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TttK HERALD JaBoaryZfl All GDHS students write exanis this year Show you know your stuff By AM Writer The sweat 1 on for students it Georgetown District High School Exams start yesterday Tuesday Alter ten year of being exempt from writing student In to ere joining senior student In writ ing this year Principal Don Biker told The Herald the change came about at a retulf of evaluations made by former stud of how well prepared Ihey found themselves for and college after gradual Ion from high school Most of them threw them and thai learning study for them I inn they could learn In Just one final marks the last up to two noun Mr Baker said per cent of year past ten years only Grade II students had to write formal term exams Exams help students learn to organize the r thoughts and the material covered in a course Mr Baker said lug students look at all the material studied in a semester helps Ihem make sense out of trie whole course and get a total view of It he said GREAT AL Counting a great deal for he the teaching staff were in favor of having formal exams for all grades at school Lasting until Jan the exams will be followed by threeday break for the stud while teachers mark exams complete report cards for the semester and have promotion meetings lo pass students onto the next level As students can only take up to four courses a semester they can only be writing a maximum of four exams In many cases they will only be writing two or three exams since certain subjects don lend themselves to formal examinations For subjects like business education technical courses and physical education stud arc evaluated on Ihcir term work and class projects instead Mr Baker said LAST TERM Heather IB Is finishing up her lost semester of high school this January With four exams to write Heather has been making point form briefs from her classroom notes for studying purposes Compared to mid- terms she said Some teachers Heather will be writing all but one of her exams In he gym Students have been told to wear nonscuffing shoes and not bring books and paper into the gym where neat rows of desks are set up study for his exams Renee Vandermeer and Tina Moore were at their lockers Monday afternoon getting their books packed up Like home with them Both Grade 10 students had opposite ap proaches to exams I haven started studying 1 think I going to be trouble said I d rather not write them Tina said shed storied studying or her three exams before Christmas I went over my notes and All my teachers gave us a lot of review and told us what to study for the exams Although worried about the exams said she was looking forward to the days off when she have exams to the grinds tone lime at Georgetown and Junior jean students be better prepared for university District High School this week as students knuckle down to studying regimes and In the nil me will help students grasp a more complete view of their courses Herald Br the first time In about ten years students In Grades to 12 have Joined their senior scholars to write exams School officials hope thai by writing exams In their Interest in microcomputers booms as interest in crafts on the wane IN THE HEAT OF WESTER Cleaning out fireplace embers that had appeared cooled Into a cardboard box Friday worth of damage to an Elisabeth Street home In Georgetown Out until tbe afternoon Gloria Marcel returned to discover he fire About firefighters rushed to lh scene the placed a call from a neighbor borne and put out tbe lire started In the base meet family room within There wst extensive heat and of home with fire damage primarily In the basement area Nobody was hurt Herald photo In the Schools I no secret hints for studying but If anybody else does they can pass them on to me Heather smiled Todd Collins is a Grade 10 student also having his first encounter with exams his January lrr of he sold I haven studied whole lot My Canadian studies and biology exams ore me Not worried about his French or math exams Todd said he t usually study for tests but he going to A course In microcomputers has attracted so many regis rants Ihat the continuing cation department of the Halt on public school board has formed two classes Other night school courses haven t fared as well Director continuing edu cation Price said the cold had kept ration down this year However he expecting more registrations this week as classes begin almost 300 adults have subscribed for eleven of courses being offered at Georgetown District High School and three at Acton High School Courses like bookkeeping cake decorating fitness and swimming French photo graphy typing welding and metal work woodworking and microcomputers are offered at GDHS Acton High is offering classes in ballroom dancing woodworking and microcom a Chinese cooking class because the teacher didn t want to travel to Toronto for supplies in the winter although had doing very well r enough people registered for around here Everywhere Mr Mr Price So we re looking for a Chin A patchwork Quilting course was also cancelled as was course called Fun with Food There were registration IGDHSand90atActonIllgh ted people gettl ready for more arc still welcome Christmas then And typing Mr Price Id u Ha Ion Hilts need another eight and bookkeeping classes were residents ideas for class- keep the course cancelled at High would like to attend In loo cold Tor people April they should contact him to type I guess he at the Halton Board of Educa else everybody is feeling Mr Price Croft classes that were so popular before Christmas Draw Saturday not Jan 24 for GHS band A blackened bast mm I sofa was palled out of the Marcel residence Elisabeth Street Pulled out through the side door of the home which opens onto the garage was a good on the driveway Burned clothing was also carried out of the home and watered on a snowbank edging tbe driveway Herald photo Inspection required for parlor The Georgetown District High School band hold its afterChristmas draw Satur at tbe Georgetown Chrysl Raider hockey game instead of Jan says band spokesman Greg Caubon Although tickets are printed with the draw date of Jon there is no hockey game at the Herald Special Committee of adjustment baa deferred a decision on an to licence a pinball on the eastern outskirts Acton pending site inspect ion of the premises and advice from the town a bylaw enforce ment officer Owners want to sell gasoline and use Interior of the former service station site as an entertainment facility McKenzle Smith middle school principal John Simpson and representatives of school a parents groups both made representations to Ihe committee Jan a suggesting that the hours of operation be altered or restriction be placed on tbe age of youngsters playing tbe machine Mr Simpson said neither the school nor the parent are out to the place down They Just want controls lo help prevent students from being fate because they re at the parlor Mr Simpson said there has been a problem at noon hour with pupils Betting home late lot hutch or in returning lo school As a result of with one of owners of the operation have been banned from tbe premises Mr Simp son said Tbs owner promised Is ensure are put of the facility in time lo return to daw be added The re trying lo operate Mr Simpson said and were not trying to dose down we Just dont want attendance problems to because tbe is than Simpson said tbe enter talmneol place opened In November ba about machines in operation and is trying to get a proper licence They apparently didn know the building was zoned for a garage and had lo be differently for amuse ment Mr Simpson said When found out they applied for the change and can be penallied for trying to correct their mis take The machines ore In the bay area of what was once a garage on Highway just east of Churchill Road The gasoline pumps are still in place and committee of adjustment secretary Cathy said she understands there is a plan to sell gaso line as well as run tbe machine but that for the Remand for Kellar Eric Howard charged with the first degree murder of Acton a Colleen appeared In Milton provincial court Monday and was remanded until next Monday which time a preliminary hearing date will be set Mr Kellar was arrested Oct IS at a Pickering ware house where he once worked and returned lo Ion where he was charged with first degree murder CANADIAN GUM SOCIETY Were Moving The Halton Hills Unit of the Canadian Cancer Society is on the move As of January 23rd our new location will be the former Fobert Real Estate Office 1 64 Guelph Street Suite 2 Georgetown 8771124 arena night and band members want their draw made in a public place Tickets are still available from band members Proceeds go toward an exchange trip to British Columbia First prize for the draw will bo while second features a gold bracelet A total of six prises will be given away ticket holders wllh the right numbers If Theres An Accident Weve Got You Covered For auto in a nee coverage rely on us Were there 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