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14 Look at the whole school circle be To the Editor: Communication is one of the most important tools that we need to teach our chil- dren. To communicate freely and with honesty, is a right that has been granted to the children by this country. Our children need to hear, feel and see a positive school environment. We need to teach the chil- dren what is right and what is wrong. We need to reward them for their honesty and good behaviour. To explain to them when they are bad, what they are doing wrong and why they are punished. We need to teach them respect, for themselves and for others. We need to provide for them a happy learning envi- ronment, where they learn what's right and what's wrong, through discipline and through love. We need to let them hear good things about their school. We need them to have pride in their work, their classroom, their teachers and their community. To do this, we must work together to ' support the teachers, the community and each other. We must have open dialogue. We must, as parents, re- alize that this school is our children's future. We must stand up for our children's tights. We must work with the school to teach our chil- dren. We must communicate with the teacher, the office 2 264 Main St. | | We have everything you need to do the job right." 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If one part of this support group is not performing its job properly, we must recog- nize it and stand together to fix it, or replace it!!! If the teachers don't have a good working environment, mean- ing morale, environmental quality, and teaching sup- port; a child's education and life in school can be damaged and wasted. ° Children have a right to learn. They also have a right to learn in an environmen- tally friendly place where their health, spirit or self es- teem will not be compro- mised. For a child to learn, the parent has a right to open, honest communication with the teachers that share the child's learning time, and with the office and board ad- ministration. A parent should feel com- fortable speaking with a teacher, and their view should be respected. We need to work together ~ as parents to make the teach- ing environment happy. This can mean speaking up about good events, and about bad. 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The project of Halton Hills Community Support and Information, formerly ASSIC, is designed to pro- vide Acton teens with some place to hang out, rather than on the street and one-stop shopping for youth services. HHCSI executive directox Rosslyn Dowell said it will take a lot of time and money to open a permanent Acton Youth Centre so they've gone - _ with "Plan B." "We're looking for in- terim activities that we might carry out in a temporary lo- . Cation so that we don't lose the momentum and interest of the youth," Dowell ex- plained on Friday, adding the facility will be much more. viable if it offers youth serv- ices during the day and acts as a drop-in centre at night. Dowell said they've ap- plied to two private organi- zations and Halton Region for grants and are preparing a grant request for funding from the federal government. "There's no on-going op- erational funding for youth programs so that means we'll have to support our youth programs through program grants and fundraising. We hope that some revenue can be generated sub-letting some of the space during the day to other youth services to use to see clients." "We feel very supported by the community...and we think we can make this a go," Dowell said, adding they're also planning some fundrais- ing of their own. Negotiations are currently underway with a landlord, who wishes to remain name- less, for a permanent location and organizers are also look- ing for an interim location. "The (HHCSI) board has asked us to hire a co- '| | ordinator this fall and if all goes smoothly with a location we hope to open in the spring. We're looking for a sole-use space like the Open Door youth centre that we operate in Georgetown, but we don't expect to get sole- use space, rent-free." The proposed centre would include a homework room with computers do- nated by the Town, a recrea- . tion area and a snack bar.