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A new high in Acton geography Laurie Pierce On Monday April 21 Geography students from Acton high school travelled to Melton for an airplane trip over the Niagara Region The purpose of the trip was to distant physical features of this region Some such features were the This past Monday an lecture was scheduled to take place at Acton high school in period five and six Due to unavoidable stances it had to be can celled Classes scheduled for the lecture were Home Economies Environ mental Science and Geo graphy Another lecture will be planned to take place In the future at the high Well on Canal Niagara Falls the Niagara River System Lake Ontario Lake Erie and all major cities In that part of Southern Ontario The students felt this was not only a geographical ence but also a life experience which some will never forget AHS Notes school for the students This Thursday night a Record Dance will be held at Acton high school It will run from 30 to 10 Come on out and Jive for all are welcome to come Also this Thursday the Grade 13 examinations begin Examinations will take place this week Thursday and Friday and next week Monday Splash flashes by Anne Pickering The second complete weekend of the Red Cross Leader course is now over All that Is left Is the final evaluation Thursday night The leader course Is designed to train and teach Individuals life guarding and rescue procedures and give them an introduction to teaching swimming The hour course is divided into lecture and pool sessions Twenty enthusiastic teen from Acton and area took part Trying the est night will be Steve Susan Lesley Graham Vryenhoek Barb Debbie Karen Chris Irwin Lisa Woods Leslie Pickering Joan Wright Lynn Partridge Glenn McClurc Dwlghl Brad Kreuger Jane Bechett David Berry John Vos It is our hope that of those in their evaluation some will be hired to work at the area pools this summer Let wish them luck tomorrow Aquatic Fitness a class designed for women to exercise in the water had to be because of a lack of interest in this area Only two women registered Other classes are continuing this week with their third lesson Until next time and rememberalways obey your lifeguard The Acton Free Press Wed April 1975 Mark Rowe is missing CONCENTRATING hard on what the teacher is saying these teenagers are taking part in a leader program at the swimming pool If successful in the course some of them willbe hired as lifeguards Bennett weekly news Dorothy I apologize for missing last weeks column I hod a decor committee meeting and I got to the Free Press office too late Students were out selling lottery tickets for which will be drawn on May Decorating Is starting to be and with the help of Irs it very prom islng Mrs Tlton la also plan a Crafts on Thursday May Such crafts as quilt ing weaving and candy mak will be displayed The movie for this week 839 Sheridan graduates found jobs akin to study will only be shown at 4 be cause of some problems last week The movie is The Nutty Professor and admission is cents Activity clubs have started and everyone Is happy with the club their In even Nick who is the only boy in the cooking club I myself am in hiking and I enjoy it Mr Leather and runs this d Sc SUSAN munches on an apple as she fun takes notes at the leader course at the Acton pool That all for this week and on Saturday Susan is one of 20 people who are I apologize again for missing the potential future lifeguards of the pool Out of of Sheridan College per cent found employment rchted to their program of study according to the 1974 Placement Report Issued through Student Services at Sheridan College Considering economy was entering a downward trend or reading last spring it was gratifying to see so many of r graduates are finding employment directly related to their studies said Ross Adviser at Sheridan In view of two similar re ports prepared on and 1972 the report reflects a consistent trend In providing more joboriented programs of study at the college and a decrease the percentage of students con Incur education else where after graduation The data contained in report reveal that students arc fairly sure of which career path they wish to follow on a short term but ire uncertain as to their Many students at University Renaissance founder will sue board ministry for tuition fees In a speech Saturday to the Annual Congress of the Ontario Alliance of Christian Schools Ken Campbell founder and chairman of the Renaissance movement and president of the Campbell Reese Evangelistic Assocla lion announced his intentions to sue the Ho I ton Board or Education and the Ontario Ministry of for the costs of educating my children In private schools committed to the principles of Christian morality which the Ontario Education Act requires the public schools system to provide but which In fact ore essentially rejected and or ridiculed in the public school system The Milton evangelist told the Congress of having been shaken out of parental com a year earlier by Incidents In the high school his daughters were attending In his home region which in his view were symptomatic of a much deep er sickness pervading the public educational system That sickness Campbell claimed is the domination of the public educational tern by the new state rell of secular materialism which in its atheistic assump lions and its moral relativism is hostile to the JudaeoChrls principles on which the Institutions of our free society are built As a follower of sua Christ I believe in Tendering unto the things that are and unto God the things that arc Gods which meant for me that could not continue to conscientiously support with my property taxes the gallon of that a Christian religion In the public schools Now 1 members It was that protest that trig Re red the formation of Ren a sectarian partisan citizens group which has since grown to well over members more than of whom are Halton residents In a brief presented to Board of Education and to the Ontario cabinet re cenUv Renaissance mended that the Ministry establish a commission to study the feasibility of the establishment In Ontario of a educational system on free pluralism sup ported by a voucher system As described by Renals sance this la ssentially a call for a government lity study of an educational system in which parents could choose from several philosophical options the type of education they prefer for their children Out of tax re- collected by the government for public tfon a voucher covering the basic costs for the education of each child would be provid ed to parents with which they could buy the education they prefer for their children In such a system the curricula guidelines but not the approach would be Wished by the Ministry of Education This competitive system would best serve a pluralistic society resulting in an Improved educational at a substantially cost to the tax payer I only one of hundreds of thousands of parents in Ontario Campbell claimed whose religious or phical views are such that we can never be satisfactorily served by the present mono lithic educational system with its basic commitment to secular humanism There must be alternate schools provided in public education including the extension of Catholic educational rights through grade and the right of nonCatholics to send their children and direct their taxes to the Catholic schools Christian school The Campbells who re moved their three younger children in elementary school from the public system and enrolled them In a Christian school in area last fall pointed out that they had made that change primarily on educational and not grounds The Christian philosophy of education is just superior academically to the secular approach says Campbell This is just sound tradition education It is costing the Campbells per child per year to send them there which is not much more than onethird the estimated cost per child in the public system The Campbell distur banco with the high school prognm deepened through out this year until finally being shocked by recent revelations of the gross viola of the requirements of the Education Act in re gards especially to the family life courses the Campbells offered their teenage daugh tcrs a Christian high school alternative just before East or to which they responded That means tuition costs of about per year per student which Is less than half estimated costs for educating students in the public high schools Altogether were paying over per now to educate our children In pri vate schools while we con to subsidize by our taxes the public educational system whose product we cannot conscientiously use says Campbell but In their efforts to sec manges effected in the public school system this year through Renaissance the Campbells have had to in crease the mortgage on their property by A year ago I said I d rather lose my property lhan lose my fam the evangelist recalled I ve done what I done as a responsible Christian father and citizen I may lose mj shirt but I won my fam ily I ve had to take my child rcn out of the educational sys luric Pierce On Thursday April from Acton high school travelled by bus to the University of Waterloo For 15 Gride and 13 students it was a day to look at programs offered at Iho university and for the rest of us in a Computers Science ay Arriving at the university at about a m our groups were shown where we were to go The students involved in the Computer Science Day went to the math building First we visited the key punch area where we were shown how to work the machines In the computer room a man gave a demonstration of how the computer functions and how when it is fed questions we receive answers We then hid a lecture ind were taught the Tutor language which we used later In solving problems This language was developed at the university Next was a problem solving session During this time we punched up cards and fed hem into the computer to solve certain problems This session lasted about an hour ind then it was back into classroom for another Ice I was the next thing on our schedule and we were directed by a university student to the cafeteria After lunch students had the rest of the day to do as they liked Some of us went site seeing and others went back into computer room to solve more problems We departed from the university at and arrived back at the high school at about 3 On the whole the day was a very enjoyable and educational one and for many students a lot of fun destination beyond tht next I two years understandable In today fast dunging world I of careers lifestyles and life goals The report also Indicates that and promotions ire still the most important factors in a job to the college graduates This is very closely by scope variety of job and working conditions The 1974 placement report is the third study of its nature which was initialed in 1971 to discover as accurately as what happens to graduates and to analyze from a large sample he responses of graduates concerning the relevancy of their post secondary educational preparation It also measures of placement services In the The study was tondutttd on survey basis Question nalres were moiled to all members of the graduating class and a response rule of per cent was achieved A second mailing acquired an additional per cent response and a telephone survey brought the total to per cent Scouts Guides Cubs Brownies Venturers and Beavers may notice that the Scout and Guide news is mis sing for the first time since September Flagpole broken off The library flagpole long an object for vandalism was broken right off last Wed nesduy It had been leaning at a weird angle for some months and looked badly In need of first aid when it supported Red Cross flag last month Trespassing A local was charged with trespassing after he classes In progress at one of the schools this week CIRCUS is COMING TO ACTON MAY 20th Mark writer of this weekly column is studying for his grade final exams Good luck Mark Hopefully you do well on your exams and hopefully your column will return next week LAKEVIEW CENTRE fhtrlni Inttsllan On Staff Wo feature carpel from CELANESE VENTURE OZITE PEERLESS Ha it Surface and V from ARMSTRONG AND G mil Lakeview Centre Main St ACTON Occasions I Iohi Polled Plants I urn nil nit ill I Open days a Week lam T I Phono ii fiiuttl supply of i WE rLOWCHSANYWHEHt Caroline Flower Garden Centre Two Miles West of Acton South Side of Highway tern to preserve those ulti mate human values which centre in the family and home We have never had a happier family and it wonderful to see our young flourishing now and in every way Campbell explains that his decision to sue the Board and the Ministry Is based on his responsibilities as a Chris tian citizen Private citizen In announcing his intention to launch legal action Camp beli revealed that he had not as yet engaged lawyer but is confident that he will find one who shares his concerns in these matters He that he is acting as a 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