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The Huron Expositor, 1988-09-28, Page 3012A — THE HURON '"XPOSITOR, OCTOBER 5, 1988 Alternate class provides drop -outs with a second chance One left school to look for a job, one left and are dedicated to their studies. because he didn't get along with his "You're here because you want to be teachers, one left to help out with the family here," explains one student, "You do your business, one left to marry a high school work because you want to do it, not because sweetheart... Greg's saying 'have you done this'." But all of these people who dropped of ` of The alternate class provides students with high school have been given a secure; I ost of the courses offered at SDHS, but chance, because Project Reconsider has they do them independently as they would a come to Seaforth. correspondence course. The important dif- Project Reconsider has resulted in the ference is that a teacher is available to Ministry of Education allocating $50,000 to guide them through the rough spots. the Huron County Board of Education for The idea of the class is t , offer a more funding of Alternate Education programs, flexible and less formal environment for primarily to provide educational oppor- mature students. Several of the people in the tunities for early school leavers, or people class have other commitments such as who can't attend regular day school classes. families or jobs, and a classroom has to be So far classes have started up at highschools flexible for them to fit it into their schedules. in Clinton, Exeter, recently Goderich and Also, the students at the alternate class Seaforth, and a fifth class will be starting in don't have to deal with making a lot of social Wingham in January. adjustments in their classroom which they Seaforth District High School is offering a may have had to if they were in a regular class for people who want to pick up courses day school environment. If they had taken to get their diplomas or just get extra regular classes at SDHS some of the women credits. The alternate class is offered during in the alternate class would be attending regular school hours in a room on the second school with their children, so they find the storey of Seaforth Town Hall. alternate class more comfortable. Greg Sherwood teaches the class, and of- The atmosphere in the alternate class is fers assistance as needed to each of his nine less formal, but it is also productive. There students as they work through their courses are few rules, and students are allowed to independently. He says the people who at- make up their own timetables and decide on tend his course take school seriously now what days and for how long they will be in class when they begin their course. "And you can even chew gum here," remarks a student. Some students come every second after- noon, others come only once a week, accor- ding to what their everyday schedules per- mit. Students are, however, expected to stick to the schedules they make up, or let the school know if they aren't coming in. While the high school classes can't be as flexible as the alternate class can, the alter- nate class also has its limitations. There are limited resources available for art courses, shop courses, etc. And there are currently no computers in the room for business or computer courses, but they may become available once the class becomes popular enough to warrant the extra investment. Students must supply their own materials for their courses if they are taking a course such as art which requires extra materials, but there is no fee for the course. The alter- nate class students are funded on the same basis as regular students by the Ministry of Education, and all their study materials are provided. The $50,000 grant the HCBE received is for starting up costs for alter- nate classes, such as books, chairs and ad- ministrative costs. Robb Parr, Vice Principal at SDHS, says adult education is the fastest growing area SCHOOL EXECUTIVE - The students at Huron Centennial School in Brucefield recently elected their student council. Representing them will be: Back - Jennifer Kipfer; Kelli Rathwell; Robyn Car- nochan, President; Julie Betties, Secretary; Jeff Oesch, Vice President; Bryan Durand, Treasurer; Deanna Ford and Mike Hayter. Middle - Raymond Beierling, Heather McMillan, Tina Gra- inger, Matt Turner, Steven Geiger, Charlen Sanson, Sara Gingerich and Lucas McMillan. Front - Leanne L,.deau, Jill .;ar- nochan and Jeff McGregor. Mcllwraith photo. We are making it easier for you to do business with us. In July we announced Access Small Business - a series of measures to ensure that our procurement system is as open and fair as possible. Under Access Small Business: • you'll have more chances to bid for contracts with our improved bid rotation system. • we're putting small business advocates in key areas of our organization to work directly for you and with you. • it will be easier for you to sub -contract on major government purchases. • we're setting up a contract information centre and improving our publications so you'll have more and better information to work with. of education in the province right now. An example alternate class he uses to support this is the Clinton class. It originally opened with 15 students in March of 1987 and now has 60 students. He has been helping with the organization of a night school alternate class in Seaforth, and says there are 10 people already who have said they would make use of it. The class would be available twice a week for about four hours per night. The only thing holding back the class is the lack of a teacher, but Mr. Parr is hoping to find one. A similar night school class may be star- ting in Goderich with over 100 people in- terested. The school is Just trying to do its best to accommodate all of them. "Those of us who have a diploma don't realize how important a piece of paper that it is, or the limitations in terms of job oppor- tunities you have without it," says Mr. Parr. "There are a number of people who would not come to a school and take the courses they need, but they are happy in another environment." Van Egmond Houser Horticulture Society to cosponsor meeting In an effort to start community groups cooperating with each other, the Seaforth Horticultural Society will co-sponsor its next meeting with the Van Egmond Foundation. "We think it's important for community groups to cooperate with one another, and that's what we're trying to do by co- sponsoring this event with the Van Egmond Foundation," said Nancy Kale, president of the Horticulture Society. She added both groups are also trying to indicate to the public that they would enjoy working hand- in-hand more with the community and other groups, either in hosting special events, or in combining meetings. The cd -sponsored meeting, which will be held October 12 in the Interpretive Centre beside the Van Egmond House, is open to the public and will feature Ken Buck of K.W. Buck and Associates of Guelph as the guest speaker. Mr. Buck, who drafted the streetscape plan for Seaforth, will speak on early Victorian Gardens. Refreshments, in- cluding apple cider and homemade apple fritters will be served. Prior to Mr. Buck's talk, the public is in- vited on a tour of the Van Egmond House and may possibly get a sneak preview of an art exhibit to open there next weekend. "Anyone interested in Victorian Gardens is welcome to come out," said Mrs. Kale, but cautions those interested to dress warmly. The meeting will begin at 8 p.m. with the tour of the Van Egmond House a half hour before that at 7:30 p.m. Seaforth Manor resident bake fresh dinner scones "October" The frosts of October are white on the gras The meadows and fields turning brown The leaves of the maples, in showers of gel Drift silently, steadily down. Horace A. Robert The Ladies Baking Class started a ne week of activities at Seaforth Manor, whe they baked fresh scones which were enjoye by all for dinner. In the afternoon Drusilla Leitch visited for fun and fitness exercises in the activity room. Her enthusiasm seems to inspire the residents as they do their exercises. Tuesday morning student volunteers from Grade .6 of the Seaforth Public School assisted with wheelchair bowling. Residents welcomed the students again and this is one program that is always well attended. Residents also look for -ward to their chats with the students. In the afternoon the movie "The Golden Seal" was shown on the video which residents enjoyed. Wednesday was worship service when Father C. Caruana conducted the Ecumen- cial Service in the absence of Rev. Donald Jones. Thursday saw fun and fitness exercises held in the day room while Friday morning was men's discussion group. Everyone pre- sent seemed to enjoy reminiscing about some of the happenings of years gone by. Bingo winners in the afternoon were - Margeurite Shill, Margaret Smale, Pat Ryan, Wilma Brill, Denis Arney, Doris Smith. Ila Gardiner, Cassie Nicholson and Bert Deichert. The Resident Council met on Saturday at 2 pm for their monthly meeting. "Birthday Greetings" to Patrick Ryan who celebrated his birthday on Saturday s and to Frank Smale who will be 88 years young on Tuesday. d PERSONALS Tom Jordon of Mitchell visited his uncle s Wm. Connolly last Friday. Mary K. Ryan enjoyed an outing with n daughter Theresa Simpson. d Isabel Scott visited with husband Bill. Visitin with Edith Jessome during the week were Les, Trevor, Carl and Shawna Jessome also Suzanne, Keisha and Kyle Mennell and her friend Mildred Jones of Exeter. Visiting with Marjorie Ryan were Jack and Steve Ryan also her daughter Sister Teresa Ryan of Peru, her husband Lawrence and Nelson Ryan. Wayne Jessome of Ottawa visited his mother Edith Jessome on Saturday and on Sunday Edith was out to her home for a family gathering. Jenny Hildebrand enjoyed an outing on Sunday with family and also saw her new grandson Tyler. Gladys Ruston was out with family Sun- day to celebrate a 29th anniversary. Irene Omand was out with members of family to a birthday party. Barbara Alexander of Egmondville visited her mother Cassie Nicholson. Visiting with Inez Spittal was her friend Elsie Southgate. Helen Kirby took Mamie Ross to Blyth last Friday to visit her sister at the Ram- meloo N.H. We are sorry to report Norma Jeffrey is presently confined to Seaforth Community Hospital. James Nolan has also been confin- ed to hospital but is expected to return to Seaforth Manor shortly. Hullett township accepts tender At a meeting held earlier this month Hullett Township council accepted the tender of Dennis Wilhelm Construction in the amount of $42,578 plus $40 connection, for the work on the Storey Drainage Works Repair and Improvement Upstream Exten- sion and Branches A, B and C. Council also required the open work be completed this fall with the drain completed in the spring of 1989, if the weather doesn't allow completion in the fall of 1988. Council also passed a by-law to provide for a drainage works in the Township of Hullett and for borrowing on the credit of the municipality in the amount of $59,000 for its completion. Other by-laws, one for the purpose of in- corporating that part of Goderich Street in Auburn lying within the boundaries of Hullett Township into the Hullett Township Road System, and another to erect stop signs at intersections, were also passed. Hullett Township has authorized its recreation coordinator to place an advertis- ment in the area newspapers requesting nominees for citizen of the year in Hullett Township. The recreation coordinator has also been authorized to purchase sweaters for the minor ball teams in the township. Hullett's Clerk -Treasurer has been authorized to contact Bell Telephone on the possibility of installing an outside pay telephone at the Londesboro Hall, and its Road Superintendent has been authorized to advertise for snowplowing in the northwest portion of the township (with tenders to be in by 5 p.m. October 3). In other business council agreed to give playground leader Tracy Middleton a $25 bonus; to send at least one township grader operator to a grader school in Huron in 1989 if the County can arrange the school; and to charge $250 per copy for microfiche of the assessment roll to the Huron Real Estate Board or anyone requesting copies. Hullett Township council also endorsed in principle, a project involving the upgrading of the existing community hall, in order that its life might be extended. Maplewood residents look to thanksgiving Residents of Maplewood Manor enjoyed the usual activities of the week. Tuesday afternoon Gertie Taylor, Mary Lupul, Ethel Coleman and Anna Agar got together for a few games of euchre. Wednesday afternoon proved to be quite busy at Maplewood when nurses from the Health Unit came for a Foot Care Clinic. Residents as well as other members of the community took advantage of their visit and greatly appreciated the service that they provided. 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