Huron Expositor, 2015-12-23, Page 3Huron Hurricanes
win in Port Elgin
Special to the Expositor
The Huron Hurricanes
Aquatic Club members have
travelled up to Port Elgin
twice in the month of
November for some fast
swimming. The Hurricanes
won the meet with the most
points above the three other
clubs in attendance, Port
Elgin Breakers, Owen Sound
Aquatic Club and Oran-
geville Otters. They also had
three swimmers earn high
point awards, in the 12 -year-
old girls category, Maddis-
son Hawrlyuk. In the
13 -year -old -girls category,
Natalie Van Nie and in the
10 -year-old boys category,
Walker Teal.
The Hurricanes had many
swimmers with personal
best times over the two
competitions, including
Emma Nethery and Mak-
enna Wormington on out
first trip north. Jeffery
Boersma, Cobie Mcllhargey,
Emma Nethery, Sumiko
Noda, Kameron Reay, Ben
Russel, Hugo Russel, Walker
Teal, Anna Trick, Ward
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Contributed
The Huron Hurricanes Aquatic Club swim team pose after their
big win Port Elgin.
Verchaeve, and Makenna
Wormington also had 100
per cent personal best times
on our second trip up to
Port Elgin at the end of the
month.
Congrats to some of the
younger Hurricanes who
tried out a competitive swim
meet for the first time. Caity
Cox,10, Anna Heywood,11,
and her sister Paige Hey-
wood, 7 and Carter Ivatts, 10.
Special mention to Natalie
VanNiejenhuis on her
attempts at qualifying for the
Provincial Championships
and narrowly missing her
qualifying time by 0.17 sec-
onds. She has worked hard
to get there and will con-
tinue to work hard for
towards Long Course Age
Group Provincial Champi-
onships and Age Group
National Championships in
July. Congratulations go out
to Walker Teal who joins
Maddisson Hawrlyuk in
qualifying to attend Swim
Ontario Provincial Festival in
February.
Wednesday, December 23, 2015 • Huron Expositor 3
Working together to support vulnerable youth
Schools, CAS
sign agreement
Two area Children>s Aid
Societies and four district
school boards have signed
an agreement whose goal
is to provide greater in -
school support for youth
who are in the care of the
CAS.
Announced in a media
release this week, the Joint
Protocol for Student
Achievement (JPSA) pro-
vides clearly defined proce-
dures to support students
without compromising
confidentiality.
Students from kinder-
garten to Grade 12 who are
in the care of the Huron -
Perth CAS or the Bruce -
Grey Child and Family Ser-
vices will be offered a
support team at their
school with the acronym
REACH - Realizing Educa-
tional Achievement for
Children/Youth.
An educational success
plan will look at strengths
and learning needs that
will be reviewed at least
twice per year. It will work
in conjunction with the
many supports already
offered within the school
setting.
The goal is enhance
communication between
CAS agencies and school
boards, and provide a
framework for collabora-
tive practices.
"The idea is to ensure
smooth school transitions
when they are necessary
and consistent educational
support for children and
youth who are in the care of
each Children>s Aid Soci-
ety," said David MacLen-
nan, who facilitated the
agreement. "This landmark
agreement covers a four -
county area; it means that
young people who have
had significant personal
challenges will be sup-
ported in their education
through a collaborative
effort between area
Children>s Aid agencies
and school boards?'
The JPSA was created
through the combined
efforts of the two area
Children>s Aid Societies,
the Avon Maitland District
School Board, Huron Perth
Catholic District School
Board, Bluewater District
School Board and Bruce
Grey Catholic District
School Board.
Its development was
funded by the Ministry of
Education working in con-
junction with the Ministry
of Training, Colleges and
Universities and the Minis-
try of Children and Youth
Services.
Other similar agree-
ments are being imple-
mented across Ontario.
"This protocol will go a
long way to strengthen the
work between the boards
of education and the
Children>s Aid Society, and
as a result improve the
outcomes for our most vul-
nerable children," said
Shaun Jolliffe, executive
director of the Huron -
Perth CAS.
AMDSB director of edu-
cation Ted Doherty said
that he was proud that the
board is a partner in the
creation of the document.
"One of the most impor-
tant parts of our work is to
help to level the playing
field for all students,"
Doherty said. "This proto-
col helps us do just that for
some of our children."
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