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16 The Canadian Statesman, Bowpianville, Wednesday, October 23, 1996 Section Two Pines Senior Public School Recognizes Students of the Month Whew! This four-day week has flown. Students and teachers teachers alike are busy with academics academics and extra-curricular activities. activities. Parents' Night on October 16 was well attended. Any parents parents who were unable to attend but who would like to talk to a teacher or teachers should call the school to set up an appointment. appointment. This Wednesday, October 16, Clarke's Cross Country Team ran in the Kawartha . Meet at Jackson Park in Peterborough. Peterborough. The four Midget Boys runners were Ryan Tre- sise, Mike Knox, Kevin Vreek- er and Joshua Hawrylak. Stephanie Boyd ran as the only Midget Girl; Shauna Ellis was the single Senior Girl. All runners runners did well. Ryan Tresise cam in with the first quarter of the runners, with Joshua not far behind; this despite the fact that the boys were tying their shoes up as the whistle went off! Stephanie ran well among a pack of 35 girls as did Shau- na in her pack. The runners all liked the route and didn't miss Trinity's big hill! It. was a beautiful day! All members of the team will race at COSSA held at Trinity next Wednesday, October October 23. We wish them all good luck! Recently, the Clarke High School peer counselling quartet quartet of Julie Harper, Julie Plath, Jessica Lee and Dan MacDonald MacDonald took on the role of counsellors counsellors of grade nine students. Each student has been assigned a grade 9 homeroom with whom he or she will work during during this semester. The first round of interviews interviews allows the peers to get to know the grade nines on a more personal level, thus allowing allowing the students another outlet to confide in if they do not feel as comfortable or open to talking to an adult counsellor. counsellor. This first interview allowed allowed the peers to discuss how the grade nines were adjusting to the new surroundings and to see if there were any problems Safe Schools Conference For Parents Dr. Karen Mock, national director of the League for Human Human Rights of B'nai Brith Canada Canada and Détective Dino Doria, of the Metropolitan Police Services Services Hate Crime Unit, was the keynote speakers at a program on safe schools sponsored by The Northumberland- Clarington Board of Education. The event for members of school advisory councils took place Tuesday, October 22 beginning beginning at 8:45 a.m. at the Lion's Community Centre in Cobourg. The program focused on hate crimes, and hate propaganda propaganda and on the role parents can play in preventing and dealing with these violent acts. "Hate crimes are serious criminal offenses," says Dick Malowney, Director of Education, Education, "Effective, co-ordinated school and community action is required. The board can't deal with this alone." which should be dealt with. All discussions with the peers are strictly confidential; the grade nines are made aware of this before the interview starts. Peer counselling is an excellent excellent program for both the counsellors and for the grade nine students. In particular, the grade nines now have one more friend in the halls with whom they can talk. The guidance office advises us that presentations will be made by Ryerson at 11:30 on October 24 and by Brock University University on November 5 at 9 a.m. A new initiative at The Pines Senior Public School is the Student of the Month Awards. 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