Clinton News-Record, 1977-05-19, Page 9R
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Dozens of volunteers have made a quick completion of the new grandstand a reality,
donating their time and labor to paint seats, bundle lumber for the auction sale this
Saturday. Here Craig Cox and Doug Macaulay were just two of the volunteers painting
last week. (News -Record photo)
Separate bd. to extend program
By Wilma Oke
The Huron -Perth County Roman
• Catholic Separate School Board ap-
proved the extension of the Family Life
program in the next school term to the
pupils in Kindergarten, Grades one, two
and three, at a meeting of the board in
Dublin last week.
The program was started first in the
spring of 1974 with Grade eight pupils at
St. James School in Seaforth, then to'all
Grade 8 pupils in the separate school
system and this year to the Grade seven
pupils as well.
• Ronald Gladding of Stratford, co-
ordinator of the Family Life program,
said it was started with the older
.
pupils, to meet a particular and im-
mediate need' -but now he said it is the
opinion of most educators that the
logical and most effective area to begin
with is the primary grades. The pupil at
this level is assuming more respon-
sibilitiec in the home and can learn to
unde, .Mand his contribution to family
life and the significance of family living,
• he said.
"Mariy'opportunities arise in primary
grades that allow us to help children
learn about their bodies, emotions, and
the differences between boys and girls",
he stated.
"We learn best by following a logical
progression with concepts building
•gradually on one another. If we can
begin in the primary grades to guide the.
children according to Christian grin-
, ciples, then we can provide a firm base
for the child's growth," he .went on to
say.
He concluded, "In the primary grades
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we would like to concentrate ori the three
areas of family, growth and relation-
ships. In sharing ideas and feelings on
these topics, hopefully we can develop
and strengthen positive attitudes in the
children towards their own self-worth
and towards understanding and respect
for others".
The board gave Gladding and the
Family Life Committee (composed of
parents, teachers, priests and trustees)
authority to prepare curriculum for the
primary grades. This curriculum will be
presented to the trustees this fall for
their approval and implemented in the
classrooms in January or February.
Gladding said the curriculum would be
presented to parents at an open meeting
so that they would know what their
children were being taught. He said the
teachers would be having workshops to
prepare for the program.
Superintendent William Eckert said
the program would be maintained in
Grades seven d eight.
There are 29 teachers in the 19,
separate schools who have taken the
Family Life course at r St. Jerome's `
College in Waterloo. It has provided a
base of background information and
teaching methods. Fifteen teachers have
signed up for the course this summer,
with their tuition fees paid by the board
for the three-week course. This will
result in all the schools in the system
having at least one teacher in the school
who has taken the course with the ex-
ception of St. Mary's School, Hesson,
where none has volunteered to take the
course to date.
Relivion consultant for the board,
Hallett Federation survey
(continued from page 7)
Bill Crawford and additional
comments -were given by the
farmers.
Regarding' the Township
Federation, some suggested
that they should be more
concerned with social events
in the rural area. Other
comments suggested that the
members should keep in-
formed on current issues and
in touch with provincial
organization. It was also
suggested that they continue
a vlvell informed township
organization ' and present
ideas to county organizations
regarding local issues and
farmers' concerns. The
township . federation should
also look into the problem of
restricting drainage outlets
due to the flooding of the
Hullett Conservation Area.
Some farmers were con-
cerned that members are not
Theresa Woods and Mary Kennedy, both
of Stratford, attended the board meeting
with Gladding to present the Family Life
report.
The board approved the dates for the
nine professional development days to
be held by the teachers next school year,
September 12, October 17, November 4,
December 9, April 14 and 28, May 12 and
June 29 and 30.
The board will ask that the school
principals inform their local com-
munities through a newsletter of the
professional development days, the
dates and the purpose of these days, two
weeks in advance of each day and
parents are to be invited to attend these
days and that a follow-up newsletter of
the days' activities to be sent to each
local community.
Superintendent Joseph Mills reported
his request for a grant from the regional
professional development office of the
Ministry of Education had been ap-
proved for $1,125 to be used for
professional development of special
education teachers holding workshops.
Through Experience '77, the regional
office, Waterloo, of the Ministry of
Education sponsored by Ontario Youth
Secretariat, his request for a grant of
$6,116.08 had been approved to hire•six
.students for an eight week period . They
will prepare and collate materials for
special education programs, Mills said.
Vincent Young, Goderich, chairman of
the board negotiating committee
reported that the negotiations, with the
teachers have been "virtually resolved
and I would expect they will be com-
pleted and ratified within ten days by the
two committees".
allowed to express their
concerns to the- County
Federation. In other com-
ments it was felt that there
should be an improvement in
the rural -urban relationship.
It was noted that urban
municipalities also have
problems and farmers should
be more sympathetic. The
township federation should
also be better informed,.
regarding county decisions.
Regarding the Ontario
Federation it was suggested
that the OFA should take a
stronger stand on vertical
intergraders, such as hog
contracts. It was also felt that
the federation should disallow
the dumping Of food from
offshore countries, such as
beef, eggs and dairy
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products. Some were also
opposed to socialistic
policies.
Some noted that fuel prices
were cheaper at • service
stations than at farm gates
and it was suggested that
energy costs should lie
wholesale to farmers. Better
public relations between
farmers and consumer
groups was also a suggestion
made in the survey,
A suggestion was also made
that a lobby should be con-
ducted for improved pollution
control in the streams and
water. Some felt that
membership in the OFA
should be.mandatory and the
federation should look into
the price of seed corn to see if
it's justified.
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