The Citizen, 2003-07-02, Page 17THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 2003. PAGE 17.
Seaforth Public School
‘Lots of stuff happened for class of 2003
By Hilary Burgess and
Scott Somerville
pened this year.
H - Like what?
Hilary - Hey, Scott,
we gotta say this
in front of,
like, 250 people.
What are we
supposed to
say? It’s not like
anything hap
pened this year.
Scott - What
are you talking
Hilary?
of stuff hap
S - Like the time we went to
Camp Celtic.
H - Yeah, that was pretty boring...
S - No it wasn’t! It was the best
trip we ever went on as a class.
H - Yeah, it was pretty fun.
Remember when ...
S - Those kids sang that Ninja
Turtles song in front of everybody.
H - Oh yeah, and when only
Seaforth had the guts to do skits at
campfire.
S - Yeah, those were some pretty
sweet times. What else happened
during our lustrous times
at Seaforth and
Walton?
H - In kinder
new playground
equipment, and in
Grade 3 we had a
Japanese meal.
S - Well, in Walton,
up to Grade 4, we didn’t do much,
but we did have fun. The most fun
times we had were swimming at
Vanastra and going to Storybook
Gardens in Grade 4, and going to
watch Charlotte’s Web at the Blyth
Festival.
garten, we took
home baby
chicks. During
the primary
years we got
On to 9 - The Grade 8 graduating class at Seaforth Public School was, back row, from left: Nick Halley, Byron Berkvens, Michael Janes, Kyle
Feeney, J.R. Benn, Andy Pethick, Matt Teatero, Kenzie Currie, James Wilkinson, Scott Somerville, Michael Dietz, Aaron Berlet-Kuntz, Andrew
Elliott, Billy Leppington, Bernie Kaufman, Brandon Bennett, Steven McClure, Mr. Ron Vercruyssen. Middle: Mrs. Georgina Reynolds, Mrs.
Denise Drinkwaiter, Kim Steep, Breanne Hulley, Cassandra Banks, Deb Netterfield, Nikki Vander Veen, Alicia Fry, Cassie Bressette, Laura Black,
Laura Elligsen, Jacquelyn Denham, Roseanne Saldivar, Kristi Butt, Jennifer Eedy, Ms Jane Morton. Seated: Stacey Hart, Theresa Bakker, Kayla
Sereres, Andrea VanderVeen, Sarah Sobey, Andrea Ryan, Martin denHertog, Stephanie Lubbers, Tammy Steele, Amanda Brewer, Rachel Upshall,
Hilary Burgess, Ashley Montgomery. Front: Josh Baker, Justin Biesinger, Derek Koehler, Justin Yee, Shayne Cochrane, Justin Wellman. Absent:
Trevor Suttis. (Janice Becker photo)
H - What are you going to miss
about Seaforth, Scott?
S - The thing I’ll miss most are
the sports. Like, the soccer, basket
ball and volleyball tournaments.
They were always fun, especially
when we won. And you know what,
Hilary?
H - What, Scott?
S - The teachers like Mr.
Vercruyssen and Mrs. Reynolds
were so dedicated at what they did.
They’d wake up early, stay late, or
even take their lunch break off just
to coach our teams.
But I can’t forget my other past
teachers, such as Mrs. Griffin who
has taught the Walton kids music for
four years and the Seaforth kids for
eight years. She helped us when we
were going through the Grade 6 test
ing.
H - Yeah, she even put up with us
during all those students’ council
meetings.
S - Oh, and you can’t forget when
she took us to Camp Sylvan and kept
her cool for three days straight.
H - Remember last year when we
had Mrs. Reynolds and Mr.
Chisholm...
S - Yeah, I had Mr. Chisholm. He
had the lamest jokes I’ve ever heard.
H - Yeah, he did have pretty lame
jokes.
S - But all in all, he was a pretty
good teacher, except for one thing:
He liked the Toronto Maple Leafs.
The most fun time we had with
him was our trip to Marineland.
H - You had to do quite a bit of
fundraising for that trip, didn’t you,
Scott?
S - Yep, but the best part about it
was kids got a chance to throw pies
at Ms Morton and Mr. Banner. What
fun times did you have with Mrs.
Reynolds last year?
H - My class went golfing and to
the Baseball Hall of Fame in St.
Marys. I had a great time last year,
since I was with all my best buddies.
S - Yeah, Grade 7 sure was fun.
H - And don’t forget our three
French teachers. We had Mrs.
Papple who taught us in Grade 5. Ms
Visser who taught us in Grade 6, and
Madame Elizabeth who taught us in
Grades 7, 8 and the primary grades.
We learned verbs, tenses and vocab
ulary.
S - Dans le monde d’aujourd’ hui
celui qui ne parle que sa Iangue-
maternelle est comme celui qui n’a
qu une seule main.
H-
Moving on...
At the beginning of the year, when
a new teacher arrived, the first thing
that came to mind, was The
Simpsons when we heard her name
was Mrs. Hoover. She was a good
sport about all the jokes, and she
even awarded us with candy tor
good efforts. I still have some left
Continued on page 18
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