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www.oakvillebeaver.com The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday October 17, 2007 - 29 MacLachlan College hosts annual General Meeting for Ontario Chapter of the MacLachan clan Open House Preschool, JK, and SK Programs Within our very special enriched Ontario Kindergarten curriculum, the shift is from teaching to that of learning. Our classroom programs place an emphasis on finding personal and creative ways to make curriculum areas come alive! We invite you to view our studio classroom spaces, meet our teachers and learn more about our innovative, Reggio-inspired Kindergarten and Preschool programs. Make the arts (dance, music and fine arts) part of your child's everyday school experience. Sandy, left, and Duncan MacLachlan were two proud descendants in attendance Saturday afternoon for the annual meeting for the Ontario chapter of the MacLachan clan. Last Saturday, MacLachlan College in Oakville was the host to the Annual General Meeting for the Ontario chapter of the MacLachan clan. Clan MacLachlan is one of the oldest of all Scottish Clans. According to Irish manuscripts, the Clan is descended from the same line as the O'Neills, High Kings of Ireland. The MacLachlan Clan has members all over the world and is a thriving community of people who wish to keep their distinguished heritage alive. The Ontario chapter is particularly active and its members have taken an interest in the Oakville school that bears the name of their proud heritage. As an integral part of MacLachlan's history through its heritage building and location in Old Oakville, MacLachlan College also celebrates its historic connection with the MacLachlan Clan and the rich heritage it brings. The school's co-founder Colin Hadfield, is a member of the MacLachlan Clan through his maternal lineage. The school was named to celebrate this ancestral connection. The MacLachlan heritage is reflected in the school's crest what will engender success If this time is not convenient for you, please contact and motto Fortis et Fidus, and confidence in children. Ms. Kim Speer, our Director of Kinderschool Programs, to (Brave and Faithful) and the Parents have a choice in what set up an interview and tour. MacLachlan tartan in the uni- kind of an environment will form. A firm connection has best suit them and their chilbeen wrought with the dren. MacLachlan College is a MacLachlan Clan through a co-educational university 1011 Upper Middle Road & Eighth Line, Oakville, Ontario L6H 4L5 recent visit by the MacLachlan prep. school for boys and girls College founders to Strachur, from Pre-Kindergarten to Phone: 905.844.ARTS (2787) a village situated on the grade 12. www.oakvilleacademy.com ancient MacLachlan lands on Loch Fyne in Argyll, Scotland. Audrey and Colin Hadfield visited the ancient ruins of the Castle Lachlan (circa Saturday, October 20 1200) and were intro10am - 2pm duced to the 29th Chief of the Lachlan clan, Euan MacLachlan of MacLachlan in the new (1862) castle on the lands that his family has held since the thirteenth century. MacLachlan has Educational Centre found its natural place 1484 Cornwall Road in the tapestry of pri905.844.3240 vate education in Oakville. The small, Academy High School invitational culture Collegiate High School that permeates the school is just the right After School Programs option for many famiPsychological Services lies and children. Different qualities lead www.chisholmcentre.com to different measures of We Help Kids Overcome Learning Difficulties info@chisholmcentre.com Friday October 19, 2007 1:30pm-4pm The Oakville Academy for the Arts OPEN HOUSE CHISHOLM