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The Huron Expositor, 1977-03-31, Page 24The Johnny Cos-h.-PEW Gdspel Road" At First Presbyterian Church Spaiorth Sunday, April 3 7:30p. You are Invited ..7—"`4,..".• 7477.4r. 47-44r. Cliff tonNursery School Fashion Show ' "Hop, Skip and Jump into Fashion" Friday, April 11. 7430 p.m. Clinton Public School Fashions by the Children's Shoppe,' 'GOderich Tickets $2.00 ppis4 11\\ t 4 REVIEW REVIEW\FiEVIEW REVIEW REV IEVV REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW R REVI EW REVI IEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW, REV IEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW W EVIEW W REV . EVIEW Get a Mower ...and more. ,Get our economical International Cadet lawn tractor. Economkal because the 36":, rotary mower is standard equipment. With IH floating actio.n for smooth, even cuts . ' without high spots or scalping. 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(By Dorothy Williams) • For many years„I have heard about school trustees attending eqnferences and I often wondered what, they learned and -if the conference was of any value Last week, I finally found out what does happen when I was'asked to accompany Marian Zinn to a conference in Niagara Falls. It was a conference on community education. We thought it would be beneficial to 'Huron County, since we are presently involved with the curriculum evaluation. We left snowy Huron County at 9:30 ' Thursday morning and returned at 5:30 Saturday afternoon. We arrived at Brock Sheraton Hotel in plenty of time for the opening session which was scheduled for 2 p.m. Round tables were set up and, everyone sat anywhere they wished, which resulted in a real mixture at every table. At our table, we had two volunteer parents from Niagara, who taught English' to 'new' Canadians, two instructors from Humber College, a mother from Toronto, an elementary principal from North York. Originally this, young man came from Trinidad and he was One of three vice- principals in his school. Thursday evening, we were guests at a wine and cheese party r in the Foxhead, where we met a lady from Winnipeg and Bruce "Shitiv', principal at Seaforth 'Secondary School: We were entertained th ere by a group called the "Carousels" from St. Catharines. They presented two performances depicting early days of Canadian 'history. The first was a . take-off of a council meeting Of the 1,000's and the latter was a harvest process showing grain-cutting by cradle and ,secondly, an early threshing bee Their research was accurate, because as surely as the threshing machine would arrive, it invariably broke down at our place. This one did toe, and the men all trooped in for dinenr two h ours early and the poor wife was in a dilemma. Being a true pioneer, she rustled up some food ip a hurry and soon the men were Back at• *irk, feeding in the sheaves, building a straw mow and carrying grain in a bushel measure. Their third performance was one where they involved the audience and one that they would use• in a classroom. It could be used in any classroom from Kindergarten to 13, depending on how long or short they wanted to make their , chanti. This group was 'Working on a LIP grant and hope to tour the Western Canada this summer. Friday 'was a full day with seminars starting at 9 a.m. and running until 4:30 p.m. Marian and A tried to attend different classes, so that we could exchange notes and information later Late Friday afternoon, I took advantage of the bus trip to the museum at Niagara-on-the-Lake where we were given an outline of its founding and continuing progress and its contribution' to the early peninsula history. Friday evening was reserved for the minister of education whO was late arriving because his plane was grounded in London by fog and he had to drive by car. The waiting period was hastily filled in by their contacting a group of Croation singers, who sang and played some native. songs and some popular songs Saturday morning, after a standup continental breakfast, I -attended a seminar conducted by a director from Napanee. He spent some time describing what ,, he called a parents advisor/, committee where parents got together and discussed curriculum or any topic they wished and submitted their findings to the board for their consideration. Another principal explained his method of contacting parents by a network of phone calls. tle had two grade mothers whom he could contact, who in turn made three calls and these in turn made four calls and in this way a message could be sent throughout every household in a matter of minutes. This man' also had volunteer 'mothers who would host a coffee party. We would give them a ` topic to discuss and after the party, the mother 'would call in with the feed-back that he requested. The whole topic was community involvement. Topics of seminars which I attended were, The role of a trustee, The role of a principal, parental involvement in educational decision making, the museum as .a community education resource information, critics and good friends and the case for- active school comnitinity involvement. By Saturday noon, we had reached the saturation point, so after lunch, we headed for home. It took all that time 'to realize what this new and wonderful idea was all about: For those -of us, who- attended' or taught in' a rural school, it wasn't new at all. I well remember returning to school after- supper and e tering a different world, desk laall along the walls boards all clew, floor all oiled, and the only friendly sign that hadn't changed was the smell. We' held concerts, quiltings, ,card parties, shovlrers and the school was the centre of sour rural community. Now, they are trying to make their large, sprawling city schools into community schools and they are even trying out something else that's new - a core curricylum. - We tried to tell-some of those intellectual directors and co-or- dinators and superintendents and planning associates and chairmen and researchers and consultants who were as thick as flies, that this was nothing new to us. It was just the completion of the cycle and we are right back where we started 30 years ago. What they are trying to do is make use of classrooms, which will soon be closing, due to a drop in the birthrate and utilize the schools more than eight or nine hours 'a day, The cities are catching up to ..the country and small centre schools at last. Look at our Clinton Public School. It is in use almost every night as are many other Huron County schools. And this in my• opinion is what the conference was all about. Was it wOrthwhle? Yes, I would say so, because now we knovv that we already have community schools -a. brand new term. For the past Rine days we've enjoyed total freedom 'from the pains of school. Now we are back. There are roughly 5Q slayer left (school days, that is). One term ' and we're free. Let's hope the time passes quickly. Last year's yearbook is almost ready to send, There are three pages left to type and a handful of pictures to glue in then it's complete. It should be back by June. Thank you, for your patienc C. One of the biggest , problems McKIllop 3 (By Mary Jane Visser) McKillop 3 met at Van Dooren's on March 21. The leaders are Mrs. Heste and Mrs. Van Dooren. The officers are president Ingrid Hoste, Vice President, Mary Lou Jansen, secretary - Francine Visser and Press Reporter - . Mary Jane Visser. Remaining members are Theresa Van. Dooren, Jean Vantyghem, Jane t Drager, Myriam Hoste and Monica Kenny. The members answered the roll call and filled out the shee$ "Choosing Clothes for Leisure". They elected the officers' and Theresa Van Dooren showed the members how to take measurements properly. Francine Visser read "Choosing the style.. and the pattern" . and "Choosing the fabric". The meeting was closed and the members enjoyed cookies and orange juice. With the putting togethet of last, year's book was thelack of candid pictures. So, this year we are having a photo contest. Pictures must be black and white and the' topic must ,,,be something to do with school. The contest will close on April 15th ,and_the winner will be printed the, following week in the Review. All candids will_ be used in the '76-'77 footsteps. I hope everyone will , get out and participate. ,Egmondville I Egmondville 14..H Club's first meetingyas held at Eggert's on Marefi. 21. This project is called Clothes for Leisure. Members are supposed to make some sort of sleepwear. The officers were elected - Piesident - Lorna Eggert; Vice President - Dianne Smith; Secretary - Floating; Press Reporter - Maureen Hutchinson; Treasurer - Susanne Eggert. Members discussed the advantages of materials for their garments. The, next meeting 'will be April 4. 5taffa #3 held their fifth meeting at the honie of Mrs. Balfour. They talked about lamb and veal and the ways to cook' it. They ,Jriade Curried Lamb and everyone enjoyed it. The. sixth meeting was held at the home of Mrs. Smale. Members cooked liver and onions and broiled wieners. The girls' wer taught about the different variety meats and how to cook them. (By Kathy Caldwell) Visit France? Thats just what 32 members , of SDHS did last week and. according to one' 'student-Deb Van. Vliet, the trip was fantastic. During their seven day tour the students along with their chaperones d-Mr s., Mr. and Mrs. Renshaw and Mr. and Mrs. Russel, managed to see not only France but were able to catch glimpses of four other countries, Ireland (from the plane), Spain, Monaco and Italy. While in France they were able • to take a train trip right across the country which allowed them • to see a good part of it. Home base was nice' and while in Paris they saw the famous Eifel Tower. Other events worth noting were the tour of a French perfume factory in Grasse and the fact that they had the chance to dip their —feet info the Meditteranean. At the gambling Casino , in Sty0-04.4ehjoy. trip-itp..Fretpte. Monte-Carlo the, students were actually able to win a bit of extra cash. Much to' their surprise, many of those who appeared tebe winning a fair amount seemed to fake the w hole showing affair simpl .y as a matter of course, no responsegood or bad, to their tytn:nings_ — Finally, there was the tour of NIOnaco.• What .surprised Deb most about this' country?' They very tiny, single lane 'streets.; the fact that you could manage to see the majority of the small country while standing in one place, and the crazy.. driving. While' in 1Monaco, they were also able to see both the castle, -which houses the current royal family; • and the,_ impressive changing of the guards outside of the palace. And now. Well, the students are back' at home with memories which just 'might enable them to . get through 'the final term. . SEAFORTH - AYR - CAMBRIDGE ilk 4-M clubs study' clothes, meat WeekencA only to April-29th SERVING DELICIOUS Chicken Pieces Pizzas • Homburgs FootIongs , Chicken Burgers French Fries. 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