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Grade 9 parents night both success and failure The annual grade parents night was held last Wednesday at the high school The evening was intended to provide parents with the opportunity to meet the teachers and to ask questions about the school and Its programs To open the meeting a brief assembly was held In the gym nasium New principal Dave assistant superintendent for the Halton County Board of Education Don Thomas and three of the high schools department heads addressed the gathering Brian Ken Ellis and Keith Black After the assembly parents and teachers chatted over coffee In the cafeteria Two issue Two issues were brought out at the meeting Firstly both ad ministration end staff stressed the desire and need for parent and community involvement In school activities Hopefully the community will accept the in vitation to participate Secondly it became quite clear that people were unaware or unsure of many things to do with the school Its programs and education In general To over come this problem principal Kate Is Inviting readers to send any questions they might have to the high school Your letters will reach the appropriate person and if possible a reply will be printed in the Free Press If the need is there a regular column of questions and answers could appear In this paper Success failure The evening was both a success and a failure for principal Dave Katz and his staff Those who turned out were genuinely in terested and enjoyed the evening However Mr Katz pointed out there are ISO grade students at ADHS and therefore by simple arithmetic about parents Those that attended numbered These figures offer an especially dismal picture when one recalls assistant superin tendent Don Thomas simple but sometimes overlooked statement your children are most prized possession then can parents send their off to school and not concern themselves with school activities let alone their programs Both Dave Katz and Don Thomas stressed the importance of community involvement in school activities when they ad dressed the grade parents night assembly And the high school is opening its doors to the community Strange that the community should be more In terested in highway construction and dragstrip noises Mr Katz remarked World classroom has his global village Keith Black has his pet philosophy too the World classroom There Is much to learn the geography head told the grade rents and the best way to is for students to observe things firsthand In the world around them Once the student has observed and recorded the facts he should come back Into the classroom to analyze and synthesize his findings In this way knowledge become un derstanding This Is the philosophy around which Keith Black Is building the geography program at And it is In this context that a Mediterranean trip Is being planned for next summer Cer tainly It Is the type of program about which both students and teachers can be enthusiastic Education goals Following are some excerpts from Mr Blacks remarks On the goals of education The principal goal of education is to develop men and women who arc capable of doing new things people who are creative and inventive- discoverers Thesecondgoallsto form minds which can be critical can verify and not accept everything they are offered As educators we must be concerned about the conditioning Inherent in slogans collective opinions and trends of thought We need pupils who are active we want them to learn early to find out by themselves On attaining these goals Involve the greatest number of students possible Make the benefits of our school programs and facilities of use to more peopleof the community Build a sense of pride and respon sibility In being Individual thinkers Promote school programs which ore relevant to the needs of our students And above all make greater use of the world classroom Stress theme work Ken Ellis who has returned to Canada after spending three years in Ghana is an advocate of the thematic approach to literature And the English department has developed a program along these lines Mr Ellis pointed out to parents that the complexity of the theme depends on the maturity of the students Two programs are In effect at the grade nine level one of the themes is man and the challenge of his environment the other concentrates on problems of youth Prejudice theme He has selected prejudice as the theme at the grade 11 level In this course the pupils will study Cry the Beloved Country Oliver Twist and Black Like Me He is especially interested in students at the gradelllevel- at this point the student is just becoming aware of his position as a young adult within the next 23 years he will be old enough to die for his country or even to vote thus some of the real core facing society should formally faced In the English class at this time Correlate art forms The thematic approach operates on the assumptions that literary works have more relevance if they can be correlated and not Just treated as separate entities and problems and solutions become more meaningful If the student can see the topic from different points of view Ultimately Ken Ellis hopes that exposure to a multitude of art forms may encourage a lasting interest In one or all of them in later life Student services dept The guidance department at headed by Brian Skerrett has a difficult role to fill One of their problems is that many students and parents do not really know what guidance is and what services a school counsellor can provide Mr Skerrett pointed out the increasing Importance of guidance by citing several statistics the average high school student will change jobs five times during the years he is employed unemployment among teenagers today Is twice the national average divorce rates are at an unprecedented BOY SCOUTS OF CANADA ACTON SCOUT GROUP COMMITTEE IS ANXIOUS TO HEAR FROM ANYONE INTERESTED IN HELPING SCOUTING IN ACTON BY ACTING AS SCOUT or CUB LEADERS PERSONS INTERESTED CALL DAVEMUCKLE 8534043 s Notes From S Acton High Mary Ann Grade students ambitiously washed cars last Saturday to help raise money for their history trip to Quebec Over tickets were sold but he pouring rain prevented some of the drivers from coming to the school The students worked In two shifts The Quebec trip had been planned for October but has now been changed until next April This will give the class more time for fur raising to help reducethe individual cost to each student Plan play Last week the Creative Drama class along with English teacher Mr Sansom went to Burlington to see the play The Star Spangled Girl The actors were members of a high school In Burlington In the future our own drama class will put on Barefoot In the Park Soccer victory Our soccer team defeated the players from Orangcvlllc In their first game last Wednesday The final score was Bob Andrews and Dave making the goals for our school Members of the team are Bob Andrews Danny Allen Randy Blgncy Dave Braida Randy Coker Mike Cooper Paul Cooper Jim Bob Krul Harry Jim McNobb Larry Bruce Swift Brad Tim bers Randy Brian Sampson and Williams Coaches for the team are Terry Churchill and Mr Then Oct Cros3 Country teams will be competing at our school It Is quite an honor to have this placed upon us Opera tickets Tickets are on sale at the English department to attend an opera in Toronto The dates are October and Oct 16 and the tickets cost only 2 The grade thirteen class will be visiting visiting the University of Waterloo October Several students will take part in the science labs and lectures while the remainder of the group will have a tour of the grounds Second dance Also coming up on October is the second dance of the school The music will be supplied Beaudree Keep this date open and plan to attend Coupling split Traffic was tied up Saturday when freight train split a coupling at Trafalgar and Maple Ave on Georgetowns outskirts at the North Golf and Country club comer It was almost two hours before repairs were made and trains along the line were stopped North police were called to assist The Aclon Free Press Wednesday October Mr Gordon Cunnhigham is a Mr flnd Mrs c patient In Toronto General and Mr and Mrs McKentle visited on the weekend to wlth Mrs Janet Rognvaldson Mr Taylor Is in St Joseph Hospital assistant business administrator for the school board of the area which extends from Marie to Sudbury excluding the cities Taylor is supply teacher and leading the Rangers Friends will miss Mr and Mrs Cam Winn who have moved from their attractive home on Main to Shores Detroit Michigan Mrs WTBellTorontoMr feOTK E J Small Niagara Falls Breweries to the COOWNERS Mr and Mrs Ed Startek left and Mr and Mrs Lou Wasowlcz right greeted patrons at the Open House held at the recently renovated ADHS teams Dominion Hotel Thursday night They wish to thank all those who attended the special event Staff Photo guides begin season First Ospringe Guides started their second year with the same of girls The names of those who registered are Heather Smith Barbara and Johston Janet Christine Susan Acton District High cross- finished with IB points but White Hodge Sandra Hay Lou Anne country teams made creditable Oaks were awarded the win and Laura Leslie showings In a dual meet since they had a fifth competitor The leaders of the company are Shclburne and White Oaks In the race Acton had only four Captain Mrs June Smith 1st Secondary School of Oakvllle here last Wednesday Junior boys sparked by Pete Morrisons first place finish In a lime of 15 minutes 19 seconds won their race with 15 points White Oaks placed second with and Shelburne third with 35 Midget boys fell one point short claiming victory in their race entries Points ore counted against the first four finishers according to their position Normnlly the team with the lowest number of points against Is declared the winner White Oaks won the girls open event with 15 points to Actons Shelburne had no entries In either the senior boys or girls Lieutenant Mrs Marlon Rolf and Cadet Tcny VanderHiedc Any girl age 10 to 16 Is welcome to join the company on Tuesday nights In Ospringe school gym Ontario widi rfMf Mrs ftfad SsaTS Among the many visitors at Open Houie at Elm Tree Farm flnd th Moffat Sunday were Vancouver where Duff Wilson and his wife from thl take P Ayr Dr Wilson lived In Acton as Attending the Open House at a youngster when his father was the new Acton branch of the Presbyterian minister TorontoDominion Bank Monday were Ontario division general Seven members of Trinity manager George United Church Women attended personnel supervisor Robert the dessert luncheon at Simpson special business Nassagowcya Presbyterian development representative Alec church last Thursday marking Young and premises supervisor the anniversary of the Doug Olivers W M S there Guest speaker was Mr McGIUvary of Toronto J a member the WMS council She Is a former resident before Mr Margarct Wilson and the mother 5 of tearher tan president of at Beth Isaiah Synagogue in Mr Ackman Is also a councillor Friends will be sorry to learn j that Mrs Patricia Oakley Is a Cm Barber Shop team held a steak roast and dance at the country home of Fred and Sheila Mrs Irene Terry has returned to Acton and Is living in the Buchanan Saturday night About Valley View Apartments players wives and girl friends Churchill Rd attended White Oaks nosed them out open events points to Third place All three boys events were run had on a mile course while the Phil Morris placed first in the race was miles senior boys event in a Acton will host the remarkabletimeof 1411 and Bob crosscountry meet for all Andrews finished second In 30 County schools Monday October Both Acton and White Oaks ig Big fair show NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS The monthly meeting of Acton Fair Board Indies was held at the home of Mrs A Robinson 15 ladies were present Mrs W Luiham the president was In the chair The minutes of the last meeting and the financial report were given by the secretary Mrs Isabel McDonald Each convener of the different advanced fair list ready and to be given at the next meeting The baby show which was the largest yet was discussed and the ladles decided to give the judges a gift for their work The district annual will be held at Markham Tuesday Oct The ladles enjoyed a friendly time and Mrs Matthews was HOURS OF BUSINESS Mon Tues Wed AM to 3 PM Thurs Fit 10 AM to 6 PM classes gave reports Discussions J ft followei lime Ides committee Mrs E Archibald Mrs Elmer Smith and Mrs W J McDonald mentioned had been noticed at other fairs Advance lists All conveners are to have their d c Mcdonald manager Toronto Dominion the bank where people make the difference 28 Mill St Willow 8530370 NO COUNCIL meeting thLs week since September had five Tuesdays The meetings are usually other week Deer killed Another deer came to a gory fate on Highway 25 a mile north of Speyside Wednesday evening of last week It ran in front of a car driven by Walter Korpela of Acton causing damage to the car high the most popular marrying age is 19 increased complexity In school programs and in most occupations necessitates assistance and clarification He summed up his speech at last weeks grade nine night by making three suggestions to parents- give students all the assistance possible in his home study show interest especially when the child starts the con versation come to the school and meet the teachers and find out whats going on call him at the school if a problem arises STOCK UP NOW Our Sale Continues for Another Weekend at Big Savings 99 ANACIN 99 V0 TlnWithSOi Free HAIR SPRAY TAMPAX NIVEA CREAM Meal Walter Automatic Portion Heal Switch HEATING PADS Dee Tee Poly GARBAGE BAGS 3 M00 i 44 CLEAR 9 BRECK BASIC Assorted Colors BATHROOM TISSUE Q Roils COFFEE Creamer 77 Acton Pharmacy Loin Pork Chops FULLY COOKED HAM SLICES 1 LEAN PORK BURKS PORK SAUSAGE a- Maple Leaf Brand RINDLESS BACON Helm Dottle tomato KETCHUP 23 Supreme Light It FRUIT CAKE 99 Crown 100 to Carton 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