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Whitby Fr.. Preas, Wednosciay, July, 19»5 #,Page 19 More familleiqs needed for exchaing9e p rog9ram Strumming a tune LARISA MASON plays a bundura at the Cultural Caravan held at F.M. Heard Public Sohool. She also took part in a demionstration of Ukrainian egg-ainting. Phto by Peter NiIa8, Whitby Free Press Student athietes honoured at Sinclair Saral Mebra and Jenn Sakata were naxned junior athletes of the year for Sinclair Secondary School. Mehra was a standout on the junior boys' soccer, basketball and rugby teains the latter teani capturing a Lake Ontario Secondary School Association Léhaxpionship. Sakata won two gold medals at the Ontario alpine skiing chani- pionships and was on the junior girls' asebal Yvledl and tennis teame. The coaches' awards went te Shannon Harrod (also the indivi- dual award-winner for girls' field hockey) and Wes Hamilton, for both athletic ability and dedica- tion to their sport. The intramural award went to Courtney Burnett. It was the first year of athletic competition for students of the sehool that opened last Septein- ber. Five more familles are needed to hast foreign exchange students who will be coming to Canada from Asfia, Europe and South Anierica. The students have already been selected by the Youth for Understanding Exchange pro- gramn tolive in Canada for il months and attend school. Parents' conference date set The Durham Board of Education's fourth 'annual 'Parents as Partners' conference will be held Saturday, Oct. 14 at Sinclair Secondary Sehool and the new Education Centre, 400 Taunton Rd. E., Whitby. The conference gives parents and community members an opportunity to participate in a variety of workshops designed to extend the partnership between the home and the school. Workshops will mun from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and will feature speakers on topies such as parenting, communications with your child, computers and technolagy, safe echools, home/school partnerships, sehool community councils and the report of the Royal Commission on Learning. The registration fée of $10 per person includes lunch and day care, if required. Registration forms are available at sehools and are due by Sept. 19. For further information, contact Lucille Kehoe at (905) 666-6375. Students will be arriving in August froin Finland, Germany, Holland, Mexico, Brazil and Japan, but so far they will have no hast familles to settie down with. Each year, the Youth for Understanding organization and its hundreds of volunteers co-ordinate international ex- changes for more than 4,000 students around the world. Through participation in the pragramn, hast families get te learn about the place their student' comnes froni, their cultural differences, geagraphy and language. The students, aged 15 te 18, are expected to participate in their hast fandlies as though they were another member of the family. Students attend high echool full time during their placement. Families interested in more information about hoeting ,a student cail cail local volunteers Brian and Keith Wick at (905) 655-4434. Chelsea Balzan HENRY ST. H.S. Perhaps one of the mast important things for all grade is leaving their mark on their old school, and the class of '95 was no exception. To commemorate the 4Oth anniversary of the current Henry Street Hligh School building, the grads led by the graduating members of student council, presented Mr. Grant, our principal, with the new school flag in front of the assembled staff and student body. The grads were not the only ones who left their mark at Henry. The Henry Hawks boys' basebail teain played St. Michael's College Blues of Toronto in the Prentice Cup at Skydome on June 19 and won 5-4 in extra inmings. Hlighlights of the gaine included a 345-foot home mun by Ken Calway in the flrst inning, outstanding performances by both Tin Imeson, the winning pitchers and Mike Lorete, the losing pitcher. Lorete, made only one zmstake after settling in, which was giving up the double te, Adam Thompoon that sent the gaine into extra innings. Jerzy Aronowicz picked, *up a n RBI when he knocked Ryan Tacher home te score the winning run. Hawks were led te victory by their coach, Mr. Buchanan, and were' motivated by the students of Henry who cheered the team on in an amazing display of echool spirit at the pop rally before the gaine. Many Henry students took time off froin study ifoeam and, with vounteer staff supevisos, ade the trip te the Domete ocheer our Hawks on. A tetal of about 600 students rooted for the two teanis, that went home proud after a gaine welI played. Congratuilationxs te Henry's new provincial champion Hawks. Palmerston gIrl take two tities Palmerston Public School won bath the Durham Elementary Athletic Association (DEAA) juio girls' volleyball and bas- ketbali titles this year. Lori Edmondson was coach of the volleyball teain that defeated Dr. Robert Thornten in the final to cature the school's first ever And most of the volleyball team miembers also played on the basketball teani that won 32-21 over Thornton -- agan second best - te win the DEAA final. The basketball teain, coached by TracyBallanger with assis- tants Wayne Giles and Hillary Walgate, also won two tourna- mente. University seminar Trent, Ryerson and York universities, through the Durham Alliance for Tining and Education (DATE), will hold a unilversity information night tonight (Wednesday), 6 te 8 p-m. The event will be heid *at Durhami College in Oshawa. Representatives frocm Ryerson, Atinson College of York, and Trent as well as Durham Coilege will be on hand te assist individuals seeking information on furthering their post-secoedary education* and investigating degree and diploma poeibilities. GRADE 1 students at R.A. Hutchison Public Sohool Iast month received $500 worth of books from the Rotary Club of Whitby Sunnise to help with the -school's literacy program. Photo WyM"i Rem«o, Whittiy F»e Prou Eager readers