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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-05-31, Page 8PAGE 8 --GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1979 • Winter's damage to the Goderich beach was cleaned up last week when fresh sand was spread over the municipal lakefront in preparation for the summer's bathers. Machinery was working on the beach all last week sifting through the sand on the beach to clean out material washed up during the winter and level the lakefront off. (photo by Jeff Seddon) ' IIPSS13 votes for expansion French program okay /BY WILMA OKE The Huron -Perth Roman Catholic Separate School Board approved the extension of the French program in 18 of its 19 schools at a meeting in Dublin Monday night. The 19th school, Ecole Ste. Marie at Zurich, is a bilingual school. Beginning in Sep- tember, 1980, the oral French program will be extended to include Grades 4 and 5, in ad- dition to the Grades 6, 7 and 8 now taught French. The course will be taught in 20 -minute periods daily, instead of the 40 - minute periods every other day as now taught. The ministry of education considers the shorter periods every day easier for the student to learn French than the longer period every other day. William Eckert, Director of Education, said that it will mean doubling the number of teachers tb'eight from the four and a half now teaching the French program. He said the teachers will be travelling more miles, increasing the mileage each day to 244 miles, up from the 219 miles per day now. In answer to a question from Trustee Vincent Young of Goderich about funding the increased costs, Mr. Eckert replied that out of the four teachers hired, funding would cover the cost of -.two of them from government grants. Trustee Young replied, that would equal another mill. Vice-chairman Ronald Marcy noted that from a ministry of education article he had found that in Grades 4, 44.0 percent of the students in public schools were taught French compared to 78.4 percent 'in separate schools; and in Grades 5, 55.4 percent of the public students received French instruction compared to 81.1 percent in the separate schools. The board amended its policy regarding kin- dergarten children registering for classes. Presently, before a kindergarten pupil can be registered and admitted to kindergarten for the school year, he or she must attain the age of five years of age on or before December 31. Where there are suf- ficient student spaces available in the child's school of attendance, a child who attains the age of five years after December 31, but prior to January 31, may on the request of the parent be registered for the school year. The board voted to accept the tender of Mct'iab Bus Sales Limited of St. Thomas to supply one 1978 Inter- national 66 -passenger school bus and one 1978 International 54 - passenger (automatic transmission) school bus The hoard meeting was for the amount of conducted under the $33,169.60 after trade-in bright lights of the Cable allowance. Television cameras. John The board accepted the McCarroll of Stratford, in resignations of two of its charge of the five -man bus drivers -- Bernard crew, commended the Denomme, school bus board members for their driver at Ecole Ste. conduct with no Marie and Charles Erb at St. Boniface School, Zurich. Approval was given by the board to the Early Assessment - Identification Process off s -t ude n -t -s- -fo-r all kin- dergarten in_dergarten pupils ac- cording to the .requirement 'of the ministry of education. The kit is used •by the kindergarten teachers under ;the Huron -Perth County separate school board, Mr. Eckert stated. The kit provides the kindergarten teacher with information which will give her a -greater understanding of each child and it is then par- ticularly helpful to the primary one teacher and the resource teacher in establishing individual programs for those students identified as having learning disabilities. Principal Michael Dewan of Immaculate Conception School and Laurie Kraftcheck, Grade 8 teacher at St. Michael's .School, both in Stratford presented an outline on the in- termediate science curriculum as taught to the students and an- swered questions bY the trustees. Ellison principal of summer school Doug Ellison, a teacher at South Huron District High School, has been named principal of the summer school which the Huron County Board of . Education will operate on a trial basis this year. While the number and type of subjects to be offered will depend on the interest shown, Ellison indicated last week that many options will be open to students in the county. "The basic rule of thumb will be that if 10 to 20 students show an in- terest in a particular subject, we will attempt to offer the program," Ellison explained. There are four types of . `courses being offered in the program which will be conducted only at Central Huron Secondary School in Clinton. They are as follows: + improvement courses: offered to students who have completed the course during the regular school year but who have not achieved a passing grade or wish to improve their standing. These courses' are two hours in length and a student may enrol in two. + New credit courses: available to students who have not taken the course before or did not com- plete the course during the school year. These courses are four hours a day. + Remedial courses: offered ' in English and mathematics to grade seven or eight, students who are having difficulty with either subject. These classes are for two hours a day and no credits are received. + Special interest courses: provided 'for students who have to spend four hours a day at summer school but are only taking a two-hour course. These may in- clude tech, theatre arts, music, and physical activities such as basketball, golf, bad- minton and tennis. The improvement and new credit courses run throughout the duration of the school program from July 4 to August 10. The remedial and special interest courses start on July 9 and the former terminates on July 27, while the special interest courses continue through to August 3. All classes begin at 8:30 a.m. at Central Huron and the school day concludes at 12:30. Limited bus service will. be offered to all students, with buses leaving the other four SPECIAL • secondary schools each day at Goderich, Exeter, Wingham and Seaforth. Arrangements may be made later for pick up and drop ,off points on the highways' leading to and from Clinton. While the summer school is designed primarily to assist students in achieving their secondary school graduation diplomas, the courses are open to anyone who may be in- terested. This includes non - county residents, adults and Separate School students. The courses are free, but a $10 registration and materials fee will be assessed, with the ex- ception of the elementary remedial courses which will be assessed a $5 fee. Textbooks will be supplied at no charge, although grade 13 students will have to purchase their texts. Application forms are now available in the guidance departments at the five secondary schools and the public school principals, have the forms for elementary courses. Applications for the new credit courses and the elementary remedial courses are due on June 8 and students will be notified on June 15 as to whether there is enough interest to proceed with the classes. Students wishing to enrol in the improvement courses and special in - m ust terest courses submit applications by June 29 and they will be notified on July 2 whether the.classes will proceed. Ellison said that due to the reduced instructional time at summer school, regular and punctual attendance is essential and students will be with- drawn from courses after their fourth day of ab- sence, unless there are extenuating cir- cumstances. Examinations in the credit courses will be conducted on the final Civic Corner The Goderich Recreation Board will meet tonight, -May 31 in town hall at 7:30 p.m. Goderich Town Council will meet on Monday, June 4 in the council chambers at town hall at 7:30p.m. The Goderich Planning Board will meet on Tuesday, June:5 in town hall at 7:15 p.m. SEE OUR FULL RETAIL COUNTER two days of the school and all marks will be for- warded to the student's home school. All enquiries, prior to registration, should be made to principal Doug Ellison at South Huron District High School in Exeter. (235-0880) He indicated that if a desired course is not available at Clinton, attempts will be made to register those students in the London summer school program. showboating and no one trying to take over. He said the program would go on the air on Wed- nesday of this week between 6 and 7 p.m. and again next week. He offered copies of the program to be used for showing in schools in those areas where the Mitchell Cable TV company does not reach. Any trustee wishing this was invited to telephone Mr. McCarroll. Board meEnbers went into committee -of -the - whole following the conclusion of the general meeting. 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