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t / The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanvillc, Wednesday, June 15,1994 Canada Cords Presented to Bowmanville Pathfinders Education $ «Ms* These members of the Third Bowmanville South Pathfinders were recently presented with Canada Cords, Guiding's highest award. The ceremony took place at Bowmanville's Memorial Park Clubhouse on June 9. Shown above, from left are: Rick and Donna McCreary and their daughter, Katie, Guide Commissioner Nancy Staples and Liz King, with her mother, Margarete. At right is Guide Leader Char- lynne Tillcock. Busy Time at St. Stephen's By Robert Geary As always, St. Stephen's Sccon- daiy School has been bustling with activity. As the school year draws to an end, both students and teachers are busy with school work and extracurricular extracurricular events. Here is a look at what has been happening these last few weeks at the school. On Friday, June 3, the Spirit Committee Committee and O.S.A.I.D. organized a school Spirit. Day. During the lunch hour, students were given the opportunity opportunity to purchase barbecued hot dogs, pop, and cotton candy for a low price. The Spirit Committee also rented a dunking tank. Students had a chance to get even with teachers who gave them an undesirable mark. The Deputy Prime Minister of Student Council, Mamie O'Toole, along with some of the teachers, were dunked by some excellent baseball pitchers. On June 7, there was a rally at the Town Hall against St. Marys Cement. A large group of students from both Bowmanville High School and St. Stephen's High School, gathered in front of the Town Hall to protest the company's activities. St. Marys Cement Cement is planning to drain a swamp that it owns to mine the limestone underneath. underneath. Some people are concerned because the swamp provides a habitat for a lot of different animals. Draining Draining the swamp would destroy an ecosystem. ecosystem. ■ On the morning of June 9, St. Stephen's Stephen's had its last assembly which included a liturgy, Student Council campaign speeches, and awards presentation. presentation. The highlight of the assembly assembly seemed to be the speeches. First up was Rob Leary, the only candidate for the Deputy Prime Minister position. position. His speech was witty and humorous. humorous. He spoke about how important important it is to get involved with school activities and have school spirit. Next up to speak was the first of two candidates candidates running for the position of Prime Minister, Chris Hcffcman. He addressed the students with a straight-to-thc-point speech about Only a Handful Of Volunteers Participate in Creek Clean-up Dear Mr. Parrott, Bowmanvillc Creek requires many more hours of cleanup before it will look as it should; pollution and garbage free. But because of the efforts efforts of a few local students (I emphasize emphasize 'few'), the creek between highway 2 and the Goodyear dam may seem a little bit cleaner. Last Sunday, a small turnout of volunteers met to battle the problem of garbage accumulation in and along the creek, and I'm sure I speak for all of us when I say it was a gruesome gruesome sight. I find it difficult to believe believe that anyone can walk down that crock and not feel guilty about throwing throwing their garbage about, or not picking picking up that can they just kicked. We found tires, bicycles, bottles, wrappers, oil cans and countless other other items tit at have completely ruined the beauty of the park. Occasional cleanups like this one, however, arc only part of the solution. It is up to the users of this park to help keep it clean by changing old habits to clean habits. Using the garbage cans (although (although scarce) is a great start and picking up a little garbage while walking through the park can make a big difference too. If everybody pitches in, we can keep Bowmanvillc Crock clean. I would like to thank BFI for generously generously providing and removing one . of their dumpsters, CLOCA for their ; help and advice, James Insurance ■ Broker Ltd. for providing garbage bags and to the five volunteers who spent their Sunday afternoon picking ; up someone else's garbage for the ' good of the park: Joel Dykstra, Dan Kooy, Allan Latter, Nancy Morphel and Ted. Thanks again, Tim James Student fur the Environment what he would plan to do if he were to become Prime Minister. Mamie O'Toole was the second candidate to speak which she really didn't do. She sang her presentation. The students liked this innovative way that Mamie used to get her message across. On Friday, June 10, students of St. Stephen's took to the voting booths to decide who would become the Prime Minister of the 1994-1995 Student Student Council. Students chose between between Chris Hcffeman and Mamie O'Toole. By the end of the day, the results were in. The students were obviously obviously divided on who would be the best person for the job. Mamie had won by just 11 votes. It was the closest closest election in St. Stephen's history. It is hard to believe that the school year is under one week away from being finished. Times flies by when you are working hard and having fun'. No doubt that next year will be just as great as this one has been. By: Robert Geary. End of Term in Sight for BSPS Students and Staff Both students and staff at B.S.P.S. are in the process of completing end- of-the-ycar tasks. There is a decided hum of activity through the halls and the classrooms of the school. Ken Weller, our librarian, is retiring retiring from teaching this year and we will be honouring him with a Retirement Retirement Tea on Wednesday, June 15th from 3 to 6 p.m. This tea Will be held in the Learning Resource Centre at the school. Please join with us to wish Ken well in his retirement; On Thursday, June 16th about 100 of our students will travel to Oshawa to participate in the Area Track and Field Meet. The raindate for this event is Friday, June 17th. The week of June 20th we will hold a Grade 7 and a Grade 8 Awards Assembly. These assemblies are held to recognize those students who have achieved honour standing in Core and Rotary subjects. The Grade 8 Awards Assembly will be held on Wednesday, June 22nd at 1:30 p.m. The Grade 7 Awards Assembly will be held on Thursday, June 23rd at 1:30 p.m. Parents, friends and relatives are cordially invited to attend these assemblies. assemblies. Please contact the school, if you require further information, Thursday, June 23 our Grade" 8>, students will spend the morning at Bowmanville High School rehearsing for the Grade 8 Celebration which will begin at 7 p.m. Each student will be issued 2 tickets for seating in the B.H.S. Auditorium. We regret we are unable to supply any extra tickets for this event. The family and friends of our students are invited to join us for refreshments following the Assembly in the cafeteria. Report cards will be issued on Friday, Friday, June 24. We would like to thank our students, students, their parents and the staff of BSPS for a most exciting and productive productive year. Hilary Walt Dyan Amirault ulder 5 It's the World's » BI FREE DELIVERY Ever at Mulder's Fine Furniture Spectacular savings on floor models only at our lowest prices ever during our Sidewalk Sale and continuing until the end of June. All taxes are included in our lowest prices ever. In addition to our showroom, see our furniture displays set up at Gould's Cards & Gifts at 51 King Street E„ Bowmanville. Hurry in for best selection -you'll be glad you did! • FINE FURNITURE • WALL TO WALL CARPETING . 23 King Street E., Bowmanville 623-5515 Two New Schools to be Built In Newcastle and Bowmanville -- by Bob Willsher, Ward III Trustee Last Thursday the Board was advised advised that funding would be provided for two public elementary schools to be built in our area. The replacement of the Newcastle Public School is very welcome news. With more than five hundred students in two locations locations it is certainly needed.. In addition, addition, the Martin School will be built in the same time frame. With many new subdivisions in Bowmanville, the school will help reduce pressure on Waverley Road School. The new school in Newcastle will cost more than $5 million to build and the one in Bowmanville just under under $5 million. I am pleased that the Newcastle school is not an addition' but an entirely new building. To renovate renovate the school would be more costly costly and still leave many of the design problems staff currently face. With each new school the community community will be involved in the planning of the new building. A committee involving involving parents, teachers, board staff and trustees will be established to provide input. There is no better .way to make sure the schools meets the needs of those that use it than to involve involve them in the process from day one! There are many details to be worked out between now and the time the children move into the new classrooms. It is my hope that we can get busy right now and have the schools open for 1996. The final decision decision on timing depends upon funding funding and direction from the Board. In the last collective agreement with the Secondary School Teacher's Federation we agreed to review the current structure of Department Heads. These positions of responsibility responsibility have been in place for many years. The current structure docs not reflect an organizational model designed designed to meet the needs of students today. The Board and the Federation have been working together to examine examine the issue. Key to the process is input input from all those affected by the po- ■ tential change. These positions have provided important leadership in our schools in various program areas. The planning and development of a new model should reflect this role and provide a model responsive to today's today's educational environment. Significant Significant progress has been made and I am looting forward to the final recommendations. recommendations. The Board will be considering recommendation from the Communications Communications committee concerning the very successful Outreach Project. The project was designed to get input from the people we serve and the community at large. Many excellent suggestions were put forth. Some can be dealt with by the Board while oth ers will be forwarded to the Province through the- Royal Commission on Learning. Those who participated should be hearing more in the coming coming months. The Board has begun a major initiative initiative to move to the next stage in the computer communications world. With the assistance of funding from the Province we intend to make major major improvements in linking 1 schools, board office and others on the Information Information Highway. While there will be local costs involved, I am convinced there will be a good return on the taxpayers' taxpayers' investment. Frankly, those who do not keep up, will incur greater greater costs in the future as technology 1 changes demand new approaches to information flow. The end of the school year is upon ' us. Students and teachers are looking forward to the coming summer break. * The pace of Board and Committee 1 meetings slows down. However, the' Board will meet in July and August. < There have been significant changes in education in our area over the past year. I am looking forward to the many programs that arc still in'the- planning stages being implemented. Jdappy 40 th Anniversary (Mom and (Dad! With love Cad and Christy CheryC and'Brent Super Savings That Are "Out of this World!" during the VCR Clinic's Sidewalk Sale Thurs., Fri., Sat. - June 16 ■ 17 -18 Don't forget to check your Club Sanyo flyer number. You may have won a Sanyo 26" Stereo TV. Note: Someone In the , Bowmanvllle-Courtlce area, has the winning number! Save on ... 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