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Times Advocate, 1999-11-17, Page 8• 8 Exeter Times -Advocate t 111111011,) a Wednesday, November ,19'99 Opinion&Forum Remember when... On June 30 to July 2, 2000, South Huron District High School will celebrate its 50th Anniversary. The Exeter Times Advocate would like to join in the celebrations by sharing articles or pictures which have appeared over the years. 58DT41 HnRBNI` BISTRIe r op sem% CIA 0 _dI 2000 r HI HIGHLIGHTS - 1970 - 1979 WIN HURON -PERTH CURLING This rink of girls from South Huron District High School garnered 40 1/2 points to edge out Norwell DDS of Palmerston (39 1/2) in the Huron -Perth Conference curling championship held last week in Listowel. Members of the rink are, from left: front, Laurel Hodgert, skip; Diane Hodgert, vice; rear, Jayne Dougall, Lead; Lori Lynn Stewart, lead; Carol Dougall, second. OPINIONS AND LETTERS Panther Profile Hello and welcome to the Panther Profile. This past week has been an excellent one here at South Huron! The students at the school came through for a charity in a big way. The Student Impact Group sent out a request for the students. to donate shoe boxes filler) with little toys, hygiene items and candy to send to less fortunate countries in South America. The response was tremendous! We brought in, just under 400 shoe boxes.Good work South Huron. Student Council is putting on a Fun Night in the large gym on Thurs, Nov. 18 from 7:30 p.m. - 11 p.m. We will have sumo wrestling, jousting, roulette, black jack and many other prizes. 'Come on out for a great evening! This Sunday is the annual Pops Concert put on by the Music Department. This concert will feature all the bands including the brand new White Jazz Band. This year the inter- est in music has been so overwhelm- ing they had to create a new band. The White Jjizz Band is made up pri- marily of grade. tens and a few other people mixed in. This is their debut so come out and support the Music Department on Sun., Nov. 21 at 2 p.m. If you haven't picked up your picture retakes or student cards they are available in the office. Please pick those up soon and remember you will need your student card to attend Fun Night. That's all for me, I'll see you next week! Upcoming Events Wed.. Nov. 17 Girls' Basketball - Huron Finals Jr at SH College Information Program at Conestoga College Thurs.. Nov. 18 Fun Night 7:30 p.m. -11 p.m. Kings College at UWO Rep. 9 a.m. Gr. 9 Career Choices Assembly` Armed Forces Presentation at 10:45 a.m. or Noon Girls' Basketball Huron -Perth Finals Boys' Hockey Stratford Central at SH 2 p.m. Member of Clergy in Guidance Office Sun.. Nov. '21 Pops Concert 2 p.m. - Large gym Mon.. . Nov. 22 Boys' Hockey SH at Listowel Lambton College Rep. 1045 Am. .Gr. 9 Report Cards Go Home Tues...Nov. 23 Drama Presentation in Room 89 all afternoon Wed.. Nov. 24 lilyth Theatre Here "Pasture Project" " Canadian Opes Math .Competition Birth Control Drop -In Thurs.. Nov. 25 Girls' Hockey St. Mary's at SH 2 p.m. JAMIE REABURN PANTHER PROFILE ON TO WOSSA CURLING This'rink from South Huron School had three wins and no losses to win the Huron -Perth conference curling title in Listowel last week. Members of the rink, from left are: front, Brian Clark, skip; Blake Palmer, vice; rear - Dick Dougall, substitute; Martyn Van Essen, lead; Mike Neilands, second.The WOSSA curling championship will be held in Ingersoll March 4. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABM' THE SHDHS "ALL -YEARS REUNION" CONTACT KENDRA ARTHUR 235-4006 ox PAT RowE 236-7167 ADDRESSES NEED! I)! Address forms available at: • AIM • Times Advocate • RSD Authentics • Exeter Town Hall • South Huron District High School or visit our web site at www.avonmaitland.on.ca - click onto South Huron News From St.Anne's by PHILIP ). MCMILUN The leaves of autumn are almost gone and amid sun- shine and leafless, trees we again returned to cenotaphs to honour those who gave their lives so that we might live in peace. I was at the Clinton cenotaph ceremony with the Co -Prime ministers from St. Anne's with other schools and many, local individuals and groups. The ceremony was digni- fied and quite moving. I was struck by the fact that all ages were present. There were three chil- dren from the Co -Op Daycare who walked up the hedge row to placetheir wreath and all stood and watched hoping that in their lifetime -they would never have to add to the list of those who made such a supreme sacrifice. I always feel, so grateful that so many men and women fought to create a world like welive in. The peace they gave has almost become taken for granted and in a way ft speaks of the security and peace we enjoy. Through the two minutes of silence leaves fell unceremoniously to the ground and blew away and I thought of lives lost but not forgotten. At schools across the province Remembrance Day ceremonies told the story and helped to ensure that the past will not be forgotten. At St. Anne's, Ms. Tigani and fellow staff, along with many tal- ented students, reminded us how precious peace is in a moving and meaningful way. The new Provincial Report ,Card went out on Friday, and parents of Grade Nine students only, are reminded to complete all page two portions • Principal's message We need your help. As we start to get ready for our visits and discussions. with this year's grade 8's we need to prepare some promo- tional materials for our school that explain all the reasons why a parent would want to send their son or daughter to South Huron D.H.S. next September. A list of those reasons might DEB begin by talking about * a 50 year history of academic HOMUTH PRINCIPAL'S excellence MESSAGE * a richogram of extra cur- ricular a ties that includes more sports teams th any other school in the area, drama, music and visual arts clubs, special interest clubs * a full range of big shop tech * a ratio of computers to kids of approxi- mately 1:3 * a fully equipped, modern facility in a small town, neighbourhood setting * a full-service special education program offering specialized programming for the full range of special needs students And so on. Public high schools have under- sold themselves for too long so this territory is relatively new for us. It's not that we don't have anything to say. As that ' short list indi- cates we do; rather, we don't do a very good job of promoting our strengths. In the next few weeks our promotional material will be prepared for the printers. I would like to work with a group of students, parents, and staff to plan and develop those materials. If you have interest or expertise in this area, please give me a call at the school so we can •get started right away. In closing, I wanted to let our wider school community know what a wonderi`ul job our students did of last week's Remembrance Day assembly. • The program involved the presentation of the colours by members of our Legion, the presen- tation of a timeline of significant events from this century involving Canada's Armed Services and peacekeepers, a musical and dra- matic presentation of Flanders Fields, two musical presen'tations, and the two minute wave of silence. For me, the `most powerful moment was .at the end of the program when 40 of our senior boys presented the names of those from our school who lost their lives in combat. Watching our 40 young men, repre- senting them, reminded me again. of how young those other 40 young men were and what an incredible sacrifice it was. I know our students see that a little more clearly now and feel their connection. a little more deeply. It remains so important that we help kids under- stand and "remember"; They did that last week so well. You would have been so proud of them. and return them to the school in the next few days. Parent's night was Tuesday, November 16th and if you were unable to make it to the school please contact the school to make alternate arrangements to speak with your student's teach- ers. The new report format has been used for all grade levels at St. Anne's. Parents of Grade 10 to OAC students are asked to disregard the columns labeled as Learning Skills. This applies to the new assessment models created along with the new curriculum. The second clarification is that the course median shown is in fact a class median for the specific class or section your student is enrolled in . The third area which may cause some confusion is the area of the total number of class} es. The total number should read. 48 classes how- ever, if the student transferred sections or entered the course Iate the number will reflect the total number of classes attended since the transfer. Times late will show how many times the student has arrived, to class late and show which class the late applies to. If there are any questions please attach a note to the grade nine response form, ,or if it applies to grade 10 to OAC students, attach the note to the half page, purple signature form that should be signed by the parent or guardian and returned to the home room teacher early this week. I am sure than all concerns can be cleared up to parent's satisfaction.