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14 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, Wednesday, January 13,1993 Education Bowmanville High School Update £ Today's Kindergarten Students Will Face New Challenges in Next Century by Laura j. Richards Fifteen years down the road, today's today's kindergarten students will be out looking for careers. "Today we have to look at what the future holds for our children when they graduate from high school and begin looking at finding work," said Dick Malowney, Director of Education Education for the Northumberland Newcastle Newcastle Board of Education. "I've become a futurist," the director director admitted to a group of about 30 people attending a recent Parent Teacher Organization (P.T.O.) meeting meeting at Hampton Junior Public School. Looking to the future of today's children and finding ways to prepare them for the next century's labor market market is something today's school boards are doing. The numbers speak for themselves. "Eighty per cent of the technology students will experience has not been invented yet," Mr. MaloWney told his audience. But children will not be as afraid of it as adults arc. "How many here can't/won't/ don't know how to program your VCR?," he asked the group. Many heads nodded. Kindergarten students of today today will be using technology that hasn't yet been invented when they graduate from high school in 2007, said the public school board's Director of Education, Education, Dick Malowney. Their skills will have to be different from those students who are graduating today, he told about 30 parents and teachers who gathered at the Hampton Junior Junior Public School on Thursday evening, Jan. 7 for a Parent Teacher Organization meeting. Mr. Malowney was the P.T.O.'s guest speaker. "How many of you would rather your child program it for you?" Many of the people within the group smiled and nodded their heads. With employment trends swinging towards the service sector rather than manufacturing and agriculture, as in the past, students need to know more about what they will be facing. To prepare them for their reality as opposed to what we as adults face now, today's schools must closely examine examine the trends taking place. A curriculum for the future just might look like this: • Keyboarding Skills • Data Manipulation • Problem Solving and Decision Making • Systems of Technology • Resource Management • Economics of Work • Human Relations • Applied Math and Sciences • Career Planning "Some of you already have elements elements of this in what you teach now," Mr. Malowney told teachers present at the meeting. Many industries are laying people off. However, according to statistics, the largest percentage of people remain remain employed in the service industries. industries. "Do you know what the largest single single employer in the United States is? " the speaker asked. Answers from Mr. Malowney's audience audience included the federal government government and several large manufacturing companies. But, the correct answer is McDonald's McDonald's restaurants. "The second largest employer is Burger King. The third largest is the U.S. federal government, while the fourth is Sears," Mr. Malowney Malowney said. "The service sector has the lower wages per hour. However, in 1989,44 per cent of the work force was employed employed in that sector," he pointed out. In 1950, 73 per cent of the work force was employed in the production and manufacturing sector, while in 1989 only 18 per cent of employed persons worked in that sector. In 1900, approximately 85 per cent of .the work force was employed in the agricultural area; in 1989 only three per cent of those employed worked in agriculture. "That is because of technology," Mr. Malowney explained. "Today, farms produce twice as much as we need." Just how far will technology take us in the future? A five-minute videotape produced five years ago by Apple Computers gave parents and teachers dn indication. indication. It showed a teacher flipping open a wireless computer notebook about the size of a stenographer's pad. This device device did not have a keyboard, but was equipped with artificial intelligence. One of the more spectacular innovations innovations was that of the computer personality personality interacting with the teacher through voice replication. Not only was the computer talking, but it also reacted to facial expressions of the teacher. The computer provided a number of services, including answering the telephone, taking messages, and retrieving retrieving information through various systems. It also served as a time management management tool for the teacher. Aided by a "window" type program, program, the computer was able to produce produce graphs, and written information to be viewed by the teacher. The computer computer did not have a keyboard or mouse but the use of a pre-determined touch on-screen system was evident. The video wowed a lot of the group members. "In the 1987, when this video was first produced, Apple Computers forecasted forecasted that this product, the Knowledge Knowledge Navigator, would be on the market market by 2010. Now, they are looking at 2005." The market value will be about $2,000. "That is the price paid for the PET Commodore computer by the school board in 1982," said Mr. Malowney. With that type of technology up and coming, today's high school students students may not need the keyboarding skills they are now learning, he noted. However, the skills that students need to learn and the skills instructors need to teach are the basics of computer computer literacy, mathematics, sciences and reading. The future will be one where these basic skills will be needed by those in the labor force. At this time, about 90 per cent of the Canadian population view literacy as a social issue while 10 per cent see it as an economic issue, Mr. Malowney Malowney noted. As time goes on, changes happen in some of the jobs that most people don't even think about. For example, people within the trucking industry have had to change with the times. "Even truck drivers have to be computer literate now," Mr. Malowney Malowney told the Parent-Teacher Organization. Organization. It is time to look to the future before before the future is upon us and our children, children, he said. And, as the father of two children, he is also looking to the future for their sake, Mr. Malowney noted. "The North . American job market will be such that students will need to be literate and numerate," Mr. Malowney Malowney stated. This is what the Northumberland Newcastle School Board is working towards providing its children: a good basic education giving students the skills they will need to take .them into the next millennium. ■ Well Travelled Kindergarten at Central P.S. The kindergarten children at Central Central School have been extra busy this year, visiting locations in our community community where interesting information can be learned. Mrs, Tremeer's classes' have travelled to the A&P store, where they inspected all the different kinds of products and purchased their pumpkin, to be transported back to school by wagon. At Carter's Bakery they all rolled up their sleeves and kneaded dough into loaves of bread. Imagine how delicious their classroom classroom smelled when their loaves were delivered, freshly baked, the next morning. After a visit to Mrs. Kemp's apple orchard, the children could name several several varieties of apples, and they knew exactly how to pick the tasty fmit: Hold the apple by its head Turn its eyes toward the sky Pick it off for apple pie. At Mamwood the students showed off their Hallowe'en costumes and sang for their friends. Mrs. Tremeer's latest jaunt has been a visit to Hooper's Hooper's Jewellers, where all the children inspected a great variety of clocks, including including Toronto Blue Jays ones and clocks which sang jingle bells. Mrs. Murphy's kindergarten class es also have been busy becoming familiar familiar with our community. During a visit to the apple orchard, they saw the apples produced by their special tree (marked by a yellow ribbon) whose blossoms they had admired in the spring. A ride on the wagon drawn by a tractor was a big treat too. During a trip to Knox's pumpkin patch, another wagon ride was enjoyed. Each child picked a pumpkin to take back to school, where grade five and six students students helped to carve them. Blueberry picking at Wilmot Orchards Orchards was exciting. Everyone picked a pint of berries which they carefully carried home to make muffins, tarts and pancakes. And not one bear showed up! At the fire station, all of the tools and trucks were studied, even the chief's truck. The children learned about the fire fighters' suits, and even took turns blowing the fire- truck horn. But Kirk remembered the most important thing: if we're caught in a fire, STOP, DROP and ROLL. Mrs. Murphy's latest journey was a walking tour of the town's Christmas Christmas lights and decorations and a survey survey of houses to determine just how Santa was going to enter each one. Here arc some comments from the cvcr-cnthusiastic kindergarten students: students: April - I liked riding on the hay- wagon Sam - I liked the pumpkin patch because I got to carve a scary face. Sarah - My sister ate most of my blueberries! Emily - The fire fighters have to go down the pole fast, or a house might bum down. Ayla - I ate lots of blueberries when I was picking them. Michelle - It was fun drinking apple apple juice at the orchard. Jordan - The soldier clock had a hat and a pretend gun. Amanda - I liked the tiny clock with bells on both sides. Jessica - We picked out a fat pumpkin for our class. Shawn - The talking clock said, "Good mornihg!" Jaycd - My mom said, "That bread looks good" when I brought my loaf home. Monika - Wc put butter, honey, cheese whiz and jam on the buns wc made, Amanda - The cuckoo popped out of the clock when wc were at Hoopers, Hoopers, by Lisa Bryn Bundle It has taken this past week for everybody everybody to get back into the swing of things after the well-deserved and much-appreciated winter holiday. It didn't seem to take very long to forget the break and get wrapped up in school life once again. It is always nice to see people after school holidays...even the teachers, I suppose. We are already getting ready to cut loose again with a spirit week and school dance this Friday. Friday. On a more serious note, in one week our school will be visited by a very interesting speaker named Fran- cine Nicholas. She has been to the school before to share with some of our classes her story about the abuse she suffered from her husband over a number of years. Drat abuse culminated culminated in her husband shooting her several times in an attempt to kill her. For those of you who are loyal watchers of Rescue 911 on Tuesday nights, you will already be acquainted with this brave woman. As well, if you watched the programme, you may have noticed some familiar faces and/or settings. That's because last year when Francine came to speak to the students, Rescue 911 wanted to capture it on film. French Parents to Meet on Jan. 21st The annual joint meeting of the Canadian Canadian Parents for French for the Peterborough Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Newcastle areas and the Canadian Parents Parents for French - Peterborough, is Thursday, January 21, 1993, 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. at St. Paul's Elementary . School in Peterborough. The guest speaker for the evening is Jan Finlay from Ottawa, the National Vice-President of Canadian Parents for French Ms. Finlay has served as President President of CPF Ontario and CPF Newfoundland, Newfoundland, as well as serving on the CPF National Executive for a number of years. She brings a wealth of experience experience and knowledge concerning French Language education, French Immersion concerns, and parent volunteer volunteer strategies. There will be a question and answer period to share concerns and experiences, experiences, and obtain information from teachers and parents. For further information please call Brenda Renaud, Canadian Parents for French/P.V.N.N. at 292-8479. Thank you. Happenings at Bowmanville Sr. : Public School Basketball Taking School •S* . by Storm By Melissa Gidney Grade 8 From slamming to jamming and dunks to dribbling, basketball is on the tip of everyone's tongue. This sport has swept through Bowmanville Senior, creating quite a storm. The grade 8 girls (a.k.a.) The Bowmanville Bowmanville Bears, have already been training hard 8 hours during the Christmas vacation and 4 days a week. Mr. Ito has prepared these strong 13 girls for the long, season that lies ahead. The Bears' first game is January 26th, at the Pines, so look out, because this unpredictable team is on a rampage. On Thursday, Janùary 7, the Senior boys fought to the end as they won 37-26 in their exhibition game against a talented team, Sunset Heights, from Oshawa. Even though the boys team isn't fully picked, these breathtaking players are on their way to becoming amazing. So watch out my little dribbling dribbling friends, because Bowmanville Senior is taking over the court. Melissa Gidney grade 8 B.S.P.S. Changing Times: Changing lives Fifty students from Bowmanville Senior Public School, twenty-five girls and twenty-five boys will be chosen chosen to attend the "Changing Times: Changing Lives" career conference on Thursday, January 28th at CDCI East. At the conference there will be a total of 21 workshops offered from the following career categories: Health and Social Services, Business and Service Industries, and Technology. Technology. These have been chosen oh the basis basis of "Jobs of the Future - A Guide for Youth." Students will be assigned to three workshops, one from each career category. category. This will allow each school exposure exposure to a wide variety of the speakers at the conference and give them the opportunity to learn about careers they may yet not have considered. By: Erin Booth Grade 8 Candy Cane Sales Starting in December, Mr. Ito's class 84 started to sell candy canes to the students of Bowmanville Sr. Public. Public. The Candy Canes were 25(4 each. The money raised would go to buy toys for the needy children of the Bowmanville area, When you bought a candy cane you would fill out a card saying to whom the candy cane was for and who it was from. The candy canes were a big success. Wc raised over $330.00. The next day Mr. Ito chose two people to go to a store for the toys. That afternoon the toys were marched up to the Salvation Anny. In the last week of classes our school also had a food drive. It was a big success. Wc would like to thank everybody that donated food or bought candy canes, Wc are sure you made someone clso's Christmas a Merry one. By Robyn Aildred Mrs. Michalejko, the family studies teacher who organized the visit, recalls some humorous incidents during the filming. The students were asking questions of Francine and she was responding responding animatedly. The camera was on one side of the room recording interaction. interaction. When they finished with the questions they moved the camera to a different angle and said "O.k., do it again." As well, during the taping, the noise made by die fan in the room was interfering with the sound quality. In order to fix the problem, the air conditioner conditioner had to be turned off in the entire wing. Mrs. Michalejko says of Fran- cine, "She is a very powerful and compelling compelling speaker." The benefit of her visits are obvious -- it really makes the problem of spouse abuse seem up close and personal. Wc are lucky that she is willing to share her experiences with us so that wc may better understand the seriousness of the problem. The statistics are shocking -- a woman is more likely to be assaulted or killed by her husband or boyfriend than by a stranger. In 1990, 120 women were murdered by their intimate partners in Canada. But if the issue isn't made personal, personal, will we really understand the implications? Bowmanville has been the scene of numerous spouse abuse incidents incidents and we all need to become more aware and provide more services to aid battered woman. I'm sure that this is the message Francine Nicholas will attempt to convey to the classes she speaks to, and as she shares her trauma with us, she will no doubt be successful. % & ADVICE FOR PARENTS OF TEENS - Improving relationships between between parents and teenagers will be the focus of a nine-session parent study . group which starts Wednesday, February 3, at M.J. Hobbs Public School, Hampton. The program, entitled "Living With Teens" offers a realistic and I sensible approach to improving family relationships. Through reading, ac- ' tivities and discussions, parents leam effective ways of communicating with; teens and they share their concerns with other parents. The study group,: which is offered by the Family Education Resource Centre of Durham' House, costs $54 per person. For further details on this or any other program, program, call the Family Education Resource Centre of Durham House at 579-1 2021. Students Decorate Windows at Post Office The colorful window decor which had brightened up the Temperance Temperance Street Post Office over the Christmas holidays came down last week. The colored gel and construction paper art was provided by grade 9 and 10 students at St. Stephen's Secondary School. While taking the work down, French immersion instructor, Mr. M. Molella, was asked by a few admiring onlookers to pass on their compliments compliments to the young artists. The artists were: Melissa Van Lith; Melanie Melanie Valade; John Bastas; Tina Bastas; Kerry Irvine; Curtis Coumeyea; Craig Schumacher; Elizabeth RumbaU and Nicole La- londe. CNEim sa \o 'til Jan. 29 - RAVAGANZA COMMEMORATING ONEIDA'S 75th ANNIVERSARY 4 Free Teaspoons With the purchase of every 20-Piece Set in Community Silverplate or Trillia in 1881 (9 Rogers (9 Silverplate J 6 Free Serving Pieces ju ' ; With the purchase of every 60-Piece Set W 'llip 111 Community Silverplate or w i Trillia in 1881 (9 Rogers (9 Silverplate. feül Hooper s Jewellers 39 King St. W. 623-5747 Bowmanville u 'x 1 $ 1 -5> s ■SB