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Whitby Free Pre, Wednesday, June 15,199M. Page 7 Students fas principals Mrs. Meraw's Grade 4 class at Leslie McFarlane Public School complete their essays this week by taking over the principal's office. The length of those replies makes quoting them ail impossible. What follows is a summary: "If I were a principal," says Justin Deschenes, «kids would go to school at 10:30 a.m. and leave. at 11:30 a.m. In gym, kids could choose what they want to do. Kids would get tools and equipment to build their playground whatever way they want.» As principal, Pamela MeLean would "put lots of reading period in just for reading. Second periods would be for cleaning the school ground up so it would flot be dirty. 1 wouid make a rule no throwing garbage on the ground and 1 would keep the rule of hands by your side, feet on the ground and no snowball throwing. 1 want to be just like Mrs. Picken." Sonia Ali would "make it a little easier to understand ail the stuff. 1 would try to make the summer break one month long so the kids would flot forget everything.» Preeti Verpal would make only a few rules. «I would put -students in detention and always make school a fun place. There wiil always be a party on Tuesdays. You neyer have to put capitals on the beginning of a sentence." Natasha Bene says teachers would have deten- tions instead of the students. I wouldn't give st udents homework. -School would be two hours long. On Fridays there would be no school. "School holidays would start in May and last until October. School wouldn't be so hard and the kids would have no math tests. On Monday there would be fun and games. On Tiiesday you couid do anything you wanted. On Wednesday there would be gymal day. On Thursday there would be art." Tara Perry "would change a lot of things. Wed- nesday is the only day you wouid have to do work. You would only do spelling, math and music. 0f course, I would allow gum chewing!» "We would go skiing every week," says Adam Taylor. "We would stop at Mcflonald's on the way. We would all go te the Olympics and free style ski. I would win a gold medal. When the ski season was over we would go te the SkyDome and play basebail. We would win the huge world series trophy and I would be Joe Carter." Mike Gray: "More trips, more art classes, com- puters -in every classroom, free pizza every day. I would have the biggest sehool gym ini ail of Whitby. 1 would let ail the kids go home early. I would get a football team and a hockey team. I wouid buy more computers for the schuol. There would be a better playground. 1 would get a swimming pool. Being principal has a lot of responsibiity. I'm glad 1'm not principal.» Elizabeth Kehoe «wouldn't allow chewing gum, smoking,fighting or swearing. 1 would allow tennis balîs. I would put a computer in each classroom and whoever didn't do their homework would get a detention.» "If I were principal, 1 would make a hockey team and a soccer team,» says Katie Cockburn. "My students would not have math. I won't make any more think rooms. I will have a big office with a T.V. and a radio in it. And I won't have te do any work because 1 wil have 19 secretaries!" For Chris Warham lunch would be two hours long and school hours would be four hours long. We would have French and Spanish. Twice a week we -^oAUl have gymad sienc . We would4try t save MOVING MYRTLE METHODIST CHURCH TO MYRJLE STATION, JUNE 1908 This frame church was built in 1857 on the site of Willi's Car Caro in Myrtle and moved te Myrtle Station when the new church was built. It was used by Elmer Cooke for more than 50 years as a gas station and demolished in 1980. One of the men in the wagon is BiH Tarvis madat right is Daniel Parrott.< ht mbupoo 10 YEABS AGO from the Wednesa, June 13 ,1984 edition of the WEf FREE PRESS " A meeting will be held at the library on June 18 te form a chapter of the United Empire Loyalist Association in WVhitby. " Town council honoured for their courage the teachers who escorted the Grade 7 students of Whitby at the Quebec le ' lature when a gunmnan shot severai people asat month. " Regional councillor Tom Edwards wants a task force on unemployment formed in Durham Region. " The former AIl Saints' Anglican Church rectory at 208 Byron St. S. bas been designated a heritage building. 35 YEABS AGO from the ThusaJn 11, 1959 edition of the WM EEKLY N1WS " Additional warehouse space is being constructed at the Dunlop Tire plant. " Deputy reeve Everett Quantri1llbas succeeded in reducmng Ontario County council's Wbitby levy by 50 per cent, as the Town was being overcharged. " The Ontario Society for the Prevention cf Cruelty te Animais is holding its first tag day in Whitby. " A rumeur swept Port Whitby that a girl has been shot in the back. It proved te, be untrue. 125 YEARS AGO fromn the Thursday, June 10, 1869 edition of the WHITBYCHRONICLE *Volunteers of the 34th Battalion and Grammar School Drill Association will be inspected at the drill shed by Brigade Major Dennis on June 16. " Tlhere are 54 scholars in Whitby's schoëls. " Iflree colts impounded by Whitby Township will be sold by public auction if they are net claimed by their owners by July 1. " 'lhe annual meeting of the Ontario Cricket Club will be held at the Bobson House Hotol at Dundas and Byron streets on June 11. 1h] -VIL Am ÀMW--.MR à 1 Lý-- - - . -- -