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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1989-05-02, Page 21.. yam^@� waa\a ....r"°` h�:a..."�,�•_'. :... COLLEEN SCHENK of Wingham applied make-up to Sherry Dekker, one of the models at the recent fashion show at the F. E. Madill Secondary School. The co-ed and varsity cheerleading squads sponsored the show. Wendy McBride, Editor In Grade 1, the students are still working on spring. centres and making animal puzzles. Their room is decorated with butterflies, rab- bits and chicks. They have just fin- ished a review of vowel sounds. Mrs. Kerr's class read . stories in the morning and afternoon. They have a train game and do addition facts. Donny is first, Heather is sec- ond and Greg is third. They are making a big book now to show where butterflies go when it rains. —Shanda Mitchell Miss Sandilands says that all the students really enjoyed themselves at the spring concert. All their teachers are proud of them. The stude°' are working hard on their indivi .al novel study. They also have begun a new unit on rabbits. Miss Sandilands is try- ing to confuse them with tanogram puzzles. ..,Debbie Leachman Mrs. Schedler's Grade 5 is read ing Laura Ingalls Wilder's books to go along with their pioneer unit They are creating "Amazing Mr.' booklets and have had a science test on "electricity' and a math test on geometry. Many people are par- ticipating in the music festival. —Andrea Gauld Mr. Bowyer's class has had a very interesting tour of the Con- estoga Chair company. They learned the different steps in mak- ing chairs. Two F. E. Madill students are tutoring some of the pupils in the class. They are taking a field trip to the Chatsworth Fish Hatchery soon. —Todd Harrison Mr. Lisle's Grade 7-8 has been working on sketching classroom art and the results are excellent. They just have completed their unit on "The Canadian Shield" and are starting a new unit on the prairie provinces in geography. Nathan Laidlaw went to the Huron County Science Fair and enjoyed himself immensely. —Mark Steffen This week Mr. Shaw's Grade 8 class has been busy completing math, science and geography tests. We just have finished watching the last episode of "Anne of Green Gables". We had art with Mrs. Graham last Tuesday. We did finger -paint- ings and monograms. We are also busy with basketball and volleyball- intrarnurals and soon will be prac tising for an upcoming bordenball tournament. —Andrea Plumb SPECIAL EVENTS Students from all of the schools in Huron County brought their sci- ence fair projects to Clinton on Sat- urday, April 26. Wingham Public School was well represented by Nathan Laidlaw, Marc Poulin, Mark Steffen and Todd Harrison. Mark's computer project won a nice plaque from IBM and Todd earned a second -place medallion for his project on "Pond Pollu- tants". Marc will be travelling to St. John's, Newfoundland, next month with his first -place project on "Antacids". We wish Marc all the best as he represents our school at the Canada -wide fair. Congratula- tions to all four boys. —Wendy McBride - Six members •, of Auxiliary enjoy conference A very enjoyable and informative day was spent in Exeter by six members of the Auxiliary to Wing- ham and District Hospital. The day's events were led by chairman of Region Two, Alice Moore of Guelph. President's roll call was answered by telling different ways each hospital represented recog- nizes Hospital Day. Several are cele- brating by recognizing the volun- teers, as is the Wingham area. Julie Lee from Survival Through ' Friendship House in Goderich was an informative speaker. The statis- tics she gave made the members shudder and vow to do more to stop this horrifying offense in our society. Three workshops completed the morning, with a choice of "Tray Favors", "Drug Use and Abuse" and "Break -Open Lottery". At the luncheon, greetings were extended from several dignitaries, including Mary Lou Thompson, chairman of Region Two Council. A fashion show of spring clothes was interesting afternoon entertain- ment. The annual meeting of Region Two followed, with installa- tion of officers and the announcing of the fall conference Sept. 25 in Guelph. The Wingham Advance -Time May 2,..x;989"- Pag C. Curzon works at WPS through co-op education By Christa Curzon Hello, my name is Christa Cur- zon. I am in my graduating year at the F. E. Madill Secondary School and am participating in the co- operative education program at the school. I have found it to be very rewarding. I am working at the Wingham Public School, helping the school secretary in the office. My job is very interesting and I am learning a lot. I am at the school four mornings each week for a tonal of 10 hours per week. When I am at the school, I use the computer a great deal of the time. I usually type letters, newsletters, agendas for meetings, minutes of meetings, as well as stories and songs. I also use the typewriter a lot, along with the ditto machine and the photocopy machine. My duties vary from day to day. I collect the daily attendance from each classroom, I answer the tele- phone and take messages. I also greet visitors to the school. Sometimes I care for a child who has been hurt and every Thursday I type the "What's News" column for the newspaper. I also place mail for the teachers in their mailboxes. I find that having something dif- ferent to do every day is good because I never get bored doing the same things day in and day out. My supervisor is Mrs. Nicholson and I appreciate everything she has taught me. She has always been patient with me, even when I am learning to do something new and ask a lot of questions. I have learned a great deal about what goes on in the office of a full- service school-. When I went to• the Wingham Public School, I never really knew what went on in the office. Now that I am on the other side of the fence, I am amazed at how much work Mrs. Nicholson is expected to do. I decided to enroll in co-operative education because I wanted to learn what it would be like to work in an area in which I am interested. It allows you to get a feeling about what it is like to work in real work. I also wanted to get hands-on experience, which many people never get a chance to do. I have benefitted a great deal from my experience. I have learned how to complete tasks to the best of my ability. Also, I have learned how to deal with co-workers, chil- dren and visitors to the school. I have gained a great deal of valuable information from my experience at the public school. 1 feel that anyone considering taking a co-op course should do so because you will find it to be very rewarding. I thank (co-op program co-ordi- nator) Jim Inwood very much for all his help and a special thanks goes to Mrs. Nicholson for allowing me to learn, while having the patience to teach me. Also, I thank the staff at Wing - ham Public School for all their help and support. I feel like I am part of their little family. Thanks, every- one! 4�r-,t, LOuntry Convenience Wroxeter 335-3446 5. Litre size TIDE 3.99 Hours: 7 am -8 pm, Mon. -Fri. 8 am -8 pm, Saturday 11 am -4 pm, Sunday VII it)) N'th Huron Credit Union Limitecl Corner Josephine and Albert Streets WINGHAM • 357-2311 Did you know you could earn 9.5% interest from the first dollar of your savings, ' with interest paid monthly? Our daily interest chequing/savings account pays 6% interest with no fees for deposits, withdrawals or certified cheques. Cheques are just 200 each. On our personal chequing accounts with a minimum monthly balance of $500.00 your chequing is free. 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