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Assembled by Calculus teacher Ron Ross, the team earned the secâ€" ond highest score of the sixteen Halton Region high schools comâ€" peting. The average national score was 26 per cent; 18 Bronte students placed above this average, and 11 students received a certificate to acknowledge their placement in the top 25 per cent of the 6,000 contesâ€" tants from across Canada. Since that time, seven Bronte College students have been acceptâ€" ed into Canada‘s most prestigious Mathematics program at Waterloo University, and eight into the Faculty of Engineering at McGill.. There were two Chemistry tests: the CIC (Chemical Institute of Canada) and the Chem 13 News National Test. Student Yee Whye Teh finished in the top 5 per cent and 1.5 per cent respectively, and Joshua Tan placed in the top 10 per cent and seven per cent. Bronte Chemistry teacher Dr. Allan Clark noted that only students In the Sir Isaac Newton Physics Contest in May, one student, Yee Whye Teh, scored in the top two per cent of the 5,000 OAC students who wrote the examination. Vern Cantlon, physics instructor, reports that 50 per cent of the Winter Semester OAC Physics Class achieved first class honors. Bronte students also excelled in the Canadaâ€"wide Descartes Mathematics Contest, sponsored by the University of Waterloo. ADVERTISING FEATURE Bronte College, a private high school in Oakville, has achieved very high scores in this year‘s Academic Competitions. ronte College Excels in academic competitions Our expert financial advisors share strategies for reducing your taxes, safeguarding your wealth and increasing the value of your estate. 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With 16 years‘ experience in private school education, she is well qualiâ€" fied to provide Bronte students with expert counselling and guidance. The school has maintained a 100 per cent university admission rate for its graduates. Bronte students are now studying in five countries, and the school follows their careers with great interest. Kay Vaughan, coâ€"ordinator of the English Program, feels the interâ€" national nature of the school widens the students‘ horizons. Canadian students are influenced by the high degree of dedication shown by forâ€" eign students from 13 countries, and in turn benefit the nonâ€"Canadian students with their questioning mindâ€"set. How does a small school caterâ€" ing only to OAC and Grade 12 stuâ€" dents achieve such excellence? Principal James Forrester attribâ€" utes the school‘s success to highly qualified teachers working in small classes with strongly motivated stuâ€" dents disciplined in the art of studyâ€" ing. With results like these, it is not surprising that 25 per cent of Bronte College students win university scholarships and do extremely well in university courses. To date, Yee Whye Teh has been offered entrance scholarships by three uniâ€" versities â€" McMaster, Waterloo and York. with marks in the top ten per cent are encouraged to take these exams, so their top scores in the competiâ€" tion equate to approximately the top one per cent in the country! Let‘s not mince words here. While Dave is retiring from educaâ€" tion, ‘retiring‘ is not a word one would normally use to describe this energetic, forthright gentleman. Born into a family of six children with strong rural roots, his solid valâ€" ues have served him well in dealing openly and fairly (he hopes) with students and teachers alike. He‘s been tough when toughness was called for. Born in Hamilton, he went to Kindergarten in Burlington before his father, a returning service man, bought a farm in Flamborough Township. Then Dave spent the rest of his public school life with 25 (Continued from page 3) Volodymyr‘s Cultural Centre to give him a send off and tell a few tales out of school. It must have been quite a trip for this old country boy with the flare for the dramatic. Let your son or daughter be stimulated and challenged by highly motivated students from other cultures! Also at TicketMaster outlets and the O‘Keefe Centre Box Office (opens at 11:00 a.m.) Special Group Rates (15 or more) call: 393â€"7463 O‘KEEFE CENTRE JULY 19 20 8 7 2 â€" 2 2 6 2 24 HOURS A DAY * 7 DAYS A WEEK Join us for an East Coast Buffet for $16.95! Reservations required: 393â€"7478. January â€" May â€" August $ 850.00 per course OFFICE HOURS 9 a.m.â€"4 p.m. other kids in one room at PS #2 West Flamborough. One of those other kids, coincidentally, was Gerry Smith â€" now the principal at River Oaks Public School. "That‘s right," said Haley with a grin. "We‘re just a couple of hicks from the country and proud of it." "The catch word these days is ‘vision‘, and vision is importantâ€"l think I‘ve had that. But I also think I‘ve been willing to go into the classroom and show people what I mean. I‘ve been part of the process." Grade 12 level Expert counselling; nearly 100% of graduates go on to University Preparation for University Entrance is school‘s specialty All courses at OAC or Small classes 320 Bronte Road Oakville, Ontario Tel: (905) §25â€"9871 He hasn‘t minded getting his hands dirty, from time to time, or his shoes. Whatever it takes to get kids, and parents, and teachers, excited about learning hasn‘t changed much. "The catch word these days is ‘vision‘, and vision is important," said the retiring principal. "I think I‘ve had that. But I also think I‘ve been willing to go into the classâ€" room and show people what I mean. I‘ve been part of the process." It‘s been a long time â€" 35 years since the farm boy as a young teachâ€" er â€" went to school some mornings with the sweet smell of manure still clinging to his shoes. A lot has changed in education, mostly for the better, he would say. Like his father before him, he has planned well for his retirement. He‘s ready. He‘d like to travel. There‘s a church group heading down to Costa Rica to build a school later this year. He thought he‘d like to tag along. His woodâ€"working skills might come in handy. And maybe, when he gets back, he can setâ€"up that antique business he‘s been contemâ€" plating for years. Of course, there‘s his other love...musical theatre. Now he‘ll have more time for Little Theatre. Dave has been married for 30 years to his wife Carol, also a teachâ€" er, and they have two daughters, Lorena and Cheryl. Haley spent the first couple of years of high school in a state of terâ€" ror. Going from a oneâ€"room country school of 25 to a teeming metropolitan technical institute of 2,200 run by an exâ€"military man named Colonel McQueen proved to be a major adjustment. But learn? Man, did he learn, between frequent trips to the boys‘ washroom. Finally, he discovered relief running on the crossâ€"country team. At McMaster University, the diminutive Haley was part of the crossâ€"country runâ€" ning team to win the Canadian Championship. If a teacher was not doing the job, Haley was never shy about moving them out the door. But teaching came naturally enough to Dave. He was an effective communicator from an early age, and he taught Sunday School from the age of twelve. His original career goal was radio. He thought his voice might carry well over the air waves. To that end, he went to Westdale Secondary School in Hamilton, instead of the closer Dundas District High School. His guidance counselor had advised him â€" if he wanted to learn about radio â€" Westhill was the place. But that was only if he wanted to bUlld or repair them, as it turned out. Some people were never cut out to be teachers, he said, they don‘t enjoy kids, and they can‘t take the stress of teaching. The truth is, he said matterâ€"ofâ€"factly, "A few memâ€" bers of my staff will be more than happy to see me gone." The modernâ€"classroom is more exciting and dynamic than ever before, the educator said. "With the emphasis on problemâ€"solving, creâ€" ative thinking, and getting kids to actively participate in their own learning, it‘s much more interesting for both students and teachers." He‘s always demanded the highest standards from the teachers on his staff. "I can‘t stand incompetence," he commented. "I don‘t mind working with teachers, observing, advising, bringing in consultants, but I have to see movement on their part." "It just isn‘t true that you can‘t fire teachers," he said. He‘s done it.