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COMPUTER WIZARD - Andrew Kennedy, seated, a student at Seaforth's public
• School, was chosen to represent the region at the Canadian Science fair to be held May.
• 10' to 17 in Mississauga, His project done oh the computer is entitled, "Stellar
Astronomy - An Introduction" And received rave reviews' Friday and' Saturday in Clin-
,
tCn. Watching Andrew work on the computer are, from left, Daryl Bakalar, Andrew Lee
f. and Brian Hemingway: •• Mcliwraith photo.
Seaforth-Walton Public
• School Express
erybody learning.from
• ESL program students
•
• When you are surrounded .by a language
you can speak and understand, itis difficult
to imagine the frustrations of an "English
as•a second language" (ESL) student,
At 'Seaferth. Public School there are three
ESL- students. They have been there 'since
• early January.
Tina, Cornelius and Abraham came with
• their family from a warmllexican climate.
Besides • not understanding the english
language, there were so many other new ex-
periences for them to get used to - snow,
• winter clothing, winter boots, outdoor
winter 'activities, riding on the school bus,
• bringing a lunchpail and learning many new
lensive instruction' in small groups and on a •
one-to-one basis, . with emphasiS on words
necessary to survive in an english-speaking
environment. • •
Short lessons with much repetition are
most beneficial. The activities need to be
varied as the students become tired and
strained by constantly being in the foreign
environment, which they do not understand.
The school resource teacher coordinates
the various programs for Tina, Abraham
and Cornelius, and each child has peer
tutors. These tutors • are their classmates
and give instruction within the classroom
while, keeping up with their own lessons.
Tara McKelvie, a Grade 12 co-op student at
• school and classroom routines. •SPS, and adult volunteers, also work with
For the teachers of these ESL students, them, and everyone has become proficient
simple procedures can be quite difficult tc in the use of gestures, sign language and ex -
explain. How can you easily: explain thb planations in very simple Instruction. They
regular fire drills that the entire school par- • say they have learned as much from the
tioipates in? ESL students as the ESL students have ,
• Tina and her brothers have received in- learned from them.
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''Ciirtiputers are popular
• Computers, computers, computers! school program.
• All students at Seaforth Public School "I see this as a way to help create interest .
have been able .to interact with the instruc- in everyday school activities. I really like
tional aid of the future - the computer. the ICON programs."
Sixteen keyboards • and screens, of •the 'From the excitement and interest
ICON system have been receiving max- generated around SPS it is obvious these
iinum use in the school library as classes students are ready to proceed full speed
visit as often as possible, for as long as ahead into the computer age.
possible. Students have been requesting ex-
tra time on the computers before and after
school.
This portable lab is the property of the
Huron County Board of Education and • has
been passing from school to school
throughout the system. SPS has had two
weeks to. discover the benefit of the com-
puter age. . Taralee McKelvie, n Grade 12 student at
• Michael Pearch, a student in Grade 7, Central Huron Seconday School, Clinton,
thinks the program offers educational lends an extra pair of hands to many of the
benefits including development of logic in special education prograni activities at
thinking and the simple "fun" of exploration Seaforth Public School.
of new Materials. • AS part of her studies this year Taralee at -
"I'd like to see computers used more in tends SPS every other day in order to get
schools because in the future, they'll be a "real life" work experience, as she con.
big part of the world," says Michael. tinues the process of education' toward a
Similarly, Kalen Carroll, has enjoyed his career in social work. Taralee will receive
experience on the ICONs. He is very two credits towards her (Mario Secondary
familiar with the use of computers in the School Graduation Diploma on completion
home and offers these cornments about this of this worthwhile project.
•
Co-op student
appreciated
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