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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1986-07-09, Page 21�.4 Community Meet your changing financial pbli- gations with a Financial Security Planning Program from The Co-operators. Call today for complete information. Jim Bell C O the 0 co-opela toilInserenCe Services GODERICH:, 31 West Street.,524-2138 LIFE • HOME AUTO • COMMERCIAL FARM TRAVEL GODERICH SIGN A 1 ''t' \ fi WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1986 --PAGE M THE GODERICH KM CLASSIC RUN AN OPEN RACE FOR RUNNERS .AND JOGGERS OF ALL AGES Sat.urday, .July 19. 1986 9:30 a.m. Start Over $740. in PRIZES for more information contact TOWN OF GODERICH RECREATION DEPARTMENT 524-2125 in conjunction with THE FESTIVAL OF ARTS AND CRAFTS Artwork along with the poetry created by students at the Bluewater Secondary School has been put together into a book available to community groups. Art class is one of the most popular at the ,school. The walls of the art class are full of students' inspired creations. School on the inside • from page 1 work quickly, can work on one subject. area at a time if they wish and are recognized regularly for their achievements. • "I deliver the achievement papers to the kids myself and that makes it somehow more of an achievement," says Weary. Her accessibility to the students because of the small' size of the school is also a positive aspect of the school. "It gives the students a feeling of talking to the top person and that makes life easier for all of us," she says. Students "come from anywhere from Owen Sound to Brantford to Windsor and from other areas in Ontario while five other young offenders jacilities are prepared to be opened. ___. . A lot of students have been out of school for years and many have bits and pieces of two or three grade levels. The young of- fenders are given a choice of attending school or joining a work crew and 20 per cent ,of those who had not been attending school on the outside go back to school. • So far, one student has completed his . Grade 12 diploma at BIuewater. Because of the obvious restrictions on the residents, attendance is regular at 75 per cent since students are either in school or ill. "We have a lot fewer distractions here. There's no getting sidetracked on the way," says Weary. The.10 teachers on staff have a six to one ratio with the students and therefore, get to know their students reasonably well. "Some of the students have had pro- blems all the way through school and it's a lot easier in • a small group to be able to deal With those problems," she says. • Working at Bluewater Secondary School has reinforced to Weary that kids are kids no matter where they are. • "Kids are as polite here as you'll ever find. They're really quite respectful and cooperative. If they hadn't come from families with problems or had had more attention in school, they might not be here." "They're no different from a lot of kids °out in society except that these ones have been caught," she says. . The students at Bluewater come from all socio-economic backgrounds and have all levels of ability but many'have been emo- tionally or financially deprived. Teacher Iva Wood says working Bluewater Secondary School is very satis- fying for many reasons. The small class size means that teachers can see their students' progression much more clearly and she says,phe's astounded by the amount of work students will do when they can work at their own speed. "I'vediscovered that kids.can virtually teach themselves and I used to think they had to be ,spoon-fed. And, I do a lot more marking because everything they do is --evaluated.. It's amazing what a -difference it makes when work is -not assigned," she, says. She also sees benefits in the fact that students do not have the pressure of keep- ing up or being so far ahead of a class that they're bored. She says, however, that it would be difficult to put this type of teaching into general practice since a very low teacher -pupil ratio is necessary. Weary says the school is in the process of developing a co-op education program with students working at the different jobs within the Bluewater community. "The boys find it an exciting thing that they can work and get credits at the same time," she says. The students' life experiences' are also tied into the subjects whenever possible. The results have been. put together into a book of poetry and artwork which will be distributed to interested groups in the Goderich community. "Students have to face up to where they've been before they can go on to where we want them, to gd," says Weary. Weary continues to see positive progress in the students at Bluewater Secondary School. 4 "Jim was surly when he first got here. He blamed us for his being here and he's come a long way. But, like most of us, he still has a long way to go," she says. Anti -drinking and driving summercampaign launched Sale Prices in Effect Until •!'', k Wednesday, July 16 Great Savin, s Throughou the Store! The Ministry of the Attorney General will expand its anti -drinking and driving pro - grata to the summer months with the help of students in communities across Ontario. Tl a ammistr3"s "Arrive Alive '86" pro - gran -4 which will employ 88 high school • students in 39 communities of the province, encourages young people" to get involved in anti -drinking and driving efforts by plann- ing ti program suited to their particular . o0iunity, and carrying it out at the local level • "Arrive Alive '86" will be a persuasive cainpaign because it is being conducted at • the grassr000ts leV . It's a program that will hit close tohome, .ust as the fatal statistics eonceming, drinking and driving have hit close to hn a for so many people in this pro- vince," said : Attorney General Ian Scott. To support the students' efforts, the _minisiry-has produced a radio spot to air in key resort areas, a television public service announcement, and window decals for distribution across the.province. "Statistics have shown us that more peo- ple are killed and injured on our highways during the summer months than at any other time of the_year, "Arrive Alive '86" will help reduce the significant number of drinking and driving accidents during this peak period," Scott said. ' Participating students will be perforning skits, talking on local television and radio shows, setting up information booths in shopping malls and at Witmer festivals, They will be making presentations to local clubs and 'organisations and distributing itt- formation throughout tourist areas and campgrounds. • All Tilley Leather Wallets 15°'°off • All Giftware 10°° Off • All Sunglasses 25%Off • Y & S LicoricelRed Nibs 300 gr. Bonus Size! 8 69* Save 40c •'Bassett's Licorice Alisorts 450 gr. Bonus Pack Size! $1 69,, ■ Save 60° • Hostess Potato Chips Assorted Varieties 200 gr. • .Selected Fisher-Price Toys 25° ° Off $139 ■ Save 50, • Bic Disposable Lighters 690 Save 40c • M & M's Candy $ gg Plain & Peanut 200 gr. bag 1 ■ Save 40' • Kleenex Facial Tissue Save sob 200'`s 89° North Side of 4hopper's SgUal°e ,.GDEnyO 524.6901. j °#