Oak-land Ford Lincoln 905.844.3273 www.oak-land.com CA$H FOR GOLD & JEWELLERY 905-337-0051 LONDON GOLD SNA NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR 2010 ontario's top newspaper - 2005-2008 Extreme Sports Upper Oakville Shopping Centre A member of Metroland Media Group Ltd. Vol. 50. No. 147 "Using Communication To Build Better Communities" WEDNESDAY, december 12, 2012 52 Pages $1.00 (plus tax) RIZIERO VERTOLLI / oakville BEAVER / @halton_photog THE protests begin: While Ontario teachers hold one-day walkouts to protest the government's Bill 115, it's been Oakville students on the picket lines protesting the loss of their extracur- Students protest loss of school activities By David Lea OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Hundreds of Abbey Park High School students donned their swimming goggles, basketball jerseys, and school club T-shirts Monday -- not to go to their extracurricular activity, but to protest the loss of them. On Thursday, they plan on wearing their semi-formal attire to ricular activities. Students were out Monday at Oakville Trafalgar High School, pictured above, as well as at White Oaks Secondary School, T. A. Blakelock High School and Abbey Park. At Abbey Park, students hope to wear semi-formal attire to school tomorrow (Thursday) in protest of the loss of their semi-formal. Montclair Public School students also plan on picketing tomorrow. Optimize Performance (Adults and Children) · Attention span is short · Difficulty organizing & completing work · also helpful for Asperger's · also Psycho-educational testing ADD Centre protest the loss of their semi-formal this year. Demonstrations by students also occurred at Oakville Trafalgar High School, White Oaks Secondary School and Thomas. A. Blakelock on Monday, however Abbey Park students were careful not to support either the government or teachers, but rather lament the loss of extracurricular activities. The students, like their counterparts across Ontario, have lost a variety of extracurriculars -- from after-school academic help and clubs to sports -- when the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation (OSSTF) cut all such activities last week in protest of the Province's Bill 115 (Putting Students First Act). The bill freezes teachers' pay, cuts into their benefits and removes their local bargaining rights. Secondary school teachers are already in a legal strike position. See Students page 3 Neurofeedback and learning strategies can provide a lasting improvement. Co-author with Pediatrician William Sears of The A.D.D. Book: New Understandings, New Approaches to Parenting Your Child. Where young minds become ignited and adolescents set foot on the path to becoming the decision makers of the future. www.maclachlan.ca www.addcentre.com MacLachlan College Director: Lynda M. Thompson, Ph.D., 905-803-8066 Pre-school to Grade 12 | 337 Trafalgar Road, Oakville | 905-844-0372