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Page EDUCATION WEEK Wednesday May Summer Holiday I feel that changing the school schedule now isnt such a good idea Kids need to have a break too If we dont have a nice relax ing break we will be stressed out and wont be able to concentrate Summer holidays are sometimes the only time some families get to spend valuable time together Even we did lose a bit of memory of what we worked on in school a quick review in September and our recall is back And besides summer holidays provide a chance to have a sum mer job and get extra money for ourselves feel selfconfident meet new people and have a responsibility Having a summer job is a great start in life in the great job hunt and thats why I feel it is more beneficial to have a holiday in the summer Signed Concerned Student Erin Gourley This new school calendar I have heard of a proposal to change the school calendar In stead of having a long summer vacation we would have a month at Christmas and a few other week long breaks at holidays around the year Part the reason for his they say is because students forget too much after the summer All that we forget we recall with a quick review So I dont think that is a valid reason Plus over the sum mer people go to cottages camps and some others get summer jobs Ive asked some kids at my school if they like this idea and no one does Some people might agree with this proposal but most of those who do arent even in school McMenemy So much for the summer I heard from my teacher that the School Board is con sidering a shorter summer but they will not extend the school year They will have odd amounts of weeks throughout the school year The main problem is that students will not be able to get jobs during the summer break The companies would probably rather have people working for a few months at a time Then there is the problem about the holidays The students holiday would not be as long and do not forget the teachers they also lose their holidays We can miss school they can not But when we are in higher grades we get a lot of homework and when we miss too much school we get too much homework and we get our report cards sooner than I like Seriously William R Harper Bye bye summer The school board is thinking about getting rid of the summer holiday because they say that the students forget what we learned the year before We get it right back in a few weeks They say that they might give us a few weeks here and there If we went to school in the summer we would sweat and be lazy because its so hot Summer vacations would get ruined so whats the sense in hav ing cottages Canadas Wonderland and Marineland would not get as many people go ing there In the winter some kids dont like to go outside so they would probably bug their parents until they go mad Sincerely James School dates are fine the way they are Theres a school board in Nor thern Ontario that is looking at changing the vacations It seems this school board is trying to change the days we go to school I think they were talking about weeks off in July a couple of weeks off in September and 3 weeks off in December Theyre trying to do this because they say kids forget a lot of stuff that they learned the previous year That may be true but in a couple of days our brains kick right back in again Personally I would hate the idea of having to have my vaca tion in the winter when its way too cold to go outside My mother would hate it even more I would be trapped inside all day making my mom go crazy and I believe this would happen in any sane house The present system has worked for years To sum it up dont try to fix something if its not broken Thanks Scott Teeter No summer holidays Halton education is talk ing about making us go to school during the summer holidays but we get a month off in the summer or less Then we get a month off for Christmas We also get a longer holiday for Easter than what we do now I dont think too many people would come to school in the summer on a really hot day People will be too hot to come They are planning this En a couple of schools already north of here I dont think it is a good idea They have trouble making some kids come to school now It will be worse in the summer By Ryan Martin Give us a Break Up in Northern Ontario the Boards of Education say there should be no summer holidays in stead there should be longer Christmas holiday Easter break March break and maybe 3 weeks in the summer My opinion is the holiday should stay the same I agree with the board of education when they say students are not as smart when we get back from the holidays But we pick it up quick ly with a brief review In the sum mer we get time to relax and get time to go out with our friends and also time to visit our relatives that live far away What about summer jobs Kids wont be as reliable when they have their permanent job because they will not have had any practice with summer employment If they have no summer break kids wouldnt have time to get a job during the Christmas break I dont want to walk in the snow to work thank you It might be good for the parents but I say Give us a break Tyler Summertime blue What does summertime break mean you To me ft means relaxing vacationing and enjoy ing the sunshine What would it mean to you if they took it away from you making three week holidays after every twelve weeks School kids need that summer break to recuperate from a year of hard work in classrooms But there is also the other side to it the side that says well get more work done that way Yeah right If the school board thinks well work harder with blaring sun heating the room to fortyfive degrees Celdus then theyve got another thing coming All my friends and I agree that they shouldnt take away right to a two month holiday in summer Besides how would someone if they needed it get extra help to pass in summer school if were already in there I By Cory Summer is the best I think that the summer vaca tion or any other school holidays should not be changed like the school board is thinking about do ing If we were going to change any holidays I think we should make the Christmas vacation three weeks by not having the March Break I think we should keep the summer vacation the way it is because the summer is when a lot of people go on long vacations and also summer is the best season for sports Derrick Cayley Summer break The Board of Education is considering shortening our summer holiday but I dont understand what good it would do People would not be able to go on vacation or not go so far And people teenagers would have a hard time getting a summer job for a month That is too short a time I hope they Board of Education dont shorten our Summer Sincerely Rick Vivian -CMS- Sunups Jabten Ipur frufwfirftpWi on tine tLTOcKum come to express so get Emcan i Frozen food Seafood Hers ft I