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16 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, Wednesday, May 25,1994 Education Section Two Queen's Offers Enrichment Course Busy Month at St. Stephen's Approximately 521 students from sixteen Boards of Education in the Eastern Ontario Region as well as the Quinte Mohawk School will take part in an Enrichment experience Monday, Monday, May 9 - Friday, May 13, 1994, (through the Department of Enrichment Enrichment Studies), at Queen's University in Kingston. Five students from the Peterborough Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Roman Catholic Separate School Board's Secondary schools will participate. Creating a co-operative and effec- For End of Term At Durham C.H.S. By Sarah Ridley As the old adage goes, "Spring has sprung", and the students of Durham Durham Christian High are getting restless. restless. With exams only about a month away, not to mention graduation, campout, and that elusive summer job, everyone's feeling the pressure. Yet another DCHS staff member has had a baby. This time it's Mrs. Pypker, our grade nine French teacher. teacher. She had a son on May 5, Rhys Jonathan. As the baby came a little early, it caught us all off guard, especially especially Mrs. Pypker, I guess, but we've found someone to take her place for the rest of the school year. We welcome Mrs. Mary Walker to DCHS. A big congratulations to Melanie Vandergaast who placed 5th in girls' singles for badminton at OFSAA! This was an all-Ontario meet. The girls' soccer team was playing in the AA LOSSA Championship today. The team was third in the AA standings standings going into this tournament. And the track and field team went today to compete against other LOSSA schools in a tournament in Oshawa. They will be competing in a meet with other Christian schools later this month. Tomorrow is our annual Spring Banquet. Excitement has mounted as people searched for outfits, searched for money to buy tickets, and searched for dates to bring along. The committees have worked hard. It should be a great night! Speaking of great nights, planning is well underway for graduation too. The grade elevens are fundraising. The grade twelves have selected their class speaker: Dan Binnema. Grad night is June 20, at 8:00 p.m. live partnership between School Boards and Queen's University is the aim in producing this week-long series series of mini-courses for enhanced learners in Grade 8 through O.A.C. Twenty seven mini-courses will be offered to students by representatives representatives from all faculties and schools of Queen's University. Offered concurrently is the Youth Chamber Music Programme which will provide professional training for the serious high school musician through performances in master classes and chamber music classes. Participating students will have the opportunity to pursue approximately approximately 25 hours of advanced study in an area of individual interest at the University level. Life in a university residential setting setting will become a reality for students students from outlying regions allowing access to all campus facilities. by Marnie O'Toole It's May, (if you can believe it). Less than two months away from the last day of school, yet still so much more to do. Around this time of year, things always seem a little busy, even at times a little hectic. This is the case at St. Stephen's. To start off the month of May, St. Stephen's Drama Club performed their spring play, "The Misanthrope". Along with the usual three night performances, performances, a matinee was held during during the morning on the 5th for local .elementary school students. An excellent excellent job done by all involved. On the 8th of May the school's Easter Liturgy was held. This might seem a late date to be celebrating Easter, but the Easter season is actually actually fifty days long. The liturgy was a time for everyone to reflect upon what has happened to this point in our lives. Our on the field this year, junior and senior girls' soccer teams had a tough season. Although the juniors had some great plays, they were unable unable to make it to the playoffs. The seniors mad it with a well-played final final game and a lot of prayers. Yet, those prayers were not enough when it seems a team is up against not only their opponents, but the referee as well. A fine season for all soccer players. Nimrod set a new record for midget boys at COSSA, when he jumped 198 m. Speaking of fields, the St. Stephen's Stephen's Track and Field team travelled travelled to St. Peter's in Peterborough to compete. The following students qualified for COSSA (Central Ontario Ontario Secondary School Athletics): Chris Love, Trevor Baker, Jeff Henderson, Henderson, Andrew O'Toole, Nimrod. Major and Chris Heffeman. At COSSA COSSA on May 19th both Chris Heffer- nan and Nimrod Major qualified in high jump and will now be competing competing at the East Ontario Finals. As a bonus to this, Nimrod set a new record for midget boys at COSSA, when he jumped 1.98 m. Good luck guys! Senior prom was held on May 13th at Cullen Garden's in Whitby. Although some feared the worse due to superstitions about the 13th, things went smoothly and a fun time was had by all. People are beginning to think about next year, Yearbooks are on sale, a trip to Italy for March"95 is being planned and, of course, student council elections. (But that in itself is another article. And I do not wish to influence any undecided minds...vote Mamie). Sorry Chris; it was too tempting. On Friday, May 13, grade eleven English students from Durham Christian Christian High School met with Bruce Cockbum and were present at his band's sound check before attending his concert in Toronto's Massey Hall that evening. The event was the culmination of a five week study of Cockbum's work as poetry. During that time, students students examined the lyrics of Cock- bum's songs for their poetic value. They also fit his material into the concept of Modernist (20th Century) work, and they scmtinized how his Christianity affects his view of our. modem world. After listening to Cockbum run through several numbers as the sound levels were set for the evening's concert, concert, the students had- a chance to meet the well-known recording artist and ask questions. Cockbum explained explained to them why he is not associated associated with what's known as Christian Christian Contemporary Music, how he became a musician, and what influences influences affect his writing. He also posed for photographs and signed autographs. autographs. The evening's concert was a treat for the students as Cockbum played a wide variety of selections from his latest release, "Dart to the Heart", and classics that spanned his career. Since the English class had studied many of the songs played, the concert was a meaningful and rolicking conclusion conclusion to the unit of study. Singer/songwriter Bruce Cockbum signs autographs before a concert concert at Massey Hall in Toronto. A group of students from Durham Christian High School met the singer on May 13th and also were present during his band's sound check. Inspired readers at St. Joseph's Separate School in Bowmanville came to class last Thursday dressed as their favorite storybook characters. There were characters from fables, fairy tales and nursery rhymes as well as characters from the latest in popular children's literature. The dress-up day was part of a reading reading theme week at the school which featured community volunteer readers, reading challenges and author/illustrator author/illustrator visits. , * *