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Students required to be in school In a tetter to the Editor last week Atkinson expressed concern that she encountered her son downtown at 10 15 on a day that she had seen him leave for school at I wish to echo especially In view of the fact the student mentioned shipped his Biology class in order to walk streets at that time Hie letter in question suggests tack of I choose to respond to this letter by making a few general comments Communication is one of the most difficult problems which a school faces There are numerous ways by which we to keep parents Informed Incliidecfiiclalreportcardsfslx each year public meetings letters to parents newspaper articles parents nights special reports and private interviews Where the above do not serve to keep us Informed of concerns that parents have we sincerely hope that parents will contact the school directly School problems often involve personalities Such problems tend to touch human feelings It Is therefore both prudent and humane that they be dealt with discreetly as possible In the event that other readers may lack Information about the school program and operation I would like to review some of the details here The school year la divided Into two semesters Students take a minimum of four subjects each semester earning a of eight credits during the school year The majority of students find that eight credits a year is a significant challenge Students with good achievement who are willing to expend effort to achieve results are encouraged to take nine or credits during the year The school day consists of six onehour periods This means that a student who is taking a minimum our subjects will hove one hour for lunch and one hour of unscheduled time Students are free to leave the school during their lunch period which will be either period3from 11 or period from 1 During the remaining periods of the day students are required to be In school An exception Is made in the case of senior students who may leave the school during the last period of the day if they do not have OUR READERS WRITE Grade take students by the way are required by the Department of Education to complete six grade credits to earn a diploma We Insist however that such students take a minimum of seven credits in order to assure that they have a broader educational background and that they carry a minimum of three subjects In any particular semester Let me return to the problem of the unscheduled hour which some students have included in their daily program Most students use unscheduled time responsibly A significant proportion of students take an extra subject during that time In one or both semesters This possibility allows students to enrich their school program or If they continue to challenge themselves graduate from school one semester or one year earlier than would normally be possible It also makes it possible for a student to pick up a failed credit from a previous grade level without having to spend an additional year in school At the moment we have students Involved In the Assistance Program during their unscheduled hour About of these students are helping Primary teachers at Robert Little and the Z Bennettelementaryschools working with retarded children at the Sunshine School and the remainder are involved in a variety of situations at the high school These students are directly demonstrating those very valuable qualities of responsibility and cooperation Many students have informed me that they find their school program demanding and challenging enough that they need to spend their unscheduled time in the resource centre completing various assignments and projects finally we must not overlook those students who do not always make responsible decisions and do not always act In their own best interest There are some students who from time totime leave the school building and are seen downtown at times when they are expected to be involved in such more positive activities as I have already described When we become aware of this such students are reminded of their responsib ility toward themselves and an attempt is made to show them ways In which their time can be put to better use I feel very strongly that both the home and the school need to provide a strong deterrent particularly with younger students against taking off from school The variety of mischief which presents Itself as an alternative to Idleness does not need to be repeated here The topic under discussion has introduced the word responsibility several times Students who possess an abundance of this commodity do not require rules in school and will grow up to become model citizens At that rate I suppose we should Include Responsibility in the curriculum and make It a compulsory subject Unfortunately the prospect of teaching responsibility is extremely complex I would like to digress long enough to explain some of the anxieties that haunt those of us who are directly Involved with young people One of the most difficult problems facing parents and teachers of teenagers Is to decide where concern changes into coercion and how much of each Ingredient should be used with each Individual Certainly It is of crucial importance to us that the young people with whom we are directly concerned will make thoughtful decisions regarding their own personal lives Sometimes we are tempted to make decisions for them regarding their careers their social lives or the people with whom we would like them to associate This concern we show with various degrees of forcefulness depending upon the situation Is often resented but Is also a necessary Ingredient in the lives of the great majority of adolescents As young people move through their teenage years they become increasingly responsible to society for the reasonable consequences of their own actions While growing up young people show us by their actions whether or not we have taught them those attitudes which will lead them to make wise and appropriate decisions about their own lives This latter ailimportant task begins at a very early age and is the shared responsibility of parents teachers the church and a host of other agencies which function in our communities I emphasize this because surely young people form attitudes and obtain their education from their total environment We need to be conscious of the fact that the environment which influences and teaches our children a very broad one which Is expanding at a fantastic rate of speed In this It is easy for us to overestimate our Influence as parents and teachers and to underestimate the influence of such things as television and other mass media These various Influences deserve our careful attention in that they are at times mindless or of questionable value and sometimes clearly negative The Influence we provide needs to be thoughtful Somehow young people are to become responsible adults our role needs to evolve from coercion through wise counsel to acceptance of youth as fellow citizens In summary I want to express my trust in those that comprise our teenage community I am heartened by the qualities of citizenship and the sincerity of purpose expressed by the great majority of young people with whom I have been associated during ten years in this community 1 wish to similarly commend the great majority of parents for their continued expression of understanding and co operation Finally I wish to express confidence in the quality of education which is being provided for my children and for those of other parents J Bray The Acton Fr Press Wednesday April 12 Men champs Acton Men have been of tournament at the community declared town centre last Tuesday night champions for this season In preliminary games Men edged the local Rotary blanked Lions Club and Club 32 in the championship Rotary Club nipped Acton Fire- game of the annual April lighters 1 HaltonWentworth PCs choose Kempling businessman BUI Kempling will carry the Tory banner into the fight for the HaltonWentworth federal seat now occupied by Liberal John Morison who last month lost his own party a nomination to Norm McGulmsa of Burlington Kempling won the Conservative nomination Friday night on the fourth ballot in an exciting five man contest at Burlington MM Robinson high school Burlington deputyreeve David Coons who placed first on the three ballots suddenly found votes short of the 50- yearold Kempling when the two met headon on the fourth and final ballot Final tally was votes for Kempling and for Coons Dundas high school teacher John Vola was eliminated on the first ballot mayor Hugh Everett was ousted on the second and Burlington councillor Les Preston trailed on the third ballot and was sidelined Coons gained 11 more votes than Kempling on the third ballot but twothirds of Prestons 140 votes went to Kempling on the fourth ballot Meeting chairman Jim Swanborough declared Kempling the winner shortly after mid night finally easing tension in the auditorium Kempling supporters who had been the most prominent in demonstrations throughout the evening surrounded their jubilant candidate as Coons came tooffer his contragulatlons Coons made his way to the platform where he pledged support for Kempling and asked party workers to unite to bring Obituary the lories a victory in the riding In his nomination speech said economics will be the major issue in the upcoming federal election If elected he promised to take an inventory within the riding to determine the depth and scope of local industries He promised to sec to it that all products In the riding were listed in a computer bank the Department of Industry Trade and Commerce in Ottawa Kempling also said he would establish a workable two way communication system between himself and the riding if elected John has been widely criticized for his alleged failure to spend time in the ruling placed third with votes behind Coons 163 and Preston on the first polled and Vola On the second ballot pulled Into second position with equipment manufacturing 14 1 six more than Prestons total company lives in of 137 Coons still led with 182 with his wife Muriel while Everett was eliminated daughter Jane and sons Angus President of a heavy truck and Bruce SUPERMARKET MILL ST ACTON Twitter Holmes death sudden The sudden death of Frank James Twitter Holmes was a shock to family and many friends The well known plumber who lived at 208 Mc Donald had helped to push a friend s car before being stricken He died March 26 Mr Holmes was almost a life long resident of Acton He was born here in son of the late Charles Daniel Holmes and Florence Green He attended Acton public and high school He was overseas in the second world war for five years with the Highland Light Infantry when Col Jock Anderson was his padre Col Anderson and the Rev Harry Dawson conducted the funeral service at the Rumley Shoemaker funeral home March and there was also a special Legion service Interment was In cemetery Pallbearers were Herb Cook Bus Chisholm Joe Ben Jock Cooney and Doug Guthrie Except for the war years M- spent all his life in Acton except for three in Vancouver Survivors He was married here in 1M0 and wife the former Kathleen survives him Also remaining are sons and daughters Pete Bob Jim Mrs Peg Graham and Mrs Pat White brothers Dave Charles George and Bob and sisters Mrs Data Klngshott Rock wood Mrs Tuck Georgetown Everywhere he travelled Mr Mrs Ann Sam I a Mrs Holmes promoted Acton and Gladys Vincent Owen Sound particularly its teams He was a and Mrs Ivy McKarnty B C goalie for the 19381939 Acton The many tiowers at the Intermediate H A funeral home attested to Mr championship team and later Holmes popularity coached minor hockey VIC IS BACK READY TO SERVE ROTH NEW AND PRESENT CUSTOMERS Acton Citizens Band Benefit Dance tttk ten Mario Ml to the Slat alar Lunch and Refreshments 5 par couple For Tickets Phone Expert Shoe Repairs to All kinds of Shoes and Rubbers Harts and Scott McHale Shoes are Rebuilt like New Special or ladies 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