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iby PMuiels, Wecfieday, Jàuàraiy 2.10è3. PaWe23 Meranda Waters HENRY ST. K.Se The weather in the pasr, week led everyone, including the DuramBoard of Education, to expect the worst. Sadly or lucldly, depending on who you are, the echool and buses running to Henry Street remained in operation. I don't Inow about everyone else, but I sure could have used another 'Snowed-in Day,' otherwise known as 'SI Day.' The wet snow, however, bas not dampened Henry spirits, especia]Iy in the sports departinent. For example, the Hawks hockey teain recently defeated Paul Dwyer 6-1. The Hawks nielted the ice as Scott Gregor whzzed two goals past the Dwyer groalie, followed by Jef Thorne, M hike Rowland, Mike Croucher and Mike Molson with goal apiece. The girls' volleyball teanis have been setting an incredible pace this past week, buxnping here and setting there. Last 'flursday, the junior grls played host to Ajax and O«Neill. ,The girls were unfortunately beaten by the Ajax team. The girls bounced back and showed the O'Neill teamn what they were made of by winning in two straight gaines. The final scores were 15-11 and 15-4. The very next day, the Hawks were off te Kitchener, te show the purpie and gold spirit in tournament play. With the junior teain back at home again, ail three Hawk volleybl teams took turns defeating the Eiastdale and Austin teains. The midget team managed to tuck two more wins under their bet, putting their record at five wins, three lasses. The senior teain foilowed directly behind the midgets and chalked their team's record up to 6-2. On Jan. 9, the senior girls competed in an tournament in Waterloo. The team- laced a triumphsnt second in t~er Pool but met defeat at the banda of a very determined Waterloo teain. Aside from the volleyball and hockey teams, the lady wrestlers have kept the competition on their feet. Pamela Steeves won a silver medal and Sandy Wishart won a bronze recently. Special mention goes to Rachel Biggs and Chris Worrai for an incredible effort. Congratulations to ail of Henry's teams this week and good luck in the following weeks. And lastly, as everyone surely knows, exam week is rapidly approaching. The library is packed with determined studieVs, aiming for passing grades. Good luck, here's hoping your LUBA MATTHIE'S world issues class ai Anderson or g1nied a 'Mad about Plaid' dance and oter events 10 raise money to help save the Brazilian rainforest. It costs $25 to buy an acre of rainforest. From left, class members Ryan Donnelly, Jr. Ander- son, Rob Halpin, Claire Madili, Kevin Harper, Andrew Zwart, (middle) Amanda and Angela Miles-Bery, Samantha Lamb, Heather Robinson, Janeen Smith and (front) Matthie. Photo by Mark Reesor, Whltby Free Pres r' L'Ï>A dennifer AyI.ing FATHER LEO J. AUSTIN Alanna Brown TRAFALGAR CASTLE Everyone je back at Trafalgar after a relaxing holiday. As you can imagine, boarding echoolr je not alwaye erijoyable during our rigorous Canadien winters, especially for etudents from warmer couitries. To combat the lethsrgy that accompanies the cold weather, we have a term filled with lots of activities te keep us busy. Already. the volleyball and indoar track coaches have been hligt¶yo uts for the various teams Themidget volleybal teain attended an independent echool tournament at St. Clements School in Tarante. Trafalgar won two games, beating St. Mildreds School and St. John's School. Furthermore, the dramnatic saciety je holding tryoute for aur echool lay, 'Dorothy Meets Ace.' e U debating society is preparing for the second round of the Fulford Debates in February; the reslution deals with the state of our environninent. The tradition of the Junior Science Olympice originated at Trafalgar and will once again be held here on Feb. 20. On the social ide of thinge, everyone is looking forward ta aur annual Ski Da at Devil's Elbow an Feb. 22.Ngot anly je this a break front echoal it marks the weekend of aur big videa-dance. There are some new faces at Trafalgar this term. Mss Edwina Roberts, a Gap student, bas arrived althe way fram Colechester Essex in England, te help us out in residence and in other areas. She ie not ta be confused with aur dean, Miss Roberts. Miss Bonitatibus, wha cornes from Hamilton, is a Waterloo co-op.math student. She will be teaching and tutering math at Trafalgar for the next five months. Mrs. Ann Murphy, a Waterloo co-op student at Trafalgar three years ago, bas come from Toronto te teach math. She will also be coaching the senior volleyball team. We have two new grade 9 students, Eva Tsang and Joanne Hsu, both fram Hong Kong. The last newcomer te aur school is ChIas, not a student, but rather an adorable golden retriever puppy. Our terni is off to a good start. Everyone seems enthusiastic and whether this can be attributed te the shortness of this terni, I don't know. Just think, only seven weeks until March break. College to have police learning centre Durham Regional Police and Durhami College are forniing a p artnership ta create a Police Lernng Centre on the college grounds in Oshawa- The centre will be staffed by both police and civilian members who will co-ordinate a wide variety of learning opporunities for employees of th e police service. For further information, contact Cheryl Bird, public relations officer, Durham Colege, et 721-2000, ext. 549, or Durhamn Regional Police Sgt. Sandy Ryrie or Pat Robinson at 579-1520. Hello there, Austinites! Well, the halls have been full of zombied students this week. That could only mean one of two things: A, aliens have landed and taken over ail our brains, or, B, exam week is here. As much asrFslike te believe choice A, Fm forced te, be the bearer of bad news once again and say that exains start tomorrow. %m really sorry about that, but it had te be said. I just wanted te offer a little advice te ail the grade 9 students who are worried about- writing exams. Have no fear. An exazn is juàt like writing any other test, except an exam is twice as long, and you sit in a room about four times as bir as your regular classroom. You are surrounded by hundreds of other students, al ritig frantically, while you look aroundi feverishjý, trying te find at least one fami 'ar face. 0f course, there's the dozen teachers or so walking up and down and up and down the rows, periodhcally stopping at your desk, lookcing over your shoulder, then walking away laughing. If you like complete silence, then you're in luck, because the only sounds that can be heard are the papers being rustled and the odd sob from students who studied ail the wrong inaterial. You have nothing te worry about though, so walk inte the exain room with confidence and -- pray! Now that I have reassured al the grade nines (yeah, right), I want te mention a littie news from Jan. 7. On Thursday, the Austin swim team participated in the LOSSA South meet. The team fimished fifth out of eight tearne. Leading the way for Austin were Adrian Leniierzewicz, Candice Cheng, Stacey Morrison, John Graham and the girls 200m medley relay teaIn. Congratulations te ail teain members and coaches, Mrs. Frawley, Mr. MacDonnell and Ms. Sculion. Good luck in your upcoming meets. In more sports news, the miàdget girls' volleyball team defeated both'McLaughlin and Pickering on Wednesday night. The girls also defeated lEastdale Collegiate on Monday. Keep up the good work. In addition, the midget boys' basketball team ran their regular season unbeaten string te four games on Tuesday, defeating O'Neill 45-29. With teams like these, the Wildcats are unstoppable! On Jan. 13, grade 9 and 12 students were lucky enough te hear Beverly Hadland speak te students about a faxmliar topic -- hormones. Ms. Hadland je the author ofa book entitled 'Hang on to your Hormones.' She spent 70 minutes lecturing and answering questions. She brought un many controversial issues, and aIl agreed she was a gifted speaker who helped with the decisions facing many teens today. FInally I just want te congratulate Stephano Foitino on bis bronze medal in' the cadet casas of the Pine Ridge wrestling tournarnent held last Wednesday in Pickering. Well, it has certainly been an eventful week for Austin. Keep studying for those exains, and, until we meet again -- keep sniiling! Funding given for St. John sohool renovations Renovatian wark will take place at St. John the Evangeliat school in Whitby. The Durham separate echool board received $324,000 from the Ontario gavernment's Jobs Ontario Capital prograin te carry out work at variaus schools, in- cluding St. John. The boiler will be replaced and roofin repair wilI be undertaken a t St. John, with provincial fund- ing af about $1 17,000 teward the estimated cast of about $150,000 for the two projects. Other prjecte for the Durham sep)arateboard were at schools in Oshawa, Ajax and Pickering. The Durhazn Board of Educa- tion received "Ust over $162,00 in fundingunder the pragram for renovation of the science roome, estimated te cost $2503,000, at Harwood Secondary Schaol in Ajax. School boards pay the remain- ingcost of projects.sryo g crding to the Ministyo Education, construction wilI begin immediately and will be completed by March 31. Sylvan Centre *Boost your child s grades. * Buîld st 1k stt t m * Prograins in readîng, math, algebra, wniting. study ski ils, /wtmework sup- port anti tipmmangement. i"Me2 Syb-an Irarrnng Sy-4rmn