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www.oakvillebeaver.com The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday April 11, 2007 - 15 School grows with the community Helping hand Continued from page 14 Ng and Marin also looked after 1973 and reported highlights of the year were the building of the CN Tower, Pablo Picasso died, pet rocks were popular, Elvis and Priscilla divorced and Elton John had a hit with Crocodile Rock. "Life was a lot different. Back then the kids had a lot different things and interests. Today we have computers and iPods, back then they made do with what they had," said Ng. St. Dominic's vice principal Mike Chiarelli -- who confesses to well remembering things like pet rocks and Crocodile Rock -- said former staff and students have been invited back for the 50th anniversary celebration, but noted it's more like a celebration than a reunion. "It's phenomenal to see the dedication of the early staff, of them doing so "As the surrounding mer can mix much with so and mingle. community has grown little, and to Grade 7 watch the by leaps and bounds, teacher John growth over so has the school and McPhail will time," said staff." also provide a Chiarelli. presentation T h e Mike Chiarelli, of the school a n n i v e r s a r y St. Dominic School of more than c e l e b r a t i o n vice principal 300 slides. will begin with The a mass at 6 p.m. to be followed school now has 520 students by an open house at the in Senior Kindergarten to school. Grade 8. Classrooms will be open While it's still on Rebecca and decorated with both art- Street, next to St. Dominic's work and retrospectives. Church, its original building In the school's gyms a was demolished in 1996 and French café will feature the school now operates in an desserts, coffee and music addition put on the former through the years and dance Georges Vanier School that and music presentations by sen- once operated as the Grade 7 ior students will highlight popu- and 8 school for Oakville. lar dances over the last 50 years. St. Dominic's first opened The school library will be under Sister Eulalia Marie. the site of the anniversary St. Dominic was estabreception where old and new, lished in the same year as St. young and old, current and for- James School. Both were new schools after St. Mary's, the oldest school in Oakville that had grown in conjunction with the St. Andrew's Parish. While St. James served the St. Andrew's growth area, St. Dominic's served the new parish in Bronte. The St. Dominic parish had detached itself from St. Andrew's in 1955, but didn't obtain its own church until 1962. St. Dominic School however was built first, on a five-acre site at 2405 Rebecca St. -- the Hamilton Diocese owned four acres of the land, while the fifth was donated by local farmer Carlos Troccalino. Both St. Dominic's and St. James schools operated under their own school board. The Halton District Catholic School Board was founded in 1969. "As the surrounding community has grown by leaps and bounds, so has the school and staff," said Chiarelli. RON KUZYK / OAKVILLE BEAVER Old cellphones earn a slice at Pizza Pizza Oakville residents can trade their old cellphones for slices at local Pizza Pizza restaurants. Drop off old cellphones at the nearest Pizza Pizza restaurant during April and you'll not only receive a free slice of pizza, you'll be diverting the phones from landfills and helping Pizza Pizza as it raises funds for the Canadian Association of Food Banks (CAFB) and its members in its efforts to alleviate hunger. Pizza Pizza is partnering with the Association's Phones for Food program whereby recycled cellphones are sold to the remanufacturing industry, which sells refurbished products to consumers, raising funds for local food banks in the process. A WINNER: Eight-year-old Daniel Jeffery drew the ticket that saw Noreen Benedicto of Ajax-Pickering win a Bernard Callebaut chocolate Easter bunny, but it was really the Lighthouse Program for Grieving Children that came up the winner in its Easter raffle that raised $2,071.25 -- matched by an anonymous donor for a grand total of $4,142.50. The program offers grief counselling to youths suffering the loss of a family member or close friend. For information contact 905-337-2333 or lighthouseprogram@bellnet.ca. Roy Hummel, Operations Manager Jan Gelderman Landscaping Gold Club Member the phone book h as of f ic i a l ly e v olv e d . directories have changed. so should your directory advertising. Business Memberships Starting From $36/month For more information on how can help grow your business, call 310-GOLD or email: sales@goldbook.ca brought to you by: Directory Commercials Talking Directory Character Free Website & Update Service Rewards Points & Newspaper Offers Print Directory 00:00:20