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French immersion will be extended into grade 9 THE HERALD OUTLOOK Saturday December Page The Roman Catholic Board of Education has taken steps to ensure its Grade a French immersion students don lose their French during their high school years The board recently approved ex tending its French immersion pro gram to include Grade starting September The program was introduced in to Grade students the boards superintendent for cur services Lou said will be entering Grade next September so we needed a program for them Students who graduate from the French immersion program in Grade would have no problems getting around in Montreal Mr Piovesan said At the end of Grade they the students are ingual They might have a slight English accent but they have a good working knowledge of French Miltons Bishop Reding along with the Regions three other high schools will be Extended French and Geography to the French immersion students said Mr Piovesan He said the board expects a total of 112 students to enroll in the Ex tended French course and students to enroll in the geography course These totals are based on the current Grade French im mersion students who have said they will take the courses next year said Mr Piovesan He stressed that these expected totals are sufficient so that the cor responding provincial grants will be enough to cover the cost of the courses The current French immersion students would be prevented from achieving a French Ontario Academic Credit if the French immersion program introduced into the high schools explained Mr Piovesan He said the province requires that to start an French credit in Grade 12 students need to have accumulated a minimum of 2 hours of French instruction But the French immersion Grade students will only have ac cumulated 1 920 hours by the end of this school year Mr Piovesan said The two Grade French immer sion courses will mean students will have acquired 2160 hours of French instruction by the end of Grades He said the board plans to in troduce a third French immersion course for Grade 9 students in if there is a sufficient number of students The enrolment levels will also dictate whether the French lm program will be extended to Grades and ll Were going to take it one year at a time Mr said Good neighbor campaign underway Many people look forward to Christmas dinner and the Georgetown Lioness Club are mak ing sure a lot people will not be disappointed The annual Good Neighbor Christmas Campaign is being sponsored by the Lioness Club for a second year Joyce Tilson cam paign organizer said Cash donations canned food and perishable foodstuffs to give to the poor can be brought to the St Andrews Church Dec 21 or they can be taken any one of the nearby participating schools before then Ms Tilson said Cash helps pay for the turkeys and other assorted perishables that help make up the Christmas baskets given to the poor she said One hundred and eight baskets were handed out last year Ms Tilson added The Salvation Army screen the applicants to make sure the baskets go where they are needed she said Ms said the community is willing to pitch in and lend a hand OFFICE MAGIC FOR ALL YOUR OFFICE STATIONERY NEEDS St Georgetown Mans by Lauren NOW AVAILABLE 211 Street Georgetown 8777361 CENTRE 2000 damage Halton Regional Police say so caused about damage to a 1989 Pontiac parked on Albert Street in Georgetown overnight Dec after smashing the tar driver side window Nothingwas stolen from the car Assault charge Police charged a yearold Acton man with assault causing bodily harm following a domestic situation at a Road residence in Acton earlier this week Police say a man visited the residence and asked the com plainant to give him back a ring he had previously given to her The complainant a 20year old woman refused and a wrestling match followed police say The man took the ring and then left the house Police ar rested a man shortly afterwards at another Acton residence A Jan 8 court date has been scheduled in connection with the incident Impaired charge A year old Georgetown woman was charged v ith tin paired driving after a went out of control on Greystone Crescent in Georgetown Monday night and struck a pole and then a parked Cadillac Police say a total of about 3 damage resulted from the incident The s driver left the scene but returned later She was then ar rested A Jan court date has been scheduled in connection with the incident Cable box damaged For the fourth time this year someone has damaged a cable box at Halton Hills Cable Systems in Acton Police say the most recent incident occurred earlier this week when someone dented the box and cut some of the cables Property damage is estimated at 200 Man charged Halton Regional Police say a 21 year old Acton man was charged with impaired driving following a twocar collision at Mill Street and Wilbur Street in Acton early Saturday morning A Jan court date has been scheduled in connection with the incident Police Beat Window smashed Police say a man became angry and kicked in the front door glass window causing damage early Saturday morning while he was being escorted out of a Mill Street tavern by the owner The incident Is under in vestigation Ornament stolen Someone stole a hood orna ment off a 1982 parked in the Georgetown area sometime between the evening of Nov 30 and early the next morn ing Escape injury A 24yearold Acton woman escaped injury after the 1982 Ford she was driving on Chur chill Road South Hills went out of control Saturday The vehicle crossed the lane and struck a parked vehicle Police t lay charges due to the poor road conditions We invite you to compare your current Bank or Trust Company interest rates to those of The Municipal GICs Mm 1000 Annual Rates 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Years 5 Years The Municipal 11 11 Royal Bank 11 10 10 C 11 10 10 10 Bank of Montreal 11 10 Scotia Bank 11 10 a 10 10 TD Bank 11 14 10 10 Canada Trust 11 10 10 Royal Trust 11 1012 10 National Trust 10 10 Rates from recent survey 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