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Parents, teachers and fellow
students, the end of another
school year has come and with it
Another grade eight class is
finishing the first phase of
education, that of elementary
school. In September we will all
go on to a h igher education in
secondary school and we'll
remember hard work will bring its
rewards ,
These have been good years.
Oh sure they had ups and downs.
Now they come to a close and we
would like to leave a thought or
two behind Yes its been a great 9
years! It started off in
Kindergarten for most of us.
When we only went in the
morning and Mrs. Matheson
would always be there with a
friendly smile and a warm
welcome. This was Mrs.
Matheson's last year of teaching
but I'm pretty sure we didn't have
anything to do with that. •
Then it was off to Grade I
where Mrs. Mitchell was our
guard and guide. She always had
patience when we made three's
backwards and said 2 p lus 2
equals 5, Then on somedays we
would feel a tap on the head and a
gentle tug on the ear and we
would see that she had probably
stayed up late marking all the
papers we had finished the day,
before.
In Grade II Mrs. Heather
greeted us with a smile, started
teaching us about social studies
and science and during a 'slack
class other class or something
when we weren't busy she would
show us how to make candy, jello
and even cookies, and of course
we all got to try them.
Grade III brought harder work
with Mrs.Wilson there to assit us
in every way. We worked hard
trying to learn our multiplication
table and changing our crooked
printing into writing. Along with
all this work she threw in many
arts and crafts which we all loved.
In Grade IV Mrs. Tyermann
always had time to listen and help
as she primly walked around the
classroom looking over peoples'
shoulders and answering
questions,
In Grade V came soccer,
volleyball, floor hockey and Mr.
Prior, Trying to keep us straight
on our nouns and verbs, Reading
us adventuring stories and even
slipping a fewriddles and jokes
here and there. On occasional
Friday nights there would be a
dance and we'd all be there
wearing Sunday-going clothes,
My how times have changed.
On to Grade VI where Mrs,
Cousins kept us on our toes with
tests and projects but we always
had time to sing songs and learn a
few dance steps. The greatest
news of all came this year "jeans
onimmoimmrimmor
Sunday, July 6
Shirley
were allowed in school,"
Grade VII was a hectic year. It
starated off with Mrs. Adamson
improving our writing
techniques. Then at
Christmastime she left us and
Mr. Stewart came along. It was
his first year out of teachers
college and th ings kind of
clashed between him and our
class. Through thick and thin we
made it through the year.
Grade VII star .ted off great
with our teacher Mrs. Raymond,
our Christmas concert, The
Wizard of Oz, Our public
speaking, lots of homework and
projects and we all enjoyed our
camping trip to Camp
Menesetung. Field Day and the
two pitch tournament gave us a
chance to compete as a team and
make new friends from different
schools. Our trip to Toronto Zoo
and the Science Centre was very
educational.
Through all these years we've
had Mr. Scott to teach and guide
us. He certainly knows how' to
help young people enjoy
themselves. And we thank him.
A new library has been added
to our school this year with Miss
Slotograaf there lending her
helping hand. She also taught us
P.T. and helped on our trips and
field days.
Mr. Cairncross a le professeur
de French dans la 1974-75 et
merci.
Education does not mean
teaching people what they do not
know. It is painful when you turn
around to find out an answer and
you feel a tug on the ear, a knock
on the head or even a ruler across
the backside, it's continual
because education never stops,
parents and even teachers are
learning along with us every day,
everywhere and anytime and its
difficult to go into something that
you are not interested in and
learn it. This work should be done
by kindness, by watching , by
warning, by precept and by
praise, but above all by examples.
The metric system started in
our education with the celcius
thermometer litres grams and
meters. Some people say "I'm
sticking with the good old
imperial system, the heck with
the metric conversions" But in
any mind and many of my friends
the metric system is by far the
easiest,Sure we grew up learning
that there was 12" in 1' and 3' in
one 'yard but in this new system
everything is in units of tens like
lOrnm - 1 cm. and 10 cm.- 1 dm.
Our schools are different and
our education has expanded
greatly, but what will always be
the same and help us through this
difficult part in life are our
teachers and friends.
The end of the year draws
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ED NAYLOR
THE
EVANGELAIRES
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MRS. DOUGLAS WHEELER
received her Bachelor of
Mathematics, Co-Operative
Program, from the University of
Waterloo, May 23, 1975. Cathie is
employed by a Chartered
Accountant's firm in Kitchener-
Waterloo.
DIANNE STEPHENSON
was Valedictorian of Brussels
Public School, She is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon
Stephenson.
cloer with every minute that
passes by and I would just like to
take one last minute to express
my appreciation to all those who
made this last year of elementary
school a memorable one in all our
minds.
The end of their Public School
years and entrance into Secondary
School education was marked for
Brussels Grade Eight students by
a Graduation Banquet held in
their honor in St. John's. Anglican
Church on Tuesday evening, June
24th.
Awards were presented to
students during the program
which followed the banqaet.
Presentation of Award,":
Geography Award ty Mrs.
Raymond to Dianne Stephenson;
Science Award by Mr. Scott to
„Catherine Cardiff; Grade4 Good
Guy Award by Sherri Robertson
to Mariam Lichty; History Award
by Mr. Kenwell to Arlene Kufske;
Mathematics Award by Wilfred
Shortreed, Board Member, to
Elizabeth Exel: English A'w'ard
by Mrs. Raymond ti) Ciarol
Wheeler; Citizenship 1-'.'.yard by
Mr. Prior on behalf of the
L Presbyterian Church, Ethel
Catherine Cardiff, Alida Dorsch,
Kim Ducharme, Ted Elliott,
Elizabeth Exel, Shelley Fischer,
Donald Higgins, Mary Ireland,
Arelene Kufske, Miriam Lichty,
Shelley Long, Joanne McArter,
David McLellan, Murray
McLellan, Brian Oldridge, Tim
Prior, John Richmond, Brian
Scott, Doug. Sholdice, Bill Smith,
Dianne Stephenson, Carol
Wheeler, Scott Wheeler, Gloria
graduation held
Brussels Lions Club to (a) Donna,
Aitchison (b) Doug Sholdice;
Proficiency Award by Mr.
Stretton on behalf of the Brussels
Legion to (a) Shelley Long (b)
Dave McLellan.
Graduates were: Jim Adams, ;
Donna Aitchison, Karen Bridge, , Monday to Friday
June 30 to August 30
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