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GEORGETOWN DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL Leader Wednesday May Page 1 Our Students need a lift By SUSAN Leader Aggie Kavanaugh has had cerebral palsy all of her life She will graduate from high school this year and although she wont be able to lake advantage of the lift herself Aggie la relieved a lift Is finally being installed It is no exaggeration when Aggie says that trying to get around the school on her crutches is exhausting The absence of a lift has had a definite effect on Aggies grades After a long day at school Aggie feels drained and she rarely has enough energy lo attack home work Aggie believes she insti gated the movement to get a lift four years ago After a few months she demanded that something bedonetohelphcr In her first year at the school Aggie was late for her classes several times One of her teachers requested that Aggie leave her previous class early lo be on time for that class When she was late yet again the teacher became upset Frustrat ed Aggie ashed What can I do fly Now she would reply get there when I get there In September Aggie wilt be attending SI end an College in She is glad that that institution lb fully equipp ed Aggie also thinks that the lift will solve many of the problems she is faced with such as having a locker on the ground floor and J km upstairs JOYRIDE As a result of the lift Aggie believes that many of her handicapped friends will be able to attend Georgetown High School She thinks this will be more convenient for them instead of their having to leave town lo go to school Even though she won t have much use of Ihe lift herself she plans lo come back for a however Aggie has the satis faction of knowing the lift will be there for others By June of this year a lift Tor the handicapped will have been installed at Georgetown District High School Last year a committee led by Bob was formed in order to find aid for the disabled students the high school The lift was their decision for improvement The Optimists ha also become involved in the lift campaign They had wanted to a project which the youth of Georgetown would bene fit from and found the lift program a most worthy one the high school is irman or the committee to raise funds for Ihe lift The Optimists approached George towns young people to ask them lo get involved and canvassed the community as well The high school has also sponsored activities on which they raised money Tor the campaign Recently Acton High School donated some of the money they received from their Chum Roadshow to the lift program The balance of the to go along with the that hat already been raised is coming from the Ministry of Labour and the local school board with the majority of this money coming from the Ministry of Education Construe work on the lift is being done Construction of George Along with the building of the lift the installment of automatic doors and the modification of wash rooms is being planned Those temporarily disabled will also have use of lift Mr hopes that these improvements will bring more handicapped students to the school He would like lo thank the students of Georgetown High School and the business community of Georgetown for all their assistance Youth living on their own By SUSAN leader Staff Unfortunately in our community today we find that many young people can no longer live at home and have had to make it on their own Peggy of Acton Commu ays the reasons arc many The causes range from or emotional abuse to rasing independence Once a child reaches the age of sixteen he is legally allowed to move out on his own It cant be that only good or bad kids leave home as it depends on the stances which cause them Jane is an eighteen year old girl who has been living on her own for a year Her situation at home became so able that it was a mutual decision by her and her parents that she leave Although Jane feels leaving was the best choice for her she has been confronted by many problems In Ihe last twelve months MOVED OUT Since she moved out on her own Jane has had difficulty making ends meet She has always had the support of her father but living on a month is difficult She was rejected by Student Welfare original ly but then a few months later her claim was accepted and she now has that aid as well How ever this is still not a tot to cover the expenses of rent utilities food and clothing Jane babysits io have a little spending money on the side Jane misses her family but she knows thit she is better off on her own Living on her own Jane lias no one to push her to go to school It cult without having some one lo harp at you When she finishes high school Jane would like to attend Sheridan College in social work Her dad will pay for it but she also wants to support herself June once enjoyed the party scene but says that living on your own causes you to grow up very quickly Al this point In her life Jane doesn 1 know if she would ever move buck home Although she has ihe difficulty of bills and cant be a child anymore Jane enjoys her Independence She believes lhat If situations are very uncomfortable kids dont lo live at home There are other tenia TOLERANCE Peggy says lhat different people have different tolerance levels Both child and parent have to be flexible If they can i be problems arise Kids from all economic classes have left home In fact the middle to upper classes can be the most rigid and riser live in their expectations Student Welfare is open to these people They will only cover person needs if they are unable to live at home under any circumstances and they have to show regular attendance school Often kids are able to stay with the family of friends or can find a boarding situation Most have to it on their own however It is a difficult time emotionally as well as economically Young people need to mature quickly to be able lo live in an adults world Veterans Retiring RUSSELL Leader Editor In June of this year we will be losing two long time teachers at D S Mr Emerson and Mr Long both of whom have worked hero for twenty years Mr Emerson who teaches Mathematics and works in the libra began teaching in 1S63 After getting a Bachelor of Arts degree Mr course in teaching Fie then taught at a public school for 11 cars before arriving Georgetown High Mr Emerson he will miss a lot of the students and te tellers but he Is looking forward retir When asked what it was like working at Georgetown District High School Mr son replies It was satisfying enjoyed it Also retiring is Mr Long who teaches Grade Personal Typ ing and Grade Office Practice Mr Long however isnt going take retirement lying down He plans to get another job when he finishes at the High School He feels that it would be dull staying around the house What docs Mr Long think it was like working at George town District High lis good times and its bad times and felt that GDHS was a good average school The teachers and dents of Georgetown District High School want to wish Mr Emer son and Mr Long good tuck in their retirement Instead of having a stampede- of volunteers f I certain clubs teams and classes were contacted m chosen on the basis of what groups would be Cloning around more agreeable and which would benefit the Leader Staff My project is about reproducing animal and dents arrived in Calcdon human babies from At on a cold and afternoon ready to do a First they were given a box lunch and later white truck suits fertile were handed out for the whichi student embryo transplants Em arc fertilized cells in animals and can be or fertile best a Teen Trillium IlyMTAMILlfcSSE I On May from Georgetown District High School were featur in a television commercial to shown throughout Southern Ontario beginning in mid Mo students filling buses travelled to conservation area the Forks of the Credit in There they were part of Teen Trillium a promotional encourage hiring students for summer In April the Youth Secretariat hired the Fisher Ad Agency make the V Mr Baker principal of G D S was contact cd by the agency who felt It would be easier to get he number of students required because of the size of our high school student population was also chosen far this job because it was close to the shooting loca tion Mr Locking an Engl ish leacher at was given the Job of choosing which classes were to get involved in the production lest tube baby it has to be students Job was to fill in the for an aerial shot of the field For approximately 3 tedious hours students offspring will be superior stood Inside the taped loo but the most import trllhum looked happy ant part is that the cells healthy and waved while a helicopter filmed them to super calves from many different They can be implanted angles In any healthy cow of any Studentslnvolvcdlnthe type The calves will production got to keep the be result of the superior track suits used for the breeding of its parents commercial I asked After the embryos are several students what collected they are stored they thought about doing in liquid nitrogen to the commercial freeze them They are Many complained then divided and can now about colds while others be stored for up lo 12 said ihcy enjoyed the months or until needed filming I think it wos The problem with extremely interesting to ing cells leads to cloning find out how this is identical babies is made one girl but this is an advantage replied because can Another who had have top cows close up taken later said or people It was a good fertile egg ceil is split lo but 1 wouldn want jvuhI cloning by using different fathers II was split would mem there could to do it for a living Georgetown District High School substantial amount of be up identical money for its bibles Imagine the Hon In ihe commercial The Financial Steering how a wicked leader Committee Students could create a superior Council and the SAA irmj selective breed are deciding how to dis of the bravest and perse the money strongest people Hems under In conclusion I feel are the Lift Program transplants are bleachers for the gym incredible and so are and an event sign to be test tube babies lo help put up outside the school families who cannot The Teen Trillium make their own commercial will be seen but I dont like the starting May 17 beginning thought of having 12 a 5week promotion on all Heal people I don think Ontario channels elonlng is really necessa ry for the future