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FROM acton High Trees for Canada project wet soggy success Parents were Invited to the school last Wednesday evening to talk to teachers and discuss their sons or daughters progress in any subject Thiswasa good time to learn about any problem a student might have and If a parent could help to solve the difficulty In any way Even though the weather was poor it was not a deterring factor af fecting attendance About 20 students helped In the bottle drive last Saturday morning Undaunted by the wet and the cold students walked along the sides of the road between Georgetown and Acton gathering bottles In order to raise money for the athletic program at the high school Approximately was raised In last weeks practice soccer game at the high school Haiders defeated tho school soccer team by a score of w Rowley and Rick scored the two Raiders goals while Gary Copeland got the lone goal for the school team Last Monday afternoon the school soccer team played at White Oaks Secondary School This was their first competitive game of the season and they were defeated Friday and Saturday Mr Cayer and Mrs Fleming attended a conference for Ontario Modern language Teachers Association It was held the Ontario Institute for Studies In Education on Street In Toronto The purpose was to bring all of the modern language teachers in this province together to discuss pertinent points Mr Cayer and Mrs Fleming heard Frederick speak on the role of television In the modern language classroom and were Interested and enthused with its possibilities Mr Is the author of the grade 12 grammar material Paul Pirns spoke the Importance listening comprehension in a language Mr Pirns Is the author of the grade French literature tents The discussion on and language teaching was of special Interest to Mr and Mrs Fleming There was a panel three discussing the pros and cons of dealing with modern languages followed by a question and answer period One of Saturdays seminars was on Individual Foreign Language Instruction The speaker went over the problems Correction In last weeks account of a car accident in the high school parking lot the Free Press stated a student was in her family car when lis gears became engaged and It rolled striking another car Apologies to the daughter the owner the car involved It was not she but another student who was in the car at the time the freak accident Police laid no charge and benefits of having a student learn a language on his own Studies were made and the result of this method of learning showed no Improvement The next session attended was one dealing with honor and general courses at University for a language At some universities for example at the U of they are now making no distinction between the two courses The last seminar which our teachers attended dealt with different ways of teaching the grade 13 French course There were three panelists who told of their own separate ways of handling this course Overall this conference was most enjoyable and Informative Mr Cayer and Mrs Fleming will now go over the courses for next year with different Ideas and new methods which were presented at the conference Almost cubs and scouts from the North Ha I ton area assisted In the Trees tor Canada reforestation project In driving rain at three district con servation areas Saturday Cubs and scouts worked all day to plant small trees In spite of inclement weather and oodles of mud at Hilton Falls Hillsburgh and Leaders set up a field kitchen and served meals at the nearby Milton Falls site near Kelso as girl guides assisted with the chores Now the boys will return to those who pledged trees to advise them exactly how many they planted and to collect their money Trees for Canada has been labelled a resounding success by the four participating groups- boy scouts conservation authorities students and faculty of Sheridan College and the Optimists Success of this pilot project which was launched with others In the and Windsor districts will form the ground work for a provincewide Trees for Canada In 11173 An profits from the project will be retained by the scouts with the bulk of the Spring seeds at story hour The preschoolers who attend the librarys Wednesday story hours have been watching seedlings grow the last couple of weeks The librarians helped the youngsters plant aster seeds In hi naif containers Although all pale green shoots look pretty much alike the librarians say the children arc very certain which are their own Television actress gives students hints By Maxwell Television celebrity and ac tress Patricia Collins who lives In spoke to the theatre arts students last Thursday morning Mlas Collins answered numerous questions ranging from training to become an actress to her part In Wojcck and the White Oaks of Jalna Miss Collins had previously read two of the plays which will bo presented on drama night June and gave many helpful hints on the acting and directing of these plays The students enjoyed speaking with this talented actress and are looking forward to her generous offer of help in the production of the plays Speaker series at noon hours By Carte Maxwell Last Thursday George Harding from the University of Guelph came to the high school and spoke to students attending the speaker scries The speaker scries Is talk session set up by the guidance department and held at noon hours This was our third session The first session a few weeks ago featured Don from the University of Guelph He Is foreign student and spoke of the problems both educational and social that he has encountered In this country Our second speaker was Jack Carpenter a free lance broad caster and cochairman of the Acton Centennial Commission George Harding Is the assistant director of student organizations at the University of In this series students have the chance to ask the speakers questions relative to their dif ferent fields and the discussions have been varied and Interesting QUALITY MEATS FREEZER ORDERS Choice Quality 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