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).) : hating" EL Ry S > i ROA IA Nahe LFA Tek ANG He a I RIA RY v0 TROT PORT @ PERRY Ne TAR SECOND el SECTION PORT PERRY, ONTARIO -- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1977 -- PAGE 17 School skiing program FEN NE Jack Gunter: ur, inn Pd " / There's snow in them hills!!! On most Thursdays during a 10-week period in the winter, almost half the stud- ents and virtually all the teachers at Cartwright High --School~in-~ Blackstock put aside their books, pack up their ski equipment, climb onto a school bus and head out for a different kind of education at the Bethany Ski Club. About 40 people from the high school pile onto the bus, another 25 from Cartwright Central Public School. It's the fifth year that the 'high school's ski club has been going to Bethany." For three years before that, the ski club was travelling to Devil's Elbow. Enthusiasm for the sport is growing, as can be seen by the participation at Port Perry High School, where an initial 30 students involved in the program four years ago has expanded to 130 this year. Another 40 students from Grade 7 and 8 at R. H. Cornish also go to the slopes on a weekly basis. "It's worked out very well," said P.P.H.S. teacher Larry Burt. "We're getting some excellent skiers coming along now." Many of tudents are now he -year of - skiing, and are approaching the expert class. He said many kids make it from from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. "They Darlene Vince gets prepared for the slopes ate the first year. Along with instruction supplied by ski club instructors, there is also a program of evalu- ation. Although the program is extra curricular, the Dur- ham Board of Education has allowed the P.P.H.S. and Cornish participants to miss one class a week. Their time allocation at Bethany is do get instruction and it is an extension of their physi- cal education. It certainly is a learning experience,' said L. Burt. But there is no financial support from the school board. The kids pay their own way, made possible by special rates for such school programs. For $36., stud- ents with skis are offered bus. fair for.ten visits to the A class in progress slopes, tow hitch for seven days and six lessons. For $25. more, students can rent skl'equipment from the club. The success of the overall aim of the program is ob- vious in the enthusiasm, "We hope to provide these kids with a new interest, recreational activity that they can take advantage of for the rest of their lives."