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V 6 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanvillc, April 13,1988 Section Two Students Discover Best Way to Get Rid of Stains According to a local science fair project, Sears laundry detergent is the best stain remover. It is followed followed closely by ABC detergent. Those were the findings findings two Bowmanville Senior Public School students, students, Corey Scott (right) and Andrew Laing. The twe students did the stain removal testing (using catsup, catsup, grape juice and mustard) as part of their science fair project. They were trying to find out if the clean- were con, Mr. Knigl School Board Leads in Co-op Education The Northumberland and Newcastle Co-operative Education Education program, initiated in 1975 at Clarke High School is one of the oldest in the province and, because of that, one of the most advanced. advanced. NOTICE OF AERIAL SPRAYING As part of the Ministry of Natural Resources' ongoing ongoing program to regenerate and protect our forests, selected areas within the District will be aerial sprayed with the biological insecticide Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) to control gypsy moth on or about: May 15,1988 Further details about the program are available from the Ministry of Natural Resources. District Manager A Ministry of Natural Resources 322 Kent Street West Lindsay, Ontario K9V 4T7 Phone: (705) 324-6121 Vincent G. Kerrio Minister Ministry of Natural Resources Ontario "We are now one of the leaders because we have refined refined our programs and our resource materials", says Eva Nichols, the Cooperative Cooperative Education Officer for the Board. Nichols has helped other Boards in Ontario Ontario and across the country start up their Co-op programs. programs. The program is also a popular one in this region, with the highest percentage of student participation in the province. The program started at Clarke as an experimental one for talentea studentsl who were thinking of dropping dropping out of school. It was a success. But now, the emphasis emphasis has changed. Nichols says that while some Boards offer the program only to gifted students, the Northumberland Northumberland and Newcastle Î irogram "is not an elitist one. t's for every student." The Board does provide special placements for the gifted and for the learning disabled, disabled, however. The program is open to any student in Grades 11 and 12 at any of the secondary secondary schools in the region. Put yourself I in the " $ til 8 picture It <1 i ÜÉiË ffôüfett This year, changes will be made to the way your local government is elected so that it can better serve the special interests of your community. Find out during Local Government Week During Local Government ■ Week, April 11 -16, there will be special events, displays, posters, and pamphlets to help you find oui how these changes can benefit you. Don't be missing on May 12th! The Government of Ontario is preparing a list of eligible voters voters lor municipal elections, Instead of sending someone to your door to ask the questions, you'll begetting an enumeration notice by mail shortly. Please complete this notice as soon as possible and mail it back in the postage paid envelope by May 12th. Your answers will confirm your right to vote in municipal elections elections and also, in certain parts of Ontario, your new electoral choice of voting for either English or French-language school trustees. Vote your choice in November Local Government elections will be held on November 14th this year. Vote for the candidates candidates who share your vision. yitolm LOCAL GOVERNMENT WEEK APRIL 11-16 Onlnrio * *taa # k v, iar -- ■>n .< §a& «**+•">■- • -v, . t/„. • • ■- S ghg vÿr* I . • 1^^^ Organist Andre Knevel ' i m m Clarinet and Organ Concert On April 83rd ing power of a detergent had anything to do with the cost. They found that there wasn't any relation between between the two factors. For their efforts, the twosome placed second in the school's science fair. Their project project will now be sent to compete in the Northumberland/Newcastle Northumberland/Newcastle Science Fair in April. The boys gratulated on their win by science teacher, gnt. Students spend an average of 15 hours a week on the job to earn the 110 hours needed for the credit. About 55 employers employers participate in the program and there are currently currently about 1300 students in it "The primary objective of the program is to allow a student student to experience a career that he or she has in mind. For others, it's a transition to work", says Nichols. Nichols believes one of the advantages of the program program is that it offers students students exposure to the best equipped classrooms in the community - local businesses. businesses. "We're starting a pilot æ m at General Motors we're lucky, we'll get into the research lab," she explains. explains. "We'd nevér get the funding funding base'from the Ministry for the sophisticated; 1 technology technology they have." Nichols says the program has helped students "get into highly c ompetitive community community college progams on the basis of letters of recommendation recommendation from their employers". employers". She adds that some students students get apprenticeships or actual, full-time jobs where the competition is tough because because of their Co-op experience. experience. Students interested in Coop Coop placements are interviewed interviewed by a Co-op teacher who helps them assess their career goals, decide whether or not the subjects they are studying are suitable, and prepares them for job interviews. interviews. Students then apply directly to an employer. "Some of our placements are highly competitive," Nichols says. "Almost 100 per cent of our students will have some Co-op experience which is exactly what Chris Ward (the Provincial Education Minister) and George Rad- wanski (author of a recent report on Ontario high schools) are recommending," recommending," says Nichols. Simcoe Street United Church, Oshawa, Ontario, Ontario, will play host to a clarinet and organ concert concert on April 23, 1988 featuring the internationally internationally acclaimed duo of Henk DeGraaf, and Andre Knevel. The two artists performed performed in Lindsay last year during Homecoming Homecoming and that sparked the creation of a tour in April which will include Ottawa, Kingston, Oshawa and Lindsay. DeGraaf is an accomplished accomplished clarinettist with the Rotterdam, Philharmonic Orchestra and serves as Director of 1 Rotterdam Philhar monic Woodwind and Brass Ensemble in Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Netherlands. He has appeared as soloist in such places as Moscow, Leningrad, Paris, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Berlin, New York, London London and Prague. Canadian Organist, Andre Knevel has currently currently been on a tour of California, Michigan, British Columbia and Alberta. Alberta. He has regular tours through Europe and United States. He completed his studies at the Royal Conservatory Conservatory of Music in To- Clarinettist Henk de Graaf ronto under John Tuttle and presently resides in St. Catharines, Ontario, where he maintains a full teaching program for piano and organ. Tickets are available by calling 263-2753 or 725-9674. All proceeds will be donated to Simoce Street United Church, Furnace Fund. Handling It ... by Lloyd Scott ipens in" all families egij'ee or another. " It'h to one. Son does well in hockey competition and in computer, technology. He's developing well socially and has a promising promising future. Daughter's grades are good. It looks like she'll be able to enter nurse's 1 training. Their parents have some peace of mind because their children are preparing themselves themselves for their futures properly, properly, the way the parents think they should. However, if the kids 1 drop out or change career plans, parents' parents' uneasiness will rise. They will likely feel let down. Their expectations have been disappointed. In another family, or in the same family at a different different stage of development, son's grades are dropping. He has no clear future plans. Daughter has quit hateful school as soon as she reached 16. She has a job as a retail clerk but that's beginning beginning to look like a dead end. Parents of this family fear that poor educational trol overflow to prepare for them. The old formulas don't work anymore. An education, education, even a good one, no longer guarantees employment, employment, let alone desirable employment. employment. Choice of a field in which to train depends much more now on available jobs and how to market one-' self, than on personal preferences. preferences. However, parents do have some control over one variable in this family puzzle. And that's how they manage their expectations of their children. Those expectations, whether stated or implied, may be the single most im- E ortant influence for good or ad children's day -to -day behavior, as well as on their long-term futures. Parent's expectations of their children, and the strong convictions that usually ac company them (derived from the families in which the parents themselves grew up), largely determine parenting parenting style. Furthermore, parents' satisfactions in what they choose to see as their children's success may be a potential trap. Likewise, their disappointment in what they choose to see as their children's children's failure may also have the potential to trap them. The traps in both cases lie in the possibility that parents parents may push too hard to make,their kids want what they wàrit for them because, as parents, they think they know what's best. Disappointments Disappointments and satisfactions are both strongly tied to expectations. expectations. Nowhere is this more true than in parenting. Parents see in their children children what they expect to see. For example, the more des perately I may need to see neatness and competence in my kids, the more prone I'll be to see their sloppiness and .incompetence. For example, parents whose expectations are unrealistically high will likely be overly critical, withholding withholding encouragement, despite despite their good intentions to the contrary High expectations expectations plus parental disappointment disappointment equal children's poor success rate. In everything we do, we all tend to see and hear what ,we expect to see and hear. Our conditioning' counts for a great deal in the way we look at life. However, over time, we can change our expectations, expectations, become more flexible and adaptable, in what we look for in our kids. We can even go beyond that and keep our hopes and expectations expectations more to ourselves, thereby allowing them greater freedom to choose for themselves, not only the' ■y Pa ey i rka work at it. 'arents' desires and expectations expectations for their children's children's futures may be sound ones. But using the hard sell in persuading them to adopt those expectations usually doesn't work. Positive encouragement encouragement and support for their choices usually works better. Furthermore, most of us would do better as parents by simply being available as consultants to our children, rather than imposing on them what we think they should do and think. It's easier easier to achieve this if we remind remind ourselves that telling our children what to do is at least as much for our own peace of mind and satisfaction satisfaction as for their own good:' preparation may have seriously seriously limited their children's job opportunities. The parents' parents' dire predictions for their children's futures are clouding the present. They preach doom and gloom. They feel let down. 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