if Teen Signs of the times for high school And so we meet again good readership How ya Just fine The Georgetown Optimist presented number of Youth Appreciation Citation a roup young people recently for their effort In the community through varfaos project including Open Door Prom left Nina Jim Dave Rutherford Optimist President Ian Handy Krlilln Buhner Stephen Vellman Bev Servian coordinator David Mill Mayor and Melissa Baldwin Students take part in science days A contingent students teachers from Ontario secondary school who will participate in he University of Waterloos computer science days Dec They learn how computer science taught at and rotate among several workshop developed In response to change in computer use and new technologies As well they will try their hand at database management spreadsheets com puter graphics Hyprcard and numerical computation computer science days of fers mathematically Inclined high school students interested in com puter science a chance to ex perience a university and meet with university students and professors The program has been in ex istence at Waterloo for years It Is offered twice a year with imalely 1 student visitors each lime Over the years approximately have participated As you may have noticed yester day was a Professional Develop ment Day for the staff of GDHS As the teachers were out professionally developing many students were busy doing really important tasks such as shopping sleeping In stay ing out late etc I support days and personally reel that more day should be added to the school curriculum This however is Just a personal opinion though one that I happen to favor I realize this may be a belated alright very belated but I have a few questions First that new sign in the cafe you know the an red one was it really worth the It was rumored to have cost just to advertise what the lunch special Secondly what purpose does that large concrete and wooden contraption at the front entrance to the school serve Beyond thai what the heck is If If you happen to have the answer to any of these please seek me out and enlighten me Ignorance is not as blissful a it Is cracked up to be The latest copy of the GDHS Press is due out any time now This latest edition features an exclusive inter view with the band The Bay City Rollers by yours truly as well as the next installment of Notes On the Environment and many other features highlighting student life Try this out The next time vou are walking down a restricted hallway and a or sentry stops and asks If you know this is a restricted hallway act dumb My prediction actually its an educated based on post experience Is you will he chastised for your apparent stupidity Its somewhat akin to asking if one knows that GDHS is a school Of course we know that they are restricted hallways How can we miss those artsy signs plastered throughout the school ap parently banning all forms of human life from setting foot within these specified areas Last Friday GDHS held a Laser Dance which came off as quite a success The reviews are in everyone seemed to speak highly of Lets give Ita two Thats It folks My mind has kick ed into Park previously it was in Neutral bordering on Drive and the gas gauge is on empty Tune in next week when Ill ramble on about something else Chow Sheridan A Directory of Services Offered in Our CommunityliM installs president Mary was officially installed as Sheridan Colleges third president in a special con vocation at the Oakvllle Campus on Thursday Nov The Honorable McLeod On tarios Minister of Colleges and Universities praised Ms tars impressive knowledge and understanding of the College Its people and programs Charles Pascal former President of Sir Sanford Fleming and current Chairman of the Coun cil of Regents congratulated Sheridans Board of Governor for their vision and foresight to hire the right candidate President Hofstetter will make a difference Pascal In presidential address Ms Hofstetter emphasized the need for all of Ontarios a colleges to face a number of challenges Is the time for Sheridan and the other colleges and indeed be educa tional system to say something To reach for new heights of development and fulfillment in a world of change To model for our communities and the people in them the values and the vision the and the can be generated from the combined will of an integrated society said Ms Hofstetter Just Call Us Your Electronics Hospital Well patch up your tape player and put your stereo In a Whatever it takes to get your equipment on the road to recovery and In top working order well do We re your export trouble shooters FREE ESTIMATES To All Rspslrs lf JJ ELECTRONICS