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Whltby free Prma, Wecfrisday. Januasy 25, 1995 *Page 29 Shannon Maracle ~ t e o f SINCLAIR SECONDARY SCHOOL S.Palproeo pas wekat'Sinclair bas conditions, the clubs have been Ad do ou have that Showoa learning experience hvnaeat tmeonpes. ictoç Tefuldaycuiothe rk [y). We have ai lIearned A e1 k racing ta m is planned for Feb. 1à. See Mra. &Mgbu pruuLaAAi. £Lôu I L4J i aA in the fast approacbing season. In other sports, the niidget boys' basketbail team playeqgd Pine Ridge recently. Celtics p a ed an excellent game but feIl behind in the end. The final score was 56-48 for Pine Ridge. Ini the world of badminton, the players are getting ready for an exciting competitive season and an intramurai tournainent. Good luck te all those involved. Student of the Month was Ashley Barker. Ashley's work and enthusiasmi worcing with special needs students on a voluntary basis is admirable. He is conunended for sharing bis computer expertise and school interests with others.' yotter toaay. to reserve your ticket. Just a reminder, fl11 out and return those Matchmaker forms as soon as possible. The Dating Gaine is one of the many student council events. Congratulations te Sbawna Bodgewater, Rob Merry, Erin Cochrane and Mike Jackson on their success while answering questions like, "If I was a popsicle, wbat would you do to me?" Have a good time at East Side Marios. Dates te reserve are Feb. 7 for Grade 8 Parent Information Night, 7 te, 8:30 p.m., and Feb. 8, 8:30 te 9:30 a.m. Until next time, keep smiling. More than $2 million worth of projects for the Durham separate sehool board have been approved under the Canada/Ontario Infrastructure Works programn. Funding wiil be used te replace and restere roofs at 10 schools, including St. Leo in Brooklin; upgrading tbe running track and improve the parking lot at Monsignor Paul Dwyer Catholie H-igh Sehooli Osbawa; and upgrade boiler, heating and ventilation systems at 12 echools, including Father Leo J. Austin Catholic ,HIigh ,School, St. Matthew the Evangeliet and St. Theresa e lementary sehools, te improve airquality and reduce energy consumpti on. Other projects- include the installation of an elevater and conversion of a science laboratory inte' a indergarten classroom at Ecole Catholic Corpus-Christi in Oshawa; alteration of classrooms te, provide tecbnical studies laboratories for grades 7 and 8 at Holy Redeemer Catholic School in Pickering and St. Paul Catholic School in Whitby; installation of energy-control systeme i16 portables; and window replacements at Father Francis Mahoney and St. Michael Catholic schools in Oshawa. The projecte are achedulesfo completion in August 1995. exams the night befor, an next semester we will take better notes. Just kidding. Pm sure ail of you did just fine. I believe a congratulations is in order to al those who have worked so bard te prepare these last few weeks. .Sinclair Celtic track suits are now on sale. Check out the display cas in front of the phys-ed office for exaniples. You can place an order by getting formn from Mrs. Curtis. The next order will be placed Feb. 1., Our siclubs. have been meeting regularly for the past two wieeks on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Even though this is not exactly cold weatber a..'d icv Stefanie Antunes ST. CHARLES GARNIER Boxiour! Two entire weeks bave already fiown by since the Christmas holidays, and by now everyone is cert-nl riht k on schedule. Most studenta are fully recovered from the yuletide«partes,'and have their nases buried deep in those dust-covered books used since the beginning 0f the semester. Exains are underway, and the tension at Saint Charles-Garnier can be cut with a knïife. The Grade 9s are experiencing exanis for the very firat time, and we would al like te, wish them luck. The rest of us are a little lees uptight, except for the OAC level perhaps. Soon exanis wiil be over and we wiil be able te look forward te another fulfilling semester, bringing on new knowledge and new challenges. On Friday the 13tb, aur scbool had a special, out-of-blue, non-uniform day with a special twist. Sports outfits decorated the hallways and brought smiles 0f excitement te long awaiting hockey fans. Several activities are in the proces 0of being planned and more details will foilow in the next article, so, be sure te catch it, if you don't want te, miss the great upcomning activities. Nealy everyone I spake te, reciveýdclothes for Christmas, and one young lady in particular received as gifts ber usual, interesting, and individual, perbaps unusal, style of clothing from friends and family. This 15-year-old, Grade 10 student, bas been skating for 10 years. ler life's ambition is te, become a child psychologist, but ini the meantime she practises ber skating every weekday. She does precision skating and singleWfigure skating.. Site is very dedicated te ber skating and bas competitions tbree weekends out of four. In fact she mentioned that until last month she had "neyer been te baif-price Tuesdays at the movies." Site is one of the 26 girls Chelsea Balzan HENRY ST. H.S. It's exani time again and were right in the thick of it. Can't you smeil it? It's i the air ... the rancid odour ofniadness. If you've ever written an exam, youlknow what %' ta]king about. For some students 'Exam Madness' is used as a form of procrastination, for others it is an outlet for stress felt after severai hours of studying.' 'Exam Madness' is a term I use te, describe al the silly tbings I do around exain time, %' sure other students do simlar things. For example, there was the time I ate only celery and cheez wbiz, drank only Tahiti Treat (a fr-uity pop) and munched an M&Ms the day before an exani. Movies that bave absolutely no mesage, that are purel~ entertaining, are good te wa- during a. study break. I once actually sat titrough thte entire Nii*a. Turtles movie te avoid suying. Puzzles are great but I wouldn't recom'mend doing a 1,500-piece «Where's Waldo& puzzle before writing a chezistry exain. That is enougi tot put a persan over the edge. Ice creain can be beneficial wbile studying for calculus. Somehow derivatives look so mucit better when they're paired up with Haagendazs. If theWes snow on the ground, a snowba]l fight is a great way ta, get nid 0f that "cooped-up-stuck- in-my-room-forever-studying" feeling. Gotta go dlean my room, (also a good tactic for avoiding bitting the baaks. How can your parents get mad at yau? After ail,- theyve been after you for montbs about the disaster area in your room. Besides,' bow can you posibly study in a mess like that?). who skates on the Ice Angels team. On top of ail this site still finds time te go out with friends and those who look at her would say she seeme te have a pretty good social life. Wonders neyer do cease, and that'is why I will continue by saying that. this incredible student manages te maintain a 80 per cent average in sehool. Nicole Lalonde is the focus of this article, and te ber, as te al others who accomplish their goals, congratulations, and keep up the great work. Funding creates more. student, space at college The Ontario goverrnent bas given Durham College $347,865 te create more student spaces.th Durbami College wilusth' economic 'renewal funds te add student spaces inenvironinental technology, food and drug technology prograins and human service counsellor progranis. In the' environmental technology prograxn, students receive broad, training about enviranniental management, from monitoring air and water quality te, community planning. Population growtb in* Durhamn Better grds are Fr-einireadimur te math. Sv'Ivan (rives students the skiIls and confidencee tliev need te stucceci.VYe pinpeint veur cli Id 's'n eeds, de velop aper sel1al- -o pegain and ideliver it »i ~, ~ positive, Cul)i and eai 1(yenv'rn ment. 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