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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1996 THE GEORGETOWN GEMINI 13 REFORM, RENEW, RESTRUCTURE THE NEW 3 R'S New methods must be sought by educators BY MARIE JACOBS, GDHS PRINCIPAL Special to The Gemini Georgetown District High School staff and parents are hard-pressed to keep up with the many changes and poten- tial changes in education and to inform stakeholders about them. For example: the Halton Board re- cently released its report on Accommodation and School Programs Renewal, decisions on which are to be made by Dec. 19. the Provincial govern- ment has released discussion papers on Guidance and Ca- reer Education, Curriculum for Ontario Secondary Schools, and Ontario Second- ary Schools. commissioned re-° views on The School Boards and Teachers Collective Ne- gotiations Act and "Who Does What" (re: educational funding; school boards and municipalities' roles and re- sponsibilities) have been completed. School Councils and a College of Teachers were just implemented this year. Input is due by Nov. 30 on the Ministry of Education and Training's proposals for im- plementation of a 37 credit (at 90 hours, each) high school diploma (compared to the current 30 credit at 110 hours, each). Booklets enti- tled, Excellence in Education: High School Reform, were sent home with high school students. Members of the public are welcome to pick up the booklets at GDHS. GDHS' Parent Advisory Group will be preparing their response to Secondary School Reform proposals and reviewing the School Pro-. grams document, Nov. 22 at . 1 pm in the library. All par- ents are welcome. We encourage employers to review and respond to the ministry proposals as well. Employer input on opinions for co-operative education, as well as other areas, is needed. Staff is very concerned about the impact and timing of the many changes being proposed ata time when more than $1 billion is to be re- moved from education. Belts tightened with cutbacks, W.I. group told BY NOREEN VAN LEUWEN, P.R.O. Special to The Gemini The November meeting of the Norval Women's Insti- tute was hosted by Norma Thompson. President Gisela Malchin opened the meeting by reading an article from a newspaper entitled, Legion reminds us why we remem- ber. Lisa Alexander of RR 1 Norval has won the 1996 Women's Institute bursary. A letter was read from On- tario Works Halton Hills. Norval W.1. will exhibit Tweedsmuir historical books in Norval Presbyterian Church on Lucy Maud Montgomery Day, Nov. 30. It was suggested we could buy a park bench for Norval to commemorate our 90th anniversary. Our faithful member Gladys Chester passed away Nov. 7, in her 98th year. She will be long remembered. Roll call for Family and Consumer Affairs program was, "Name a community service and it's purpose." Members and two guests an- swered. Norma Thompson The Gemini Loves Georgetown introduced the speaker, Shirley Andrechek, a nurse at Georgetown District Me- morial Hospital for seven years. Shirley is manager of Community Outreach in the hospital and Georgetown dis- trict. She is co-ordinator of pro- grams for diabetes, heart to heart, and asthsma. Exercise is recommended for the emotional factor of these diseases. Shirley is also co-ordinator of Senior's Ac- tivities and Housing. Modern technology is so advanced that much less hos- pitalization is required for post-operative patients now, she stated. GMDH has one general surgeon full-time and others that come and go. We all have to tighten our belts with cutbacks, with each per- son having more jobs to do, she concluded. Norma thanked the speaker with a gift of flow- ers. Dec. 5 we are to attend Globe Production's Camelot and afterwards to the home of Aileen Nixon. Is provincial streamlining of environmental protection putting the environment at risk? 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