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ack Down uveniles 1 for under sixteens to id unlawful for mer- sell them cigarettes are obtaining them G WEST den Centre ) St. W. -- Oshawe 728-9429 e is Planting Time! an excellent nursery hand for your Fall reeds: wreanaautcons sunmnmerrs eamennauentessael ee LLY SPORT EQUIPMENT ----$$________-- ndard, eS YOU OF EXCELLENCE, PL aler's, Nw READING SESSIONS ARE ONE OF STUDENTS ---A Junior Opportunity Class At Queen Elizabeth School STARTED IN 1930 FAVORITE SCHOOLTIME ACTIVITIES PUBLIC SCHOOLS CONDUCT SPECIAL PROGRAMS FOR SLOW LEARNERS PARENTS REALIZE WORTH Special Classes Help Pupils By JAMES COUPER of The Times Staff When opportunity classes were inaugurated in the Oshawa public school system at the old Centre Street school back in 1930 they were dreaded by every parent with a child who was a slow learner. The situation has since im- proved to such an extent that 'in some cases, according to in- spector of special education W. J. MacDonald, parents have re- quested their children be placed in the opportunity class -- and have been refused. Teachers no longer have to spend hours convincing parents that their children will gain more from being in a special class. The parents realize the worth of the opportunity classes and when faced with the fact that the child is making no pro- gress with a regular curricu- lum -- two or three failures -- they accept the special classes as the only alternative way their child can get an educa- tion. The success of the opportunity classes is not so much from the minor changes such as the board's refusal to call them op- portunity classes -- they refer fo them as "special" and "aux- iliary" classes -- but rather comes from the treatment of the children by the individual principals and teachers. The policy of isolating the slower learners from the rest of the school has been completely reversed and now they are in- tegrated as much as possible. There has been considerable success in uniting the two groups in physical education and health classes. This pro- vides a basis for fraternizing ne of the classes in and out of * cs school activities. E : ' oe PROGRAMS ALTERED The programs of the oppor- tunity classes have been suit- ably altered to fit the different se interests and learning capabil- ,,. x : ' ei ities of the students. There is a certain emphasis placed on the JUMP BOARD IMPROVES MUSCULAR-VISUAL RELATIONSHIPS practical subjects such as home Part Of Special Equipment At Queen Elizabeth School economics and industrial arts while the arts subjects and i a derived from working as. a group. Another reason for the great- er acceptance of opportunity classes by parents is the more promising future for the gradu- ates from the senior schools. NEW SCHOOL i Presently two-year vocational courses are being held at East- dale and. McLaughlin~~-Col= legiates but as early as Sep- tember of 1968 a new special vocational school may be open- ed to house all students who have limited academic aims * Here the opportunity students will be mixed in with slower learners from other courses They: will be able to learn hair dressing, beauty care, service station work sales clerking and a number of sim- - ilar occupations, 'The new # school will have a fully equip- ped workshop for boys and up- Stairs will be a beauty salon and small store where the girls will receive training Students in the opportunity classes have a low intelligence quota but there are varied rea- sons for this. Recent research has shown that many children have neurological impairments (often called a _ perceptual handicap) which creates severe learning lrandicap and often hin- ders children of average or bet- ter intelligence in expressing themselves verbally or in writ- ing or prevents them from Jearning to read. These chil- dren are taught in a special class at Queen Elizabeth School. Other children are prevented from reaching their potential _ because of an emotional dis- turbance caused by an un- healthy atmosphere in the * home, Teachers are aware of * these students and treat them with the ultimate in patience and understanding. LEGAL POSITION Although the school board has legal right to force parents to put their child in a special op- |portunity class Mr. MacDonald fs proud of the fact this right |has never been used. When parents. protest, the school psychologist is called in BALANCING, BALL CATCHING HELPS PERCEPTUALLY HANDICAPPED STUDENTS" -++ Teacher, Miss Marjorie Lake Has Special Training For These Students math and science are broaden-|a success". He no longer has|all grades together in one room./emphasis on projects and BEOUD I study: the aitiation and sake ed and treated with less depth|to compete, and lose, with chil-) The only divisions are be-|work. The class at McEwen|a recommendation. The teach- and intensity. }dren two and three years'tween the regular and senior| worked all year -- the boySlers and parents have always The result can be a sudden,|younger. public school classes. Of the 220/selling woodwork which they|heen willing to follow his ad almost overnight transition) In the opportunity classes |Ppublic school children in Oppor-imade and the girls selling|yice, In dealing with children within the child as he loses his|there are no formal exams and|tunity classes about 50 are in|junches to the rest of the school], the first few srades of school frustrations and anxieties built/students can be moved from|senior classes at T. R. Mc-|_ to earn enough money for a the psychologist. is always con up as a result of a seeminglyjone grade level to the next any Ewen and Ridgeway and the |trip to Ottawa. Other classes sulted before a child is placed interminable succession of fail-|time the teacher thinks he is|femainder are in 12 public/went on field trips and visits to];, special education classrooms ures within the normal class-|ready. Because of the small|schools. /Pioneer Village as centennial) _ ey i LOA room, 'number of students in each|GROUP WORK |projects. The idea is to teach) § . an ? As Mr. MacDonald put it,/class the classes are much like} One of the many differences|proper social behavior and "For the first time the child isithe olda one-room schools withlin the opportunity classes is thelshow the benefits which can be GAME OF CATCH IN ACTIVITY PERIOD HELPS CO-ORDINATION eee Perceptually Handicapped Children See Things Differently From Others SENIOR GIRLS AT T. R. McEWEN SC -»-Mrs. David Wilson Instructs Debbie Milheron And QUEEN ELIZABETH STUDENTS TAUGHT I N PRIVATE CUBICLES «+. Miss Marjorie Lake Instructs Perceptually Handicaped-Boy (Oshawa Times Photos) J HOOL oe LEARN TYPING SKILLS cc Ford Boat Owner Fined On Fraud Charge | Stephen Carr-Harris, of . the} n an Ottawa newspaper said {Oshawa Marina, owner of a/Carr-Harris was attempting to jyacht, whose value has been estimated at $30,000 and $50,- . 000, was taken to the Ontario in Whitby when he was unable to pay a fine of $50 jcounty jail and costs or 10 days | Carr-Harris pleaded not guilty (Friday in Oshawa magistrate's ; court to-a charge of: frat ly vbtaining food at the Hotel Genosha but was convicted and need b: Magistrate Don !sen jald Dodds Carr-Harns' sentence -will be reduced by the week he jail following his ar jwas able to arrange bail \- waitress at the testified that Carr-Harris had ja $4 buffet and two drinks, then jleft. 15 minutes later without paying for the meal . } It was revealed in court that jin 1962 Carr-Harris was con- ivicked in Vancouver of obtaining goods by false pretences and sentenced to .three years. In 1960, in Bathurst, Nova Scotia he received two years for ob- taining goods by false pre- tences An article earlier, this week ERUDITE FREIGHT CAR SEATTLE (AP)--Mere bache- lors of science and masters of art did a double take while driv- . {ing to work past railroad yards recently. A blue boxcar was earing the identification |"PHD". Local railroad men guessed the car 'strayed west from Port Huron and Detroit| |Railroad. 'st until he jturn the yacht over to the Royal |Canadian Navy, if it would take {care of customs taxes totalling +$9,000 Carr-Harris, 38, marri 56-yea 1 woman in 1966 in Toronto the ouple pur- chased the 4 t Rockwood They sper noneymoon aters Carr-Harris aS SAV 1y boat, but my wife said I had to choose between her and the boat. So I to put my second love 1th st hands, and the Royal Canadian Navy is the best ha) hand The yacht is presently in dry Jock at ve Oshawa Marina Kingsway Scene Back To Normal The suspension of a Kings- way College student Oct. 25 and 26 for supposedly publicizing a student -- strike ainst school cafeteria conditions. was only tempora and everything is back to normal, says Percy W. Manuel, principal of the school 'We held an assembly of the entire school and now every- thing is all right," said M Manuel, '"'He was only suspend- ed until I returned-from a trip." Mr. Manuel was in the United States when the cafeteria inci dent occurred. "'No one was jpunished," he said,