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hc acton district high school high school board outlines educational system tb tauowtnx information outline the operation of ac ton district mj chool role of secondary education not nuuur years ago secon dary schools were composed of two classes of students the minontv group comprising about 10 out of even 100 stu dents entering grade 9 studied latin graduated from grade 13 nd several of them wen on to unrversirv the other 90 dropped out of tugh school prior to obtaining an honor graduation diploma these people left school foi a number of reasons some did not possess the intelligence to continue others left from lick of funds and regret tabh oim foiled because of poor work habits and attitude education research has taught us that abou 10 per cent ot all students haw above aerage in telhgence at the other end of the intelligence scale vve ime tom watson chairman another 10 ptr cent or so which are below average intelligence and ma not reach seiondirv school and require special train ing and help this leaves about 10 pei tent of the people in this or anv othei countrv who die neither brilliant nor dull but who can become productive self reliant citizens quite as is suredh as someone wrth mi in telligence quotient ot 150 under our former sstem of secondtr education mam of this group of people became discouraged md dropped out i school the vwie lorml to vtud stibiecls which uu too difficult or uninteresting to them and in the lace ol ptxvr achic nii nt students id t skhool with a grudge auainsi si- cict and a tuatiu ittituele to ward eelueat ion there is i pu- pensitv loi discouiaged or disinte s to crea difficulties in the classroom and to drop out of school before be coming sufficiently mature to benefit an employer the reorganized program of ontario secondary schools helps to overcome this problem by allowing students of average or beluw average intelligence in to a course which will permit htm to bo successful in many cases this has proved to be a method of replacing failure with accomplishment it allows us to graduate relatively mature selfconfident people from grade 12 at the age ol seventeen or eighteen who would otherwise have left school with a disgiunt- led attitude several jcais cu- her the purpose of education as we see it is to educate tiain and otherwise develop each in dividual to the limit ol his abil itv naturallv the brightest students those which are uni- ersit bound occupy a position of prestige in the schools there has probabh never been a time in historv when so much atten tion has been given to intelli gence a person s future is moulded almost assuredly bv his i o now as it was bv his lathei s linaneial status 200 vears ago educators owe it to societs to do the verv best job possible with our brightest students this is so because these people will comprise the bodv of our futuie professional people it is trom this group that will come our doctors scientists law vers teachers engineeis and political leaders of the future our national progress depends upon such people and we al- readv suffer from a deficiency ol professionals on the inter national scene we are in compe tition with othei nations for the sale of manufactured goods ag- ricultmal and othei products in lact the survival of our demociatic foim of government is dependent upon its abilitv to compete dficienth with the governments of other nations our future success in the com petitions mentioned above will depend upon oui abilitv now to graduate thinking professional people we need people who possess a vision who can think independents and come up with new ideas that will keep us m the international race tor sur vival mowevci it is no less impoit ant toi cducitors to give the best training possible to these people with less than supenoi intelligence this group ol peo pie up to 90 per cent of the population is responsible lor the noimil lunetions ol ill as llis o oui ceonoim 1iese people till tmmsinels ol ehltci ent occupations langine tuini unskilled laboieis io hijlilv tiailleel teehlllcl ills ulel slllleil e i l sin 11 111 hills elses tlke p lpk kiinie speellllsts 1ii i tew w irrtevrrrl irs these people obtain the best equipment possible to help them make- correct decisions and to lead successful lives in a society is complex as our own during thalr yan in school students have their one oppor tunity to become acquainted with and to juarn to appreciate the heritage ol knowledge and culture which is the free gift of untold numbers of human be ings who have devoted their lives to the forward progress of civ iliation it may be that a bricklayer w ill be no more efficient for having studied shakespeare and tnghsh literature but he will be belter able to express him- sell possess more self-corifid- enee and lead a more satisfying hie a construction worker will be no more adroit for having studied sociology but he will understand himself better and be better able to contribute to community life a housewife will make little use of biology or modern math ematics in tho kitchen but she will be infinitely more helpful to her children when thoy dis cover earthworms in the back yard or have trouble with their homework sa farmer by the same reason ing will make little use of hav ing studied world politics while operating a combine but he will be able to cast his ballot much more wisely and to intelligently lltlfil his duty as a- citizen in short specialist training is essential and desirable nowadays but people need a broad general education in order to keep the modern world from spinning out from underneath then feet the acton district high school board is composed of five members appointed as fol lows acton council two members chester anderson ray arbic acton ps board one member tom watson esquesmg town ship council one member ker- vvin mcphail nassagaweya township council one member duncan moffat at their first regular meeting in the year the members elect from among their number a chairman a vicechairman and chairmen and members of each qf their four committees- fin ance management property and transportation the regular monthly meeting is held at 800 pan on the first monday of each month except in july and august our present school was offic ially opened on november 22 1964 bv the hon n j dunlop minister of education for the province of ontario the rapid increase in school population had made it necessary that we leave the old stone school build- ingpon the grounds of lhero- bert little public school that had served this district as con tinuation school and as high school since it was opened in 1927 continued on next page specialized training after leav ing school it is paiamount that inftt ivwm goy cartage limited service is our business daily to and from toronto a complete transport service pcv class cdh telephones acton rockwood 8532320 2321 toronto 3642841 acton terminal warehouse industrial storage and canada customs port -shifuv-truoin-bond- thephone853rosl actonr-offrt-