The Times Advocate, 2004-03-31, Page 22 Exeter Times—Advocate
Wednesday,March 31, 2004
Regional
wrap up
Win division
GODERICH — The
Goderich Legion Branch
109 Peewee Sailorettes
hockey team captured
the inaugural girls
championship at Young
Canada Week with a 4-1
win over Woodstock.
The Goderich Signal -
Star reported a near
capacity crowd — com-
plete with horns, signs
and anything else used
to rally the troops —
packed the Maitland
Recreation Centre to
support the hometown
Sailorettes March 20.
Jr. D. franchise
SEAFORTH
Seaforth's proposal to
start up a Junior D.
hockey team after a
two-year absence was
turned down March 21
by the Ontario Hockey
Association's junior
development league.
The Huron Expositor
reported while organiz-
er Jason Papple point-
ed to the loss of
Seaforth players from
the Mitchell Hawks for
the 7-6 league vote
against Seaforth, the
OHA's junior develop-
ment chair Karen
Phibbs said the whole
league was concerned
about the number of
available players in the
area.
Approves
e
CLINTON — Central
Huron residents will
see a 3.01 per cent hike
in their municipal
property taxes for
2004.
The Clinton News -
Record reported coun-
cil agreed to the hike at
a meeting March 15,
which was attended by
only one resident who
was concerned about
budget deliberations.
Food Share
BLYTH — The North
Huron Community
Food Share will launch
its new April campaign
in hopes of collecting
more food for the
needy and in support of
this, local groups will
be holding food drives
throughout the area.
The Citizen reported
the Food Share, which
started with a dedicat-
ed group of volunteers
10 years ago, is govern-
ment registered and
operated by a board of
directors. It is funded
solely through contri-
butions and is a non-
denominational food
bank, which should not
be confused with any of
the food banks operat-
ed by local churches.
Board spokesperson
Maggie Myers said the
Food Share's aim is to
collect enough non-per-
ishable food items to
last until November
during its month-long
campaign.
New curriculum
brings problems
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per cent success rate for
the Huron -Perth board's
initial version of the
OSSLC, offered to 13 stu-
dents during the fall/win-
ter semester at St. Anne's
secondary school in
Clinton. Three more ver-
sions of the OSSLC are
being held this semester
at St. Michael secondary
school in Stratford.
"I was talking to one of
the teachers for this
course, and she was very
excited that these stu-
dents are learning the lit-
eracy skills that they
couldn't demonstrate in
the (OSSLT)," Parr told
trustees. He added "it's
still a very strenuous cur-
riculum" that not all stu-
dents — particularly
some identified with
Special Needs — will be
able to pass, but "the
Literacy Course is a very
important element in sav-
ing a lot of these stu-
dents."
As Students -at -Risk
principal — hired as the
Huron -Perth board's
response to a grant pro-
vided late last year by the
provincial government —
Parr has encountered
some other less -publi-
cized effects of the new
curriculum. Of particular
concern is a high failure
rate in Grades 9 and 10
math and science among
students hoping to enter
the workforce following
high school.
From the recently -com-
pleted fall/winter semes-
ter, there was a 10.5 per
cent failure rate among
students taking Grade 9
science at what's called
the "Applied" level. For
Grade 10 Applied science,
the failure rate was 11.5
per cent. Applied -level
Math failure rates in
those two grades were
6.5 per cent and 10 per
cent.
This trend is similar
across the province, and
is identified by King as a
key reason why 25 per
cent of students entering
high school in Ontario
choose not to complete
their studies. In the
Huron -Perth board, the
"drop-out rate" is 10 per
cent, which Parr says is
still "an indication that
there's work to be done."
According to Parr, the
poor success rate in these
courses leads to trouble
for school administrators
when it comes to schedul-
ing or even offering
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Applied -level courses in
Grade 11 and 12. "Our
two high schools try to
offer a broad menu of
workbound courses in
Grades 11 and 12, but it's
hard because the stu-
dents who are in the
workbound stream aren't
there signing up for
Grade 11 courses," he
explained. "They're still
back trying to get their
Grade 9 and 10 courses."
Parr advised trustees
that the challenges faced
by Applied -level students
need to be addressed. He
also suggested promoting
the option of attending
Summer School courses,
offered in this district by
the Avon Maitland
District School Board.
Friday is the Canadian Cancer Society's annual Daffodil Day. Locally, the Exeter
Daffodil Day will be run by the Beta Sigma Phi Sorority for the 30th year. Sorority
members will be selling daffodils in businesses throughout town to raise money
for the Cancer Society. Daffodils are sold at $6 a bunch (10 blooms) or $10 for
two bunches. From left are sorority members Brenda Hennessey, Marian Rider,
Elsie Hermann and Donna Jones. (photo/Scott Nixon)
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