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THE HERALD OUTLOOK Saturday December 1 IMS Page Features- Williams Grade students Sara Robertson front and Michelle Nicholl were busy designing Christmas trees an the computer last Wednesday morning On the last day of the six week students were creating art printing the pictures and saving work on disk Glen Williams students introduced to computers By ELIZABETH GALV1N The Herald If Glen Williams Public School students have learned anything In the last six weeks it that they would like more computers The third fourth and fifth graders have been involved in an intensive six week computer lab that Principal Doug and Computer teacher Nancy Street applied for last spring Both students and teachers have enjoyed it immensely said grade three teacher Dave The program run by Computer Resource Teacher Don Thorpe of the Halton Board of Education is designed to demonstrate to teachers how to integrate com puter applications into the classroom while at the same time teaching students a wide range of subjects Seventeen Apple 2L computers and an Image Writer Printer that can print in color are set up in the school In the first few weeks of the program Mr Thorpe leads the class in computer activities involving language math art science French or social science and their regular teacher stays in the classroom As times goes by the teacher will be able to assume greater control The program has been in operation for five years explains Mr Thorpe and this year six schools in Halton will benefit from it The students who par ticipate are like fish in water he adding a computer is a great motivator For example one program the children play the role of a delivery company driving across Canada picking up commodities and delivering others Throughout the exercise they use their map skills their data base skills and many others he explained Mr Thorpe also spends time with the staff of a school before the lab is set up there He finds out where the students are in their studies what sorts of things they want to cover the session and just how much expeience they have with computers Mr s grade three class spent their last day in the lab on Image Writer designing pictures of Christmas trees for decorations in the upcoming Christmas concert They sent the diagrams to the printer and then saved the masterpieces on data disks with all their other crea tions both and drawn After spending 80 minutes a day with one extra session each week for six weeks there is a lot to be stored on those data disks The lab has been great said Mr can going already We re just getting into it The students he added adapted really well and enjoyed it a lot Principal Doug was also excited about the lab He was impressed by a grade four class the other day who were wnting stories and drawing correspon ding pictures for a newspaper type project The kids loved it he said You could tell by the way they were working Last year Glen Williams got two new computers but Principal feels that the com they have isn t enough By fall 91 he would like to see the numbers increase to 15 Of course it all depends on how much money the board will allocate to such projects explain ed the 31 year veteran of the school system If the Board grants Mr s request for two more terminals the P A might be approached for one computer and the school might use board funds to buy one more Until then Glen Williams students will continue to wait their turn for the computers they do have and use them to practice all the skills they learned in Don Thorpe s six week computer lab Good Neighbours abound Joyce Gosling and Madelne Collier are Good Neighbours and they are gearing up for this year s food drive of the same name that will all come together Dec 20 The ladies Lionesses and co ordinators of the drive have con tacted all the schools in the area and will send volunteers out on Dec 20 to pick up all the food that is collected by Hills schools The service club members will then work diligently at St An drew s Church in Georgetown sorting the mountains of food into gift baskets On Dec 31 the fresh produce that has been ordered will arrive at the church and volunteer will add these items to the gift baskets More volunteers will deliver the goodies on Saturday morning between am and 11 am and any leftovers will be donated to organizations in the area who could use the food Nothing will go to Mrs Gosling insisted We expect we II hive a bumper crop of names this year said Mrs Gosling rcferr ing to the number of needy families in the area This list is made up of sions from Health and Welfare the Salvation Army various churches and people who have signed up to become recipients The local Kinsmen Club also contribute to the cause by pro viding toys for the gift baskets from their annual new and used toy drive St Andrew Church will certainly be a busy place when these two local clubs set up shop Last year about 120 families were recipients of the Good Neighbours Baskets which in elude turkey potatoes carrots turnips canned vegetables soup and fruit and toys says Mrs Col her Both Mrs Gosling and Mrs Collier have worked on the Good Neighbours drive for several years before the I lonesses took it over in 1988 so they hive become quite profi at organizing sorting and distributing There are numbers of volunteers said Mrs Collier Principals and students in the area start things rolling and the police help by picking up the food and bringing it to the church Lionesses and friends spend several hours ting and packing the baskets and then the Lions the firemen and other volunteers from the com deliver the baskets Local businesses also help the cause by making monetary dona tions that help to purchase the fresh food and cover expenses Mrs Gosling said A dropoff point for the Good Neighbours Food Drive has been set up at Home Hardware in Georgetown for anything donated before Dec As well for the Good Neighbours Toy Drive can be dropped off at the Herald office or Johnson and Associates Real If you ire interested in making monetary donation give treasurer Mary Tenant a call at If you would like to be a reci pient of the Good Neighbours Gift Basket applications forms are available at the Salvation Army office REMOTE CONTROL 21 ColorTrak TELEVISION All electronic Control System with on screen prompts and displays for easy operation High Quality Speaker System Auto Programming Automatic ContrastColor Tracking A J 14 Remote Central COLORTRAK TV nci Remote Control COLORTRAK TV