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DAVE HAYLOW
Teacher
honored
Teacher Sandra Rooney (right), daughter of Mrs.
Lenore Bradley of Goderich, and parent Wendy
Burns post mums and dads' art work on school
bulletin boards for children to view. Mrs. Rooney, a
Vancouver elementary school teacher, recently
received a Hilroy Fellowship worth $1,500 from the
Canadian Teachers' Federation, for starting and
operating a novel program of parent participation
workshops in the school where she teaches. (photo
by Audio -Visual Services, Vancouver School
13 oard)
Former area girl earns honor
The parents of Sandra
. Rooney's family -grouped
primary class at
Oppenheimer Elemen-
tary in Vancouver go to
school in the evening and
experience some of the
same learning situations
that their children do
during the day.
This novel program of
parent participation
workshops have won Mrs.
Rooney (the fo'^mer
Sandra Bradley of
Goderich) a $1,500 Hilroy
Fellowship from. the
Canadian Teachers'
Federation.
The objective of the
fellowship is to encourage
teachers to develop and
. apply innovative ideas in
their work in the schools
and to make written
descriptions of these
ideas available to as.
many other teachers as
possible.
The fellowship is
available to teachers in
all the provinces in-
cluding the North West
Territories and the
Yukon. `Mrs: Rooney is
the first Vancouver
teacher to receive one. It
was presented to her
recently at a meeting of
the Vancouver
Elemeptary Schools
Association.
Mrs. Rooney has been
conducting parent
workshops in her
classroom for six years
now, starting and 'con-
ducting them for three
years on her own and
then repeating them at
the request of the parents
and obtaining assistance
from the School Boards
Innovation Fund in the
next two years to 'buy
materials for the
workshops. She was
similarly assisted by
Community Education
Services this year.
The workshops, besides
enabling the parent
participants to ex-
perience what their
children experience in
school, improve' sub-
stantially the com-
munications .between
parents and teacher and
between parents of dif-
ferent families. They also
generaiie parental sup-
port for the classroom
program and monitoring
of pupil progress at
home.
"Many parents don't
really:know what goes on
in school and welcome
involvement. of 9 this
kind," says Mrs. Rooney.
Topics vary from year
to year in the workshops
depending on the needs.
This year's topics in-
cluded math, family
grouping, art and the
value of play. In the
future, Mrs. Rooney is
thinking 'about adding
music and language arts.
The parents do. the
sanie kind •of art work
and math _ as their
children, play the same
games -and learn many
other things about their
youngsters' school life.
The art work of the mums
and dads is displayed on a
large bulletin board 'for
the children to view.
Not every parent of the
families represented in
Mrs. ,Rooney's classes
are able to attend the
workshops, but the at-
tendance rate is high.
"The idea behind the
workshops may or may
not be new -- what is new
is the implementation of
the idea," says Mrs.
Rooney. "To my
knowledge no similiar'
program has been or is
currently in operation.
"I was concerned about
hearing criticism of
children's `play' in school
and about such matters •
as how much of their art
work went home and was
appreciated. I also abhor
any barriers that may
exist between pupils,
teacher and parents."
That's why Mrs.
Rooney, a kindergarten
teacher, decided to start
the program.
As part of the program,
Mrs. Roongey takes film
slides` of leer children in
school and their parents
in school and sub
sequently shows them to
the parents. This
photographic review,
along with direct ob-
servation of the parents
at work and in con-
versation with one
another, provide a good
indication of parental
interest and the general
Mrs. Karen Ross (left), Executive Director of
the Volunteer Bureau in London and an active
volunteer in many organizations herself, was the
guest speaker at a "Recognition Luncheon" held
at the Bluewater Centre last Wednesday to honor
all the Centre's volunteers. Here, she poses for a
picture with Mrs. Ruth Ann Chapman, Activity
Co-ordinator at the Centre. (Photo by Joanne
Walters)
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Mrs. Rooney received
her schooling in Goderich
public and high schools
and at Stratford
Teachers' College. Since
living in British
Columbia, she has also
received her B.A. at the -
university there. She is,
the daughter of Mrs.
Lenore Bradley of
Goderich.
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THE KELLYS
(A Family History)
with s4p`ine of the History of
St. Joesph's Parish,
Kingsbridge
Obituary
MRS. GRACE
Mrs. Grace E;. Bogie of
Goderich died in
Alexandra Marine and
General Hospital on
Thursday, June 22 at the
age of 72.She was born in
Colborne Township on
December 20, 1905 to
Archibald and Elizabeth
(Gliddon) Horton.
In 1928 she graduated
as a Registered Nurse
from Alexandra Marine
and General Hospital
School of Nursing.
On December 10, 1932
she married Rod Bogie in
Knox Presbyterian
Church, Goderich.
Following her marriage,
she lived in Toronto,
Colborne Township and in
Goderich since 1972.
She was a member of
Knox Presbyterian
Church as . well as a
member of the Women's
E. BOGIE
Missionary Society of
that church. She was'also
a member of Tiger
Dunlop Women's
Institute.
She was predeceased
by one sister , Mrs.
Charles (Merle) Walton
in October, 1961 and one
brother, James Horton in
May, 1978.
She is survived by her
husband.
A funeral service was
held at McCallum
Funeral Home at 1:30
p.m. on Saturday, June
24, The Reverend. G.L.
Royal officiated.
Interment was in
Colborne Cemetery in
Colborne Township.
Pallbearers were Mel
Bogie, Cameron Bogie,
Gerald Fisher, Carmen
Kerr, Allan Watson and
Toynbee Lamb.
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