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Wednesday December 1 1991 the HERALD PageJB School News GDHS addresses adult needs By DA VIES Herald Special Georgetown District High School has a long tradition of ser ving the needs of our community Invariably these needs change over lime A current need in Georgetown and in the province for that mat ter is to provide programs for adults in the community The Boards Adult and Continuing Education Department oversees all such courses in high schools At we have adults in volved in personalinterest non- credit evening courses We also have over students earning regular high school day credits through our Adult Learners Pro gram A new program beginning this month is called the Trades Ex ploration and Training Program This pilot program is offered in conjunction with the Canada Employment Centre The program is intended to pro vide candidates with a glimpse of several trades areas both through specific classroom units job search training and com munity work placements Ap proximately adults are involv ed Our welding electrical draf ting and machine shop classes are being used and several teachers are providing support Mr Colin Bennett formerly from MoldMasters is teaching the program The introduction of this pro gram has provided our school with additional uptodate equip ment including four autocad drafting stations and additional machine tools This equip ment is available to the adoles cent population in out school as well Clearly programs such as this are of benefit to the school and the community For more in formation contact Colin Bennett or Sue Grant at 8776966 You will be interested to know that Mr Bill Bingham has an nounced his retirement effective January 31 Bill has taught at for the past years in the English department He is widely respected for his commitment to academic excellence and to GDHS strong cocurricular pro gram Bills experience wisdom in sight boundless energy concern for the best interests of young people and yes his sense of humour will all be missed We shall have more information about a farewell reception in the new year Grade 1 students from George Kennedy Middle School got a special treat Friday as they toured the Halton Hills Civic Centre and met Halton Hills Mayor Russ Miller From left to right Caroline Meet the Mayor Dame Michael Haddock Mayor Natalie and Erin Herald Photo New cosmetology course at GDHS mixes business with beauty By TESTA Herald special As you may already know there has been a new program in troduced to the GDHS cur riculum the cosmetology course taught by Mrs Dell On Nov this course was officially recognized by a number of very important people who attended an open house The cosmetology course offers students a chance to team about hair care nail care hair design health the scientific aspect of these things as well as the business side of running a beauty shop At this gathering about 80 people attended The turn out was quite good and consisted of school trustees teachers the ar chitects who designed the studio officials from the Board of Education parents and a guest speaker Students helped Mrs Dell out by running workshops throughout the evening that displayed dif ferent aspects of the program For example there was a science display Students did a pH scale test that showed the acidic quan tity in certain chemicals that are used in the class The second display was focusing on skills This basically means the hands- on experience the students have in class In this particular display students were braiding manmquin heads hair Thirdly the computers were also part of the displays The computers in this course play a major role in developing a business understanding that is re quired when on starts any kind of business There is the New Im ages computer that does a before and after makeover Students can experiment with different color and lengths of hair as well as experiment with a makeup make over The second computer that is us ed is the business computer which mainly deals with the economic and business aspects of beauty salon And finally the Text Book Computer which actually allows students to wnte their tests on the screen and the the machine marks the answers you typed in The teacher is then given a copy of the test and the questions the student got wrong are printed out Mrs Dell finds this great advantage It helps me keep an overview of what kids have and have not understood in each unit Its been a big help Among the distinguished guests that attended this event a few teachers of our own should be recognized Mrs Tamas who is in charge of the coop programs Mr Brown was is in charge of drafting Mrs Weiss took care of the business aspect of the course and finally Mr Lawrence and Mr Davies the schools prin cipal the main coordinators of this event As sandwiches went around and people mingled they began to understand that cosmetology is not just a hair care and nail care program It involves many more aspects of beauty that students can learn about in their local high school Mrs Dell got very positive feedback from all her guests and she was generally very pleased with the turn out and the students participation in the Open House event A good time was had by all and hey maybe you should stop by the school and get a makeover Christmas concert tonight at By MICHELLE DEBRAUX Herald Special The Music Department will be presenting its annual Christmas Concert Wednesday tonight in the High School at pm Tickets are available at the door and cost for adults and for children with a maximum of per family Part of the pro ceeds will be donated to the Love in Christ Food Bank Among the groups performing will be the Wind Ensemble the Junior Band the Stage Band and the Choir Santa will be there for the children to have their pictures taken with and homemade refreshments will be available after the show There also will be a carolsing so that the audience can join in the Christmas Spirit with us The event promises to be fun for all so come out and support the Music Department and the Food Bank December nth You can lose a lot more than your licence drinking and driving RED EMPEROR GRAPES LB KG PRODUCT OF PEI CANADA NO PEI POTATOESi 10 LB BAG EACH SPECIAL MEAT THAT DOES MORE THAN COMPETE BONELESS BLACK FOREST STYLE HAMS HALF OR WHOLE LB 659 KG BLACK FOREST STYLE CENTRE CUT J HAM SLICES LBS703 KG GROCERY SPECIALS LESS THAN HALF PRKT YOGURT DIET FRUIT BOTTOM OR STIRRED 175 CUP 2QQC FRONTENAC EGGNOG 1 LITRE CARTON Values Effective Men Dec 2nd through Sat Dec 1991 WITH YOUR WEEKLY FAMILY SHOPPING of 5000 you receive j OK LITRE BAG OF 2 MILK SAVE WITH BOB Mm without VALUE Moo Dc through Sat Ml