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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1986-01-15, Page 8PAGE 8 —GODERICH SIGNA1,STAR, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15,19116 a 20 (11TOIZEL to 6 0 s off Entire Stock U. rrONE Door Chimes Available Paragon and Royal Albert China Sale ends January 31 Hotson Lighting & China 1 mile north'of Grand Bend Hours: Mon. - Sat. 9 - 5 Grand Bend 238-8240 -Education Testing guidelines for secondary English exam ef for m tit n invoett writing skills of*secondary students bound The format for testing the reading and osintysywstiellmfollow a province wide Since 1967 the end of provincial examina- tions, a growing divergence in examina- tion practices has taken place. Because of the inconsistencies in the design and mark- ing of English examinations, Ontario Academic Credits ( OACs ) I for senior English has been designed. Two and half years ago, Neil Graham of the Scarborough Board of Education in, forrned the Ministry of Education of discrepencies in English exams within the Scarborough board. Funded by the ministry, Graham went on to study English examination practices within 10 Ontario school boards. He analysed 35 high schools and found little consistency existed ainmithneaftotormnsat, demands and marking of ex- . Forty area meetings to promote provin- cial consistency in: OAC examinations began in November and will continue until March, of next year. A regional meeting held in Walkerton District Secondary School on November 29 brought together 29 English Department Head A from Grey, Bruce and Huron counties. Each school is given the opportunity to send a delegate to the one day workshop, according to Jerry Geoge • of theeur- riculurn Branch of the Ministry of,rduca- tion in Toronto. The :first session of meetings conducted in small groups will introduce the OAC 1 pilot project to the heads of English departments. The follow-up session will be for both teachers and department heads. Ruth Pletsch, head of the English department At Walkerton District Secon- dary School says ,"The meeting was eX- , cellent because it gave us first hand infor- mation on the matter from the ministry by word of mouth." 14, lilt. •1..S. • 1/LS1SW) ) et for young- people ages IZ- IS pvugyu,shr • .,• Renovation SALE Renovation SALE Renovation SALE Renovat'( Renovi' SAL Renova "Patty Rean and Angie Chisholm are planning to begin a group for youth that is run by youth in consultation with a few adult advisors. The post will be set up in conjuction with Interna- tional Allied Youth, an organization that has been running for 16 years in Prince Edward Island. ( photo by Susan Hundertmark)• Youth group helps kids cope With peer pressure The big news about saving on . quality children's clothing is at Little People in Exeter We're enlarging our store to provide better service to our growing number of customers. Before the renova- tions can start we must clear out every iter ry in our store... and this means the biggest savings ever on first quality clothing for boys and girls. ' Rent iRer, or 1 . ' r ° . ' ff iL 11 RVtrationli fel, ( ifLE. di, '/ * ii 1 s , ii vation c ..i 4') :`ovation 4140, ALE Renovation SALE Renovation SALT Sorry... during this sale no Little People money will be exchanged and no refunds or layaways. 3117 Mahn It. irefor. Got 233.17 Si BY SUSAN HUNDERTMARK' Organizing a group or the support of youth that is run by youth is the aim of two young women from Goderich who represented Ontario at an international youth conference in Prince Edward Island last October. Sponsored by an organization called Allied Youth, the conference concentrated on the development of leadership 'and positive life skills, the ability to cope with peer pressure and make your own deci- sions and the promotion of concern for others and contribution to community. After attending the conference,, Angie Chisholm, a Grade 11 student at Goderich District Collegiate Institute and Patty Rean, a recent graduate of Fanshawe Col- lege plan to begin an Allied Youth junior post for Grade 7 and 8 students in Goderich. "Our main goal is for people in public school to be more knowledgeable about how to make a .decision and have more leadership skills so they can handle the peer pressure especiallponce they hit high school," says Angie. Talking about what -it's like to be a - teenager, organizing social events, con- tributing to community work, fund- raising, learning about all sorts of topics from drug abuse to sexuality are all possibilities for members of the post. "Any yotith" (undbt. 110 can 'joiti'"afidlt doesn't have to be a big group." But, your post is what you want to make it," says Angie. "And, it's the youth making decisions, not some adult walking in and telling you what to do. It's your ideas that run the post. I think that will attract a lot of kids," she says. Patty, who attended the conference as Angie's adult advisor, says along with in- terested youth, the post will be looking for two or three more advisors. But, the adults should be aware .that their involvement will be only to ad'v'ise and consult with the initiate activity youth, notto • "Youth still say, 'Who care?' when adults suggest what to do. They're more interested when they run the activities . themSelve," says Angie. Interested adults will probably go through a'type of probation before becom- ing an advisor for the post. ' -"The adult could work with the group for awhile ,and the group would vote on whether the adult could be an advisor of the post or not," says Angie. Before tackling peer education on topies such as alcohol and drug abuse or sexuali- ty, a senior post will be formed with high school students who will receive training courses on the subjects and then present the facts to the junior post members. But, Angie and Patty say they want to start with a junior post since they feel that high school students would not be recep- tive to Allied Yout and its aims. t "The organizatt says you don't have to drink or do drugs t ave a good time so we want to start from the bottom and work up. If you start at high school, you'd be beating a dead horse but you'd be getting the right ideas going at a junior level," says Angie. With that in mind, the twp would like to • make presentations at Goderich elemen- tary schools about Allied Youth and star- ting a junior post before the March Break. Once a post is formed with its own youth executive, members could -attend an Allied Youth conference in 1986 in Ottawa similar to the one Angie and Patty attended in Oc- tober. Allied Youth, which has been operating in Prince Edward Island for 16 years, also has pOsts in Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Texas and Pennsylvania. The 1985 con- ' ference invited two delegates from the rest of Canada's provinces for the.Interna- tional Year of the Youth. "Allied Youth works really well in Texas and PEI and I think it's definitely needed id Goderich," says Patty. "Youth tend to disbelieve adults but they'll talk a lot more about the things that concern them with people their own,age." DSP Dominion Securities Pitfield Limited 344 Andrew St. Exeter, Ontario Invites you to attend a SEMINAR ON RRSP's and SUCCESSFUL INVESTING ON MONDAY, jAislUARY 20th 7:30 p.m. THE HOTEL BEDFORD (Duchess Room) GODERICH TOPICS WILL INCLUDE: • Suitability of RRSP • Types of RRSP investments • Getting money out of an RRSP • Personal financial analysis • Mutual funds • Common and preferred share§ Reservations not required, but in order to arrange setting, a phone call 235-2231 confirming attendance, would be appreciated. COLLECT CALLS ACCEPTED.