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The 160,000â€"squareâ€"foot buildâ€" ng, spread over an impressive parâ€" lcel of land on Glenashton, includes a theatre, gymnasium, fitness cenâ€" tre, computer labs, daycare centre and a huge creative arts area â€" all flooded with natural light. It‘s an enviable facility and the Halton Board of Education is awaiting its opening with great anticipation. ome this fall, members of the community of Iroquois Ridge â€" whether they be two years old or 92 â€" will ave the opportunity to ‘attend‘ igh school. When the painting and tiling are omplete, the carpet laid, the comâ€" uters installed and the grounds culptured, Iroquois Ridge High Jchool will open its doors to some 500 students, simultaneously welâ€" coming the surrounding community o the multiâ€"faceted complex. Iroquois Ridge High School principal Barry Finlay in new school‘s theatre: new facility is more Lhan just a school. oquois Ridge High School mpressive new facility ready o accept students by next fall No one is more excited than the school‘s principal, Barry Finlay, who has been in on the discussions and designs for three years and who walks the hallways daily in hardhat and workboots meeting with conâ€" tractors. 8, 1994 KATHY YANCHUS kville Beaver Staff PERENNIAL PLANT SPECIALISTS 2601 Derry Road West, R.R. 3, Campbellville, Ontario LOP 1B0 875 -3199 (just west of the Guelph Line) Growers of over 3000 different hardy plants, alpines, dwarf conifers and shrubs, hardy fems, vines, groundcovers and native wildflowers Send $2.00 for Plant List #10. wE INVITE YOU TO VISIT US, and here‘s One Dollar of ‘"‘Bloomin‘ Money‘‘ for you!! THE GUELPH LINE "Country Squires Garden 121 CHISHOLM ST DERRY RD (Downtown Oakville, Just west of the harbour) Part of the groundswell of enthuâ€" siasm, believes Finlay, has been the participation of the community right from the beginning, through the planned monthly meetings and the establishment of a school adviâ€" sory council which included parâ€" ents, students and business repreâ€" sentatives. Finlay says he wanted parents to know "there‘s nothing magical here; I need your input." "I also want them to accept some of the responsibility for educating the kids too," he adds. The community concept of the school begins immediately after a visitor passes through the doors. The tiered circular student conâ€" course is located within view of staff rooms and offices and with easy access to the cafeteria and theâ€" atre. The ‘street‘ running past the concourse will feature trees and light standards and, hanging above the student ‘pedestrians‘, will be banners representing each province. The school‘s philosophy will focus on careers with a heavy emphasis on technology. Every stuâ€" dent will have what will be known as an advisor â€" there will be 15 stuâ€" dents per advisor â€" and the focus on career planning will begin in Grade A s;;ecial timetable will dedicate time to enrichment activities so that students can take advantage of the tremendous resources within the school. The technology area will feature TV and video equipment, radio staâ€" tion facilities and a desktop publishâ€" ing area. All students will learn about technology and acquire the skills necessary to be entrepreneurs, says Finlay. The gymnasium has been built in the interior of the building to avoid window space loss, and Finlay says he hopes it, as well as the outdoor track and theatre, will be used by the community. The school also houses a personâ€" al and career counselling area, comâ€" munity policing centre and a Family Resource Centre, the latter designed to draw many people into the eduâ€" cational process, says Finlay, who foresees programs in the areas of parenting and recreation being offered. He also envisions the estabâ€" lishment of a senior citizens volunâ€" teer centre to attract "vital" memâ€" bers of the community, many of whom have retired early, into the school. new facility is more than THE OAKVILLE BEAVER NEW DRUGâ€"FREE PROGRAM FOR If your child has been labelled Learning Disabled, is experiencing academic problems or is on Ritalin you owe it to yourself and your child to attend a seminar offered by Dr. Sandra Start. Her research indicates that even children who have Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder can demonstrate greatly improved conduct and a positive attitude towards learning without the use of drugs. Dr. Starr is an educator with 28 years experience as a teacher and school administrator. She has lectured at the Faculty of Education of Toronto and York universities and she has appeared on television. She addresses many groups on this subject. Her major focus is providing counselling to parents and their children. Place dmission Howard Johnson Hotel 590 Argus Rd. (QEW + Trafaigar) Oakville, Ont. Tuesday, May 24th, 1994 Time: 7â€"9 p.m. $25" per person 1994 For More Information Phone: (519) 822â€"3406 DR. SANDRA STARR B.A. B. ED. M. ED. ED.D