floor of the same building.
The gym features free weights. weight and car-
,Ino‘ascular machines (step. stationary hike, rower,
treadmill) and Morris' personal training services.
"There's everything to work every muscle of the
body." Morris said.
Morris also holds aerobic classes and does per-
sonal training 'house calls'.
The most unique part of the gym is its hours: its
open anytime. even in the dead of night. to ac-
cornmodate those on shift work or parents of young
Children.
"There is no reason for you not to come here and
work out." Morris said. .
She established the gym for a couple practical rca-
sons:..the closest gyms are in London and a small
one in Parkhill and when she set up Technique Hair
and Body she found out there was a Jot of competi-
tion in the village. •
She also had a more idealistic reason for starting
the gym.
"(Working out) makes you more confident and
love who you are." she said.
Six month gym memberships cost $150 and a
.year costs $200. The personal training house calls
cost 525 per hour. -Morris said the club has about 25
members.
Technique Hair and Body offers the full range of
beauty services including hair cutting/styling. body
massage (including aromatherapy). acne and cel-
lulite treatments, reflexology. facials. manicures,
pedicures. tanning; waxing and artificial nails.
For more information, call Morris at 227-0368.
Pumping Iron. Lucan's Better Your Life Gym owner Tracy Morris gets down to business
herself on the shoulder machine.