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Port Perry Star, 11 Nov 1986, p. 38

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Po. A A---- LI - " GREER RRR 1 TR RRR FRR ATER TR TENNER sana 38 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, November 11, 1986 Jeff Millson, Jeff Taylor and Dan Vernon are students at PPHS taking the building and construction course, and since mid- September, they've been working with other students to complete a double garage. This kind of."'on-the-job" experience has a lot of benefits, says teacher Keith Hooper. (See story) CAESAREA PHONE 988-5684 Friday & Saturday, November 14th & 15th First Time -- The Country Sounds of DURHAM COUNTRY PICKERS Jewellery Appraisals SAT., NOV. 15th By appointment only -- Please Call! While you wait ... 11 AM. to 5 P.M. Thorsdey § F1xday 99 weitcty a . - 197 Queen Street, Fort Pemy 985 a2 i Cm i HE I CAN HELP I'm an Investors professional financial planner. It's my job to help you create and follow a personal financial plar, | can help with: * Inwstment Funds * Guaranteed Investment Certificates * Registered Retirement Savings Plans * Estate Planning « Life and Disability Insurance * Annuities * RRIF DAVID ROTH. BB E Division Manager Bus 434-8400 ( nestor Res 985.8923 PROFIT FROM OUR EXPERIENCE Building construction course at PPHS For the past couple of months a group of students at Port Perry High School has been out working on a garage, on school time. The students haven't received a single penny {or their labour, but the rewards will come some time in the future when they complete the 'building construction' course of- fered by the school. The garage project (behind a house close to the school) got under- way in mid-September and it's due for completion in a week or two, says teacher Keith Hooper who has supervised the work. Getting out of the classroom and actually working on a project like this is part of the construction course for grade 11 and 12 students this fall and Mr. Hooper says the benefits from such work are good for the students. "I want the work to be as realistic as possible and still be in a school setting," he said at the job site last week. There are about 30 students who have been working on the garage and they started right from scratch THIS WEEK ONLY with a survey. They poured the 22 by 26 concrete slab floor, put up the stud walls, the roof trusses, the roof, shingles and the exterior panelling. And when they are finished the con- struction, a group of electrical students will move in and do the wiring. Each class works an average of four hours per week on the garage and their individual performance is marked each day. The grade will ac- count for 60 per cent of their mark this term. "I'm trying to impress upon them (the students) that the mark they get is how a contractor would judge their work on a job site," said Mr. Hooper. The building construction course at PPHS lasts four years, the first two years in wood-working and the final two involve actual building projects like the garage. Students will also be involved in constructing pre-fab sheds and a gazebo this winter. The person for whom the garage is being built buys all the materials, the student labour is free. Mr. Hooper said his students won't complete the job as quickly as a professional contractor because they are learning. But quality workmanship is stressed, along with safety, and the students must also learn to work in compliance with building codes and local by-laws. OJT for these students There is a waiting list of people in the community who want a project done by the construction students. But any off-school project must be close to PPHS. Mr. Hooper said the prospects for his grads in the job market are very good. Most will find work with a con- - tractor, and after a few years ex- perience, many of them will go on their own and get into the construc- tion or carpentry business. for themselves. NOTE: This is the first in a series of articles about courses at Port Perry High School. SCUGOG DUPLICATE BRIDGE 4 Table Howell - Avg. 311% pts. Nov. 5th - afternoon. 1st - Marie Carnegie & Gwen Ren- nie 35'% pts. 2nd - Tied - Doris Phinney & Otto 'Czilok with Bonnie Davies & Dorothy Jacobs 34 pts. 3rd - Elma Doyle & Muriel Tassie 332 pts. 5 Table Howell Avg. 54 pts. evening 1st - Doris Phinney & Grant Real 64 pts. 2nd - Doris Watson & Harold Brown 62 pts. 3rd - Audry & Peter Francis 61% pts. 'BEFORE THE " SNOW FLIES take advantage of these specials! Last week for . 15% OFF the regular price of WINTER BOOTS CHILDREN'S - LADIES' - MENS' A terrific selection from: Savage, Kauf- man (Defroster), Greb (Sorels, Kodiak), Bata (Weather Guard, North Star), TenderTootsie, Jarman Leathers. Sale Ends November 17th, 1986 15% OFF Ladies' Winter Coats & Jackets Children's Coats, Jackets & Snowsuits 20 % | OFF. Men's Sweaters A.W. BROCK wl NC RJ hp ge]=]= (IVT-T-TolR = 1 of -T-1 AE = To Tol A = TY YXV

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