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8 - Omut: Weekly Times. Wednesday. November 8, 2000 St. Saviour's hold Christmas sale Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board by Joan Anderson/ JOYS AND CONCERNS Mae Playford is ill again from something she picked up while in the hospital the last time. She is at home this time, and on antibiotics again. Our prayers are with you, Mae, that your good health will soon be restored. This bout of ill health seems so prolonged to you I am sure, but you are in all our praÿbrs. Phyllis Loweiy is still feeling a little weak, but was welcomed welcomed back to church today. Our prayers are with you as well, Phyllis. The children of Kendal United Church Sunday School performed an upbeat version of The Lord's Prayer for the congregation. It was very warmly received! Thank you! ' BINGO WINNERS Bingo runs at the Orange Hall every Tuesday evening at 7:00 for the fall and winter. Everyone is welcome.. in Results of this year's grades 3 and 6 province-widé testing show Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board's student achievement needs to Improve in all areas. Work already has begun Board-wide to identify areas in which change is most needed. "There is no doubt that KPR needs to improve cipal of Kendal School, and , Robin D'Abreo, a member of Canada's Olympic Field Hockey Team who participated participated in Australia. The 11 a.m. parade was led by the Kendal Orange Lodge Band, and included Jimmy Haystack and Redneck Rodeo, Don Peddar with a tractor and wagonload of children children on straw bales. The "tail end" of the parade was brought up by four riders and their horses, Echo Savage on Keri, Courtney Buchholz from Newcastle on Souda, Stephanie Rutherford from Kirby on Jester and Bob Barry from Bôwrnanville on June Heard scored this Santa at the St. Saviour's silent auction auction last Saturday. The Church hosted a Luncheon and Bazaar with many handmade crafts and baked goods. This week Margaret Krissa won one game. Two time winners were Carol Smale and Edith Hamilton. Iliona Riggers, Anne Zealand and Helen Couroux were three time winners. . Dora MacDonald won four games. Come on out and have a great time! COMMUNITY CENTRE OPENING! A crowd of almost 200 people attended the very special special occasion Saturday, the Opening of the Kendal Community Centre. Special guests were Mayor Diane Harare who cut the red ribbon, ribbon, Councillor Charlie Trim who made the motion for Council to purchase the building building for the Fire Department and Community Centre, Divisional • Fire Chief Gord Weir,' Fred Horvath, Operations Manager for the Municipality of Clarington, Lyle McMahon, the first prin- Ttie entertainment was ter- , rific and the money raised will help equip the half Many generous donors stepped forward, but much more is still needed. If you have even a little to contribute, contribute, it would be most welcome. welcome. Rental information is available from Chris or Cecile Perron at 983-1081. A GREAT BIG THANK YOU TO ALL THE VOLUNTEERS VOLUNTEERS AND ENTERTAINERS! ENTERTAINERS! COMING EVENTS MEETINGS Kendal Community Centre Board Meeting Monday November 6 at Kathy Picco's house at 7:30 p.m. Kendal United Church Board Meeting on Monday November 13 at 7:30 p.m. in the C.E. Room. All Board members are asked to attend. MEMORIAL SERVICE A Memorial Service for Dorothy Flellebust will be held at Kendal United Church at 11 a.m.- on Saturday, November 18. Luncheon will be served by the Kendal U.C.W. All friends of the family are invited . Ladies Night Out! Tuesday, November 28th we will be going on a wonderful wonderful house totir- of The Wooden Carousel. Tickets are available from Gail Empey for $3 each. Proceeds will be used by The Cool Kendal Kids for a special occasion. our results," says Trudy Lum, Superintendent of Educational Services. "This is not about grades 3 and 6 alone, but about the entire program from the time children children begin elementary school. "the most important thing is what we do next," she adds. "As a system and school by school, we will be working with staff and school councils to identify where and how we will make improvements to the program. program. Ultimately, our goal is to improve upon student achievement." At a media conference, Board educators provided an* overview and initial analysis of the Board's results from provincial testing held last spring. The annual provin-, cial assessment from the Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) focuses on grade 3 and 6 student student performance in reading, writing and riiathematics. "These assessments are extremely useful, because they provide an additional piece of information about student achievement across thé system," says Janice Mackenzie, Educational Services Advisor. "There are many* factors that can influence an individual individual school's assessment results, both positive and negatively," agrees Janet Pomeroy, Principal of Program. "They can be different different from school to school and from system to system. Our job,is to determine the factors factors and act on them. At the school level, principals and vice-principals will be working'with working'with their teachers to identify where improvement is needed and determine the actions that will enable improvement." "In addition, teachers will continue to make their day- to-day assessments of individual individual students' achievement," achievement," Mackenzie adds. "Teachers continuously assess their students' aca- dertiic performance and modify modify their teaching practices accordingly, to help support each student's learning." Lum agrees with the EQAO statement that the one-time assessment results should not be used to rank or compare schools. "One test can not tell the whole story as to why a certain school performed a certain way," she explains. "In addition to the many factors that affect student performance from day to day. we also know each school faces particular challenges. It's counter-productive counter-productive to compare school results without also taking into account each school and school community's circumstances. circumstances. Individual schools are analyzing their results and preparing reports for release to their communities by December 1. Each school's report, called 4he School .Community Profile, will include background information information on the school, the test results and a description of how the school will develop its action plan. The news media will be able to obtain the School Profiles starting December 1 by calling Greg Kidd, Assistant Communications Officer, at 705-742-9773 or toll free at 1-877-741-4577, ext 2002. The results also will be published published by December 15 on the Board's web site at www.kpr.edu.on.ca Wards 3 & 4 Require An Experienced Regional, Councillor On November 13 ELECT Ann Dreslinski □ Member of Clarington Council 1991 - 1997 □ Member of Dufham Regional Council 1991 - 1997* □ Clarington Planping Committee Chairman □ Region of Durham Planning Committee Vice Chair □ Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority Chair "I.promise to do the best for you and our community. This community we 'call home is too important, to all of us, for me to commit myself to do anything less. 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