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- Orono Weekly TMmes, Wednmesday April 128,-193- Explain new sehool1 A smiall group from the The group have been active for MacDonald, Kyle MacDonald, Village and area took part in a the past three years and would Helen Schmid, Pat Lycett, Rine clean-up ýventure on Main Street welcome more support in the and Keri Jones. North to Taunton Road on future. There were seventeen bags of Saturday monring. Pictured above, Helen garbage collected on the sortie. The last two montiis have been very bu sy at Trhe Fines both academically and athletically. Once again, The Pines Panther has been prowling victoriously across the Board! Think Bowl by Crystal Thompson and Alisha Alldread This year, fourteen students from The Pines trained diligently for the Think Bowl contest sponsored annually by the Board. The winning team was chosen from The Pines .and consisted of Georgina Katsiapis, Jennica Fernstrom, Grant Esler and Scott MacDonald. We were also honoured by having the third place team chosen from The Fines. These members were Jenny Ellis, Amanda Rogers, Deepak Angl and Jeff Finlay. These two teams faced strong competition from Bowmanville Sen ior P.S., M.J. Hobbs and Dr. Hawkins P.S. Congratulations to ail!!' These two teams will now be competing.against the winning teams from the eastern haif of the Board in Baltimore on May 6. The morning will be spent solving problems and the afternoon will involve the dramatization of their solutions. The winners from this competition will competein a provincial Think Bowl competition. Mrs. Yeo is.the coach of this team and Ms. Wilson is helping to prepare the team for the dramatic presen tation. Good Luck in May! Basketbàl by Trevor Richards and Lacey Fiels The Senior girls basketball teamn, coached by Mr. Windsor, brought further glory to The Pines by winning the silver medal at the tournament at Bowmnanville High School. The girls' expertise and sportsmanshîp were a credit to the school. Teamn members were Amnanda Rogers, Georgina Katsiapis, April Lewis, Cindy Ross, Christina Reed, Holly Piels, Jenny Ellis, Julia Turner, Jennifer Jones and Leslie West. The Senior boys basketbail team, coached by Mr. Walters, also'showed their prowess by winnfing third place in the toumnament. The members of this team were Trevor Baker, Jeff Parry, Matt Staley, Ricardo McLean, Bryan Landry, Ian Crookshank, Trevor Richards and Scott MacDonald. Their perserverance and sportsmanship are to be commended. The Junior girls basketball team, coached by Ms. Powell- Hioît, are to be congratulated-for a job well done at the tournament on March 31. Hardworking team members included Tanya Goral, Kelly Vance, Laura Spencer, Lyndsey Holmes, Shannon Hannigan, Karrie Armstrong, Karen Cannon, Vicky Robbîns. Stephanie Spencer, Carnec White and assistant coach, Christina Reed. The Junior boys basketball team, coached by Mr. McKelvey, put on an impressive display at the tournament on Aprîl 1, bringing home the silver medal! Winning members were Gray Powell, Chris Peldiak, Adam Colville, Ryan Muizelaar, Jason Knox, Neil Thornton, Jonathan Armishaw, Adam Aitcheson, Dan MacDonald, Steve Barber and, Justin Malley helped with the team. Floor Hockey Tournament by Neil Towler and Nick Sellers The first annual co-ed floor hockey tournament was hosted at The Fines on April 14. It was a highly successful day with ail teams displaying great skill, enthusiasm and sportsmanship. The Grade 7,teambrought more honour to The Pines by winning the silver medal. Team members were Dan MacDonald, Colin MacDonald, Tara Arnott, Lyndsey Holmes, John Armishaw, Steve Foster, Vicki Robbins and Jason Knox. Congratulations! The grade 8 team fougbt valiantly but ran into some very stiff competition. These teamn inembers were Scott MacDonald, Georgina Katsiapis, Scott McKay, Andrea McManus, Leslie West, Holly Piels, Amanda Rogers and Trevor Baker. Mr. Scott and his group of willing volunteers are tobcb congratulated for both coaching and organizing a very successful day-, Easter Dance by Richard Adams On Thursday, April 8, there was an Easter Dance held after school at The Pines. Despite mnany people going away for the long weekend, the dance was fairly well attended and those who are there enjoyed the DJ and the great music! Future Events The Pines is going to be creating a Natural Environment in a section of the school yard. This area will eventually be a mini-park filled with trees, shrubs, flowers and walkways. We hope that it becomes a natural sanctuary for wildlife. Any natural contributions, (perennials, etc.) would be gratefully appreciated. The Grade 7 and 8 students of Room 219 have been bu sy, designing and building an indoor' pond, water fountain and frarne to house twenty-eight goldfish, kol and pond plants. They are to be commended for their co-operation in planning and constructing the entire structure. A very special THANK'YOU to our custodian, Mr. Phillips, for his expertise, guidance, patience and good humour throughout thîs learning experience! The school badminton teams are busy practising for the tournament in late April. Stay tuned for further details! Plans are underway for the trip to see 'Romeo and Juliet' in Toronto on May 13. 'Me Grade 7 visit to Ottawa on May 25 is husily being organized and promises to be another excellent educational and entertaining field tip. program at by Carol-Ann Oster, The Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education introduced a new program in- the fall tha t is of extreme benefit to the students within the board. The program is called Integrated Children's Services. Four of those hired by the Board for this programn were on hand at the Newcastle Public School, last Monday to explan the new program to parents. "'Me program was designed to meet the ever-increasing'needs of socially challenged students" explained Mike Adams, a SERP currently working with the program. The program addresses children that are consistently having problems in one of four areas. These areas are non-compliant behaviour, aggressive behaviour, students with low self-esteemn and students who are extremely shy and withdrawn. This latter problem is one that has only recently been recognized as one that deserves equal attention. .Practices for positive class- room environment is what the program is about. It outlines the needs of children and assists teachers in helping and understanding these needs. The program employs a SERF, a psychometrist, and a board counselor. As well, youth care counselors are assigned two Senior Public schools. The youth care counselor also works with the Senior Public School's feeder schools. The bulk of the work for the youth care counselor is done at the grade 7 and 8 level. Roxanne Linton, who is -the youth care counselor at the Pines, is available for indîvidual or, small group counselling at the Éï~nes. At the feeder schools, Roxanne works on an on-caîl basis and Most Newcastle counselling is done in a group. The first step is taken by the teacher and principal. It is their responsibility to recognize that there is a problem. If they are unable to solve the problemn on their own they may contact the ICS. Mike Adams, the program's SERP, will thon observe thie student in a classroom situation. From there he will make suggestions to the principal. Hopefully, from here a problem canbe solved. This however, is not always the case. Enter counselors and psychometrist. Grant Wilson is the Board Counselor. He covers three large amcas: School, student, and family. It is his jo b t provide consultation with school staff, SERF and the Youth Care counselor. He also provi des the student with short- ternî counselling. Then, he sets up consultations, home visits, assessment and brief counselling for the family. He also attends meetings and case conférences regarding an at-risk student. Pyschometrist Beth Hayes, is responsible for obtaining the consent of the parent. It is important to understand that everything is confidential and the pàrents consent is acqüured before any of the process begins. From their Beth will work with the student closely and perhaps make further recomniendations to other sources. Mike Adams believes that the future will sece an increase ini case conferencing. To date there have beeîi close to 400 referrals to the ICS, throughout the ýboard. Mrs. Medd, Principal of Newcastle Public School, says that the team bas proved to be "invaluable". News from the Pines Senior PublicÎ Çrarnffather zwiff 6e there.. and his entire gang from Hooper's Jewellers Visit Hooper's Jewellers Booth at the Kinsmen Home Show Bowmanville Recreation Compleu Check out Hooper's famous supply of Grandfather docks. Hurry !M The show is only on for 3 days. April 3Oth, May lst & 2nd Ilooper' s Jewellers 39 KIng St. W. 623-5747 Bg«omnVlfl .......... ....... . ,