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PAGE A10THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, NOVEMBER 26, 2003 www.durhamrcgion.com 'Dancing is our DANCING from page A1 2003 Canadian Junior Modern Dancc/Jazz scholarship awarded by the British Association of Teachers of Dancing. Dancing. The honour makes her eligible to take part in a junior modern dance competition competition in Britain next December. The Grade 8 student couldn't believe she came out on top of the 28-jazz dancer field. "It didn't really sink in actually," Sophia said. "1 was going up and checking checking my number and thinking, 'Did they make a mistake? Was it really me?" Academic results promising Sophia dances five days a week at Theatre Dance Academy learning and practising her moves. She spends 21 hours taking jazz, ballet, aero, lyrical, pointe, character, tap and techniques classes. She started when she was two years old, taking a ballet class because she lived in an apartment above the academy. academy. Sophia loves to dance. "We have all our friends here. It is just another life," she said. "Dancing is our sport." She is in good company at the school. Her friend and fellow dancer Jessica Stone, 13, won first runner-up in jazz and best potential in junior ballet at the competition. "Just to be able to be in the competition competition is an honour." said Jessica. Competitors were invited by an examiner examiner only after scoring honours on their exams and being recognized as having something special. sport' Jessica has been dancing for six years. "(Dancing) keeps you really active and healthy and it's a fun thing to do." said the Bowmanville resident. "We're all very' supportive of one another." Barbara Szabunia Forrest, one of their teachers and academy owner, was bursting with pride. "We've done so well and I'm so proud of them all," she said. She attributed their impressive showing showing to the fact they do so many different styles of dance so they are able to adjust to whatever is required. They both said they had never danced in the exact style they were asked to at the competition. Although they both love to dance, the girls aren't sure if dance is in their future. future. Jessica said she may want to dance on a cruise ship, in Las Vegas or on Broadway. Sophia said she may want to open her own academy, but added she would love to go around auditioning for fun. A.J. Groen/ Statesman photo Jessica Stone (white tights) and Sophia Oliveira-Lenson are champion champion dancers as judged by the British Association of Teachers of Dancing. ACADEMIC from page A1 Provincially 66 per cent of students achieved at or above the provincial standard for academic and 21 per cent of students achieved at or above the provincial standard in applied. . Applied students with the board scored slightly higher than the provincial provincial average with 22 per cent of students students meeting or exceeding the provincial provincial standard, the same John Macklc as 2001-02. Mr. Mackle said the goal is for each student student to do their best, whether that is Level 2 or 4, not for all students students to perform at or above the average. "The provincial average average translates to 70 per cent or better and that's quite a bar," he said. "For every student student to reach 70 per cent is quite a challenge. challenge. "I don't think that's realistic." Mr. Mackle said math is definitely a priority for the board: All secondary schools have numeracy numeracy teams, run math labs after school and recruit math tutors to help those students who need extra help, he said. These results are being reviewed to identify strengths and :u;eas of improvement. improvement. Individual school results will be released released early next month. ■ Public board Grade 9ers top Ontario test average CLARINGTON - Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board students are above average. Students in the board achieved above the provincial average on the EQAO Grade 9 math test. The number of KPR students achieving at or above the provincial standard in the applied program is two per cent better than the provincial results, results, while the students in the academic academic program achieved one per cent above the provincial results. "The overall mathematics results are encouraging," said Fiona White, instructional instructional leadership consultant. "The results for KPR indicate they are above the provincial average. There is certainly certainly room for improvement, especially with the applied level." Although the applied level results are above the provincial average, they decreased three per cent from the previous previous year. On last year's lest 23 per cent of students students met or exceeded the provincial standard while 26 per cent achieved at that level in 2001-02. Test scores may improve in coming years with the introduction of the program program for at-risk students; one initiative of the program is to improve numeracy. 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