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The Acton Wad Dec 5 Compulsory subjects bring mixed reaction By Shoemaker A return to compulsory subjects In Ontario high schools Is greeted with mixed feelings by the staff and students of Acton High The Ontario Minister of Education Thomas Wells announced recently that students entering the provinces high schools In September of will be required to take six com pulsory credits in order to receive their grade 12 diplomas four credits in English and two In Canadian Studies Little effect David Kits principal of Acton High School said that the new legislation will have little effect on our school Presently at least per cent of the students enroled In the school are taking English For this reason both the principal and viceprincipal feel that at Acton High for all intents and purposes English Is already compulsory Mr Wells has stated that the English credits could be any courses which develop Strum hum at guitar club By Debbie Bous field One of the extracurricular activities available to the students of the Acton High School is the Guitar Club Once a week enthusiastic students meet and play their guitars together for fun and enjoyment as well as for purpose of expanding their knowledge of the Instrument The group consists of is students and their leader Stefan Mr Gnya is a very able Instructor with much experience who once He previously taught guitar at Grimsby Central Public School Mr is now teaching math ana geography at Acton High School Folk lessons In addition to the guitar club for the students Mr will be teaching Folk Guitar at Acton night school The night class wilTbe available to students as well as adults and will begin January 1974 tlon is January At the afterschool club members begin their meetings by first tuning their guitars and then practising the chromatic scale They finish their warm up with different finger exercises and then proceed on to their lesson At present the students of the club are teaming to play the chords in an orderly fashion as well as some different strumming techniques They are applying this knowledge by playing end singing contemporary songs One of the chief alms of the guitar club is to provide entertainment for the members Another purpose of the club is to build selfconfidence not only In performing but also in any other endeavour Mr Gnys feels that the group is well hi il I a the communication skills in the English language Perhaps Mr Wells Is hoping to ap pease colleges and employers who or the poor reading and writing especially spelling ability of high school graduates If this fa the case high school English courses are not going to correct the problem These courses are more literature oriented Therefore spelling and grammar hardly enter Into the lessons at oil As for problem of reading comprehension Acton High has been and still Is Instituting new programs In almost every study area whereby the students are taught how to get most value out of their reading materials Good idea Mr Swallow head of the history department thinks that tho return of mandatory subjects is a good Idea He feels that students coming Into grade nine from public school are not always capable of making the right decisions The subject choices they moke at the grade nine level may exclude them from taking certain courses later on Still others feel that with the aid of guidance and parents the students don t go too far wrong Canada is our homeland and English Is our native tongue Many feel this Is reason enough to make English and Canadian Studies compulsory There are many sides to every story and this Is no exception Although some are In favor of compulsory subjects and some against it really won t make any to the majority of students at Acton High Youth Page Decorated classroom now warm A CLASSROOM was transformed from a drab institutional place into a warm and interesting one following decoration by a keen group of students Posters and a giant collage cover walls and the curtains have been tiedyed School speaker series breaks down barriers By Atelier Several weeks ago the students of EN made the decision that they would Iry to brighten up their drab room by doing some They wrote many letters to various companies requesting the donation of free materials such as posters Grant Gibson headed the decoration committee which put up the posters Teresa Janet Green were mainly responsible for putting up a gigantic collage on one of walls A group of girls from the class tlcdycd the curtains with the help of home economics teacher Mrs Gotcnby Officiates Mr officiated at the aliening ceremony on Friday November 16 To how his appreciation to the clsu for decorating the room he presented the students with Coke and chips which were quickly ana happily consumed Jim Morrison and Janet Johnson ore making an en sculpture out of the empty Coke cans and will present it Mr Room is now a warm and interesting classroom thanks to the tremendous group effort and spirit which went into Its decoration During the last month Interested students of Acton High have listened to and talked with Oscar Drllbcr whose daughter was killed while travelling in Rhodesia and MP Terry O Connor These two people were the beginning of a speaker series which Guidance Counsellor has planned for this year These meetings arc held during the lunch periods enabling all in students to attend One of the main objectives of such a scries is to break down barriers that students put up Mr also hopes that the experience will teach students now to ask questions and get the maximum information out of each question Already Mr ikerrett found that by the second speaker ferry the students were asking very good questions Three more Mr has definitely tanned three sessions for the Tho speakers will be Nancy Wilson a teacher at General Brock who will talk of the several months she spent on a Kibbutz in Israel Watkins also a teacher who is a lively in teres ting and funny person to talk to and John Michaluk who is a former football player for the Hamilton and Is now the llecruitlng Officer for the Royal Bank Other possibilities for the future are sports personal ties from nearby towns or cities someone from a group called GUARD people who ore trying to prevent County from running hydro wires across IhUr lnndt or anyone that students or teachers wish to bring In Also Mr Skerrctt may show movies and after hold discussions on them Well attended The sessions so far have been well attended and Mr hopes that future sessions wilt be the same the speakers come knowing that their sessions might not well Mr foils that a is worthwhile with few as five people present Suggestions tor future speakers would be greatly appreciated by Mr GUITAR CLUB is a new organization at Acton school Teacher Stefan meets with a small group of students who play together and sing folksongs Playing together above are Mr Gnys and Karen Pitt Guelph lights pose question hydro and council threatened shortage of are both debating the city electricity Over two months Christmas lights They are all of Guelph Christmas regulated with the street lights would consume as lights The hydro com much electricity as two all imssloner general manager electric homes pointed out Christmas light As in Acton the hydro cutbacks wouldn t make a commission there is keeping tremendous difference in up Its Christmas contest with hydro consumption and the emphasis on decorating anyway there no rather than lighting AT MILTON MOTOR SALES LEASE A BEAUTIFUL 74BUICK CENTURY FROM 119 HINT OTHER LE1SE BMSIINS ON MOTORS LINES Mi 388 Main SI Milton LEASING DIVISION 8182355 Toronto 416 2361105 Do your Christmas giving early nd give greatest gift of all The Gift of Life BLOOD DONOR CLINIC MONDAY DEC 10 845 pan at Nod Cm Clunk SHARE YOUR BLOOD ACTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE December 1973 MIRCHAMTS CHRISTMAS SHOPPING HOURS FOR MOST LOCAL STORES Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday to pm to pm 5 9 to pm to 9 pm 7 9 to 9 pm 8 9 am to pm 10 9ajn to 9 9ajn to 9 9 9 to 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