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Area teachers and educational assistants
recognized with Mother Theresa Awards
Several Seaforth-area
teachers and educational
assistants were recognized
with Mother Theresa Awards
from the Huron
Perth District
Catholic School
Board recently.
Helen VanBakel,
of Seaforth, a teacher
at St. Anne's
Secondary School in
Clinton, won the
award for her
involvement in
various projects
demonstrating "faith in
action."
VanBakel has been
involved in numerous
programs and retreats such as
Marriage Preparation, COR
weekends, and the RCIA.
She started the Sunday
Friends program at her parish
and was also the area
coordinator for World Youth
Day.
As liaison with the
Stratford and District Right
to Life, VanBakel promotes
the organization's poster
contest and displays,
participates in the Life Chain
and organizes youth trips to
Ottawa to increase
students' awareness
for this cause.
VanBakel
continually
encourages her
students to care for
the poor and hungry
by their participation
in the annual
"Fastathon."
Maureen
Lang, of Dublin, an
educational assistant
at St. Aloysius
School in Stratford
was also recognized
with an award.
Lang, "a kind,
caring and giving
individual who will
take care of
everyone else before
herself," was
recognized because of her
love of children and her
strong faith despite many
personal hardships.
Lang is a eucharistic
minister at her church and
visits shut-ins and nursing
homes.
"Maureen is an inspiring
role model for her own
children and the students she
works with," says a press
release from the school
board.
Julianne Moore, formerly
of St. Columban and an
education assistant at St.
Marys School in Goderich, is
another award winner who
"fosters the love of learning
and models positive
social interactions in
her students."
Moore helped
establish the first
annual Soaring
Spirits Games for
special needs
students which
"overflowed with
feelings of love,
acceptance and pride" and
was "a beautiful tribute to
nuture and celebrate the
individual gifts, self-worth
and potential of all children."
"She goes to great lengths
to design activities and
environments in which all of
her students can participate in
interesting, creative, and
healthy learning activities
alongside their age peers,"
said a board press release.
Former Dublin resident
who now lives in Mitchell,
Margaret Rowland was also
recognized.
She is a retired
teacher/consultant and
archivist for the school
board.
Rowland "has given
countless hours of her time
beyond the school day to
help students and teachers"
and continues her
involvement in many parish,
community and school
related projects.
She has taken the Pastoral
Leadership Program and
continues to take courses to
help participants renew their
commitment as baptized
Christians and deepen their
understanding of the Catholic
faith.
Rowland is co-author of
the book "Heart of Faith and
Learning" and now works on
a part-time basis researching
and organizing the Huron
Perth board's archives.
Father Maurice
Charbonneau, former pastor
of St. Patrick's Church in
Dublin and St. Vincent de
Paul Church in Mitchell also
received an award for his
involvement in Christ in
Others Retreat (COR), one of
the fundamental ways that he
reaches the youth.
"You feel Christ when
you're around Fr. Moe — you
feel accepted, respected and
loved," said the board press
release.
"He's like a whirlwind -
breezes in, breezes out, and
the kids are flying like kites
after he has left! He is like a
breath of fresh air that
revives our faith!"
Major changes come for Grade 10 literacy test
By Stew Slater
Special to the Expositor
Major changes will be
made in 2005-06 to try
boosting province -wide
success rates in the Ontario
Secondary School Literacy
Test (OSSLT), a standardized
Grade 10 assessment that's
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held over two days in
October, with the most recent
edition being administered
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of Grade 10s.
There will be no 2005
edition, however, as the test
will now be administered in
March, thereby allowing for
more extensive preparation
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study year.
In addition, it will now be
a single -day assessment, with
the next one occurring on
March 29, 2006.
Last year, the Education
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Individual reports for each
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"We really got very little
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meeting Tuesday, May 10.
Recently -released results
from the October, 2004 tests
show improved results from
the previous year.
Among Academic -level
Grade 10s, 94 per cent
succeeded on the 2004
OSSLT, compared to 90 per
cent in 2003.
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'and 84 per cent at Goderich
District Collegiate Institute
and Clinton's St. Anne's
Catholic and Central Huron
secondary schools.
Other success rates were
88 per cent at Listowel
District and Stratford
Northwestern secondary
schools, and 87 per cent at
F.E. Madill Secondary
School in Wingham.
Explaining the more
detailed results, Webster
asked Avon Maitland trustees
to take specific note of a
gender comparison.
He said success rates
among Avon Maitland males
increased by 14 per cent from
October, 2003, almost
erasing a significant gap
from their female
counterparts and pulling
them well ahead of males
across the province.
And among Applied -level
students, last fall's success
rate was 62 per cent,
compared to 49 per cent in
2003.
Results -- both old and new
-- from the Avon Maitland
and Huron -Perth Catholic
District School Boards,
however, show success rates
in this district have remained
consistently ahead of the
provincial trend.
In 2003, for example, 95
per cent of Avon Maitland's
Academic -level Grade lOs
passed the test.
And at the May 10
meeting, Webster informed
trustees the most recent test -
- including a 98 per cent
success rate for Academic -
level and a 78 per cent
success rate for Applied -level
students -- was no different.
"We're very pleased with
the results," he said, before
explaining highlights from
the October, 2004
assessment.
At the Catholic board,
meanwhile, education
superintendent Martha
Dutrizac issued a news
release stating "we are
encouraged that the students
of our secondary schools
performed above the
provincial average."
Overall among students
taking the OSSLT for the
first time, there was an 89 per
cent success rate in the Avon
Maitland board and an 88 per
cent success rate in Huron -
Perth Catholic.
Among those trying it for
the second or third time, 78
per cent of Avon Maitland
participants were successful,
compared to 82 per cent in
the Catholic board and 62 per
cent province -wide.
On a school -by -school
basis, the top success rates in
Huron and Perth were 96 per
cent at Stratford Central, 95
per cent at St. Marys DCVI,
91 per cent at Stratford St.
Michael and 90 per cent at
South Huron District High
School in Exeter.
Those closest to the
provincial average of 82 per
cent -- although still above it
-- were Mitchell District
High School at 83 per cent,