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e Halton Board of Education wa By Oksana Buhel : The Halton Board of Education has decided the time has come to inform the public, in plain lan- guage, of the key concepts and “Halton Hills This Week, Saturday, May 4/196: moves l-Mejall af-litslameielalele) is ging war on jargon ideas which have become the basis of today’s education. “People are showing a vested interest.in what we do,” explained Brian Woodland, communications Catholic Education Week By Oksana Buhel The Halton Roman Catholic School Board has designated Francis of Assisi and St. Joseph’s School in Acton,; will: be featuring various Canadian authors and sto- May 2-8 as Catholic Education _ rytellers; performances by student Week. The theme of this year’s event is “Catholic Education: A Celebration of Life!/ L’education choirs and dancers, and open hous- es. Classroom visits are also wel- comed throughout the week during catholique: une celebration de Ja class hours. vie! According to a statement issued Week is designed to discuss “all developmental stages of life, the vision of a peaceful co-existence with the Earth.” Events are planned during the week at all region schools. The four Catholic schools in Halton Hills; Ecole Sacre-Coeur, Holy Cross, St. choir will perform at gi by the board, Catholic Education Marketplace May 6 at 2 p.m. A Town of Halton Hills Civic Centre sanctity and respect of life, and a from Monday through next Friday, depicting various aspects of Catholic education. ‘The St. Francis of Assisi School officer for the board. “They want to know what’s going on, but get frus- trated when they can’t understand it because of the jargon.” Education Explained! is the theme of this year’s Education Focus, an event during which the board concentrates on interacting with the community. Education Focus began Monday and will con- tinue until next Friday. The Education Focus Steering Committee surveyed parents, teach- ers and the general public to learn which jargon terms were the most confusing. Workshops were orga- nized on the basis of these surveys, and will take place'throughout the Tegion. Some topics include; transition years, whole language as opposed to phonics, special education and the apparent cancellation of the “basics.” A workshop entitled Toys or Tools? Technology in our Schools, will be held at Joseph Gibbons Public School in Georgetown on May 10. The board will also be providing fact sheets which define key jargon terms and suggestions for schools on how to eliminate jargon. Although Education Explained! is only scheduled for a limited time, Woodland insists the effects of the Program are intended to be long- term. “I think some people are frightened by what they perceive to be a new method of educating. And when they get frightened, they become nostalgic. Before people criticize the new educational sys- tem, they should come in and see tu” For a complete listing of the workshops and their dates, call Brian Woodland at 878-8451.. visual display will be set up at the For a complete listing of events, contact Chris Jewell at (416):632- 6300 ext. 157, or call participating schools. Roman Catholic board approves budget The Halton Roman Catholic School Board approved a 1993 operating budget of $113.8 million at a meeting last week. The mill rate, increase will be exactly the same as the public board’s 3.43 per cent. This budget means that the aver- age Catholic ratepayer in Halton will pay $43 more than last year on the education portion of the proper- ty tax bill. Although the process didn’t result in staff layoffs, the board did approve reductions in the number of new staff hired for September The hiring of more than 20 teach- ers and eight clerical workers has been deferred until June. The sup- Technical Olympics a “community effort” By Bryn Davies Georgetown District High School Last Saturday, the staff and stu- dents in our Technical De; hosted the Halton Technical Skills Olympics. Our cafeteria staff, with the assis- tance of Maple Lodge Farms, pro- vided lunch. Our in-house band, Fully Clothed Men, provided enter- tainment during the noon hour. It was a total “community effort”. Special thanks to Dave Lawrence, our Tech Director, his department and Joe Bray, our VP for their many hours of hard work. Congratulations to our students: we earned a total of af ply teaching budget was also reduced and:a further $500,000 was [I cut from administration and school operations budgets. ‘The separate board has more than 17,000 students in 35 Catholic schools in Halton. “This year’s budget is basically a flatline budget of 1992 carried over to 1993,” said board chair, Irene McCauley. The board’s operating expenses are expected to increase by $10.6 million because of student growth and other increased costs. Director of education Cliff Byres said the 1994 budget will require even tougher decisions and will have more impact on the sys- tem six Bronze, four Silver and three Gold medals. Our Parent Advisory Group met Friday (yesterday). Our agenda iincluded a review of our upcoming Adopt-A-School partner- ship with Varian, Canada. The pub- lic is invited to attend the ceremony in our Cafetorium Monday at 4:15 mn. We shall also be discussing eval- uation and assessment practices, Particularly at the Grade 9 level. Td like to thank our parents for their attendance at Parent Interview Night April 22. 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