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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1987-09-02, Page 6PAGE 6—GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1987 School Nevus Local d ar11a schools ready for Tuesday opening Next Tuesday, Sept. 8, is the first day of school for students attending Goderich and area schools and this week staff at the six schools are husy preparing for the onset of the 1987-88 school year. A total of 18 new teachers have been hired for these schools, with one teacher returning from a maternity leave, one teacher's aide hired and one teacher yet to be hired. AT ST. MARY'S At St. Mary's Separate School in Goderich, students can. expect to attend regular classes Sept. 8. New teachers at St. Mary's include: Mlle Francine Leblanc, who will be teaching Grade 3-4 French immersion; Mlle Gail Charlton, who will be teaching Kindergarten French immersion; Mr. David Mann, who will be teaching Grade 6-7; and; Mrs. Karla Hogan, the new resource teacher. Returning from mater- nity leave is Kindergarten teacher Mrs. Mary Anne Johnston. The newest class at St. Mary's school is the creation of the Grade 4 French immer- sion classroom. . Enrolment at the school is expected to be up slightly from last year's figures. AT THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS At Goderich's Victoria Public School, two new teachers and one teacher's aide have been hired. Mr. Wayne Nicholls has been hired as the new vice-principal. He will also be teaching a Grade 3 classroom. Janice- Buist will be working as the special educa- tion area teacher. Also hired at Victoria school is teacher's aide Mrs. Barbara Des- jardins who will be assisting in the special education classes. Robertson Memorial Public School will be welcoming four new teachers with one teacher yet to be hired for the 1987-88 school. year. Transferring from Hullett Central Public School is Mrs. Barbara Livermore EDUCATION L)..4mitott:vs.3.2m,:ahigua-fuh,P,,w,• who will be teaching Grade 1-2. Mr. Graham Yeats will be teaching Grade 7 as well as being responsible for the sports and physical education departments. Mr. Yeats is transferring to Robertson from Blyth Public School. Transferring from Clinton Public School is Mr. Vito Stecca who will be teaching the special education class. Fresh out of teacher's college is Miss Debbie Cunningham who will be working part-time in the library. Angus MacLennan, principal at Robert- son Memorial, said "the school is hoping to emphasize the sports and physical educa- tion departments this year as well as put- ting more emphasis on computer work.- , "We are hoping also to maintain our con- tacts and interest in the community by following our school and community theme," he added. "We are looming forward to an -excellent year and having a chance to work with the community as a whole." Enrolment at Robertson Memorial is ex- pected to be "pretty close" to last year's . figures. MacLennan expected the enrol- ment figure to be approximately 370-375 students at the Kindergarten to Grade 8 school. Three new teachers have been hired at Brookside Public. School. Miss Margariet Knetsch will be teaching French at Brookside. The new school resource teacher is Mr. Bill Farnell while Grade 5-6 will be taught by Mr. Bob Spittal. Student enrolment is expected to be up slightly from last year's figures. Out at Colborne Township Public School,, one new teacher has been hired. lah. Mary Anne Rea will, be teaching Grade 2-3 this year. ColborneAschod will also be Jcontinuing with their VIP (Values, Influences, and Peers) program_ this year. Enrolment expectations were not releas- ed since the last registration day is September 2. ATGDCI At Goderich District Collegiate Institute, students can expect. a morning assembly followed by a homeroom registration and class visitation periods, GDCI principal Herb Murphy said. Regular classes will begin Wednesday. Three new teachers have bee hired at GDCI this fall. Michael Ash will be teaching biology while John Clarke will be the computer science instructor. Mrs. Gerry Zurbrigg will be teaching mathematics and Miss Cathy Major will be teaching science while filling in for a first term maternity leave. • Murphy noted there are some additional courses being added this year at the basic level while a lot of courses throughout the entire school are in the midst of a six-year revision process. The biggest change at GDCI this year is the fact that developmentally handicapped students of high school age will be in- tegrated into the high school. Murphy noted the developmentally han- dicapped students will have their own staff but that integration into other classrooms will be made where possible. He noted some students would be taking phys.ed courses, personnal life management, shop and family studies courses, English, math and typing courses. "What courses they take varies accor- ding to the individual's ability to cope," he explained. Enrolment at GDCI is currently sitting about the same as last year's figure of "just a little over 800." School to resume on schedule despite fire damage in Exeter Officialsfrom the Huron County Board of Education have verified that school will resume on schedule for students attending Exeter Public School and Usborne Central Public School damaged earlier this week ,by fire. In spite of extensive damage at the Ex- eter Public School, the principal and Staff have been able to complete arrangements to house the 450 pupils in alternate loca- tions throughout the community. Offer.. to use community faqilities have been for- thcoming from municipal, church and business groups across the region. is anticipated that Kindergarten, Grades 5 and 6 will' have classes in local church halls while six primary classes will work in temporary classrooms in the com- munity centre. Five classes 'of Grades 7 and 8 students will be accommodated on a temporary. basis in South Huron District High School. Detailed assessment of damage of the Exeter building commenced late yester- day and continued throughout the day to- day. While repairs on the central core of the building may take several months it is hoped that portions of the building can be returned to service in the very near future. Repairs at the Usborne Central Public School have commenced today and will continue throughout the weekend. It is an- ticipated that classes will resume at the Usborne site with minimal changes in schedules on Sept. 8. Principals at both schools have resumed fat -time duties and pre available • for detailed information as required. Officials at the Education Centre in Clinton are quite grateful for demonstrations of com- munity support and the manner in which • technical support for commencing the ma- jor repair projects has been given. 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