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V Section Two The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, January 11, 1984 7 BSPS Has Co-ed Family Studies/Industrial Arts Program Learning to operate a sewing machine is en- during a class session are grade eight students joyed by male and female students in the co-ed from left: Tina Hiscock, Tony Dyer, Darlene Rowe family studies program at BSPS. Shown above and Vince Rimes. A view of the BSPS industrial arts room shows some of the students who will soon be moving into the second half of tlie course which focuses on Editor's Letter The Editor The Canadian Statesman Bowmanville, Ontario. Dear Sir. Total War Yes! I am at total war with the youth of Bowmanville. First, they stole my Christmas Christmas lights, presumably to break on the pavement. Then they broke off and stole the emblem covering the trunk lock of my car. (This cost me $50 to replace). Next, they stole the Canadian flag flying at the front of my house. And now, once again they have broken off and stolen the emblem from the back of my car. (What's another $50.00 to keep the youngsters entertained?) entertained?) Are these the youth for which we are expected to provide provide new arenas and other supervised sports facilities to the extent that they are bored to tears and resort to destructiveness destructiveness for "kicks"? I would like to support the youth of Bowmanville and be able to boast with pride of their ac- family studies. Shop room work will be exchanged ;for cooking,.sewing, money management and consumerism consumerism studies. ■ * Boys graduating from the family studies program at Bowmanville Senior Public School develop skills that, a few years ago, were considered considered the private domain of the fair sex. Likewise, upon completion completion of a course in industrial industrial arts, girls are capable complishments but after a time even a Senior Citizen learns to fight back. Yours very truly Hugh J. Nind. In the co-education family studies program at BSPS, one of the subject items to which students are exposed is sewing. Grade eight student D.J. Higgon interrupts classmate Glen Campbell's ironing project to discuss the latest fashion patterns. of operating shop tools including including a machine lathe and bandsaw. The co-educational programs programs are popular with the students and teachers have found that girls handle shop tools as expertly as boys. Moreover, male students have demonstrated they are capable of producing a mean pot of chili or sewing an item of apparel equally as well as their female classmates. At the beginning of the school year, the student body is divided and half study industrial arts while the other half is involved in the family studies program. Midway through the term, the study programs are switched! i ' Family'.studies.qn<ljndus- trial arts ^are-éferèf ■ oiicejï every six days for a double study period of 80 minutes. The family studiesxprog- ram, formerly called home economics, extends beyond cooking and sewing to money management, family and peer relationships, babysitting, consumerism, weight control and the planning planning of meals and parties. At the halfway mark in the school term, BSPS grade eight student Greg Villa will switch from industrial arts to the family studies program. He is shown above at the bandsaw making a key holder. holder. Dependable Try our new line of dependable paints. All products are first quality and your satisfaction is guaranteed. 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Information related to the amendment application is available In the offices of the Planning Department, 105 Consumers Drive, Whitby, Ontario L1 N 6A3 or by calling Mr. Larry Kotseff, M.C.I.P. Planning Department, (416) 668-7731. Submissions concerning the amendment application must be forwarded to the Commissioner of Planning, at the above-noted address, and must be received no later than Friday, February 10,1984. Please Include your address and telephone number In any submissions made, Don Hadden Chairman, Planning Committee Dr. M. Michael, M.C.I.P. Commissioner of Planning Tracey Luxton operates a machine lathe during a class in the BSPS co-ed industrial arts program. Grade eight student Tracey Welsh demonstrates a learned expertise on a drill press. She is a student student in the co-educational industrial arts program program at BSPS and is shown above making a crib- bage board. THI. ■ HOMLMOVH. ■