The Citizen, 1994-09-21, Page 22The fun begins
Dressing up is half the fun when a parade comes to town and at least one participant took
advantage of the festivities to show off a real country autumn outfit. The Belgrave School Fair
was held last Wednesday. The rain held off until after the parade and failed to dampen the
fun.
HCBE prepares for future
Sep. School Bds. won’t
The Huron County Board of Edu
cation continues to take steps to
prepare the schools for the next
century.
A partnership has developed
between the HCBE and ADCOM, a
distributor for video conferencing
technology.
The secondary schools in Huron
county will be the pilot site in
Ontario for ADCOM's test project
which will run from September to
early 1995.
The video conferencing equip
ment will be based at Central
Huron Secondary School with one
or two other secondary school sites.
The teachers and system staff
will use the equipment for profes
sional development and the expan
sion of courses available for credit
for students, particularly in low
enrolment areas.
(If too few students request a
course for it to be provided at one
Brussels PS news
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School sells sportswear
By Katie Harrison
and Sarah Exel
Last Monday our school had a
spirit meeting. We talked about
student council. This year the
student council includes all of the
students from Grades 5 to 8. We
discussed leadership, fall fair float,
team leadership and spirit.
We've got shirts, shorts and pants
for sale, with the Brussels Blazers
crest! Prices range from $10.95 to
$34.95. They're plaid, ash and
burgundy, and black. The shirts
look terrific against the plaid.
We asked Judi Bondi what she
thought about the new sportswear.
"It’s pretty nice, I especially like
the crest on it." We think the
sportswear will be a great success!
We entered the kindergarten
room during playtime. What an
experience! We asked the children
how they liked their first week of
school.
"I think school is cool. I like Mrs.
Tedesco a lot. I enjoy playing on
the big slide" answered Wade
Stephenson.
"I like school. I love painting and
playing house" replied Melissa
Kroll.
The Grade 8s would sure have
fun playing with all their toys?
We thank the Ark for letting us
borrow the Terry Fox video.
Grades 2 to 8 enjoyed it. Mrs.
Perrie and most of her Grade 7/8
class will be participating in the
run. We hope it's a great success.
Theresa Kloepfer.
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in, observed their children's work,
computer demonstrations and meet
with teachers.
Last Thursday was the open
house at our school. We would like
thank all the parents who came
appointed construction manager for
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Andrew Proctor, centre, was all smiles as he told this
group of boys about his prize-winning hogs last
Wednesday at the Belgrave School Fair.
The children at the Belgrave School Fair are always
captivated by the many animals on exhibit. These two
spent a great deal of time with the chickens on display.
facility, they may be able to take it,
through video conferencing, when
it is held at another school.)
The equipment may also be used
by other ministries, community
agencies, social service groups,
municipalities, and businesses in
the region for information and
development needs.
It may be used for staff training
and professional development by
connecting to colleges and univer
sities.
The board has sent a proposal to
Bell Canada, seeking a partnership
to enable Huron secondary schools
to use video conferencing (in con
nection with the ADCOM pilot
project).
Construction work has been com
pleted at two Huron County
schools to accommodate junior
kindergarten with two others to be
finished by mid-October.
The next two projects to go to
tender will be for Blyth PS fol
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lowed by Brussels PS.
Discussions are also underway
for work at Hullett Central PS.
The Regional Office of the Min
istry of Education and Training has
given oral confirmation to a request
for funding due to overruns in cur
rent JK projects, totalling
$181,000.
Trustees will be advised when
written confirmation arrives.
The HCBE received $54,000 in
large equipment grants to provide
equipment for all the JK classes.
Supplies were purchased for all
schools with an overrun of only
$1,347 which was covered by an
existing supplies budget.
Paul Statia and staff at Grey Cen
tral PS received a $300 Director's
Incentive Fund grant for "introduc
ing Sinfarm for use by Grades 5-8
in an effort to blend curriculum and ‘
technology." The computer pro
gram simulates farm operations
where children become the farmer.
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discuss amalgamation
Any possibility of the amalgama-'
tion of local separate school boards
has been curtailed by the boards
bordering on the Huron-Perth
County Roman Catholic Separate
School Board area.
Director of Education James
Brown informed trustees he had
faxed the other boards and found
most were not interested in dis
cussing or pursuing an amalgama
tion.
Mr. Brown was informed that
several of the other boards had
already conducted a study and no
benefit to the students or the tax
payers was found.
Mr. Brown will approach all the
local boards at the regional meeting
in Sarnia to see if there is interest in
studying the issue.
The collective agreement with
the custodians for 1994-95 has
been approved by the board.
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the new Catholic secondary school
in Clinton at a fixed fee of
$107,000 plus $1,000 per month
trailer/w ashroom rental based on a
total project cost of $5,000,000.
The secondary school ad hoc
committee will be expanded to
include one parent from each feed
er school and one or- two parish
priests.
The committee will deal with
issues arising from the director's
report, Parental and Parish
Involvement in Decisions Concern
ing the New Catholic Secondary
School.
Recommendations will be made
to the board.
The resignation of teacher Clem
Steffler was accepted, effective Jan.
31, 1995.
Four custodians were hired for
the coming year; Deborah Ann
McCarthy, Arnold Merkel, James
Grogan and Susan Nigh (part-time)
as well as one teacher assistant
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