The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

Page 26, Whitby Free Press, Wednesday, March 10, 1993 HENRY ST. Ahh, a mere day is now between us and March break. What a relief to finally get that two-million-word essay about fungus out of the way, eh! And that's without even mentioning the book report you wrote on a book you 'forgot' to read because you were too busy trying to think of two million things to say about fungus. But, that's all behind us now. Just think, a stressless, bookless, thinkless, homeworkless, busless, classless, testless, I-think-you- get-the-point-less, week. The infamous Henry Street music department has been working on a program these last few weeks that will keep students thinking they're still in heaven -- after March break. Music students will be taking part in a musical exchange with 30 students from Bayridge Secondary School in Kingston. The three days of activity- packed fun begin March 25 when the Bayridge students arrive at Henry. Hawk students who are involved in the program are billeting the Bayridge students for two nights. The favour is being returned April 29, 30 and May 1 as the Hawks travel to Kingston. The many activities I spoke of earlier include tours at the McLaughlin Planetarium, Royal Ontario Museum, Roy Thomson Hall and Darlington nuclear generating station. That's not including a concert performed by the Toronto Symphony, a bowling excursion, a trip to the Oshawa Centre, a potluck dinner and dance, as well as several musical interludes performed by the Bayridge Band at local public schools. Al I have to say is ... wow! When is the only time one could see a Henry student wearing pajamas to school and sporting a 'bedhead?' Why, Spirit Week, of course. And now, we at Henry find ourselves right smack dab in the middle of it. This Monday was Hawk Day when everyone was encouraged to wear every piece of Hawk attire they could find. After buying a bag of yummy popcorn, students could make their way to the cafeteria at lunch to watch the Airband competitions. Tuesday was referred to as 'Bedhead and PJ day,' and a pancake breakfast was served to these brave and hardy students at 8 a.m. Today was cleverly titled Florida Day when students and staff alike could dress in their 'sunnies' clothes. The only restriction was no bathing suits or swim trünks. Two new events in this year's Spirit Week were the 'leg guessing contest' and free popsicles. And tomorrow should prove to be no less exciting than the past week with the 'Airband Get Out,' the guaranteed-to-make-you- laugh 'Eating Contest.' I hope it's net spaghetti and the selling of cookies. An early thanks and congratulations goes eut te student council members on the obvious success of Spirit Week. We students are extremely thankful. What else could have kept us sane after thinking that hard about fungus. Lucie Rochette ST. CHARLES GARNIER BRYAN CROUCH Leslie McFarlane March 2. is made up for his role as F public school presentation Photo by Peter Tomblin, Wh Cheryl-Ann MacKean ANDERSON C.V.I. Have you ever been mistaken for a famous soap opera star? Well, Anderson's Dierdre Thrasher has. In last week's column I mis- takenly named Dierdre Hall as one of the participants in Ander- son's annual'Dating Game.' The mistake is irreversible, but Miss Thrasher has my hum- blest apologies. On Thursday, March 11 Anderson students will be parti- cipating in the Oral Language Festival for area 5 at Ormiston public school. Students participating in the festival from Anderson are Sheri Rosen, Ian McNeil, Adam Kent, Jim Wraight, Kelly Jankovic, Samantha uir, Amanda Webb, Sharon Stevenson and Jennifer Whitehead. The festival involves students from grades 4 through 10 from more than 15 area 5 schools. Each student will make a 15- minute oral presentation in one of two formats: formal speech or oral report, role-playing or dra- matization. Preliminary groups will select a representative to make a pre- sentation before the entire assembly in the auditorium. All participants will receive a certifi- cate recognizing their involve- ment in the festival. Congratula- tions to the representatives from all area 5 schools. On March 5 Anderson held a talent show during lunch in the school cafeteria. The show began emotionally with a heart-warming love song by Nader Abdelnour and Peter Anathopolus. Jeanette Borree has a hidden talent unlike anyone I've ever seen before. Imagine what bones you could break or move if you folded your hands in front of you then lifted them over your head and stretched them down your back -- without unfolding your hands. Samer Abdelnor danced and sang to the beat of the King while Mark Rainey did political impersonations. Rainey also imitated 'Kernit' the frog and played a toe-tappin' instrument -- h lamouth. Matt Anderson and his ram- blin' cowboy Mu-chesse-mo (if that's not the right spel- ling...oops) trio of Todd Cyr, Zack Haydem and Pete Allison sang 'Mr. Dekker (the school's princi- pal) Had A School.'In this school he had smokers, B-boys, and a Mr. Hussey. Last, but certainly not least, Olivia Burrell sang a love song accompanied by Gary Knight on the microphone. Winners of the talent show were the Mu-cheese-mos (there's that word again) and the Burrell/ Knight duet. The two groups were each awarded tickets to last Friday's school dance. Bonjour! We are approaching March break at an alarmingly fast pace (oh, darn). Last week was a quiet one. Not many activities took place, so I thought that I would give you a big of history about the school. Once upon a time, a group of people were discussing the possibility of building a French Catholie high school in the area, because the closest French high schools were in Toronto. It was decided that a Catholic French high school would be built. In 1987, the French Catholic high school opened. It didn't even have a name yet. Students :ain in the attending the school were in 1o 'Oliver' grades 7 through 10 (I was in grade 7 at the time). itby Free Press The school was located on a church parking lot in Oshawa. The classes were held in portables or inside the main building of the church. Finally, our school was named -- Charles-Garnier. Every year, the lowest level î ý was removed, and a higher level ces nwas added. For example, in the 1987-88 school year, levels went from grades 7 to 10. In 1988-89, levels went from grades 8 to 11, 1989-90 levels went from grades 9 to 12, and in 1990-91, OAC was added. At the beginning of October 1988, our uniforms .became manditory. In December of 1988, the school moved from Oshawa to Michael Blvd. in Whitby (where Blessed Marguerite D'Youville is now). We stayed there until November 1990. In September 1990, we greeted a whole bunch of new students. They'd been waiting to go to our school for three years. In November, 1990, we moved again into the complex we now share with Father Leo J. Austin. Last year, the name of the school was officially changed from Charles-Garnier to Saint- Charles-Garnier. And now there is talk of our school getting its own building. Ill have graduated before it actually happens, though. Well, that's our history. Gotta fly. A la prochaine. Anderson CVI students are participating\ in a mock trial tournament in\ Belleville today (Wednesday).', Students from Anderson, Brock High School, Dr. F.J. Donevan CI and Napanee Dis- trict Secondary School are matching their courtroom skills in round two of the tournament. The tournament is held annually by the Canadian Bar Association-Ontario. This year's Law Day theme is 'One Hundred Years of the Criminal Code.' Students are staging the mur- der trial of Her Majesty The Queen v. Von Chovi. Don Von Chovi is charged with murdering Sean Penney at a FlyDome con- cert in Toronto. Throughout the trial, students' attention is focused on the pur- WEST LYNDE public school students work on a mural in relief, part of a project for the main entrance hall to the school. With an Ontario Arts Council grant for 65 per cent pose of criminal law, the way in which the criminal justice sys- tem functions, and the roles of crown attorneys and defence lawyers. Th emock trial is being held at the Belleville courthouse. Stu-' dents create a real-life dramati- zation of the trial. Winning schools from Ontaric\y four regions will be announcèd later this month. Regional contest winners will advance to the round three semi- finals in Toronto on the morning of Law Day, April 15. Round four, the final match, will be held on the afternoon of Law Day in Toronto. Law a is held every year to mark the anniversary of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. of the cost and 35 per cent from the school, Toronto artist Ken Kettlewell wor- ked with students to prepare the mural. Photo by Peter Tomblin. Whitby Free Press Students match courtroom skills O