The Huron Expositor, 1987-11-25, Page 57.1
AIDS education common in Huron schools
.With an ever-growing population of AIDS
victims worldwide, and, closer to home, the
death 'of an AIDS victim in Huron County on-
ly a
n-ly'a short while ago, the recent introduction
of. an AIDS package for, school is a timely
occurrence.
The Ministry of Education has brought
forward resources that will soon be
available for Huron County Schools. There
are more visual aids available, as well as
what Jim'. Empringham, principal_ of
Seaforth District High School calls a "whole
mitt full of stuff from the ministry." He fur-
ther explains last•apring the school received
some preliminary material, and now have
eceived'the-package-which-is-about an-ine
htogether a package, and the Huron -Perth and should be ,good for diem, and I hope
County Roman Catholic Separate School parents view it the same way," says Mr.
Board will look at it and decide how to adopt Mammal
it. There has been a committee formed to Huron Centennial in Brucefield hair
this end, and it.has already held one meeting also worked the MDS topic into a general
and will be holding another on•November 27. Health program for Grades 7 and '8' with
Dennis Mackey, consultant of Religion similar results.
and Family Life has been working closely At S.D H.$. AIDS has been discussed with
,with the committee. He says the program Grade 10 students as part of the Physical
will deal with three basic sections. The first Education curriculum called Human Sex -
is the facts and Just getting information tc uality which has been in operation the last
students. The second is .sexual responsibilf• three years. About an hour to an hour and a
ty, which will deal with topics like chastity half was spent on AIDS, mainly as an infor-
and abstainance. And the third is the social . mation and awareness presentation: '
responsibility - the whole moral issue sur
-rounding-AIDs Nrnlr the Ministry of Education has made
thick.
This package from the ministry is being
used by Grades 7 and 8 as well as Grade 10
students. Mr. Empringham explains there
is enough scope within the resource book to
be able to tailor it to the maturity of
students.
Most Huron,County schools have been ad-
dressing the subject of AIDS prior to the in-
troduction of the ministry material,
Gary Jewitt, the principal at Seaforth
g
Public School, says°SPS has been talking
about AIDS in their regular •Health courses
for. Grades 7 and 8s. In the Health cours
toplie such as"family-'-life;-adolescen
Mr. Mackey says • there has. been a very it mandatory AIDS education be given in
favorable reaction from the board concern- high schools. The sessions are again not
ing the program, and now an implementa- compulsory for students who are. for some
tion plan is the concern. reason offended by them, but a mandate has
There will be' a parent meeting' in early been given the information must be
January to gauge public reaction to. the pro- available.
gram. This will be closely followed by a There are many resources supplied by the
teacher in-service to look.at the program ministry such as films, and the Huron Conn -
and the resources. If all goes Well the pro- ty Board of 'Education AIDS Committee has
gram will be presented to students in the "said they are of outstanding quality.
form of three lessons which will take up five "AIDS has not been the focal point that it
or six class periods depending on the will be, ' says Terry Johnston, the head of
amount of discussion. the Physical Education . department at
e
Other public schools* in the Huron have S.D.H.S. He added instead of spending 1-11
--been-discussing--AIDS--2s- part of their , h-perreek-on-AIDSTa-fuli-weekor-five-
development; and venereal .disease are
discussed, so AIDS is a topic that comes up
• naturally and has been dealt with. Members
of the Huron County Health Unit are brought
into the school to give the students the infor-
mation they need for the health course.
Mr. Jewitt says parents have been very
supportive of what is being done. They have
the right to pull their child out of the classes,
but so far none have.
Mr. Jewittsays the material presented by
the ministry is already covered` by the
health unit. The necessity for further in-
struction is being discussed and the school
has received the new material. He says
because of all the media attention AIDS has
been getting children are naturally curious
and wait to get the facts.
The information is being presented to the
kids carefully and iri a positive way, keeping
in mind the local morals and values.
"We don't want to counter anything done
in the home," says Mr. Jewitt. •
Separate schools in Huron -Perth will soon
be having AIDS education as well.
The Institute of •Catholic Education put
regular Sex education type programs with' hours will probably be spent now.
problems from neither the students nor
their parents. "My feeling is that it is one of the most im=
Jim Axtmann, principal at Brussels portant things we can teach kids. It doesn't
Public School, says they included AIDS as matter how physically or mentally fit you
part of their Health program at BPS this are if you have AIDS," said Mr. Johnston.
year for Grade 8s only. The school is going to be looking . for
"It's nothing really to get excited about. parent feedback on the issue. The program
It's taught in a tactful way. It's necessary will be starting sometime in April or May.
Record deer harvest reported
The Wingham District Office of . the
Ministry of Natural Resources says close to
350 deer were harvested •during the recent
hunt, an increase' of 20 per cent over last
year.
According to District Biologist Mike
Malhiot, "Recent..mild winters have com=
• bined with the ministry's harvest manage-
ment to result in a Huron County deer
population which is the .highest in bistory".
He adds' that the record harvest this year
will ensure a' healthy and productive herd
well in the future.
SPECIAL PRESENTATION- Members of the Seaforth Police Department were guests
of honor at a dinner put on by the,Optimist Club on Thursday night. At the conclusion of
the meal Bili Holman presented a VCR system to Police Chief Hal Claus. The system
will be used to view educational films and to help with the implementation of the
Values, Influences and Peers program currently taught to elementary school students.
Mcflwraith photo,
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PULSAR
A record number of 1,314 hunters received
deer tags for the controlled hunt in the
Wingham District, up 14 per cent from last
year. A total of. 244 deer were brought to
MNR check stations at Wingham, Hullett
and Zurich where the animals were weigh-
ed, aged, and sampled for a variety of
biological indices, using tests which are
standards throughout North America.
The largest buck brought in weighed 251
lbs. dressed weight, (335 lbs. live weight),
and was three -and -one-half years old. Ten
bucks weighed over 200 lbs. dressed weight,
but only eight animals were over four -and -
one -half years old. Fawns and yearlings
made up 65 per cent of the total harvest
MNR staff have radio -collared and ear -
tagged 24 deer in Huron -County -over -the -
past three years as part of a province -wide
study. Three of the collared deer • were
harvested by hunters this year.
Of the 12 mortalities among the collared
deer to date, seven deathshave been at-
tributed to hunters; two each were killed by
dogs and vehicles, and one was .killed by
poachers.
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