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Page THE HERALD Wednesday June 1991 School News- Ontario high schools praised by minister Ontario high schools are meeting provincial standards for examinations in Calculus at the Ontario Academic Course level Education Minister Boyd announced recently Teachers principals and school boards have worked close ly with my ministry to improve examinations in the Calculus course said Mrs Boyd Con sistent standards of evaluation across the province wjll assist universities in selecting from Ontario schools Mrs Boyd released the ment Provincial Report OAC Calculus Examination Review which found that 91 per cent of the secondary schools surveyed n the 198990 school year had designed OAC Calculus exams that satisfied provincial criteria for examination format to a high 41 per cent or moderate per cent degree The study also found that per cent of the marked tions submitted to the review had been marked in conformity to provincial standards The Calculus Review is part of an ongoing program to develop province- wide consistency in Ontario Academic Course examinations OACs are academically rigorous courses required for students in tending to enter university This program and others such as Benchmarks and provin cial reviews demonstrate On tano s commitment to mean ingful accountability in Hon said Mrs Boyd They deal with student achievement in the context of classroom realities They identify strengths and weaknesses in important areas such as curriculum and teaching methods that tests alone cannot measure effective ly and give direction for change Bird watching was one way students from Glen Williams Public School learned about the environ on a trip Blue Springs Scout Camp Acton Handson learning After Coe left dumped her stra of spec mens from the pond at Blue Spr Scout Camp n Acton nto the tub classmate Mar tyn went looking for water insects le Grade Acton High School student Sean Sears ted to see what he find The young students from Glen Publ School pursued en v ronmental stud es at the camp on an ght Thursday and several Acton gti School students helped teachers superv se the hands on learning Photo by L Boonsfoppel Pot Students to receive special awards One student from each Roman Catholic School in Halton Hills has been chosen to receive an award of excellence at the Roman Catholic School Boards Sharing the Spirit awards ceremony at Notre Dame Secon dary School in Burlington June 5 Geoffrey Freeman of Holy Cross School in Georgetown Scott Lahey of St Francis of Assisi School in Georgetown OFFICE MAGIC FOR ALL YOUR OFFICE STATIONERY Guelph St G ecugat own Scott McDonald of St Joseph School in Acton and Melissa Blais of Ecole Sacre in Georgetown were chosen by their school principals to be the Halton Hills students honored at the ceremony Each student was chosen for demonstrating outstanding qualities in the following areas Catholic leadership family com mitment involvement in school For All Your Fine China Silver Crystal Glftware 227 MAIN ST MILTON affairs involvement in communi activities and commitment to a difficult situation or task Students may not be selected more than once for this award throughout their school career A gold medallion and a cer will be presented to each student In total students will be honored at the ceremony food stores target 7 DAYS A WEEK 51 GUELPH ST GEORGETOWN NORTH END NISSAN 610 MARTIN ST 8784137 MILTON ONT Nells DRIVING SCHOOL NEXT COURSE DAY CRASH COURSE JUNE 21 til 27 9 30 3 For Information About Courses or Private Lessons phone 8772671