The Citizen, 2010-02-18, Page 6PAGE 6. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2010.By Brittany NighThe beginning of the weekmarked the official end of Semester
One at St. Anne’s secondary school
when final report cards were
distributed to students.
The second semester has already
allowed many more opportunities
for students to become involved.
The Sewing Club and Green Team
will start up again shortly. In addition, the Me to We group isplanning their next awareness
activity –“One Night Out” in which
they will spend the night of Feb. 26
in tents outdoors. The event is to
raise awareness about homelessness.
The Student Cabinet is also
preparing for Pancake Tuesday,
where students are encouraged to
bring their own plate and utensils.Shrove Tuesday is a reminder thatthe season of Lent is about to
begin.
The Ash Wednesday Liturgy is all
set and Father John will be
present.
In athletics news, both the junior
and senior boys’ Nordic skiing
teams will advance to the OFSAA
championships in Elmvale nextweek, after a very successful season. The curling teams wrapped up
play this week, with the girl’s
capturing third place in Huron-
Perth. Girls’ volleyball and boys’
basketball league play was finished,
and we wish these teams success in
the playoffs.
In addition, spring sports are
getting underway, with track andfield, rugby, and badminton trainingall beginning in the upcoming
weeks.
There is always opportunity to
become engaged at St. Anne’s, and
parents can go to the website,
http://sacss.hpcdsb.edu.on.ca, to
find out more ways to get children
involved.
Eagle’s PrideSemester ends for St. Anne’s students
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Addressing the decisions that will
soon be faced by trustees, Dykstra
advised, “consider keeping urban
schools operational.”
These offer opportunities for more
students to walk to schools,
compared with rural schools –
thereby assisting in the struggle to
keep kids physically active.
Additionally, the maintenance of
town-centred schools should enable
a greater proportion of students to
take part in extra-curricular
activities, the Huron warden
argued.
Another consideration, Dykstra
advised, should be the dominant
commercial and social habits of
residents where schools are closed.
An example, he suggested, would be
the potential closure of Grey Central
Public School in Ethel.
“Consider the issues of family,
business, church and sport,” he said,
noting there have been suggestions
that Grey Central students should be
channeled away from the Brussels
and Wingham catchment areas, in
favour of filling vacant pupil places
in schools in and around Listowel.
“It wouldn’t make sense to send
them (that) way,” Dykstra told
reporters after the meeting, adding a
greater proportion of Ethel-area
residents tend to do their business,
socializing and recreation in
Huron County as opposed to
Listowel.
In both the Bluewater/South
Huron and Huron East/North Perth
clusters, there are two remaining
meetings of the community-
represented Accommodation Review
Committees (ARCs).
The final meeting of the Huron
East/North Perth ARC – at which the
committee will present it
recommendations to Avon Maitland
staff – takes place March 3 at Elma
Township Public School in Atwood.
The final Bluewater/South Huron
meeting will take place March 4 at
South Huron District High School in
Exeter.
Go Canada!
In honour of the winter Olympics beginning in Vancouver on
Feb. 12, students at Brussels Public School were outside
making inukshuks. Here Ashley Stevenson starts from the
bottom up on her inukshuk. (Aislinn Bremner photo)
Dykstra asks board to keep urban schools open
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Listowel Central and Mornington –
have participated in programs at
Grey Central,” the report notes.
“Three programs, involving 80
students, have been delivered.
Listowel Eastdale booked a program
in 2005 but was rained out.”
Speaking to trustees, education
director Chuck Reid explained
MVCA already has successful
outdoor environmental education
programs at West Wasanosh
Conservation Area near Belgrave
and Falls Reserve Conservation
Area in Benmiller, with a greater
diversity of programming offered
than is possible at Grey Central.
“The bottom line is that if we
found ourselves in the situation
where Grey was closing, the
possibility . . . in terms of a staff
recommendation, would be one that
we really couldn’t justify
(continuing any programming) at
this point.”
Reid added, however, that if Grey
Central remains open, it’s likely the
board “will continue to maintain the
status quo” at the school.
Reid explains
bottom line