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DO YOU REMEMBER LAST SUMMER?
it's Tillie To Buy
Asir Conditioning
CLIMATE MASTER
NO MORE PLEEZE - It was a bit nippy on
Saturday, and to the chagrin of volunteers,
the Queen's Tavern held its Dunk Tank
anyway. All proceeds went towards the
Seaforth Community Hospital Expansion
fund. Mcllwraith photo.
.General level
A recent study shows that the Huron Coun-
ty Board of Education should be doing more
for its general level student population.
The impetus for the study was George
Radwanski's "Radwanski report" -the
same report which outraged educators in
the province in 1988.
Radwanski's study of the dropout rate
pointed out that the majority of dropouts are
general level students, as opposed to basic
.level or academic level. Radwanski said
there are three reasons for this: dropout
general level students (those who study
Mathematics and English at the general
level, and typically.don't plan to attend
university) don't adjust well to high school
- when they start in Grade 9, don't form a
strong bond to the school and typically
aren't involved in clubs, teams, choir, etc.,
and many have after school employment.
Arnold Mathers, Superintendent of Pro-
gram with the Huron County Board of
Education (HCBE), says most educators
misjudged the Radwanski report.
"To most people it was a surprise. Most
teacher groups reacted very poorly to it and
said `you're a reporter, 'you're not part of
the education system'."
But in March 1988 Mr. Mathers and other
educators from Huron County attended a
"Mission Possible" conference in Toronto
where George 'Radwanski was the keynote
speaker. Mr. Mathers says he was impress-
ed with the way Radwanski presented his
:repel -ton'
'I think he did a masterful job -of answer-
ing the critics," says •Mr. Mathers. "And we
got back and said does this exist in 'Huron
County, and if it does what are the underly-
ing reasons?"
The first thing the General Level Study
Committee did was determine the dropout
rates in the various levels. In 1987-88 in
Huron 102 general level .students dropped
out, while only 11 academic level students
left school..ln the 198687 school year the dif-
ference was nearly as dramatic: 107 general
level dropouts compared to 20 academic
students.
Having determined that what are typical-
ly thought of as urban school educational
problems also affect Huron, the committee
set up an exit survey to find out why
students leave school. What they like and
what they don't like, what they can take and
what they can't.
The committee also put together a
package, to be given to students when they
WEDDINGS
students deserve better
leave school, with materials to help them
find agencies that would assist them in fin-
ding work, farther their education through
correspondence, or getting an appren-
ticeship, etc.
"We wanted people to leave with a good
feeling about the school, and what we've
found is by doing this kids will come back in-
to the school and ask 'how can I take a cor-
respondence course'," says Mr. Mathers.
TRANSIITIONITO GRADE 9
Next the committee looked at the transi-
tion students must make from Grade 8 to
Grade 9. An experiment was done at South
Huron secondary school in Exeter where a
staff member from the school was assigned
to each of South Huron's feeder schools to
meet with the Grade eights, bring them in-
formation, help them select courses, and
generally become a friendly face for the
coming school year.
Another experiment will be to eliminate
streaming in Grade 9, and Central Huron in
Clinton will try this next year. Instead of
streaming students into basic, general or
academic levels, all students will take the
same course, To eliminate streaming in
Grade 9 is also a recommendation in the
provincial government's throne speech.
ATTENDANCE PATTERNS
The General Level Study Committee also
looked at attendance patterns leading to
dropout, and found you can predict as far
back as grade three or four a student who is
going tee drop out /in Grade. 10,tby:the:fact
that they will ,already' have 'developed it-_
regular attendance habits.
"Which means that you have to intervene
much earlier in attendance. Attendance
councillors must be willing to take on
parents who are letting kids stay home,"
says Mr. Mathers.
He adds that there was hardly evidence of
a student with perfect attendance leaving
school, except in circumstances where there
is a family problem, a student getting preg-
nant, or a similarly traumatic experience.
UNFAIR EVALUATION
Mr. Mathers says the last area of study
was something of a surprise for the
committee.
"Teachers felt that they treated advanced
and general level students equitably when
marking, but the statistics didn't bear that
out.
The committee looked at how students are
evaluated in the five high schools in Huron
county, and foundthat inequalities exist. At
one school students taking general level
Grade 10 Science were judged to be marked
16 per cent harder than students taking
academic Grade 10 Science.
"Overall the kids (in general level) are
being judged five per cent harder. So it
meant we had to take a look at how teachers
are evaluating general level students," says
Mr. Mathers.
Teachers have beer. made aware of the
marking inconsistency, and Mr. Mathers
says in coming years general level students
should be able to expect a fairer evaluation.
TEACH T 0 PASS
One hundred teachers from Huron took
part in a "Teach to Pass" workshop on
general level students in November.
"You have to reward the student for com-
ing to school," is what Mr. Mathers says is
the central concept behind this program. So
students are given half of their mark on
their work in a course, and the other hall on
attendance, work ethics and social skills.
Mr. Mathers says the result of this program
is that students end up with not only higher
overall grades, but higher grades on their
regular course work.
This program was tried on 350 students in
Windsor, and since the workshop it has also
been introduced in some Huron schools.
ONGOING PROJECT
The report of the General Level Study
Committee was recently accepted by the
board, but Mr. Mathers wants this work in
the general Bevel to continue. Says the con-
.
„Igusion,dt•the report:,
a`1ihe seuudeuts in today'sa, generiil'level 1
classes are the people who Will enable
tomorrow's society to function. They well
own our shops, fix our ears, maintain our in-
stitutions and live next door to as. 'We owe
them the highest standard of education we
can deliver. We urge the board to take such
steps as•it feels necessary to help produce
confident, caring and . well-educated
citizens."
Mr. Mathers sees progress made by the
general level committee.
"We got into causes of dropouts and iden-
tifying those kids earlier. We're getting into
a better transition from Grade•8 to Grade 9.
We're getting better teaching. materials into
the hands ot general level teachers. We hope
we have better bonding of the general level
student to the school, and hopefully the
students .will stay longer. And we've made it
easier for the dropout to come back," he
said.
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KELLY -CAMPBELL
Catherine Teresa Kelly and James Robert
Campbell were married Saturday, May 13,
1989 at St. Patrick's Church in Dublin, by the
Reverend J.J. Carrigan. The bride is the
daughter of Fergus and Anne Kelly of RR 2
Dublin and the groom is the son of Charles
and Peg Campbell of Seaforth. Maid of
honor was Mary Margaret Kelly, sister of
the bride, ,and :bridesmaids were Anne
Marie Nicholson, also sister of the bride,
Christine Stapleton, cousin of the bride,
Lucille Delaney, friend of the bride, and
Chris Campbell, sister of the groom. Best
man was Barry Campbell, brother of the
groom, and guests were ushered by Mike
1{elly,,:brother,of the bride, Darren Crocker
and Brian Coombs, friends of the groom,
and Ted •A°hara,,uncle of the groom. Master
of Ceremony, was Jim Crocker, friend of the
groom. ,Following a reception at the
.Seaforth and District Community Centres,
the couple .took -a honeymoon trip to Puerto
•Plata. They now reside in Sarnia. Edythe
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POLLING DAY, will be Monday„June 26, 1989. Polis will be:open from 10:00
o'clock in the morning and will close at' 8:00 in the evening at the following
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